Skirmish on Vyndal A skirmish occurred between a group of villagers and the Galactic Empire on the planet Vyndal around five years before the Battle of Yavin . The Imperials , led by the Grand Inquisitor , were searching for the Jedi Kanan Jarrus , who had been taken in by the villagers after landing on Vyndal . The Imperials first visited the villager ' s protector Yeleb , who lied and claimed that they had not seen Jarrus . Sensing the lie , the Inquisitor ordered his stormtrooper s to burn down the village , drawing out Jarrus and causing both the Jedi and Yeleb to attack . Yeleb received a mortal wound during the battle , causing Jarrus to flee through the village , drawing the Imperials away from fighting villagers . Jarrus then boarded one of the Imperials ' " Gozanti " - class cruisers and set it to leave the planet before exiting the vehicles . The Imperials chased the vehicle off world believing Jarrus was still aboard . Prelude . Around five years before the Battle of Yavin , the Jedi Kanan Jarrus was forced to land on the planet Vyndal in the attack shuttle " Phantom " after being attacked by TIE / ln space superiority starfighter s serving the Galactic Empire . Jarrus passed out , and was found by a pair of local villagers , who took him back to their village and nursed him to health . Jarrus was then brought before the village ' s protector , Yeleb , who was pretending to be a Jedi as well . Jarrus called Keleb out on his lie , and the protector at first attacked him for the accusation . After Jarrus avoided the attacks and saved a villager from a falling branch , Yeleb revealed his past . The pair then heard two " Gozanti " - class cruisers landing on the planet , and using macrobinoculars they viewed the Grand Inquisitor and at least six stormtrooper s dismount . Jarrus warned Yeleb that the Inquisitor was dangerous , but the protector chose to go ahead with a plan to deceive the Imperial . The skirmish . The Imperials were on the planet searching for Jarrus , so when the Inquisitor visited Yeleb he lied and claimed that Jarrus wasn ' t in the village in the hope that the Imperials would leave . The Inquisitor sensed the lie and ordered his troopers to begin ransacking the village , burning each house to draw out Jarrus . As the troopers moved out , Jarrus attacked the Inquisitor and was soon joined in the battle by Yeleb . Meanwhile outside the troopers were attacked by at least three of the villagers , who hurled rocks at them and defended their homes . The Inquisitor used the Force to hurl Jarrus out of the fight , allowing him to strike a mortal blow to Yeleb . Seeing Yeleb fall , Jarrus the drew the Inquisitor away from him by fleeing toward the " Gozanti " cruiser s . On his way to the ships he passed the stormtroopers and deflected one of their bolts back into them . He then boarded a cruiser and set it to take off , before exiting the vehicle unseen through the front . Believing Jarrus was leaving the planet , the Inquisitor ordered his troop s to board the remaining cruiser and give chase . Aftermath . With the Imperials gone , the villagers and Jarrus returned to Keleb , who was dying from his injuries . The Jedi assured the protector that his people were safe and that what he had done with his life had been noble . Thankful of the kind words , Keleb then died . The villagers asked Jarrus to replace Keleb as their protector , but he refused claiming he needed to help others against the Empire elsewhere in the galaxy and that the villagers were strong enough to survive alone . Behind the scenes . The skirmish first appeared in " The fake Jedi , " a comic strip published in the third issue of the " Star Wars Rebels " Magazine 3 . The issue was written by Martin Fisher and illustrated by Bob Molesworth .