Den Dhur Den Dhur was a Sullustan journalist and war correspondent for the " Galactic Wave " who gained brief acclaim for his reporting during the battles on Drongar , including a report on the exploits of the cold - blooded mercenary Phow Ji who was spun by the media despite Dhur ' s efforts otherwise into a hero of the Republic . He was originally from the planet Sullust . Jax Pavan referred to Den Dhur as " Shorty " ; in turn , Dhur referred to Pavan as " Small Eyes . " Biography . During his stint on Drongar , Dhur was transformed somewhat from a pessimist into a reluctant hero , rescuing Zan Yant ' s quetarra and working towards getting protocol droid I - 5YQ inebriated among other actions . Dhur also enjoyed a brief romance with fellow Sullustan entertainer Eyar Marath , and forged friendships with Galactic Republic Surgeons Jos Vondar , Zan Yant and Kornell Divini , as well as nurse Tolk le Trene and Padawan Barriss Offee . He planned to leave Drongar with the protocol droid I - 5YQ on a mission to Coruscant , leaving the information that the bota on Drongar was losing its potency with Republic command when he departed , but was caught up in the Separatist attack on RMSU 7 . Den Dhur however still opted to journey to Coruscant with I - 5YQ after being transported to the orbiting MedStar . His only other known assignment was to Jabiim where he first met Filba . The encounter was not a pleasant one , however , and he ended up being nearly killed by the Hutt , who was trying to curry favor with Alto Stratus . Kornell Divini recalled what Den had said one time on Drongar back when he was a medic for a RMSU . After the end of the Clone Wars , Dhur and I - Five made their way to Coruscant . There , I - 5YQ spent several months looking for the Jedi Jax Pavan , son of his former partner . Meeting Jax Pavan . I - Five eventually found Jax , but the Jedi Knight - in - hiding at first rejected the droid as a companion . Den stood by I - Five , however , and eventually the two joined up with Jax , along with Laranth Tarak and Nick Rostu , in the search for the droid known as Bug - Eyes . Bug - Eyes , however , happened to be nothing more than a lure into a trap set up by none other than Darth Vader , in an attempt to capture Jax . The friends survived the encounter however , and Den decided to stay on Coruscant with the team , and they were joined by Darth Vader ' s ex - aide , Haninum Tyk Rhinann . Whiplash . Den and his friends became members of an underground resistance movement on Coruscant , called the Whiplash . One of their missions was to help a Zeltron named Dejah Duare leave Coruscant . Dejah ' s partner , however , a Caamasi artist named Ves Volette , was brutally murdered , and the mission turned into an investigation . During the mission , Den attempted to find parts for Jax to make a new lightsaber , his old one having been lost at the end of the battle with Darth Vader . When they finally finished the investigation , Dejah opted to stay on Coruscant and join Jax ' s team . After a duel between Jax and Aurra Sing , resulting in Laranth ' s injury , the Twi ' lek Gray Paladin decided to work directly for Whiplash , and left Jax ' s team . Home . Later , Jax and Laranth found a young Force - sensitive boy named Kajin Savaros . Before long , Inquisitors were breathing down their necks . Den began to grow weary of the endless troubles , and sent his old lover , Eyar , a message . It wasn ' t long before she replied , and he decided then to leave , packing and heading to the spaceport without saying goodbye to anyone , not even I - Five . Sitting at the spaceport , however , he came to the realization that home for him was not Sullust , but with Jax and his friends . Later , when Darth Vader injected himself with the bota and lost control , Den was part of the Whiplash team led by the Whiplash leader , Thi Xon Yimmon , that arrived on the scene to assist in the rescue of Laranth and Kajin , who had been betrayed by Dejah Duare and captured . Den survived the encounter , and remained on Coruscant with Jax , I - Five , and Laranth .