Vydel Dir ' Nul Vydel Dir ' Nul was a Human female Jedi Knight who lived during the Clone Wars . One month before the initiation of the Clone Wars , the Jedi Council assigned Dir ' Nul to serve as a bodyguard for an individual . During her mission , Dir ' Nul fell in love with the freighter pilot Ash B ' risko and entered into a romantic relationship with him . However , she later caught B ' risko in the arms of a Twi ' lek female . As she slew B ' risko and the woman , Dir ' Nul created the personality of the male Dark Jedi Kardem , whom she believed was a different individual . After the murders , Dir ' Nul was unaware of her split personality or that she was responsible for the murder of B ' risko . When the Clone Wars began , Dir ' Nul refused to become a general in the Grand Army of the Republic , instead devoting her resources to tracking Kardem . After traveling to the planet Perilious , she killed three more Twi ' leks , acting as Kardem . Six months later , as Dir ' Nul investigated their murders , she was confronted by a male Jedi , whom she assumed was Kardem . After the Jedi defeated her in a lightsaber duel , Dir ' Nul changed to the Kardem personality and attacked him with Force lightning . The Jedi explained that the Council had sent him after Dir ' Nul , and then attempted to kill her . However , she intercepted the attack and killed the Jedi . After his death , Dir ' Nul reverted back to her original personality and vowed to stop Kardem . Eventually , a bounty was placed on her alter ego of Kardem , and she was captured by the Mandalorian bounty hunter Feskitt Bobb . Biography . Vydel Dir ' Nul , a Human female , was a Jedi Knight who served during the final years of the Galactic Republic . In 22 BBY , Dir ' Nul was assigned by the Jedi Council to serve as a bodyguard for an individual . During the mission , she fell in love with a freighter pilot named Ash B ' risko . She entered a romantic relationship with the pilot , going against the Jedi Code . However , she eventually discovered B ' risko in the arms of a female Twi ' lek dancer . Dir ' Nul murdered both B ' risko and the Twi ' lek , and in doing so , created the personality of a male Dark Jedi named Kardem , whom she believed was a different individual . After the Clone Wars — the Republic ' s conflict with the Confederacy of Independent Systems — began at the First Battle of Geonosis , Dir ' Nul refused to return to the Jedi and become a general in the Republic Army . Dir ' Nul buried B ' risko and began tracking Kardem in the Outer Rim , killing two more Twi ' lek females while acting as the Dark Jedi . By the time she arrived on the planet Perilious — which was known for its Twi ' lek slave tradings — Dir ' Nul had slain three more Twi ' lek females as Kardem . Six months later , while Dir ' Nul was investigating the murders of the three Twi ' leks , a robed man with a lightsaber revealed himself to her , and she attacked him , assuming he was Kardem . After a brief lightsaber duel , the man gained the upper hand and defeated Dir ' Nul . As he informed her that he was going to bring her back to the Jedi Council , Dir ' Nul reverted to the Kardem personality — who was unaware that he was Dir ' Nul — and unleashed bolts of Force lightning against her attacker . After the Jedi used Dir ' Nul ' s name while pleading with her to stop attacking him , Kardem told the man he was going to kill him . The man revealed that he was a Jedi and that he had been tracking Dir ' Nul for six months . The Jedi ignited his lightsaber and used the Force to throw it at Dir ' Nul , determined to bring her to the Council dead or alive . However , Dir ' Nul , who was still mentally Kardem , used the Force to stop the lightsaber mid - flight and attacked the Jedi with more lightning . As Kardem was torturing the Jedi , he claimed that he did not know Dir ' Nul and threw the lightsaber back at the Jedi , cutting him in half . Dir ' Nul reverted back to her original personality following her attacker ' s death and was shocked to learn that Kardem had killed a Jedi . She vowed to stop Kardem no matter what it took , unaware that she was the one who had actually committed the crime . A bounty was eventually placed on Dir ' Nul ' s split personality of Kardem . The serial killer was captured by the Mandalorian bounty hunter Feskitt Bobb . Personality and traits . The Human female Vydel Dir ' Nul served the Jedi Order as a Jedi Knight . During her mission to protect an individual , she fell in love with the pilot Ash B ' risko , willingly going against the Jedi Code . When she discovered B ' risko in a Twi ' lek dancer ' s arms , Dir ' Nul was overcome with anger , and she killed both of them immediately . During the act of murdering B ' risko and the Twi ' lek , Dir ' Nul unknowingly created an alter ego of a male Dark Jedi named Kardem . After burying B ' risko , she desired answers and vengeance , and dedicated herself to capturing Kardem . Following the initiation of the Clone Wars , Dir ' Nul was not interested in fighting for the Republic ' s politicians , whom she viewed as greedy and self - serving , and so refused to serve as a Jedi General . Neither Dir ' Nul nor Kardem were aware of each other ' s existence . During her search for Kardem , she continued her vendetta against Twi ' lek females , violently murdering them as Kardem . After she reverted back to her normal personality , Dir ' Nul would hear Kardem ' s voice , which would degrade Twi ' leks and taunt her . After she was defeated in lightsaber combat by the male Jedi , she adopted the Kardem personality and began torturing him . When Kardem killed the Jedi , Dir ' Nul reverted to her original personality and vowed to stop Kardem , regardless of how long it took and no matter what she had to sacrifice . Powers and abilities . Dir ' Nul possessed the ability to move objects with the Force ; she used this ability against the male Jedi sent by the Council to apprehend her . When Dir ' Nul switched her personality to that of the serial killer Kardem , she possessed dark side Force powers , including Force lightning . She used this power against numerous Twi ' leks and against the male Jedi . However , when Dir ' nul dueled the Jedi sent to apprehend her , he was able to best her , and he noted that she had let her skills at lightsaber combat deteriorate . After the Jedi threw his lightsaber at her , she was able to stop it mid - flight . Dir ' Nul herself wielded a lightsaber containing an orange crystal . Behind the scenes . Vydel Dir ' Nul and her split personality of Kardem first appeared in the short comic " Dark Journey " , which was featured in " Star Wars Tales 17 " and written by Jason Hall . In the comic , she was drawn by Ben Templesmith . The story was later compiled into a trade paperback version and republished in " Star Wars Tales Volume 5 " . Plausible stories in " Star Wars Tales 1 " – " 20 " were initially viewed as S - canon until referenced in a non - " Tales " source , at which point the subject matter was elevated to C - canon status . Dir ' Nul was first referenced outside " Tales " in the article " The History of the Mandalorians " , written by Abel G . Peña and published in " Star Wars Insider 80 " . Her split personality of Kardem was used as part of the background for the Mandalorian Feskitt Bobb . Her appearance in " The History of the Mandalorians " elevated " Dark Journey " to C - canon . Dir ' Nul later received an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .