Jaric Kaedan Jaric Kaedan was a Human male Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the Great Galactic War against the resurgent Sith Empire . Also known as the Order ' s Watchman , Kaedan was born in the Outer Rim Territories in the decades before the war and taken in for training by the Jedi at the age of twelve , becoming a Jedi Knight under the tutelage of Ngani Zho . Serving valiantly on battlefields across the galaxy during the war , Kaedan was instrumental in the capture of the Sith Lords known as the Dread Masters in 3668 BBY , and as a Jedi Master he fought in the Battle of Rhen Var in the last months of the war . When the Treaty of Coruscant brought the war to a close in 3653 BBY , Kaedan was appointed to the Jedi High Council in the subsequent Cold War and accompanied the rest of Order to their recently rediscovered homeworld of Tython . Training a Sullustan Padawan by the name of Nae Nuuv to Knighthood , Kaedan remained ever - vigilant against the threat of the Sith , and he joined the Republic Military in combating the Empire on Ilum in 3641 BBY after the Galactic War began . Leading a contingent to reclaim the Jedi Temple on the Order ' s sacred world , Kaedan was killed by a Sith strike team during the Battle of Ilum . Biography . A Force - sensitive Human male , Jaric Kaedan born in the Outer Rim Territories sometime before the year 3691 BBY . He was discovered by the Jedi Order at the age of twelve and underwent training in the ways of the Force by Jedi Master Ngani Zho , attaining the rank of Jedi Knight sometime during the Great Galactic War between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic . In 3668 BBY , Kaedan led a team of troopers from the Republic Special Forces Division on a mission to capture the six Sith Lords known as the Dread Masters . Kaedan and the Special Forces team infiltrated the dreadnought and successfully defeated them in combat , withstanding the Sith ' s ability to influence their opponents ' fear through battle meditation . Kaedan also downloaded the dreadnought ' s entire Imperial database before scuttling the vessel , gaining a valuable source of intelligence for the Republic and convincing the Empire that the Dread Masters had been killed in the assault . Sometime after becoming a Knight , Kaedan had a hostile encounter with the Cult of M ' dweshuu , a brutal religious sect of the Nikto species , and Kaedan was rescued from the situation by Master Zho . However , Kaedan became angry with Zho as a result of the encounter , and he still had not spoken with his former Master by the time of Zho ' s death in 3643 BBY . As the war neared the end of its third decade , Kaedan was sent to the planet Rhen Var alongside Satele Shan , Syo Bakarn , and Bela Kiwiiks , all of whom were former students of Master Zho . By that time , Kaedan had become a master of a variation of the seventh form of lightsaber combat known as " Juyo - Kos , " and he was considered to be living weapon who was guided by the Force itself . The four Jedi found the Republic Military ' s 45th Battalion in disarray after a brutal Imperial invasion , and Kaedan discussed their plans with Kiwiiks and Shan while Bakarn healed wounded soldiers . He scoffed at what he saw as fear on the behalf of Kiwiiks , claiming that the Jedi would easily hold off the enemy at the pass , but he was contradicted by Shan . Under the leadership of Shan , the Jedi and the remaining Republic trooper s launched a furious assault on the Imperial forces , and Kaedan cut down many enemy soldiers and Sith with his twin green - bladed lightsabers . During the battle , Kaedan rescued Bakarn from an attacking Sith by shoving his fellow Jedi out of the way and blocking the enemy ' s blade with his own weapons . The battle ended when Shan defeated Darth Mekhis , the Sith commander on Rhen Var and a member of the Empire ' s ruling Dark Council , in a duel within the Sith ' s fortress . The war ended not long afterwards with the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant in 3653 BBY , which forced the Republic to withdraw all of their forces and submit to the Empire ' s terms on account of the Imperial invasion of the capital planet Coruscant . During the subsequent Cold War , Kaedan was made a Jedi Master and later appointed to the Jedi High Council alongside Bakarn , Shan , Kiwiiks , Orgus Din , and another Jedi , as six of the Council members had been killed during the Sacking of Coruscant . Some time later , as Tol Braga ' s strike team , which included himself , Leeha Narezz , Warren Sedoru and the Hero of Tython , was preparing to depart for the Emperor ' s cloaked space station in hopes of capturing him so he could be redeemed , the Jedi Council and Jedi Knight Jomar Chul chose to intervene . Kaedan expressed uncertainty that Braga ' s plan would succeed , but Chul had a more disturbing revelation . Chul explained that he had a vision of the Hero falling to the dark side and becoming Sith and insisted he take the Hero ' s place on the mission . However , Satele and Kiwiiks expressed confidence in the Hero ' s loyalty and sanctioned the mission , to Chul ' s frustration as he stormed out of the Council chamber . Kaedan pleaded one last time with Braga to abandon his plan , but the latter insisted it would work . Soon , the Council heard nothing from Braga ' s strike team until the Hero returned some time later , revealing that the mission had failed . As the Hero explained , the Emperor overpowered the strike team and had them under thrall . However , Lord Scourge , the Emperor ' s Wrath , helped the Hero and company escape . Kaedan didn ' t trust him , stating that Sith were selfish by nature . Scourge explained that his change of allegiance was to stop the Emperor from destroying the galaxy . Three centuries ago , he had a vision of the Emperor performing a dark side ritual that would consume all life in the galaxy , but the Hero would be the one to stop him . But the ritual required a sacrifice of billions of simultaneous deaths , which would occur on Belsavis and urged haste in saving the planet . Kaedan remained suspicious of the Sith ' s intentions , even putting a lightsaber to Scourge ' s throat . Scourge insisted that he was the foremost expert on the Emperor and he was more use to them free with the Jedi ; he believed could defeat the Emperor . Satele Shan sensed the truth in his words and consented to an alliance . During the Battle for Ilum , Jedi Master Jaric Kaeden was placed in command of a Republic ground assault team , whose goal was to halt the Empire ' s Adegan crystal mining operation . Sith forces on the planet were tasked , by Grand Moff Ilyan Regus , with dispatching Jaric Kaeden ( operation " First Strike " ) . The mission was ultimately a success , leading to the death of the famed Jedi at the hands of the Sith . Personality and traits . To his students , Master Jaric Kaedan was a harsh taskmaster , driven by the knowledge that his lessons may one day save their lives . He believed that the greatest threats to a Jedi came from within , and encouraged his students to master themselves before seeking mastery over a lightsaber . To the Sith , he was known for being a formidable enemy . He was firm in his convictions that peace in the galaxy could not be achieved whilst the resurgent Sith Empire existed . However , he showed paranoia and fear as well . When the Barsen ' thor was recruiting an army on Voss , he tried to stop the Barsen ' thor with fearful talk about their Force use and tried to reject a proposal by a Mystic to have more Jedi learn on Voss . He also would criticize and hastily judge others , including fellow council members ; those he was to judge included Yuon Par and Kira Carsen . However , he was able to gracefully admit when he was wrong , as seen by the fact that he accepted Carsen after she overcame the Emperor ' s will in the heat of battle . However , he also viewed Lord Scourge with intense distaste , even threatening him with a lightsaber . Powers and abilities . Powerful in both the use of the Force and lightsaber combat , Kaedan was considered to be a master of Juyo - Kos , the seventh combat form . In battle , Kaedan became a living weapon of the Force , and even as a Jedi Knight he was able to withstand the powerful influence of the fear - wielding Dread Masters in order to capture the six Sith Lords .