Var Suthra Var Suthra was a male Mon Calamari who served as a General of the Galactic Republic . Biography . The Great War . Var Suthra fought alongside Master Orgus Din against the Reformed Sith Empire in the Great Galactic War . He saw the devastation of the Sacking of Coruscant and vowed that nothing like that would ever happen again . In honor of the Jedi who fell in the destruction of the Temple , Suthra began a series of superweapon projects to be used against the Empire , such as the Project Nebula . The Cold War . By the time of the Cold War , Var Suthra had been promoted to a general . He was placed in charge of developing new military technology for the Republic . He oversaw many of the top secret military facilities across the galaxy where new weapon prototypes were being developed . Unfortunately , it was soon discovered that the project had been infiltrated by the Sith Lord Tarnis , who stole information on the Republic superweapons for his father , Darth Angral . Through the intervention of an unknown Jedi Knight , Tarnis was defeated and Coruscant was saved from being held hostage by the Planet Prison . Var Suthra then acted as the Knight ' s liaison , providing intel on the stolen superweapons to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Empire . Var Suthra first sent the Knight to Ord Mantell to gain intelligence on Angral ' s plans before heading to Taris to extract Doctor Nasan Godera . When the Knight traveled to Nar Shaddaa to dismantle the Power Guard Project , Var Suthra expressed his relief to be rid of such a controversial project . He then informed the Knight that Angral ' s right - hand man , Admiral Hacklin , was willing to defect and gave the location of a nearby mining facility , as Hacklin wished to meet only with the Knight and Kira Carsen . But the meeting turned out to be a trap , set by a Child of the Emperor , Valis , to capture Kira . After escaping the trap , the Knight told Var Suthra that they had to briefly divert from their mission to inform the Jedi Council of Kira ' s status as a Child , even though the General warned that Bela Kiwiiks and Orgus Din had failed to check in . Afterwards , the Knight headed to Tatooine , the location of the Shock Drum . Godera explained that the Shock Drum was suppose to weaken enemy fortifications with ultrasonic vibrations . Unfortunately , the side effect of the weapon would tear apart a planet ' s core . Var Suthra banned further testing of the Shock Drum after discovering this potential . The Knight later reported the destruction of the Shock Drum , to Godera ' s disappointment , explaining that he wished to study it . Var Suthra reminded him that the Shock Drum ' s only potential was destroying planets and the Republic is better off without it . He then asked the Knight regarding a Sith Lord named Praven , who surrendered himself to a Republic cruiser . The Knight vouched for Praven ' s willingness to redeem himself . Var Suthra agreed to hand Praven over to the Jedi Council . The final destination was Alderaan , in the midst of the Alderaan Civil War . The Knight managed to stop Lord Nefarid from using the Death Mark laser to sabotage the peace talks . Unfortunately , while the Knight was preoccupied , Din died facing Angral , who broadcast his execution over the HoloNet and left the body floating in space for Var Suthra ' s ships to find . Thankfully , Din had secretly placed a homing beacon on Angral ' s battlecruiser , enabling them to track its position when it exited hyperspace . The Knight headed to Uphrades , to find the entire planet devoid of life . With data readings from a Republic medical ship , Godera determined that Angral had created his Desolator from all the superweapon projects . Worse yet , his next destination was Tython . With haste , the Knight intercepted Angral and disabled the Desolator before he destroyed Tython . In the aftermath of Angral ' s defeat , Var Suthra informed the Jedi Council that they have reports of skirmishes all over the galaxy , preceding war . Kiwiiks stated that even in death , Angral has inspired the Sith to violence . Second Great Galactic War . When the Empire reignited war with the Republic in the aftermath of Angral ' s death , Var Suthra personally supervised the battle for Corellia , where he once again teamed up with the Hero of Tython . Suthra aided the Hero and their forces in stopping the fallen Jedi Master Tol Braga from starting the Sith Emperor ' s ritual , though Godera was killed during the battle , infuriating Suthra . After the Republic triumphed on Corellia and the Hero defeated the Emperor , Suthra recommended that the Hero and their crew be commended by the Republic . Personality and traits . Var Suthra was a cool headed strategist . He looked at the Republic as his family and served it as if it was his very own family . He was also passionately committed to defeating the enemies of the Republic once and for all . He was merciless towards the Empire , sympathetic to the Jedi and always seems to be carrying the weight of the galaxy on his shoulders . Behind the scenes . General Var Suthra is a non - player character in " " , voiced by Maurice LaMarche . If the player chooses dark side options during the missions on Corellia , Var Suthra is killed by a rocket launcher during an Imperial Assault .