Chamma Chamma was a Devaronian male who served as a Jedi Master during the days of the Galactic Republic . Following his elevation to the rank of Jedi Knight , Chamma was selected to be part of a team of Jedi sent to investigate the distress call of a trading ship on the planet of Athiss . Once there , Chamma and each of his comrades were individually attacked by Sith devotees who had managed to master the Sith ways and the dark side . Allowing his fear to overwhelm him , Chamma found himself cut off from the Force , and decided to resort to using his anger and the dark side to defeat his enemy . Following this confrontation , Chamma felt immense guilt and confusion by the course of events which had transpired on Athiss . As a result , he decided to go into a self - imposed exile in the deserts of H ' ratth , where he could meditate on the course of events . Over the next century , Chamma lived in relative seclusion from the other inhabitants of H ' ratth , constantly meditating on his fateful mission . Eventually , a Jedi Master from the world of Ossus arrived on H ' ratth and was able to speak with Chamma and return him to the light . Following his redemption , Chamma returned to Ossus and continued his Jedi training for several more decades until he was granted the title of Jedi Master . As a Master , Chamma left Ossus to return to H ' ratth where he intended to establish a Jedi academy to train future generations of Jedi Knights . Biography . Early career . Four centuries before the events of the Freedon Nadd Uprising , Chamma was a young and eager Jedi who had just passed the Trials of Knighthood . During this time a trade ship , which had been aligned with the Republic , had apparently encountered trouble in orbit around Athiss , the second planet of the Loro Babis system . The Jedi received an emergency message from the ship ' s distress beacon and decided to dispatch a team of Jedi Knights , which included Chamma , to investigate . Along with two other Jedi , Chamma traveled to Athiss aboard the " Bastion " , arriving at the system to find no sign of a ship in distress . However , Chamma observed a scattering of ionized debris , which was orbiting the planet in a swirling cloud . Nonetheless , Chamma was able to use the scanners aboard the " Bastion " to determine signs of life over a general area on the planet . Deciding to investigate the life readings , the three Jedi landed the " Bastion " in an open field of wild grass . Using the Force to locate the life - forms they had registered in space , Chamma and his companions followed the Force to the edge of a dark forest and concurred that the life signs were emanating from within . As the team moved further into the forest in pursuit of their quarry , Chamma and the others suddenly felt the life signs divide into three separate entities . After discussing it amongst themselves , the three Jedi decided that it would be best if they split up and each followed one of the life - forms . After following his quarry for a time , Chamma realized that Athiss ' s sun was setting , and found himself deep within the forest and surrounded by thick vegetation which effectively blocked natural light from above ; he also noted the quality of the air around him , as it was permeated with a stagnant feeling which weighed down around him . Feeling the foreboding sense of the forest pressing on his Force awareness , and also realizing that he was no closer to the life - form then when he had started , Chamma began to wonder if he should head back to the " Bastion " . However , he slipped on his damp surroundings and fell headlong into a nearby pond . Chiding himself for his lack of focus , he began to pull himself out of the water when he suddenly felt a wave of warning wash over him . Spinning around without hesitation , Chamma ignited his lightsaber and immediately moved into a defensive position against his unknown assailant , who had its own lightsaber locked with Chamma ' s . Not yielding to the unknown force , Chamma attempted to see past the burning light of the clashing lightsabers to see his attacker ' s face . Despite his efforts , all Chamma was able to make out was an ink - black silhouette that showed an impressive stature and which radiated dark side energy . By this time , the initial shock of the enemy attack had worn off and Chamma was able to regain his focus and turn to the Force . However , as he tried to focus his strength in it , he felt an immense wave of darkness wash over him , which threw him back away from his attacker . As Chamma attempted to regain his composure , and while fighting to catch the air which had been knocked from his lungs , he realized that he could no longer feel the light side of the Force or draw strength from it . Chamma watched as a shadowy form appeared at his feet , holding an ignited lightsaber and trailing wisps of whatever the creature was made of — not fully comprehending what he was fighting against , Chamma believed that his adversary could have been nothing other than a spawn of the dark side . As the creature raised its lightsaber to attack , Chamma began to question everything that he had been taught about a relationship with the Force . He had an avalanche of thoughts pour through his mind regarding what had happened , and he realized that his anger was providing him the strength with which he could win the fight — he decided that if the light side had abandoned him , then he had no choice but to defeat his enemy without its aid . Fall to the dark side . Using his anger to give him strength from the dark side , Chamma summoned his energy and avoided the downward strike of his attacker . Concentrating on his newfound power , Chamma leaped to his feet and began attacking the shadowy being . His adversary , however , easily countered his attacks , and Chamma realized that it was anticipating his movements through the Force — the being , Chamma believed , was vastly more powerful in the Force than he could ever be . As his attacks were parried and defended against , he began to think to himself that the only reason he was losing ground to the dark sider was because the light side had abandoned him in his struggle — he reasoned that if the power of the light had still been with him , then he would have at least had a chance against his superiorly gifted foe . Believing that all of his training up to this point , and all of the trials he had passed , had been misguided , he slowly began to give ground to his enemy . However , his enemy halted its attack and held its blade at its side as if taunting Chamma to attack ; at that moment Chamma ' s emotions exploded , and he felt his anger augment his abilities with a strength he did not know that he possessed . Rushing forward at the dark sider , Chamma swung his lightsaber horizontally at his opponent ' s chest , and the creature moved to deflect the blow . Chamma , however , switched his lightsaber off right at the point that the two blades would have met , causing the dark sider to over - step his defense . He reignited his lightsaber , holding the hilt only inches away from the exposed front of the creature . Chamma watched as the violet glow of his blade exploded out the back of the dark side creature , and listened as it wailed a beastly and harsh cry which echoed off of the surrounding trees . At that moment , Chamma realized that the dark side creature was gone , and he was left wondering if he had imagined the entire fight . However , he soon found the creature ' s lightsaber laying several meters away and he realized that he had , indeed , defeated it . Chamma , though , felt immense guilt and confusion over the course of events which had transpired and which had caused him to call upon the dark side for help . Realizing what he had done , and not fully understanding why the light side had abandoned him during his time of need , Chamma decided that he would not return to the Order with his two companions . Instead , he decided it would be best if he went into a self - imposed exile in the barren deserts of H ' ratth . There he completely turned his thoughts inward and meditated on the events which had taken place in the forests of Athiss , continuously struggling with what he had been taught . Slowly , over the next one hundred years , Chamma slipped into obscurity while living in the hills of H ' ratth , and was content in the fact that the Jedi Order had apparently forgotten about him and his actions on Athiss . Redemption . One day , Chamma entered the living area of his residence to find a stranger patiently waiting for him . The near - human ' s eyes were milky white and pupil - less , and seemed to stare straight through Chamma and into his heart . The stranger — who Chamma recognized as a Miralukan — advised the exiled Jedi that it was time he returned to the light . Chamma , expecting a fight , warned the Miralukan to not tell him what he should do and advised the stranger to leave ; which he did . However , he returned the following day , and the day after that , until Chamma agreed to listen to what he had come to say . The Jedi identified himself as Master Noab Hulis , and proceeded to tell Chamma about a time long ago , when a young and enthusiastic Jedi had encountered a Sith devotee that had managed to master the ways of the Sith as well as the dark side . The Sith also had two companions , and the three of them had escaped to a relatively remote world during the collapse of the Sith Empire ; over time they grew even stronger in their Sith knowledge of old , and devised a plan to lure several young Jedi to them in hopes of creating a new order of Sith followers . In response to their trap , which revolved around a ship ' s distress signal , a team of three young Jedi arrived to investigate but soon found themselves lacking the experience required to confront such powerful beings . Chamma continued to listen to Master Hulis ' s story , but the facts of the story began to push on his antiquated memories — Chamma realized that the story was actually describing him and his fellow Jedi during their mission to Athiss a hundred years earlier . Realizing that while he had masked his exile behind meditation , he had actually been spending the last century trying to forget the events of that night , Chamma continued to listen as Hulis described how the three Sith had separated the trio of Jedi and assaulted each with strong waves of dark side energy . These attacks had momentarily cut the Jedi off from the Force and allowed fear , hatred , and anger to overcome their minds . However , at the moment that the three Sith were preparing to break the Jedi and transform them into something dark , the youngest of the three Jedi managed to defeat his attacker . The loss of their comrade caused the remaining two Sith to retreat , fearing that they had misinterpreted the power of the Jedi . Chamma was dumbfounded by the revelation that it had not been the Force that had betrayed him , but simply the use of the Sith arts against him . Finally understanding that his own fear and anger had kept him from reconnecting to the light side that night , Chamma broke down into tears of vindication and realization . Following this revelation , Chamma agreed to accompany Master Hulis back to Ossus , where he committed himself to continuing his training in the Jedi ways for several more decades . Eventually , Chamma was granted the rank of Jedi Master and left Ossus to once again take up residence on the world of H ' ratth , where he wanted to be constantly reminded of his past failings . However , this time Chamma chose to found an academy where he could train young Jedi in the ways of the Force , and prepare them for the trials they would one day face . One of his brightest apprentices would be a young Jedi by the name of Andur who was the grandson of Jev Sunrider , a long time friend of Chamma ' s . Jedi Master . In the year 4001 BBY , Chamma extended an invitation to the young Jedi Andur Sunrider to train under him as his apprentice at his academy on H ' ratth . When Andur was a young boy , his grandfather , the Jedi Master Jev Sunrider , had traveled to the planet of Krayiss Two to confront a growing darkness there — however , he did not survive the mission . After this Andur harbored a deep - seated desire to one day fight the dark powers which had killed his grandfather . As a result , Andur delved deeper , and with much more dedication , into expanding his understanding of the Jedi Way . It was this dedication which initially attracted the attention of Chamma , and Andur eagerly accepted the invitation to train . Along with his wife Nomi and their protocol droid A - 3DO , Andur traveled to Chamma ' s academy to further his Jedi training . Feeling that Andur had so far neglected certain aspects of his Jedi training , Chamma chose to instruct him in the nature of the Force , teaching him meditation techniques and advanced Force concentration methods . Likewise , Chamma realized that Andur lacked the very foundation and basic understanding of the power which he wished to possess . As a result , Chamma focused on strengthening the foundation in history which Andur already possessed by using examples from the Jedi Order ' s colored past to illustrate points to his young apprentice . Andur understood the reasoning behind Chamma ' s lessons , and he worked hard to excel at everything which his master taught him . Chamma ' s knowledge of the Force , combined with Andur ' s deep dedication to his master ' s teachings , allowed Andur to quickly succeed in his studies . Chamma , who realized that Andur was eventually going to require a master who possessed a much deeper knowledge of the Force , gave Andur several Adegan crystal s to give to Master Thon , who had agreed to take the young man on as his apprentice . At first , Andur was not happy with Chamma ' s decision for him to continue his training under Thon . Andur argued that he had learned everything he needed to in order to become a Jedi , and that he was now ready to join the ranks of the Jedi Knights . Chamma , however , recognized that Andur still held a deeply rooted desire to hunt down and destroy the dark powers which had murdered his grandfather ; his apprentice ' s selfish argument only confirmed his belief that Andur required more training . Andur , though , believed his master to have been mistaken . The evening before Andur was to leave for Ambria , Chamma requested that the two meet for mediation at The Crag , which was a ridged pinnacle of rock which overlooked the extensive landscape of H ' ratth . Chamma stood at the top of the pinnacle and could sense as Andur approached from behind . As Chamma and Andur stood looking over the forests below , Andur suddenly had a powerful vision in which he foresaw his eventual death and the eventual elevation of both his wife and daughter to greatness . Waking from the vision , Andur saw that Chamma was no longer beside him and that the sun had long set below the horizon . Finally comprehending the wisdom which Chamma had been trying to impart on him , Andur understood that he was still a long way from understanding the Force and accepted his master ' s decision for him to train with Thon . Legacy . Chamma ' s consciousness was one of three added to the Noetikon of Secrets , a Jedi artifact that contained dangerous knowledge that could bring one to the dark side . Chamma and two other Jedi who had touched the dark side , Jesper Altax and Bastila Shan , served as the gatekeepers of the Noetikon . During the Cold War , the Noetikon was found and used by a Jedi Consular who sought to heal Jedi Master Yuon Par of a strange illness , and the gatekeepers recognized her illness as the one created by the Sith Terrak Morrhage many years before . Chamma and the others sent the Consular to the Jedi Temple where , along with the gatekeepers of the other two Noetikons , they taught the Consular the shielding technique used to block Morrhage ' s plague . Personality and traits . In Chamma ' s younger years , he had been an extremely eager being who had allowed his enthusiasm and excitement to overflow into his first mission as a Jedi Knight . While investigating a ship ' s distress call on the planet Athiss , Chamma and his fellow Jedi were confronted by a trio of immensely powerful Sith followers . Upon being attacked by one of the Sith , Chamma let his enthusiasm be replaced by fear as his connection with the light side of the Force was stripped from him by the Sith . Being eager in his pursuit of the Sith caused him to miss the subtle signs of the situation which he found himself in — instead of realizing and understanding that his own emotions were withholding him from reconnecting with the light side , he refused to gain perspective on the situation and allowed himself to be fooled into thinking that the Force had forsaken him . It was not until over a century later , during a self - imposed exile , that he was made aware of the Sith magic which had been used against him , and this allowed him to gain closure over the events of the dark encounter . Due to the events which had transpired on Athiss , Chamma felt immense guilt over his loss of control and what he perceived as abandonment by the light side when he had required it . Even though he firmly believed that the light side of the Force had betrayed him , his personality and values did not allow him to fully embrace his anger , which had caused him to give into the dark side — somewhere deep within himself , two sides warred with each other as to what had exactly happened to him during his mission and , as a result , he went into a self - imposed exile on H ' ratth to meditate on the situation . Eventually becoming complacent in his exile over the course of a century , Chamma allowed himself to neglect his mediation and his pursuit of answers , and instead chose to attempt to forget his fall and the accompanying feelings it had fostered . However , with the help and wisdom of a fellow Jedi who had sought him out in his exile , Chamma was able to eventually understand and comprehend what had transpired over a century earlier . Returning to the Jedi Order , and with his new understanding of the Force , Chamma resumed his Jedi training and pursued an even greater depth of knowledge over the following decades . With his enhanced wisdom and maturity in the Force , Chamma allowed the Force to guide him into establishing a Jedi academy through which he could potentially help future generations of Jedi . Powers and abilities . As a young Jedi , Chamma demonstrated a natural skill with the lightsaber . His battle with a Sith devotee in the forests of Athiss allowed him the opportunity to put his skills in action ; even though the Sith creature was far more knowledgeable in the application of Force techniques , Chamma was able to eventually defeat his adversary by employing Tràkata , a deceptive lightsaber technique . Although Chamma was initially lacking in his understanding of the finer points of the Force , he was able to remedy that by returning to Ossus from his self - imposed exile and continuing his Jedi training for several decades . Those decades of intense study allowed Chamma to grow into a deeper understanding of the Force , and his studies continuously showed him the errors of his past ways . As his wisdom and experiences grew , Chamma decided that his knowledge and newfound abilities would best be used in teaching others . Behind the scenes . Author Tom Veitch first introduced the character of Chamma in the sub - series " " of the comic series " " . Although Chamma was only mentioned briefly within the first two comics of " The Saga of Nomi Sunrider " , author George R . Strayton expanded upon the character for the West End Games source book " Tales of the Jedi Companion " , in which he explained the backstory of Chamma as well as his tutelage of Andur Sunrider . In the " Tales of the Jedi Companion " , it is incorrectly stated near the end of Chamma ' s entry that his life - changing battle with the Sith took place on H ' ratth , when in fact it actually took place on the planet of Athiss in the Loro Babis system . At the beginning of his entry it says , " " … had emitted an emergency message asking for assistance on Athiss , the second planet of the Loro Babis system , and the Jedi had accepted the charge of providing help to the endangered vessel . " " — meaning that Chamma and his companions encountered the Sith on Athiss , not on H ' ratth . In " " flashbacks show the Jedi Master Arca Jeth along with a Miralukan Jedi who is later identified as Noab Hulis . Following the release of " Vindication , Part 2 " " " author John Jackson Miller would mention Chamma on his personal website in his production notes for " Vindication , Part 2 " explaining that Chamma ' s master , Noab Hulis , was depicted thus creating another link between the characters of " Tales of the Jedi " and those of " Knights of the Old Republic " .