Bela Kiwiiks Bela Kiwiiks was a female Togruta who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the Great Galactic War , the Cold War , and the Galactic War with the resurgent Sith Empire . One of the apprentices of Ngani Zho , she fought as a Jedi Knight in the Battle of Rhen Var alongside Satele Shan , Jaric Kaedan , and Syo Bakarn . In the aftermath of the Sacking of Coruscant and the end of the Great Galactic War , all four former students of Zho were appointed to the Jedi High Council as Jedi Masters , and in the decade following the Treaty of Coruscant Kiwiiks took on a young woman named Kira Carsen as her apprentice when she discovered the teenage Human on the moon of Nar Shaddaa . In 3643 BBY , the Council began to sense a dark presence on the Republic capital of Coruscant , and Kiwiiks was sent to the planet with her Padawan to investigate . Kiwiiks was soon joined by fellow Council member Orgus Din and his former apprentice , who discovered that the Republic ' s secret superweapon projects were in danger of being discovered by the Empire , and she traveled to the desert world of Tatooine at the request of the Republic general Var Suthra in order to secure the Shock Drum weapon . Biography . A Force - sensitive Togruta , Bela Kiwiiks was discovered by the Jedi Order and trained as a Jedi by the Human Jedi Master Ngani Zho , along with Satele Shan , Syo Bakarn , and Jaric Kaedan . By the year 3663 BBY , Kiwiiks had achieved the rank of Jedi Master , and she fought alongside other Jedi and the forces of the Republic Military in the Great Galactic War against the resurgent Sith Empire . During the course of the conflict , she became friends with her fellow Jedi Masters Orgus Din and Tol Braga , relationships that would continue throughout her friends ' lives . Near the end of the war , she participated in the Battle of Rhen Var alongside Zho ' s other former students — Satele Shan , Syo Bakarn , and Jaric Kaedan — where the four aided the 45th Battalion in the fight against the Imperial military . Between the four of them , they had fought on the ash plains of Lenico IV and against Gelpog the Tyrant on his asteroid - hives , and they were all powerful warriors in their own right . Under Shan ' s leadership , the Republic and Jedi forces were able to drive the Empire off of the icy planet , and Shan single - handedly defeated the Dark Council or Darth Mekhis in a duel . In 3653 BBY , the Empire attacked the Republic capital of Coruscant in what would become known as the Sacking of Coruscant , and they used the captive world as a bargaining chip to force the Republic to sign the Treaty of Coruscant and end the war . During the Sacking , six members of the Jedi High Council were killed , including Grand Master Zym . However , after Shan discovered the Order ' s ancient homeworld of Tython in 3651 BBY and was elevated to the rank of Grand Master as a result , the remaining Masters decided to appoint Kaedan , Kiwiiks , Bakarn , and Shan as the newest Council members . The Jedi Order decided to relocate to Tython a year after its discovery when the Senate postponed the reconstruction of the Jedi Temple indefinitely , and the Council oversaw the construction of a new Temple over the next three years . As the Order began to rebuild their ranks , the galaxy settled into a tense Cold War in which neither the Empire nor the Republic openly engaged the other galactic power . In 3645 BBY , Kiwiiks traveled to the neutral moon of Nar Shaddaa on a mission for the Order , and was surprised to find a young Human female attempting to steal her ship ' s hyperdrive when she returned to the spaceport . Sensing the power of the Force within the eighteen - year - old girl , whose name was Kira Carsen , Kiwiiks decided to take on her on as her Padawan and returned to Tython . The headstrong young woman occasionally chafed under her master ' s more conservative and passive teachings , but the two soon developed a strong bond between master and apprentice . The pair traveled to many planets during their time together , including agriworld of Uphrades , but always returned to the Order ' s homeworld of Tython . By 3643 BBY , Kiwiiks and her Padawan were on Tython during a Flesh Raider uprising . At the time , a talented Padawan , whom Orgus Din chose to take on as his Padawan , had defeated a Dark Jedi apprentice named Callef , who was found carrying a Jedi lightsaber . Further investigation discovered that the Flesh Raiders were taught to use the Force , which Kiwiiks assumed they learned from a holocron the Padawan had found . However , Din realized that the perpetrators behind the attacks was his former Padawan , Bengel Morr , presumed dead in the Sacking of Coruscant . While Din and his Padawan remained on Tython to stop Morr , Kiwiiks and Carsen journeyed to Coruscant to investigate a dark presence on the Republic capital . Din and his Padawan , now a full - fledged Jedi Knight , went to Coruscant too and met with Kiwiiks and Carsen during a meeting with General Var Suthra and Doctor Eli Tarnis , regarding the controversial Planet Prison a superweapon that could ionized a planet ' s atmosphere , disabling any ships that tried to leave and safely blockading the planet without loss of life . Kiwiiks expressed concern regarding the design files that had been stolen , but Tarnis was seemingly unconcerned about the security risks . Tarnis brushed off her protest , stating that the files were too encrypted for anyone to understand , but Var Suthra informed the Jedi that his agents were searching tirelessly for the files . While Din , Kiwiiks , and Suthra met with Supreme Chancellor Dorian Janarus aboard the Chancellor ' s cruiser " Founder " , Din ordered his former apprentice to aid the Republic agents in recovering the files . Kiwiiks also left her Padawan with the Knight and Tarnis , suggesting that Carsen ' s security expertise might be useful . Later , when the Knight recovered the stolen files , an SIS agent decrypted them and discovered that they contain information on all of the Republic superweapon projects . Kiwiiks immediately departed for Tatooine to secure the Shock Drum . But shortly after her arrival at the Shock drum facility , she was attacked and defeated by Darth Angral ' s apprentice , Lord Praven . He took her captive and acquired the Shock Drum , but left the facility staff unharmed . Kiwiiks and the superweapon were taken to a cave in the Dune Sea , where Angral ordered the weapon activated and for Kiwiiks to be left near it . Kiwiiks put herself into a deep trance to protect herself from the intense vibrations emanating from the weapon . Thankfully , the Knight and Carsen , now the Knight ' s Padawan , arrived in time to save her , deactivating the Shock Drum with Praven ' s transmitter . As the Knight ordered the Shock Drum destroyed , Carsen came clean to Kiwiiks about her past as a Child of the Emperor . Kiwiiks told her former student that her past doesn ' t matter , but what ' s important is that she is proud of her . Kiwiiks was then returned to Tython to recover from her ordeal . She would ' ve nearly had a shortly recovery when Angral combined all the superweapon projects into the Desolator in an attempt to destroy the Jedi Order . Thankfully , the Knight and Carsen defeated Angral and saved Tython . When the two came before the Jedi Council , Kiwiiks lamented the untimely death of Din , who was killed by Angral before his confrontation with the Knight . Master Shan added that while they lost one of their greatest masters , in his place stands the Knight , a Jedi without equal . She then turned to Carsen , glad that she managed to reject the Sith Emperor during their confrontation with Angral . On the Knight and Kiwiiks ' recommendation , the Council granted Carsen the rank of Jedi Knight . However , Var Suthra informed the Council that they are receiving reports of hostilities across the galaxy . Kiwiiks remarked that even in death , Angral had finally inspired the Sith to violence . Shan added that the Knight , whom she christens as the Hero of Tython , to be their most valuable against the rising darkness and the Force had shown her that the weight of the galaxy rest on their shoulders . About a year later , the Hero and Carsen joined a strike team formed by Tol Braga in a daring plan to capture the Emperor , bring him to Tython and redeem him to the light side . But before they departed , Masters Shan , Kiwiiks and Kaedan requested a moment of their time . Braga ' s former team member Jomar Chul had received a Force vision revealing that if the Hero joins the mission , it will fail and the Jedi Knight will fall to the dark side and join the Sith . Braga dismissed his concerns , stating that the future is always in motion and that the Council doesn ' t place judgment solely on visions . Nonetheless , the Hero chose to defer to the decision of the Council . Kiwiiks expressed confidence in the Hero ' s loyalty , and Shan agreed with her . As Chul stormed out of the Council chamber , frustrated that they won ' t heed his warning , Kaedan pleaded Braga to reconsider but the Kel Dor was certain his plan would work . When Braga ' s team never returned from their mission , the Council feared that they had failed . After many months , the Hero and their companions returned , accompanied by Lord Scourge , the Emperor ' s Wrath , who had suddenly switched sides . Scourge explained to the Council that centuries ago , he had a vision that the Emperor will destroy the galaxy but the Hero will be the one to stop him . Renewed war is only a diversion to conceal the Emperor ' s true plan , threatening the death of all living things . He explained that a thousand years ago , the Emperor used a life - sapping ritual on his home planet of Nathema , consuming all life on the planet and used those life essences to become immortal . Now he plans on recreating the ritual on a galactic scale to become virtually unstoppable . But the ritual requires billions of simultaneous deaths , which he plans on initiating on Belsavis . Kiwiiks worried that the Emperor had finally discovered the location of the Republic prison planet , which the Jedi have hidden for decades . Scourge stated that once the sacrifice occurs , the ritual cannot be stopped and insisted they save Belsavis . Kaedan didn ' t trust the Sith , to the point where he holds his lightsaber to his throat . However , the Hero vouched for Scourge ' s relative trustworthiness and the Sith insisted that he ' s better off working against the Emperor than imprisoned . Shan consented to an alliance but warned the Hero not to become too reliant on Scourge . Kiwiiks was later stationed on Corellia during a significant battle , where she was cornered by two Sith assassins . The Sith showed her a holo of Master Braga , corrupted to the dark side by the Emperor , who ordered them to kill her . Thankfully , the Hero of Tython arrived to her rescue once again . When the Hero explained to Kiwiiks their intent to rally the Jedi to stop Braga from committing mass genocide , the Togruta admitted that she never fully recovered from her ordeal on Tatooine . Instead , she felt that she should help evacuate the wounded , an idea the Hero agreed with . Powers and abilities . Master Kiwiiks was a proficient warrior who could hold her own against Sith and Imperial troopers during the Great Galactic War , but later in her life the years began to wear on the Togruta . Kiwiiks utilized her green - bladed lightsaber with great skill in combat . During her assignment to Tatooine , she was easily able to take out the complement of Imperial troopers and war droids sent to seize control of the Shock Drum Facility , but Praven ' s greater strength and size allowed him to defeat the Jedi Master . When Kiwiiks was left to die before the Shock Drum , she survived only by entering a healing trance and shielding herself from most of the damaging vibrations . However , the trance consumed much of her power . Behind the scenes . Bela Kiwiiks first appeared in " The Old Republic — The Lost Suns 1 " , the first issue of the arc of the . She appears alongside Jaric Kaedan , Syo Bakarn , and Satele Shan in a flashback to the Battle of Rhen Var , though does not appear again in the series . Her next appearance is in " " , a released by LucasArts and BioWare on December 20 , 2011 . She is a recurring character throughout the Jedi Knight class storyline , first appearing in the Tython mission " Enemy Force " . During the flashpoint " The Nathema Conspiracy " , if the Outlander is a Jedi Knight of the dark side alignment , Bela Kiwiiks will seek to stop them and join the Order of Zildrog led by Vinn Atrius , only to be sacrificed as fuel to awaken Zildrog by GEMINI 16 on Nathema . If the Jedi Knight remained on the Light Side they will encounter Servant One instead , while the other classes face antagonists from their own class stories .