Kai Justiss Kai Justiss was a Human male who served as a Jedi Knight during the time surrounding the Clone Wars , and who managed to evade Order 66 and survive the Great Jedi Purge . In his early career as a Jedi , he encountered a wide variety of creatures in his travels , such as marsh haunt s and muttamok s . He also worked with the Wookiees of Rwookrrorro , Kashyyyk to thwart a plot by droid specialist Turren Lonarr to destabilize Wookiee society . When the Clone Wars broke out in 22 BBY , Justiss participated in the first battle , which took place on Geonosis . He would later serve aboard the " Acclamator " - class assault ship " VCD987 " , alongside fellow Jedi Tsui Choi and Sian Jeisel . In 22 BBY , the " VCD987 " was shipping troops to Drongar when it fell under attack from the Confederacy of Independent Systems . It was subsequently boarded , with Justiss and his companions at the mercy of Count Dooku , the Confederate leader . Dooku spared them , however , allowing Justiss to continue to serve the Galactic Republic . He was permanently assigned to Jedi diplomatic duties on Kashyyyk and was later the target of a bounty posted by enemy commander Asajj Ventress . When Order 66 was executed , Justiss was forced to flee from agents of the new Galactic Empire that had risen in the Republic ' s stead , and he was able to elude capture until 0 BBY , when he was captured by the Empire and executed by Darth Vader on board the first Death Star . Biography . Early career . Kai Justiss , a Jedi Knight , wielded a blue - bladed lightsaber . In his work as a Jedi , he encountered many different creatures on far - flung worlds . In several of these encounters , such as his meeting a Force - sensitive jakobeast in the Outer Rim Territories , he would have to draw his weapon in self - defense . Together with fellow Jedi Ur - Sema Du , he came across yet another Force - sensitive species called a marsh haunt . In one mission , when he used his " Delta " - 7 Aethersprite - class light interceptor , his datapad was stolen by muttamok s , who were known to take any shining object that caught their attention . When at the Jedi Temple , Justiss visited the Jedi Archives at least once during Jocasta Nu ' s tenure there . Mission to Kashyyyk . At some stage in his early career , Justiss accompanied a Wookiee to his homeworld of Kashyyyk . Landing in Rwookrrorro , Justiss and his companion were greeted by the translator protocol droid K - 27 . As the trio began to venture further into the Wookiee city , they were met with the sight and sound of an explosion from a nearby building . As fires raged within the structure , K - 27 urged Justiss and the Wookiee to attempt to save anyone inside . Just before Wookiee firefighters arrived , the Jedi and his companion were able to save some of the building ' s inhabitants . One of the rescued Wookiees , Urrurrowo , explained that there had been flame beetle s within the building for unknown reasons . K - 27 mentioned that a similar blaze had torn through another part of Rwookrrorro a week prior and that the senior firefighter , Rruurrfhurra , had been hard - pressed to preserve one of the wroshyr limbs that the city rested on . Rruurrfhurra arrived shortly afterward ; Justiss and his companion mentioned that they had seen some maintenance droid s near the building just before the explosion . They then volunteered to help Rruurrfhurra hunt down the droids and discover just why the disaster had taken place . K - 27 , however , warned them that if they interfered with the droids , they would likely be fined and subsequently deported . Rruurrfhurra agreed , but accepted the help of the pair regardless . In their investigations , Justiss , his companion , and Rruurrfhurra deduced that the flame beetles had been drawn to the walls of the building by what they had perceived to be a large concentration of their hatchlings . This information presented no answers as to how or if the maintenance droids had indeed started the blaze , leaving Justiss and his Wookiee companion with little to do but conclude their business on Kashyyyk . As the Wookiees dealt with the duo ' s cargo , they discovered the corpse of Rruurrfhurra in one of the containers . Justiss and his ally were subsequently taken into custody , where they explained over the course of several hours their whereabouts since the late firefighter had last been seen . The authorities eventually released the pair , but warned them not to depart Kashyyyk . Upon returning to their ship , Justiss and his companion found the craft surrounded by JR - 8 janitorial droids and flame beetles . After removing the threat of the beetles and droids , the pair inspected one of the JR - 8s and found that it had come from Temporary Droids — the rental agency that had supplied the Wookiees with K - 27 . The protocol droid bristled at the suggestion that his master , Turren Lonarr , could have been involved with any of the recent blazes , but nevertheless informed Justiss that Lonarr had come to Kashyyyk from Dosha , and that he employed Trandoshans to guard his Temporary Droids warehouse . Trandoshans , who hailed from a world that shared a system with Kashyyyk , had been engaged in a blood feud with the Wookiees for centuries . Journeying to the Temporary Droids warehouse , Justiss , his companion , and K - 27 were set upon by the Trandoshan guards , who were buying Lonarr time to escape . Fighting their way through , Justiss and the Wookiee defeated the Trandoshans , only to see Lonarr escaping in a liftcar powered by kshyy vine s . The pair attempted to override the liftcar controls , forcing Lonarr to jump to relative safety on a wroshyr limb two hundred meters above his assailants . As the Jedi and the Wookiee approached Lonarr ' s location , they were informed by their quarry that the Wookiee nursery ring , which was just above them , was rigged to attract flame beetles and subsequently be set ablaze if Lonarr died . Justiss and his companion were able to defuse the situation , however , preventing the nursery ring from destruction and defeating Lonarr in the process . Clone Wars and aftermath . In 22 BBY , Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi sent out a distress signal from Geonosis , where he had discovered a droid army being constructed by the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Kenobi , along with his apprentice Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala , had been captured by the Confederacy , and so Jedi Master Mace Windu led a team of Jedi to Geonosis to save them . Justiss fought in the ensuing First Battle of Geonosis when the brief negotiations failed , alongside many of his fellow Jedi in the Petranaki arena , and was one of the few to survive the battle , which the Republic eventually won . As war broke out , Master Yoda agreed to become one of the Republic ' s military leaders , and Justiss succeeded him as Jedi Watchman of Kashyyyk . Seven months into the Clone Wars , Justiss served aboard the " Acclamator " - class assault ship " VCD987 " , which was carrying reinforcements to Drongar . The world was home to the bota fungi , a healing agent that was known to deteriorate quickly when picked . Both the Republic and the Confederacy had harvesting operations there , and so the planet was a contested one . Accompanying Justiss were the Jedi Sian Jeisel and Tsui Choi . In transit , the " VCD987 " fell under attack from a superior Confederate force , with its engines falling prey to the enemy guns . Justiss , Jeisel and Choi fought alongside clone troopers to repel Quarren boarders , but the attackers lowered their guns as Count Dooku boarded the craft , flanked by his Dark Acolyte Sora Bulq . Justiss stood by and watched while Dooku verbally sparred with Jeisel , who had been reluctant to fight for the Republic earlier in the war . The Count insisted that he was not dedicated to the destruction of the Jedi , and to prove it , he had Justiss , Jeisel , and Choi shuttled to neutral territory . The clones of the " VCD987 " , however , were killed . Later that year , Justiss was permanently assigned to Jedi diplomatic duties for Kashyyyk . In a statement to HoloNet News , the Jedi commented on the steadfast reliability of the Wookiees as a people . In 21 BBY , a bounty was placed on Justiss ' s head by Confederate agent Asajj Ventress . The Jedi was not alone , however , as Ventress had placed bounties on the heads of many of his colleagues , such as Saesee Tiin , Luminara Unduli , and Anakin Skywalker . At the end of the war , Justiss survived Order 66 and managed to outfox Imperial Intelligence for some time afterward . For nearly twenty years he evaded death , and he sought refuge on Garqi circa 0 BBY . He was betrayed by local farmers to the Crimson Nova chapter of the Bounty Hunters ' Guild , who sent a group of bounty hunters — including Breela , Boushh , and Zuckuss — after him . Justiss was forced to battle the hunters and managed to remove at least one Trandoshan ' s arm in the ensuing skirmish . Justiss was eventually captured by the Empire and brought to the first Death Star where he was executed at the hands of Darth Vader . Personality and traits . Justiss , unlike some such as Sian Jeisel and Serifa Altunen , embraced his role as a Jedi during the Clone Wars . He respected the Wookiees of Kashyyyk , even going so far as to publicly applaud their loyalty on HoloNet News . Justiss was also highly adept at concealing himself , as he was able to avoid the Great Jedi Purge for twenty years . Behind the scenes . The character of Kai Justiss was created by artist Joe Corroney in 2001 . Corroney had been tasked with illustrating the role - playing adventure " Kashyyyk in Flames " , written by J . D . Wiker , for " Star Wars Gamer 4 " . His art director , Kyle Hunter , requested that he create depictions for several " player " characters , so as to entice readers . As reference , Corroney based the character on his friend , webmaster , and fellow artist Justin Chung , who had been creating custom lightsabers and Jedi robes . The character went unnamed in " Kashyyyk in Flames " , but was later identified in " " , written by Pablo Hidalgo . The name was coined by Corroney and Chung , and the character was subsequently used in several ensuing installments of " HoloNet News " . The character also featured in the " Power of the Jedi Sourcebook " , and John Ostrander ' s " " , where Justiss was drawn by Jan Duursema . Apart from Corroney and Duursema , the only other artist to depict Justiss is Chris Trevas , who rendered the character for Ryder Windham ' s " " . Other authors who contributed to Justiss ' story include Abel G . Peña and Ryan Kaufman . Corroney and Chung would later expand upon the known canon ical details of Justiss ' life in Corroney ' s blog , " Drawing in the Empire . " The expansions were inspired by Justiss ' existing depictions and included identifying Ur - Sema Du as Justiss ' master , Justiss working directly for Jocasta Nu , Justiss ' promotion to the rank of Jedi Master , and Justiss ' involvement in the Battle of Kashyyyk . As these details have not been published in a canonical source , however , they are not canon .