Valenthyne Farfalla Valenthyne Farfalla was a noted male half - Bothan Jedi Master and Jedi Lord who served the Jedi Order during the New Sith Wars . Farfalla had a reputation for being foppish and vain . He aided Lord Hoth and the Army of Light in the Ruusan campaign , in the final years of the New Sith Wars . In the last year of the battle , Farfalla left Ruusan to gather three hundred followers to aid in the struggle for the world . Farfalla was often at odds with Hoth , and when the latter ' s good friend Pernicar was killed by the Sith , he blamed Farfalla and the two men had a falling out . However , they eventually repaired their relationship and rallied the Jedi for a final assault on the Sith stronghold . When Hoth and many other Jedi were killed by Lord Skere Kaan ' s thought bomb , Lords Farfalla and Berethon were the highest - ranking Jedi to survive Ruusan . Farfalla continued to serve the Jedi Order for a decade , until he was killed by Darth Bane in a lightsaber battle on Tython . Biography . Early years . The son of a noble Jedi Lord , Valenthyne Farfalla ' s father was convinced to ally with the Galactic Republic by Jedi Master Pernicar . The young Force - sensitive Bothan hybrid followed in his father ' s footsteps , training in the ways of the Force within the Jedi Order and inheriting his father ' s lordship over a region of space he was sworn to defend from the Sith Empire . In 1010 BBY , Jedi Master and Lord Hoth departed Coruscant and rallied the banners of the Jedi Grand Council , summoning all Jedi Lords and their followers to form the Army of Light to combat the threat of Skere Kaan and his Brotherhood of Darkness . Commanding a legion of a hundred Jedi Knights and two hundred more loyal servants , Farfalla joined Hoth ' s Army aboard his ornate , wroshyr - wood hulled battleship the " Fairwind " . During the decade of fighting , Lord Farfalla fought alongside the Jedi Kopecz before his defection to the Brotherhood . Because of his well - manicured appearance Lord Farfalla could often be underestimated as a military threat , particularly by Lord Hoth , with whom , due to their widely differing personalities , he was often at odds . But despite his reputation amongst some , it was Farfalla who warned General Kiel Charny of Githany ' s impending defection to the dark side , saving the Jedi Knight from death . Farfalla was considered for the role of Supreme Chancellor ; however , he refused it in order to serve in the Ruusan campaign . As a result , Tarsus Valorum was appointed to that role , as the first non - Jedi in 400 years to serve as such . Ruusan campaign . When Hoth began his attack on Ruusan , Farfalla was one of the first Lords to rally to his side and would go on to fight in nearly every battle on the world , and his skill did not go unnoticed among the Sith . As the campaign ground to a stalemate , Hoth realized he needed the aid of the Jedi who had not chosen to join him . Farfalla believed that Hoth ' s blunt personality had driven them away , and expected that he could persuade them with more diplomacy and tact . In 1000 BBY he volunteered to leave Ruusan to request help from Jedi throughout the galaxy and return with three hundred Knights . Farfalla would be gone for several months , in which time he led the three hundred Jedi against King Lahzar , then took his forces on to Ruusan . The Sith had established a blockade around the planet , which prevented Farfalla from landing on the planet ' s surface . In a stroke of fortune for the Jedi , Darth Bane went behind the back of Lord Kaan and ordered the Sith fleet to engage Farfalla ' s ships , giving Farfalla his opening to break through to Ruusan . There , he once again saved Charny ' s life , riding his golden warship into battle to defeat the attacking Sith . Rift with Hoth . His arrival was not welcomed by Lord Hoth , however , who called Farfalla a " mincing coward " . That Farfalla had arrived just too late to save Hoth ' s good friend Pernicar only added to the resentment between the two men , and in a fit of anger , Farfalla returned to his ship , vowing not to help Hoth for what he saw as a grave insult , and also fearing that Hoth ' s personal conflict with Kaan and the death of Pernicar had pushed the general to the dark side of the Force . However , when an image of Pernicar came to Hoth in a dream suggesting he mend his relationship with Farfalla , the Jedi sent a message via Farfalla ' s envoy apologizing for his behavior . The two came to a truce and joined forces to launch a final assault against Kaan , who had fled to the safety of the hills and caves . Though both Jedi suspected a trap , they elected to pursue . Reconciliation and the thought bomb . Farfalla led the advance group of Jedi at the Seventh Battle of Ruusan to engage the Sith forces , while Hoth traveled closely behind , intending to continue on to the caves to apprehend Kaan . The battle was over quickly , with most Sith surrendering to the Army of Light . During the battle , Farfalla captured the Dark Lord Kopecz , who told him that Kaan was planning to detonate a thought bomb , a devastating burst of Force energy that would eradicate any army caught within its blast range . Farfalla fulfilled Kopecz ' s wish to die by granting him a lightsaber duel , then rushed to inform Hoth . Hoth already knew , as he had felt it in the Force , but decided he had to stop Kaan and took ninety - nine volunteers with him . He ordered Farfalla and his forces to flee the area , and if possible , leave Ruusan , hoping to give them a chance to escape certain death . While a traumatized soldier later told Darovit that all the Jedi had been killed , Farfalla was well out of range when Kaan detonated the thought bomb , and so survived the Ruusan campaign , rallying the surviving Jedi to defeat the Sith stragglers and finally ending the thousand - year New Sith Wars . Following the death of Lord Hoth , Farfalla became the last commander of the Republic military before the Ruusan Reformation . He also regularly conferred with the Jedi High Council . Aftermath of Ruusan . Farfalla commandeered the rescue missions from the " Fairwind " , sending teams like those aboard " Star - Wake " to Ruusan . Later , Farfalla met with Supreme Chancellor Tarsus Valorum on Coruscant , where the two agreed to the Ruusan Reformation s . Following the meeting , Farfalla put Johun Othone in charge of Valorum ' s security detail , and knighted the young Padawan , whom he ' d taken as his own following Hoth ' s death . For a decade , Farfalla continued to head various operations of the Jedi Order . Although he had dismissed rumors of a surviving Sith Lord from Ruusan over a decade prior , Farfalla eventually was convinced a Sith Lord still existed when Darovit came forward with information . However , before Darovit could speak with them , the disguised Darth Zannah took her cousin with her to Tython , to avoid being revealed and caught by the Jedi . Farfalla , Othone , Raskta Lsu , Worror Dowmat , and Sarro Xaj pursued the " Loranda " aboard the " Justice Crusader " , where they came to Tython and engaged in a duel with Darth Bane and Darth Zannah . At first , thanks to Worror ' s battle meditation , the duel was in the favor of the Jedi . However , after Worror lost his concentration , the Sith Lords easily took control of the fight . Farfalla was killed after Bane disarmed and subsequently decapitated him . Farfalla ' s lightsaber was taken as a prize for the victory . Legacy . Following Farfalla ' s death on Tython , the Jedi High Council , alerted to the existence of Darth Bane by Caleb of Ambria , sent a team of Jedi — led by Master Tho ' natu , and including Master Obba — to destroy him . Outside of Caleb ' s home on Ambria , the Jedi discovered the healer ' s cut up corpse , and inside they found the lightsaber hilt s of the slain Jedi . Tho ' natu announced their presence and they were instantly assaulted by a deranged Darovit wielding Farfalla ' s lightsaber , whom they assumed to be the injured Bane . Slaying him , they deemed that the Sith were extinct and returned the lightsaber hilts and the decimated corpse of Caleb to the Temple . After returning to the Temple , the Jedi created a memorial to Caleb and the Jedi who had been killed by the Sith Lord . All five Jedi ' s lightsaber hilts were set into a large white stone block in the gardens around the base of the Tower of First Knowledge . Under each hilt was a depiction of its wielder , along with their name . An asteroid belt in the Ruusan system was named Farfalla ' s Diamonds in his honor . Personality and traits . Valenthyne Farfalla was deeply concerned with appearance and behavior . He dressed in fine clothes , gold , precious gems , spoke in a daring hero tone , and adopted aristocratic and flamboyant mannerisms . Some , including Lord Hoth , saw him as useless or playing hero because of this , while others found Farfalla witty or charming . Farfalla was gifted in the art of natural persuasion even over other Jedi . Farfalla himself believed he was simply showing a good sense of taste . Valenthyne had a strong sense of honor even assembling a task force of Jedi to eliminate Darth Bane without telling the council as to finish his promise to Hoth . Powers and abilities . Valenthyne Farfalla was a Jedi Master of many talents . He acted as a general during the Sith war , leading three hundred soldiers and then assuming command of the entire Army of Light upon Hoth ' s death . While fighting on Ruusan , he wielded a blue - bladed lightsaber . In the years after the war , Farfalla wielded a gold - bladed saber . In combat , he adopted a graceful and defensive stance against his enemies . His fighting style was described as elegant and clean , characteristics similar with those of the Makashi style of dueling . Farfalla ' s skill with a lightsaber was less than that of his Jedi Weapons Master Raskta Lsu , a fact made obvious when she regarded him as a hindrance when they dueled against Darth Bane . His skills also were not enough to defeat those of Bane , who twice disarmed the Jedi Master in combat . Farfalla chose to use the Force for defense of himself and his allies . His skill allowed him to create Force barriers , which he used in assistance of his fellow Masters on Tython . When invigorated by Worror ' s battle meditation , Farfalla felt quicker and more powerful . Behind the scenes . In " " , Farfalla is depicted in a panel dying from the effects of the " thought bomb " . The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia states " both opposing forces were wiped out by Lord Kaan ' s thought bomb " ( i . e . the Brotherhood of Darkness and the Army of Light ) indicating Farfalla also perished at this time . However , in Drew Karpyshyn ' s novel Farfalla , as well as hundreds of Jedi in the Army of Light , survives the " thought bomb ' s " effects by fleeing the surface of Ruusan . When asked about Farfalla ' s canonical species in the StarWars . com Message Boards , Leland Chee did not answer concretely but suggested that " " all pointy - eared species are either Sephi or closely related to Sephi . " "