Hayden Kryze

**Hayden Kryze** was a legendary Force-sensitive Primal-Mandalorian human male who was a Jedi Knight, and later; a Jedi Master in the final years of the Galactic Republic's reign. He was the apprentice of Shaak Ti and Mace Windu during his training and became the Master of Pedro in the final year of the Clone Wars. Due to his training with Windu, Hayden became known as the the High-Champion of Duelling within the Jedi Order. He was famous for going toe-to-toe with, and defeating, General Grevious and Count Dooku during the Clone Wars. He also survived two duels with Darth Sidious, which he held his own in during both, almost killing him twice, being the only Jedi to almost foil the dark lords plans.

Hayden's leadership during the Clone Wars was known widely throughout the Republic and Separatists. He was a formidable opponent to cross on the battlefield as well as a loyal defender of his allies. Hayden grew up in the Jedi Temple and became best friends with Anakin Skywalker, who he formed a brotherly friendship with. Hayden later went on to serve as a mentor to Anakin's Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, who ended up finishing her Jedi trials under Hayden's guidance following Darth Sidious' death.

After Order 66 was issued, Hayden led the defence of the Jedi Temple during "Operation: Knightfall" when Anakin Skywalker, now Darth Vader, laid siege to the Temple and slaughtered the unsuspecting Jedi. Hayden helped many Younglings escape, including Grogu, who he sent away with Boba Fett to be hidden. Hayden brutally fought his former best friend to the death, partially with the help of his former master, who lost her life to the Sith Lord. Hayden then made an attempt on Darth Sidious' life alongside Master Yoda which failed. Yoda then went into exile and passed on the title of Grand Master of the Jedi Order to Hayden before Kryze fled to the ancient Jedi Planet of Tython with the remaining Jedi and trained them.

In the years following, Hayden kept the New Jedi Order a secret and trained them to survive in a different way from traditional Jedi teachings. After making contact with the Galactic Rebellion, they were found by Darth Vader; who once again laid siege to the temple, leaving Hayden as the only survivor. He then went into exile, before serving the rebellion under the name **Pedro Katan**. When Luke Skywalker defeated Darth Sidious with the help of his father, Hayden came out of exile but was found by his former, fallen apprentice, Pedro, who had become an Imperial Inquisitor, Hayden then duelled him before killing him.

In the years that followed, Hayden was sought out by Luke Skywalker who required his help in forming a new order, although initially hesitant, Hayden formed the order taking on Luke and Leia Organa-Skywalker as his own apprentices to make them full Jedi. Ahsoka Tano also resurfaced and she became a Jedi Master under Hayden's mentorship.

## Biography

### Early Life

Kryze was born into House Kryze, the mandalorian royal family, in the year 43 BBY, his bloodline was that of the Primal-Mandalorian's meaning that he has a very staggered aging process and a vast life-span. He has three older sisters, Satine, Bo and an unnamed sister.

He lived a very wealthy life, having been the only son of his parents he was set to ascend to the throne of Mandalore, however, when his parents were challenged to a battle they were both killed. Hayden then, in a fit of anger and fear, killed both of the warriors by force pushing them off a ledge. He was found to be the first force-sensitive Primal-Mandalorian since the days of the old Republic. Qui-Gon Jinn arrived on the planet to evaluate him for the Jedi Order.

### Life in the order

When he was 3 years old he was brought to the temple, by Master Qui-Gon, where he showed a great amount of determination as a youngling. He was invited to go on the gathering with the other advanced younglings where he acquired a unique crystal which gave him a sky blue blade.

Hayden was a popular youngling in the order due to his easy going and fun attitude, however, he could also be very serious and bold such as when he stood up to Merin Yalis, his close friend who was bullying Anakin Skywalker. He ended up suspending Merin in the air with the force and humiliating him. He was then given into trouble by Master Windu, who kept a close eye on him.

Hayden commonly snuck out at night with Anakin Skywalker to practice lightsaber dueling in abandoned warehouses in the lower levels of Coruscant, while Anakin would want to do things that were more fun, Hayden focused greatly on his dueling technique.

He became the Padawan of Shaak Ti when he turned 12, she selected him due to his ambition with a lightsaber although she struggled to teach him at the start as he was a very wild student who could not adapt to any one form of lightsaber combat, however, eventually they settled on him learning form V. He took part in his trials and eventually in 25 BBY, at the age of 18, he was deemed ready to be Knight.

### The Clone Wars

During the Clone Wars, Hayden was assigned the Rancor Battalion; which he renamed the Nite Owls, named after the legendary Mandalorian Army. He initially served with Clone Commander Colt but following his death during the battle of Kamino he worked closely with ARC troopers Fives and Echo who served as his Lieutenants. He became very close with his Lieutenants and was distraught when Echo was presumed dead on Layla Sayu. Following the escape, Fives was promoted to Commander of the Nite Owls. In 18 BBY he was accepted to the Jedi Council following his arrest of Count Dooku.

#### The Battle of Geonosis

Hayden did not partake in the inital assault to rescue Kenobi, Skywalker and Amidalla. Instead he went with Master Yoda to Kamino to lead the Clone Army to Geonosis, he arrived in the Arena where he helped his former Master as well as Kit Fisto and Alaya Secura onto the Gunship.

Kryze led a large battalion of troopers onto the battlefield where he met his future second-in-command, Commander Colt. Kryze later arrived at the temple to pick up Yoda, Obi-Wan and an injured Anakin Skywalker.

Kryze was initially assigned to training younglings in lightsaber combat, hence why he was not on the battle field. His former master had suggested for him to join the council as soon as he passes the trials and deems himself worthy, however, his lack of force-mastery made it difficult for him to partake in any trials.

#### Battle of Hypori

While Kryze was not involved in the battle of Hypori, his former master was, she was nearly killed by General Grevious and was rescued by the Rancor Battalion. When Kryze found out about the attack, he assembled a squad against orders and descended to the planet surface to retrieve his masters lightsaber from Grevious.

Kryze's forces immediately attacked Grevious' base where the droids were quickly dispatched. Grevious attempted to escape but in a fit of anger, Kryze brought his ship down with the force. Kryze then attacked Grevious who was still recovering from the crash,slicing off one of his arms. Once Shaak Ti heard of her former padawan's mission, she too descended to the surface to save him. She arrived just as Hayden brought down Grevious' ship, she witnessed as he attacked Grevious with form V, however as the battle raged on he began to utilize the Form VII varient: Vaapad, which only Mace Windu had previously mastered without falling to the Dark Side. Shaak watched in defeat as he former pupil utilized the dangerous form combined with Jar'Kai using her lightsaber for balance. He ended up slicing off Grevious' legs and arms before he almost struck him down, however, he did not give into his anger, he declared Grevious under arrest. Shaak revealed herself, now having more confidence, she then commented that she would need to tell the council.

Hayden was brought before the council, he expected to be expelled for using such a dangerous method of combat, however, Windu praised him for his skills in combat. Windu then told Kryze, he would personally oversee his mastery of the combat style in order to assure he would not fall to the darkside. Kryze thanked him before reading to leave. However, before he could turn away, Yoda reminded him that since Grevious had killed Master Daakman Barreck and that there was now an empty seat on the council. They voted in favour of having Kryze on the council, however, it is heavily hinted that a large reason why was that they wanted to keep him under tighter control.

#### Battle of the Rishi Moon

After Grevious, who had been rescued by Asajj Ventress, attacked the rishi moon; Kryze, who controlled that area of Republic Space and was unaware of the attack, sent Commanders Cody and Colt as well as Captain Rex, to the moon to check on the outpost.

Kryze gladly accepted Echo and Fives into the Rancor Battalion, which he renamed to the Nite Owls after his home races legendary army, where he kept a close eye on them.

#### Sky Battle of Qwell

Hayden led the rescue of the Jedi Aayla Secura, alongside his good friend Anakin Skywalker. While Hayden provided air support, Anakin and his padawan, Ahsoka Tano, boarded Master Secura's ship. However, they ended up disapearing when their cruiser was damaged, leading Hayden to search the galaxy for them. He eventually found them on Maridum.

#### Blue Shadow Virus Crisis

Alongside Obi-Wan and Anakin as well as Ahsoka, Hayden led the forces to retake Dr. Vindi's base, once the base was secured, he and Ahsoka stayed to destroy the rest of the droids.

After Dr. Vindi's droid released the virus into the base, Hayden and Ahsoka ensured that the rest of the droids could not escape and release the virus onto the planet. Like Ahsoka and the clones, Hayden fell ill due to the virus and almost died from the poison. Thanks to Anakin and Obi-Wan, he survived the crisis and was treated in a medical facility on Naboo.

#### Breaking the Blockade of Ryloth

Hayden was ordered to break the blockade of Ryloth alongside Anakin and Ahsoka, he took part in the first attack which resulted in a disastrous defeat for the Republic, his cruiser was heavily damaged which resulted in him and Anakin deciding to use it as a battering ram to break the blockade, after Anakin piloted the cruiser into the Seperatist command ship, Hayden and Ahsoka led the attack to destroy the remaining blockade.

#### Battle of Malastare

Hayden served alongside Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu during the Battle of Malastare. He led the ground forces into battle while the Ion bomb was readied. He saved both Captain Rex and Commander Colts lives when the ground began to sink which resulted in him falling into the hole. This severely injured him, however, Echo and Fives; who were also swallowed by the ground, saved him from the Zillo Beast. They were all later saved by Anakin and Mace.

#### Second Battle of Geonosis

Along with his best friend, his master, Master Undulli and master Ki-Adi-Mundi, Hayden participated in the Second Battle of Geonosis. This was Hayden's breakthrough with many clones which gained him a huge amount of respect from them.

During the initial assault, the plan was for Master's Kenobi, Mundi and General Skywalker to establish a perimeter a few miles short of the shielded factory with Hayden providing air support, however, once all three master's gunships were shot down and only Commander Cody made it to the landing point, Hayden changed the plan and left his Captain in charge of the air battle while he descended to the surface to co-ordinate the defense of the landing point himself. Hayden and Commander Cody worked together to prevent the landing point from being overrun while Skywalker and Mundi made their way too it. Hayden also sent Echo and Fives to recover Obi-Wan from his gunship. Once the initial battle was over, Hayden took master Kenobi's place, as he has been critically injured during the initial battle, for the remainder of the assault. His efforts were also commended and this sealed the deal for his council seat. He was allowed to permanently sit on the fallen master Daakman Barrek's seat which he was only filling in for before.

During the attack on the Droid Factory; Hayden, Ahsoka and Barriss Offee all snuck into the factory, while Hayden would track down poggle, the two padawans were sent to blow up the factory.

#### Hostage Crisis

When Cad Bane took the Senate hostage in an attempt to secure the freedom of Ziro the Hutt, Hayden was sent to the Senate building alongside Echo and Fives, now serving as his Lieutenants to

#### Battle of Umbara

Hayden was one of the four leaders of the Battle of Umbara, he and the Nite Owls accompanied the 501st Battalion during the invasion and he fought alongside Anakin Skywalker. However, during the first day of the assault, Anakin was withdrawn to Coruscant by the Chancellor while General Pong Krell took over the 501st in his absence. Hayden's attitude towards Krell was noted by his Lieutenant, Fives, who strongly disliked Krell. As the 501st were the main Battalion leading the assault, Krell had full command. Hayden was angered when Krell ordered both Battalions into a risky position, he fought alongside the Clones while Krell hung back.

After the Clones took the base, Hayden encouraged their plan to use Umbaran starships to blow up the Separatist Supply Ship, however, Krell denied the mission. Hayden eventually accepted this after his complaint to the council was dropped by Master Windu. Hayden was furious with Krell when he arrested Fives and Jesse for their heroic actions but accepted that there was nothing he could do to help them. He was upset when Fives was sentenced to death but was relieved when the Clones did not execute them.

Following the Clones return from their fight against their own men, which Krell orchestrated, Hayden dismissed the possibility that Krell could have done such a thing and when Fives commented that Hayden didn't like Krell, Hayden dismissed the claim. When Rex attempted to arrest Krell, Hayden joined them and questioned him. Krell knew he was no match for Hayden's skills and instead targeted Fives, who he knew Hayden would protect, which caused Hayden to be distracted and knocked out.

When Hayden came to, he authorized the execution of General Krell and commended both Captain Rex and Lieutenant Fives' efforts. He apologized for letting Krell torture them and asked for their forgiveness which they granted him. Later, he promoted Fives to Captain of the Nite Owls and commented to Anakin that Rex was worthy of becoming a Commander.

### The Final Year of the Clone Wars

In the later years of the Clone Wars; his good friend, Ahsoka Tano left the Jedi order after being accused of crimes she did not commit; and his Captain, Fives, was murdered by Commander Fox after being framed for an attempt on the chancellor's life, Hayden lost a great amount of faith in the Republic, and to the Jedi Order. He was made a Jedi Master following the Third Battle of Kamino, which he led the defense of, and retained his seat on the council. He teamed up with Ahsoka Tano when she discovered a Sith Shrine under the Temple which led to him dueling Darth Sidious, who was attempting to enter the Temple. He also led the invasion of Sereno and captured Count Dooku a month before the end of the Clone Wars which led to the battle of Coruscant. Finally, he and Tano teamed up one last time to lead the Seige of Madalore before he was recalled to the Temple when Anakin Skywalker was given a seat on the council.

#### Battle of Sundari

After Maul's takeover of Mandalore, the Jedi received a transmission for help from Satine. She requested Obi-Wan, not her brother, come and help her, however, against orders, Hayden followed Obi-Wan. When he arrived in the capital of Sundari, he contacted Bo-Katan, his sister, who smuggled him inside. He then arrived at the palace where Obi-Wan had just witnessed Satine's death. Hayden challenged Oppress and Maul in accordance with ancient Mandalorian tradition. He engaged in a fierce duel with the two where he killed Savage Oppress before facing off against an enraged Maul. He and Kenobi escaped with the Nite Owls when Maul's Shadow Collective appeared to defend him.

After escaping with Katan, she requested to Obi-Wan that the Republic invade Mandalore in order to kill Maul, he agreed to speak to the council before leaving with Hayden.

#### Duelling Darth Sidious

While trying to gain redemption for his disobedience regarding Mandalore, Hayden was sent to capture Dooku and the Sith Lord who had snuck onto Coruscant, with Ki-Adi Mundi, Plo Koon, Luminara Undulli, Alaya Secura and Shaak Ti. While Secura and Ti pursued Dooku, the rest pursued the Sith Lord, they engaged him and he managed to kill both Mundi and Undulli while he injured Koon. Hayden was urged to flee by the Sith, who clouded his vision and mind with the dark side meaning it was impossible for Hayden to identify him, however, Hayden activated his battle meditation and used the fallen Jedi's lightsabers as well as the dark saber, which he had claimed from Maul, to battle the Sith Lord. He managed to disarm the Sith but he got away before Hayden could defeat him.

Hayden's actions were complimented by the council and he was named Champion of the Jedi Order, taking the title from Mace Windu.

#### The Temple Bombing

Hayden was unable to help with the search but believed it was a Jedi who bombed the temple.

Following the bombing of the Temple, Hayden urged Anakin and Ahsoka to look into the underworld of Coruscant for clues as a lot of the underworlders hate the Jedi. Hayden was unsurprised by Letta's reveal as the bomber and congratulated the duo on discovering her.

#### The Trial of Ahsoka Tano

Following Ahsoka's arrest Hayden was informed immediately and informed Anakin, taking him to the Military centre to speak to her, after Anakin's failure to gain entry, Hayden threatened Commander Fox with demotion if they weren't granted access which failed. When Ahsoka escaped, Anakin and Hayden pursued her; Hayden tracked her in the pipe line and allowed her to escape to try and clear her name which was looked down on as he claimed she disarmed him which most doubted.

Hayden joined Plo Koon in his search for her after Anakin was suspended from looking further into the events, Hayden swore to Anakin that he would help prove Ahsoka's innocence. Upon finding her in the warehouse, Hayden was shocked to find her with the nanodroids.

Hayden and Plo Koon were the only Jedi of the council who voted in favour of siding with Ahsoka during the Jedi Judgement trial, he had an angry outburst during the proceedings when he realised they had already made up their minds before the trail began. While Ahsoka's trial was going on, Hayden and Anakin searched for clues, while Anakin questioned Ventress, Hayden traced the Temple comms, by the time Hayden discovered Ahsoka and Barriss' conversation, Anakin had already engaged Barriss, he arrived with Temple guards to help his friend, they both fought her and defeated her before revealing her treachery to the Republic.

Hayden was hurt by Ahsoka's decision to leave the Temple after he had sacrificed everything to find out who framed her.

#### Biochip Conspiracy

Hayden accompanied Fives but could not help him in Kamino as he had to return to the battlefield. Hayden was present for Fives "assassination attempt" on the Chancellor. He pursued his friend but failed. Hayden held Fives as he died, before arresting Commander Fox for disobeying his orders not to kill Fives.

#### Siege of Mandalore

Hayden was summoned to the Resolute alongside Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi when Ahsoka Tano got in contact with the Republic about an invasion of Mandalore alongside Bo-Katan Kryze, Hayden's sister. Hayden was immediately supportive of the plan and pledged his Nite Owls' support in the campaign. Anakin was also supportive, wanting to help save his best friends homeward and support his former padawan. Although Obi-Wan was less than supportive, he was hesitant which caused both Bo-Katan and Hayden to lash out at him and recalled his feelings for Satine. Eventually, it was decided that Rex would be promoted to Commander, and would take half of the 501st, Ahsoka would be made a military advisor and Hayden would take the Nite Owls, and lead the campaign, to Mandalore to lay siege to the planet. Meanwhile, Anakin and Obi-Wan were forced to save the chancellor, who had been kidnapped when Coruscant was attacked by General Grevious.

Several hours later, Hayden led the assault alongside Ahsoka and Bo-Katan, he offered Almec the chance to surrender but when it was denied he and Captain Vaughn stormed the city with Ahsoka and Commander Rex. While Hayden and Bo-Katan captured the City early, Ahsoka, Rex and Vaughn tranced the Mandalorian Super Commandos down to the sewers which resulted in the death of Captain Vaughn. This death was particularly hard for Hayden as Vaughn was the fourth commanding officer which he had lost during the war. Vaughn died with Ahsoka at his side, before she briefly faced off against Maul before Rex and the 501st arrived, closely followed by Hayden.

Shortly after, Hayden attended a council meeting where he watched Anakin be promoted to council member on the Chancellor's orders, all the Jedi including Hayden were worried about Anakin's relationship with the Chancellor. Following the meeting, Hayden informed Ahsoka and Bo-Katan that Anakin had killed Count Dooku when rescuing the Chancellor which meant the war would most likely be over soon.

That night, Hayden and Ahsoka engaged Maul in the throne room where Hayden teased Maul for improving his fighting since the last time. Maul tried to kill Hayden but instead stunned him and left him unconscious. When Hayden regained consciousness, he saved Ahsoka from being pushed off a ledge by Maul, this also allowed the clones to stun Maul and capture him.

Hayden then leaves Mandalore the next day at the request of the council as he is needed to monitor Anakin. He leaves Ahsoka to tie up loose ends on Mandalore before reminding her that he will wait for her return at the temple. He then departs with the Nite Owls to Coruscant.

#### The Fall of Skywalker

Hayden arrived back from Mandalore shortly after Anakin revealed that Sidious was a Sith Lord to the council. Hayden met Anakin in the council chambers where they reminisced about their childhoods and had a brief stand off regarding Anakin's position in the order. Hayden reveals that he knows Anakin is a good man and believes he has a high place in the order, but, his emotions are clouding his judgement, especially surrounding his unborn children with Padme. Anakin is initially ashamed but admits he fears for Padme's life, he then reveals Sidious is the only person who can save her, although Hayden doubts this. Anakin then tells Hayden that he will not go to Sidious' aid if he commands he doesn't but also states that if Hayden actually cares for him and believes in him, then he'll let him go, Hayden the allowed Anakin to go and stop Sidious' execution.

After Anakin leaves, Hayden then heads to the war room to communicate with Ahsoka who tells him that she is on her way to Coruscant, Hayden considers telling her not to return and to let Rex deliver Maul but does not. Following the transmission, Hayden then checks on some war data before sensing something terrible in the force, he hears Anakin, Mace and Sidioius in the force all colliding. He then senses Anakin fall to the dark side of the force, the heartbreak of this causes Hayden's battle meditation to activate and ignite the lightsaber pikes of the two temple guards who Commander Fox and Captain Thire had just executed as soon as Order 66 had been activated. The two troopers turn on Hayden who assumed a defensive position in the middle of the room, he questioned what was happening before three squads of clones entered the war room, storming him in a hurricane tactic, which had been developed specially to eliminate talented Jedi duelists such as Hayden. While the clones outnumbered Hayden, he used the six blades to slash through the clones and survive. Hayden is the only Jedi to survive being hurricaned by the clones.

Following the attempt on his life, Hayden puts a distress signal out on through the Jedi's private channel and questions what has happened with the clones, when Can Dralig replies they are all turning on the Jedi Hayden, who is now the proxy High Master of the Temple in Yoda and Mace's absence places the Temple on Critical alert for the first time in a thousand years.

### Order 66

#### Operation: Nightfall

Hayden, Shaak Ti and Ciin Drallig led the defense of the Jedi Temple together. While Master Drallig fought on the front lines and fell early to a Dark Jedi, Master Ti meditated at the Sith Shrine and Hayden protected the Younglings. Hayden eventually found the Dark Jedi, who was revealed to be Anakin, in the council chambers after he slaughtered the Younglings. Hayden challenged Anakin, now going by Darth Vader, to a duel in order to 'avenge Anakin's death' which was known as the Last Duel of the Clone War.

The two fought through the whole Temple, with many Jedi coming to Hayden's aid and all falling to Vader. Eventually, Hayden and Vader fought each other at the Sith Shrine where Master Ti joined her former apprentice. Hayden was knocked down and made his way back up, by the time he reached the Shrine once again, Vader had killed his former master. He used the force to daze Vader before using both Master Ti and Anakin's lightsaber to cut off both of his hands. He was going to kill Anakin before the clones arrived, forcing him to flee.

#### Survivors

The three surviving council members met on Bail Organa's ship where they discussed their next moves, they decided Obi-Wan would go to kill Anakin while both Master Yoda and Kryze would kill Palpetine. Hayden revealed that both the Mandalorian Nite Owls and his own Clone Nite Owls, who had remained loyal to the Jedi due to their lack of Bio-Chips, would protect the surviving Jedi he smuggled away until they returned.

#### Dueling Palpetine

Master Yoda and Master Kryze both arrived at the Chancellor's office where they prepared to kill him. Upon entering, they killed both the guards. After a short standoff, Hayden angrily used the force to kill Palpetine's assistants which angered the Sith Lord.

They all ignited their lightsabers with Hayden using his remaining lightsaber as well as his fallen Master's blade, Hayden taunted Palpetine about defeating Anakin in the Temple but Palpetine attacked him with the intent to kill, what the Sith Lord did not know, was that Hayden was ready for his fighting style, having analysed it since their first encounter. Hayden easily destroyed Palpetine's offhand lightsaber which forced him to turn his attention to Yoda as Hayden was more powerful than him.

Both Yoda and Palpetine were far superior when the force was utilised in battle but Hayden did get several strikes in at the Sith. Once Master Yoda was knocked down, Hayden ordered him to flee before confronting the Sith himself. Hayden got several strikes in and managed to cut off one of Palpetine's fingers but the Sith Lord bested him by beating him down with a fury of force lightening. Hayden decided to cut his losses and flee to the Underworld.

#### Escape to Tython

Hayden fled into the underworld pursued by Clones, he sunk into the shadows and made his way to the lower levels. He contacted Ahsoka Tano on the Fulcrum Frequency and she directed him to Trace Martez so that she could smuggle him off-world. Eventually he found Trace and introduced himself as Anakin Skywalker, he convinced Trace to fly him off world in exchange for Master Yoda's Kyber Crystal, she then informed him her ship was docked 3 levels down and that it was in the shipping yards.

They made their way down to the lower levels before they were ID'd by Clone Officers who recognised Kryze. He cut his way through them and killed Commander Fox, who Hayden had a strong dislike for, while Trace started her ship. He was about to board the ship when he sensed a presence. A Dark Cyborg stepped out of the shadows and ignited it's lightsaber. Hayden clashed with it when he realised who it was. This moment gave the cyborg the upper hand and as he was about to kill Kryze, an unknown figure fired on him. This allowed Hayden to summon his Master's blade and distract the Sith long enough to escape.

Years later, following the battle of Endor, General Rex revealed to Hayden that he was the one who fired on Vader that day as he has just arrived on Coruscant after splitting up with Ahsoka Tano, and as soon as he heard about Hayden being in the lower levels he set out to find him.

### A New Order

#### Training the New Jedi

Hayden fled to Tython with the help of his sister as well as the mandalorians, who rebelled against the empire due to their loyalties to the Kryze family.

Upon arriving on Tython, Hayden oversaw the training of twelve padawans including Petro, who survived Order 66 as well.

## Personality and Traits

As a Child, Hayden was similar to many other Mandalorian children, he was active, feisty and determined. He actively sought out competition, particularly with his sister Bo-Katan. He presumable agreed with his parents dedication to maintaining the old ways of Mandalore while also keeping peace with the Galaxy. Hayden's first defining moment as a child was when he watched his parents die at the hands of challengers to the Mandalorian throne, after watching them be struck down, he used the force to push both of them out of the palace windows, plummeting to their deaths, this caught the attention of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn who was a friend of his parents. These events displayed to Master Qui-Gon that Hayden would be trainable as a Jedi, although, his emotional attachments would need to be monitored.

Hayden was a popular youngling in the temple, he was known to be a very determined lightsaber combatant, practicing whenever, and wherever possible. He was charismatic and friendly, as well as being a caring Jedi who looked out for all of his fellow younglings. He became particularly close to Anakin Skywalker, who was picked on a lot for the rumors surrounding him being 'the chosen one'. He and Anakin became very close friends and spent a lot of time training together, this friendship carried on until the end of the Clone War.

While Hayden and Anakin were close friends, they often clashed with their ideals. Hayden was appreciative of Anakin's passion and did not reject it as the other Jedi did, however, Hayden still discouraged Anakin from forming attachments such as when he found out about Anakin and Padme's relationship, although, he did swear to keep it a secret as a show of loyalty to his friend, although, years down the line, Hayden regretted this as it caused him so much pain.

## Powers and Abilities

### Lightsaber Abilities

Hayden Kryze's ability to weild a lightsaber in combat was his legacy and he was widely known through both the order, and the galaxy, as one of the greatest duelists of all time. Having been raised as a warrior on Mandalore before being brought to the Jedi Temple, Hayden was already skilled in melee combat when he began his training. However, unlike most advanced students, he insisted on staying at his age level before becoming a padawan, he never took the opportunity to advance earlier than most as he was a perfectionist.

Hayden's skills were noted very quickly by many in the order; in particular, Mace Windu and Shaak Ti became very interested in his training with both being interested in taking him on as a padawan, this was particularly strange for one council member, never mind two council members. Although in the end Shaak Ti received him as an apprentice, Mace Windu would still go on to train him in the Form VII variant: Vaapad which Hayden adopted as his signature fighting style.

Hayden was the only Jedi known to have ever mastered five forms of Lightsaber combat. His signature fighting style was the Form VII variant: Vaapad, however, he tended to use this in conjunction with another form, usually Form V variant: Shein or the Form III variant: Soresu. He would utilize the fighting method of Jar'Kai to effectively switch between these styles while wielding two blades. He was also strong in the Form IV variant: Ataru as it complimented his athletic and acrobatic abilities. He stated to Ahsoka Tano that he did have adept knowledge of the Form II variant: Makashi, although, he found it boring to utilize. He also disliked the Form I variant: Shii-Cho, as it was reckless and childish, as well as harboring a dislike for the popular lightsaber combat style Niman, which was a form VI variant, as he did not feel comfortable using something so popular.

Hayden was also notable for being the only Jedi to have brought General Grevious, and Count Dooku, down and arresting them. During the battle of Hypori, Kryze attacked a dazed Grevious and, without knowing it, tapped into the darkside to utilize the Form VII variant: Vaapad style of fighting before declaring Grevious under arrest. This was shortly after Grevious had defeated his Master, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Aayla Secura and killed Sha'a Gi, Daakman Barrack and Tarr Seirr. He also took on Asajj Ventress several times and arrested Count Dooku at the climax of the Battle of Serreno. During Maul's take over of Mandalore, he dueled the Sith Brothers, Maul and Savage Oppress, where he dispatched Maul quickly before killing Savage with little effort. Both the brothers had previously hunted down and killed many Jedi including Master Adi Gallia.

Had the Jedi Order not fallen, Mace Windu wanted Hayden to become the Dueling Champion of the Jedi Order and train future Jedi in the ways of Lightsaber combat. Master Yoda recognized this after Order 66 and made Hayden the Grand Master of the Jedi order before he went into exile.

### Force Powers

#### Connection to the Force

While Hayden was an extremely talented, and unmatched, lightsaber combatant, he was far less talented with the force. Hayden was so weak with his force wielding that he was almost kicked out of the order as a youngling. Hayden could perform basic force powers such as force push and pull, he was also an adept athlete with the force complementing his natural athletic abilities. However, he struggled to control his visions whenever they would come to him and thus he could not qualify for natural Jedi Knighting trials.

While Hayden's force limitations were seen as a con for many, his former master as well as Mace Windu saw this as a strength for Hayden. As Hayden utilized the dangerous form VII varient: Vaapad, which required him to use his raw emotions to tap into both the dark and lightside of the force, during combat, his lack of being in touch with the force helped him maintain a suitable balance between the dark and light sides when fighting. Similarly to Mace Windu, Hayden was forbidden from killing while using a Vaapad fighting style as it was too risky.

#### Battle Meditation

While Hayden was not a proficient user of the force, he was one of the few Jedi who could use the rare Jedi ability "Battle Meditation" to draw power from the Light Side of the Force to aid him in battle. Mace Windu theorised that Hayden's advanced lightsaber abilities can partly be credited due to his ability to use Battle Meditation. Hayden first used Battle Meditation when he attacked General Grievous on Hypori, he used the ability to tear through the General easily. The next time he actively used the power was when he duelled Darth Sidious on Coruscant after the Sith killed Ki-Adi Mundi and Luminara Undulli, using the power to activate and control the fallen Jedi's lightsabers. Hayden's final known time of actively using the ability was when he sensed Anakin Skywalker fall to the dark side of the force, the skill activited through Hayden's heartbreak and he managed to disarm Commander Fox without even being aware of his surroundings, he then used it to control the three lightsaber pikes of the dead temple guards when the clone's rushed into the temple communication centre to kill him. Following Anakin's fall to the dark side and Hayden's attempt to kill him at the Temple, Hayden lost his ability to use battle meditation because he almost fell to the dark side of the force himself.

### Other Skills

Hayden was a confident and talented pilot, thanks to all the training he did with Anakin Skywalker. He was known for being a leader the clones could trust with their lives while fighting a battle in the air, he served with the Clone Pilot Commander Tracer during the Clone Wars.

Due to Hayden's skills with a lightsaber, he took it upon himself to know a great deal about the weapons. He would often accompany younglings to the Gathering to help them assemble his lightsaber and eventually, after Master Huyang, who was part cyborg, passed away in the early days of the Clone Wars, Hayden downloaded all of his knowledge into an architect droid who retained Huyang's consciousness. Hayden left Hunyang to solely lead the gathering after this, out of respect for the Master.

While Hayden's knowledge of lightsabers and skills in a starfighter were notable, his best Non-Jedi related skill was his knowledge on the Underworld of Coruscant, the Black Market and any criminal related work. Due to his roots in Mandalore, he studied a lot of Crime related topics in his free time and could trace the handiwork of any bounty hunter across the galaxy. When an unknown bounty hunter broke into the temple to steal a holocron, Hayden immediately deduced it was Cad Bane and took the lead in the mission to get it back. He also helped Ahsoka Tano recover her lightsaber after it was stolen in the underworld.

## Appearances

### The Skywalker Saga

Hayden appears in the 2015 re-releases of Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, he is digitally added to the films but not heavily featured. These films are considered to be non-canon with the events taking place in the Clone Wars final season being considered the canonical events.

Hayden is featured as a main character in the sequel trilogy, first appearing in The Last Jedi and finishing Luke Skywalker's training, making him a true Jedi Master. He also serves as Rey's Master following Luke's death in "Duel of the Fates" and also the one to kill her when she falls to the Dark Side, it is then revealed that he was in fact her father.

* Attack of the Clones (2015, re-release)
* Revenge of the Sith (2015, re-release)
* The Last Jedi (2017)
* Duel of the Fates (2019)

### Star Wars: The Clone Wars

During the original run of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Hayden appeared in 108 episodes overall, counting times he was seen in the background of episodes, but not counting times he was mentioned or times he appeared in the opening narration.

Hayden appeared in all ten series of the Clone Wars and starred in fifty-five episodes, either being the lead of the episode or heavily featuring as a main character. Hayden's most notable story arcs are The Umbara Arc; The New Master Arc; The Siege of Boz Pity; The Visions of Death Arc; The Siege of Deveron Arc; The Siege of Mandalore Arc and finally, The Revenge of the Sith Arc which he co-lead alongside Anakin Skywalker.

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3
* Season 4
* Season 5
* Season 6
* Season 7
* Season 8
* Season 9
* Season 10

### Star Wars Rebels

Hayden never appeared physically in Star Wars Rebels, however, his distress signal from the temple; first seen in the Clone Wars episode "Operation: Knightfall", is seen inside a holocron owned by Kanan. He is also mentioned numerous times by Kanan and Ahsoka.

### Ahsoka

Hayden appears in the first episode of Ahsoka during the moments he is reunited with her following the destruction of the second death star, they are happy to be reunited and talk about the trials they have faced.

## Behind the Scenes

* Hayden is Portrayed by Calum Kelmer in the Star Wars Franchise. He is the only actor to have voiced his character all the way through the clone wars and appear in the movies.
	+ Kelmer voiced him in the Clone Wars series from Season One to Season Seven.
	+ Kelmer also voiced the character in Rebels.
	+ Kelmer appears in a live form as Hayden in The Last Jedi and Duel of the Fates.
	+ Kelmer also appeared in *Knights of the Jedi*, *Rise of the Sith* and *Legacy of the Force* as the lead character.
		- This also marks Kelmer's final appearance in any Live Action Star Wars Media.
	+ Kelmer has been digitally added to a re-release of Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.
* Hayden is the only known Jedi to master five different forms of Lightsaber combat.
* During the Clone Wars, Hayden went through several different Commanders of his Battalion, the Rancor Battalion which he later renamed the Nite Owls.
	+ The First was Commander Colt who severed under from the battle of Geonosis until the Battle of Kamino where he died.
	+ His second leaders were his Sergeant's Fives and Echo who shared the commanding position, they were Arc Troopers who Kryze preferred shared the role rather than pit against each other. Echo was presumed dead after the escape from the Citadel.
	+ Following Echo's presumed death, Fives promoted to Lieutenant of the Nite Owls with Tup taking up the Sergeant position. Fives died on Coruscant, he was murdered by Commander Fox on the Chancellor's orders.
	+ Following Fives' death, a trooper named Vaughn was assigned to be Hayden's Captain, however, Vaughn died on Mandalore near the end of the war.