Star Wars Destiny Chronicles: Jedi Archives -- Grand Masters of the Jedi Order

GRAND MASTERS OF THE JEDI ORDER

by Master Tionne Solusar, head of the Jedi Archives

    For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Order has been guided by the wisdom of the Grand Master. Traditionally, the title has been assigned to the Jedi Master who is considered to be the wisest and most talented of the Order, and is exclusively appointed by the members of the High Council. While separate from the rank of Master of the Order, who is the elected leader of the High Council, more often than not the Grand Master fulfills both roles, especially during times of conflict.

    The following names are of those who are known to have served as Grand Master during the Jedi Order's many years of existence. Due to the passage of time as well as the efforts of the Empire to purge Jedi history, many records are incomplete, though I shall do my best to keep them updated as more is uncovered.

Awdrysta Pina (fl. 24,500 BBY)

    Awdrysta Pina is the earliest known Grand Master and allegedly the first to hold the title. Informally known as the "Green Blade" for the color of his twin katanas, Master Pina led the Jedi in the conflict against the Legions of Lettow during what is remembered as the First Great Schism. During the Battle of Columus, Pina slayed the Legions' leader Xendor before setting his sights on the Dark Jedi's lieutenant Arden Lyn. Chasing her to the remote world of Irkalla, Pina was mortally wounded with his own blades but was able to use the last of his energy to cripple Lyn.

Biel Ductavis (fl. 10,966 BBY)

    Biel Ductavis served as Grand Master during the late Pius Dea Era. For most of the era, the Jedi Order had stayed out of affairs while the Pius Dea-ruled Republic invaded worlds in the name of their religion. During the Seventh Alsakan Conflict, the Jedi were finally pushed to action and allied with the Republic Renunciates to strike back at the Pius Dea Republic. After capturing Chancellor Contispex XIX above Uquine, Master Ductavis assumed the position of Supreme Chancellor and led both it and the Jedi in restoring the galaxy from the damage wrought to it by the Pius Dea.

Memit Nadill (fl. 5000 BBY)

    Memit Nadill was a revered Jedi Master who served as Grand Master during the Unification Wars. When the Sith Empire attacked the Republic in 5000 BBY, Master Nadill -- despite his distaste for violence -- rallied the Jedi into defending the galaxy against the Sith in what became known as the Great Hyperspace War. After the war's end, Nadill discarded his lightsaber as a declaration of pacifism as well as out of hope that the Jedi would never need to take up arms again.

Odan-Urr (4600-3996 BBY)

    Odan-Urr was a former student of Memit Nadill and a Jedi Knight who had fought in the Great Hyperspace War. A Draethos exile, Odan-Urr founded the Great Jedi Library of Ossus and created a version of the Jedi Code that the Order would abide by for the next four thousand years. In 4600 BBY, Odan-Urr was named Grand Master, presiding the Jedi assembly through the Third Great Schism and into the Great Sith War. In 3996 BBY, Master Odan-Urr was killed by the fallen Jedi Exar Kun when he broke into the Great Library to steal the Dark Holocron.

Nomi Sunrider (3995-c.3964 BBY)

    Nomi Sunrider was a famous Jedi Knight who fought in the Great Sith War against Exar Kun and his Brotherhood. After the war, which had saw to the deaths of such revered masters as Odan-Urr, Arca Jeth, and Vodo-Siosk Baas, Nomi and her fellow Knights took on the duty of rebuilding the Jedi Order from the losses it had suffered. Relocating the Order to Coruscant, Nomi saw to a restructuring of the Jedi Council -- establishing a twelve-member High Council to oversee all others -- and it wasn't long before she was named Grand Master for her efforts.

    When the threat of the Mandalorian Wars began to loom, Master Sunrider had no desire to see the Order be pulled into another conflict yet could not deny that something dark was afoot. Around 3964 BBY, she undertook a sabbatical to meditate and investigate these feelings, leaving Vrook Lamar in the position of Master of the Order. When or even if Sunrider ever returned from her sabbatical is unknown, though she is not recorded as having taken part in the war against Darth Revan's Sith Empire.

Bastila Shan (3950 BBY-)

    After the Jedi Civil War, the position of Grand Master was left unoccupied until after the conclusion of the Dark Wars. Having suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Sith Triumvirate, the Jedi Order was but a fraction of what it had once been and was forced to look to its handful of survivors in the hopes of ever rebuilding. While the Jedi Exile brought together the Lost Jedi after defeating the Sith, she turned down the duty of leadership in favor of searching for the lost Revan.

    As the most experienced of the remaining Jedi, having fought in the Jedi Civil War and confronted Darth Revan himself, Bastila Shan undertook the role of Grand Master and set about rebuilding the Order with help of the Exile's former companions.

Zym (3691-3653 BBY)

    Zym was promoted to the rank of Grand Master a decade before the outbreak of the Great Galactic War in 3681 BBY. A pacifistic Kel Dor, Zym was ill-prepared for the violence that the Sith Empire would bring upon the galaxy and entrusted much of the war effort with more militant Masters such as Belth Allusis and Jun Seros while he served as an adviser to the Supreme Chancellor.

    In 3653 BBY, the Great War came to an end with the Sacking of Coruscant, which saw to the destruction of the Jedi Temple and the Republic being forced into a peace treaty. Shortly afterwards, Master Zym was assassinated by the bounty hunter Braden, further weakening the Order after the losses it had suffered from the war.

Satele Shan (c.3651-3637 BBY)

   A descendant of Bastila Shan and a hero of the Great War, Satele Shan revitalized the Jedi Order when she rediscovered its lost ancestral homeworld of Tython. For her discovery, she was promoted to Jedi Master and given a seat on the High Council before being named Grand Master by 3645 BBY.

   Master Shan would continue to lead the Jedi Order as it reentered the war against the Sith Empire. In 3637 BBY, both the Republic and the Empire were attacked by the Eternal Empire of Zakuul. The Jedi Order suffered heavy losses before being forced to scatter while Master Shan went into a meditative exile, leaving the role of Grand Master vacant.

Axon Roden (3500-3439 BBY)

    A taciturn Vurk, Axon Roden was Grand Master of the Jedi when Battlemaster Dion Sazon left the Order and became the Sith Lord Darth Desolous. After a bloody conflict with the Pau'an's Army of Desolation, Roden and the Jedi Council set up a trap for Desolous on Yaga Minor, where all twelve Masters faced off with the Sith Lord in combat. While Roden and several others were killed, the remaining Masters were able to subdue Desolous and end his reign once and for all.

Niira Baelar (3439-3419 BBY)

    A peaceful Iktotchi seer, Niira Baelar was a member of the Jedi Council during the Desolation War and was forced to strike down Darth Desolous after he had killed Master Roden and many of her compatriots. Despite her misgivings, Baelar was promoted to Grand Master and served in this role for the next twenty years. During this time, she included a simulation of Darth Desolous in the Jedi Trials to warn prospective Knights of the dangers of the dark side.

Fae Coven (1000 BBY-)

    After four centuries of being led by Jedi Chancellors, the Jedi Order fell under the leadership of Grand Master Fae Coven following the conclusion of the New Sith Wars. During her tenure, Master Coven reorganized the Jedi academy structure and created a guidebook for prospective apprentices.

Yoda (-19 BBY)

    A renowned Jedi Master whose origins remain a mystery, Master Yoda became Grand Master several hundred years before the Clone Wars and has trained countless generations of Jedi. Like the rest of the Council, his mind was clouded by the growing strength of the dark side and did not realize that the Republic had fallen under the control of the Sith until it was too late. 

    After being bested in a duel with Darth Sidious, Yoda went into exile on Dagobah where he would remain for the next twenty years. During his exile, he was discovered by a young Luke Skywalker and agreed to train him in the ways of the Force. The following year, Yoda passed away of old age but not before passing on the duty of rebuilding the Jedi Order to Skywalker.

Luke Skywalker (10-26 ABY)

    The son of Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker took on the duty as given to him by Master Yoda and, after seeing to the defeat of Darth Sidious and his Empire, set about rebuilding the Jedi Order. After seeking out survivors of the Great Purge as well as prospective students, Skywalker established a Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4, where the New Jedi Order would flourish for the next decade.

    In 25 ABY, Skywalker relocated the expanding Order to Ossus just as the Sith Order of Darth Vorath attacked the galaxy. During the Battle of Coruscant, Skywalker teamed up with his former apprentice Toah Jarsan to face off against Darth Vorath and destroyed the ancient Sith Lord's staff, albeit at the cost of his own life.

Xanus Baran (26-37 ABY)

    A survivor of the Jedi Purge, Xanus Baran was found by Luke Skywalker after the Battle of Endor and he agreed to join the revived Jedi High Council, serving as Skywalker's most trusted adviser. After the Imperial Sith War, Baran was promoted to Grand Master after Skywalker's sacrifice and led the Order when it entered the Glorian War. During a meeting with the leader of the Dark Jedi Order, Baran was abducted by Glorian agents and had his spirit extracted so that the entity Waru could inhabit his body. After Waru was vanquished, Baran's spirit became one with the Force.

Kro Sadoon (37-41 ABY)

    Another survivor of the Purge, Kro Sadoon was hiding among the Baran Do when he was discovered by Luke Skywalker and became a founding member of the New Jedi Order. Following Baran's demise, Sadoon took on the role of Grand Master, though he would eventually meet his end as well when the Sith forces of Darth Taral attacked Ossus.

Star Wars Destiny Chronicles: Darksiders -- Dark Side Adepts of the Empire

THE EMPEROR'S HANDS

    The Emperor's Hands were dark side operatives that were personally trained by and answered directly to Emperor Palpatine himself. Serving as spies and assassins, the Emperor gave them tasks that required conspicuousness that could not be achieved by more public figures such as Darth Vader. While not considered Sith themselves, Palpatine would often toy with the idea of replacing Vader as his apprentice with one of his Hands, though this served more to keep the Dark Lord in line rather than to seriously entertain such an idea.

    The exact number of Hands remains unknown. Each one was led to believe that they were the only Hand, though some would discover the truth or at least carry suspicions. Below is a list of known Emperor's Hands.

    Mara Jade, a human female who was considered by Palpatine to be one of his best assassins and spies. Upon Palpatine's death at the Battle of Endor, Mara Jade received a telepathic command from the Emperor to kill the Jedi responsible for his demise: Luke Skywalker. Her life now in shambles, she turned to the life of a smuggler and eventually came to work for Talon Karrde. She would run into Skywalker five years after her master's death but was forced to work with him against the machinations of Grand Admiral Thrawn. After defeating Thrawn and the dark Jedi clone Joruus C'baoth, Jade turned her back on the dark side and began training as a Jedi Knight.

    Lumiya

    Arden Lyn, an ancient woman who hailed from the days of the First Great Schism. A Follower of Palawa, Arden Lyn was the lieutenant and lover of the fallen Jedi Xendor who led the Legions of Lettow. She was defeated in combat by Jedi Master Awdrysta Pina but was able to survive by putting herself in a Force trance. Her body was entombed only to be discovered a thousand generations later by a team of scouts, who used her Kashi Mer talisman to reawaken her and rejuvenate her body. After she was found and defeated by Imperial Inquisitors, Emperor Palpatine decided to spare Lyn's life and offered her a position as one of his Hands; in exchange for her service, he promised to help bring back Xendor's spirit from Chaos. After realizing that Palpatine had no intention of fulfilling his end of the deal, Lyn turned against the Emperor and began training other Force-sensitives in the arts of Teras Kasi while also allying herself with Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin in his planned coup against the Emperor, though this coup ultimately failed. After Endor, she met and fell in love with the Dark Jedi Durrei, who had been sent by Ennix Devian to retrieve the Kashi Mer talisman that Lyn possessed. After Durrei delivered the relic, Devian betrayed both him and Lyn to the Inquisitor Antinnis Tremayne and Lyn herself would ultimately meet her end at the hands of the clone Emperor 

    Sarcev Quest, a human male who failed to reach the rank of Jedi Knight and was instead sent to the Agricultural Corps division of the Jedi Order. He was discovered by Chancellor Palpatine and pulled out of the AgriCorps to do the Chancellor's bidding, operating on his secret sanctuary world of Byss. Come the rise of the Empire, Quest was elevated to the rank of Emperor's Hand and operated in the Imperial Court to spy on the Emperor's political enemies. After the Emperor's death at the Battle of Endor, Quest helped ensure that Grand Vizier Sate Pestage remained in power despite the efforts of the Ruling Council to sabotage Pestage and take control of the Empire. When Pestage became too frustrating to work with, Quest allied himself with the Royal Guardsman Carnor Jax and the two began making plans for Jax to assume the Imperial throne for himself. These plans were usurped when Palpatine seemingly returned from the dead, prompting Quest and Jax to join this new Dark Empire. After the clone Emperor died at the hands of Darth Vorath and Jax mysteriously disappeared, Quest attempted to take control of what remained of the Ruling Council only to be imprisoned and tortured, before being dropped off on Nar Shaddaa. Twelve years later, he was apprehended by the bounty hunter Ailyn Vel and brought before former Emperor's Hand Jeng Droga, who promptly executed Quest. 

THE INQUISITORS

    The Inquisitorius was a secret branch of Imperial Intelligence that consisted of Force-sensitive agents trained in the dark side of the Force. The primary purpose of the Inquisitors was to track down and eliminate any Jedi who had survived the Purge, as well as any Force-sensitives that had not been taken into Jedi Order or were born after the Purge to either kill them or indoctrinate them into the Empire itself.

    The highest-ranking of the Empire's dark side adepts -- surpassing even the Emperor's Hands -- the Inquisitorius were divided into their own unique divisions. At the top was the division informally known as the Emperor's Elite. Trained by Darth Vader and comprised of former Jedi who had been seduced to the dark side, some even before the Purge, these Inquisitors were the go-to members to deal with Jedi survivors, especially those at the rank of Master. Meanwhile, the lower divisions were sent after Jedi who were less of a priority as well as to recover dark side artifacts and anything else that would be of interest to the Emperor.

    By the time of the Battle of Yavin, most of the Emperor's Elite had been killed at some point during the lead-up to the Galactic Civil War. Rather than replace their membership, the Emperor instead promoted the "public branch" and gave them missions that he would have otherwise given to the Elite. After the Emperor perished during the Battle of Endor, the Inquisitors descended into infighting, with many vying for control of the fragmented Empire. Many of them would wind up being recruited by Darth Vorath into his new Sith Order while others would become founding members of the Imperial Knights in the Imperial Remnant.

The Emperor's Elite

   The Grand Inquisitor, a Pau'an male who was once a Jedi Temple Guard. During the early days of the Purge, he lowered the Temple's defenses to allow Darth Vader and the 501st Legion to march into the Temple and murder the Jedi within. As reward for his service to the Sith, he was made leader of the Emperor's Elite and given the rank of Grand Inquisitor, a rank he secretly shared with Malorum. Around 5 BBY, he was sent to the planet Lothal to deal with the growing resistance, led by Jedi survivor Kanan Jarrus. However, the Grand Inquisitor met his match in Jarrus and was killed aboard the Sovereign in 4 BBY.

    The Second Sister (born Trilla Suduri), a human female Padawan who was captured by the Empire and converted into Inquisitor at one of Darth Vader's fortresses in the Mustafar system. In 14 BBY, she chased her former master Cere Junda and Purge survivor Cal Kestis across the galaxy during their search for Eno Cordova's holocron. During a confrontation with Kestis and Junda on Nur, the Second Sister began to see the wrongness in her actions only to be struck down by Vader before she could return to the light.

    The Fifth Brother, an alien male who was partnered with the Seventh Sister to pick up where the Grand Inquisitor had failed and quash Kanan Jarrus' band of rebels. However, they both met their end on Malachor at the hands of the former Sith Lord Darth Maul.

    The Sixth Brother (born Bil Valen), a humanoid male who was sent to Raada to investigate rumors of active Force-sensitives. While on the moon, he crossed paths with the former Jedi Ahsoka Tano who vanquished the Inquisitor by causing the Kyber crystals in his lightsaber to become unstable and explode, killing him. While the Sixth Brother's demise was reported to Vader, the perpetrator of his death remained unknown and it would be another fifteen years before Vader crossed paths with his former apprentice again.

    The Seventh Sister, a Mirialan female who was partnered with the Fifth Brother to deal with Kanan Jarrus's cell of rebels as well as to locate Force-sensitive infants in the Outer Rim. Like her partner, she was killed by Maul within a Sith temple on Malachor.

    The Eighth Brother, a male Jango Jumper from Terrelia who was given the task of tracking down the former Sith Lord Maul after he had been removed as the leader of the Crimson Dawn syndicate. After locating Maul on Malachor, the Eighth Brother crossed paths with Kanan Jarrus and his apprentice Ezra Bridger, forcing him to summon the Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister for backup. However, he would quickly meet his end when Jarrus damaged his lightsaber, causing him to fall to his death as he attempted to flee.

    The Ninth Sister (born Masana Tide), a Dowutin female who joined Darth Vader, Sixth Brother and Tenth Brother in subjugating Mon Cala. Four years later, she joined Second Sister in chasing Cal Kestis, eventually crossing paths with the former Padawan on Kashyyyk and seemingly meeting her end.

    The Tenth Brother (born Prosset Dibs), a Miraluka male who was once a compatriot of Jedi Master Mace Windu during the Clone Wars. The chaotic conflict shook Dibs' faith in the Jedi and their positions as peacekeepers, leaving him susceptible to corruption by the dark side. In 18 BBY, he joined Ninth Sister and Sixth Brother in the subjugation of Mon Cala only to be inadvertently killed by Jedi survivor Ferren Barr when the Iktotchi turned the Purge Troopers against the Inquisitors.

Other Inquisitors

    Malorum, a human male who was granted the rank of Grand Inquisitor upon the creation of the Inquisitorious, unaware of his counterpart within the Emperor's Elite. Due to his low midichlorian count, Malorum had never been taken in by the Jedi Order and was working under Director Armand Isard when he was made an Inquisitor by Emperor Palpatine. In 18 BBY, Malorum met his end on Naboo during a duel with former Jedi Ferus Olin. Following his death, his former subordinate Hydra was promoted to the rank of Grand Inquisitor.

    Laddinare Torbin was a member of the Judicial Department during the Clone Wars. After Malorum and Hydra failed in their roles as Grand Inquisitor, Torbin was promoted to the rank himself and remained in the position for most of the Imperial Period, though he was aware of his Pau'an counterpart in the Emperor's Elite. After the Elite's Grand Inquisitor perished, Torbin was left the sole occupant of the rank until he met his end as well on the planet Weerden. With Torbin's death, the position of Grand Inquisitor was more or less abolished, though the Zabrak Ja'ce Yiaso was recognized as such by some of the Inquisitors under his command.

    Antinnis Tremayne, a human male from Coruscant who had once been the apprentice of Jedi Master Dav Kylanu. Ascending to the rank of High Inquisitor, Tremayne was one of the Inquisitorius' top agents and considered on par with the Elite by Darth Vader himself. After the Battle of Endor, Tremayne joined Lord Hethrir and the Empire Reborn, though his involvement was kept secret to most of its members including the Dark Jedi Desann.

    Jerec, a Miraluka Jedi Master who was captured by Antinnis Tremayne during the Purge. When given the promise of access to dark knowledge that the Jedi Council had forbidden, Jerec willingly became an Inquisitor and hunted down his Jedi brothers and sisters in exchange for the secrets of the dark side. After the Battle of Endor, Jerec embarked on a quest for the fabled Valley of the Jedi, a powerful Force nexus that he hoped would help him take over the galaxy. However, the Valley had been destroyed without his knowledge and Jerec ended up being recruited by the Sith Lord Darth Vorath after losing his band of seven Dark Jedi.

    Zale Ven was a survivor of the Great Jedi Purge. Recovered from the ruins of the Jedi Temple shortly after Operation: Knightfall, Ven pledged his allegiance to the Empire and trained as an Inquisitor by Darth Vader. Ven would go on to train a number of other Inquisitors, including the Iktotchi Naaro Viin, the Cerean Tarr-Nar-Mal, and the human Tares Mal. Although Ven killed his fair share of Jedi, he and his apprentices were mainly tasked with tracking down ancient Jedi sites and purging them of artifacts. After Endor, Ven led a small group of Inquisitors to Dromund Kaas, where they were recruited into the Crimson Empire as "Crimson Knights."

[TO BE UPDATED]

Star Wars Destiny Chronicles: Darksiders -- The Tale of Lord Momin

TRUE ART: THE TALE OF LORD MOMIN

    It is often said that true art is never recognized. If you were to say this to the ancient sculptor Lord Momin, he would certainly agree with you.

    Momin was born during the early years of the Draggulch Period. An artistic young Sephi, Momin murdered his pet rada-cat and used its carcass as part of a sculpture. This was just one of many of his disturbing techniques as he utilized the dark side of the Force in creating his art. When he attempted to show off his work to others, he was banded a madman and locked away, separated from his tools.

    Nonetheless, Momin's art left an impression and his name was spread across the galaxy. Eventually, word of his artistry reached the Sith Lady Shaa, who freed Momin from his prison and took the young Sephi under her wing, training him in the ways of the Sith. While his apprenticeship to Lady Shaa helped Momin understand his place in the galaxy, he found his role as a mere student to be distasteful and struck down his master, embarking on his own path independent to the schemes of other Sith active at the time.

    Desiring to create a piece of art worthy of the dark side itself, Momin plundered tombs and examined holocrons in search of knowledge. By 1820 BBY, he had accumulated enough resources and labor to create a superweapon with enough power to destroy an entire city. The Jedi received word of Momin's creation and tracked him down to the planet he had chosen to test his creation on.

    However, it was not simply destruction that Momin desired to bring about but rather to slow down time itself and freeze his victims in their last moments. When the Jedi boarded his vessel, their presence disturbed his concentration and caused him to lose control over the engine, destroying himself in the process. All that was left behind was his mask which the Jedi confiscated.

    After Momin's demise, his mask was placed deep within the archives of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Any records of the Sith sculptor were suppressed by Jedi and Sith alike, the latter whom came to see him as a heretic for valuing creation over destruction. Unbeknownst to either group however, the mask itself was still engraved with Momin's consciousness, a side effect caused by the loss of his superweapon.

    When the Galactic Empire destroyed the Jedi Order and took over the temple, Momin's mask was retrieved from the archives and fell into the possession of Darth Sidious, Emperor and ruling Dark Lord of the Sith. Sometime after the Empire's ascension, Sidious gifted the mask to his apprentice Darth Vader. Awakening the consciousness of Momin contained within the mask, Darth Vader convinced the ancient Sith Lord to help him construct a fortress on Mustafar. While Momin acquiesced to Vader's demands, he secretly had plans to use the fortress to create a dark side portal and recreate his vaporized body. However, Vader quickly grew wind of Momin's plans and vanquished the ancient Sith before he could succeed in his designs.

FIRST VERSION

    The original fanon ("fan-made canon") backstory I made for Momin to include him in a Legends-based setting was to tie him with the backstory of Mustafar, since I originally thought the comic series featuring his Disney Canon backstory (Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith) was implying that he was responsible for Mustafar's volcanic state. However, the VR game Vader Immortal has since revealed that it was in fact a separate character known as Lady Corvax who was responsible for Mustafar's state. As such, I have decided to rewrite my version of Momin to fit him in a less-explored era. Below is the original "Mustafar" story I had written.

True Art: The Tale of Lord Momin

    It is often said that true art is never recognized. If you were to tell this to the ancient sculptor Lord Momin, he would certainly agree with you.

   Momin was born during the latter years of the Post-Manderon Period. An artistic young Sephi, Momin murdered his pet rada-cat in his creation of a sculpture, which was only one of his many disturbing techniques as he utilized the dark side of the Force in creating his art. When he attempted to show off his work to others, he was branded a madman and locked away, separated from his tools.

    Nonetheless, Momin's art left an impression, and his name was spread beyond the Thustra system and across the galaxy. Eventually, word of his artistry reached a Sith Lady by the name of Shaa, who served as a Marauder in Exar Kun's Brotherhood of Sith. Freeing Momin from his prison, Shaa took the young Sephi under her wing and trained him in the ways of the Sith.

    While his apprenticeship to Lady Shaa helped Momin understand his place in the galaxy, he found his role as a mere student to be distasteful and struck down his master, embarking on his own path independent to the schemes of Exar Kun and his brethren. Desiring to create a piece of art worthy of the dark side itself, Momin plundered tombs and examined holocrons in search of knowledge.

    By 3996 BBY, Lord Momin had accumulated enough resources and labor to create a superweapon with enough power to destroy an entire city. The Jedi received word of Momin's creation and tracked him down to the lush, green world of Mustafar, where Momin was already in the process of destroying a city.

    However, it was not simply destruction that Momin desired to bring about, but rather to slow down time itself and freeze his victims in their last moments. When the Jedi boarded his vessel however, their presence disturbed his concentration and caused him to lose control over the engine, destroying himself in the process. All that was left behind was his mask.

    Shortly after Lord Momin's demise, the Jedi attempted to destroy his creation in order to prevent it from falling into Exar Kun's hands. Momin's surviving acolytes stood in their way and the ensuing battle caused the engine to react unexpectedly, releasing Momin's lingering energies and pulling the gas giants Jestefad and Lefrani into Mustafar's proximity. The resulting gravitational tug-of-war turned Mustafar into the volcanic planet it is today and the Jedi were forced to withdraw from the dangerous world, taking Momin's mask with them.

    After the Great Sith War, the mask of Lord Momin was placed deep within the archives of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Any records of the Sith sculptor were suppressed by Jedi and Sith alike, the latter whom came to see him as a heretic for valuing creation over destruction. Unbeknownst to either group however, the mask itself was still engraved with Momin's consciousness, a side effect caused by the loss of his superweapon.

    When the Galactic Empire destroyed the Jedi Order and took over the temple, Momin's mask was retrieved from the archives and fell into the possession of Darth Sidious, Emperor and ruling Dark Lord of the Sith. Sometime after the Empire's ascension, Sidious gifted the mask to his apprentice Darth Vader, along with the very planet Momin had met his demise: Mustafar.

    Awakening the consciousness of Momin contained within the mask, Darth Vader convinced the ancient Sith Lord to help him construct a fortress on Mustafar.