Kenth Hamner

"Jedi are bound by a great many duties, often contradictory."

- Kenth Hamner

Kenth Hamner was a male Human Jedi Master in the New Jedi Order.

Early life
Hamner had been born into a wealthy family on Corellia. He served in the New Republic Defense Force, reaching the rank of colonel before resigning his commission to accept Jedi training from Luke Skywalker. Some time after he began his training, Kenth served a nerfloaf that contained salt in it. This inadvertently sent Arcona Jedi student Izal Waz into a salt addiction that threw him off his Jedi path.

The Yuuzhan Vong War
During the Yuuzhan Vong War, he was a liaison officer between the New Republic military and Jedi. Hamner was often left in charge of Jedi affairs while Luke Skywalker was busy with missions. As the war neared its two year point, his status as a liaison with the New Republic alerted him to Borsk Fey'lya's arrest warrant placed against Luke as the Jedi became a liability to the tenuous cease-fire agreement between the New Republic and Yuuzhan Vong.

Kenth was appointed first to the Galactic Alliance High Council some four years into the war, and later was part of the new Jedi Order's Masters' council. His opinion was highly respected.

During the Battle of Yuuzhan'tar, Kenth was one of six Jedi strike team members sent to the surface to rally the Shamed Ones and defeat Supreme Overlord Shimrra once and for all.

The Dark Nest
In the years after the war, Hamner was one of many Jedi who believed the new Jedi order was answerable to the Galactic Alliance government and should serve its interests first. Kenth was concerned with the actions of the Jedi Knights in the border wars between the Chiss and Killiks. Kenth would go on to lead a Jedi squadron on the attack on the Dark Nest nest ship.

Behind the scenes
Some fans believe that Hamner was the adult Ken, although this is purely fanon and has no basis in current canon&mdash;especially considering that Ken is younger than Luke Skywalker while Kenth is older than him.

Appearances

 * Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
 * Balance Point
 * Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
 * Star by Star
 * Destiny's Way
 * Force Heretic I: Remnant
 * The Final Prophecy
 * The Unifying Force
 * Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
 * Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
 * Dark Nest III: The Swarm War