Shadow Academy

The Shadow Academy was a hidden training center founded by the fallen Jedi Brakiss to train Dark Jedi in 23 ABY.

Following his nearly fatal battle with Luke Skywalker on Telti and the defeat of Kueller, Brakiss used funds appropriated by the so-called "Second Imperium" to build a cloaked space station to use for the training of a breed of Imperial Jedi. It was Brakiss' hopes that these Dark Jedi would help maintain order across the faltering remnants of the Empire. In conjunction with a group of exiled Nightsisters led by Tamith Kai, Brakiss began to train a group of young Force-sensitive beings.

When the station required supplies, Brakiss manuevered the cloaked station close to Coruscant and used a modified assault shuttle to attack GemDiver Station. The stealthy attacks replenished the Academy's supplies, but also raised suspicions amongst New Republic authorities as to the raids' origins.

A false representation of a reborn Palpatine visited the station and prompted Brakiss to launch an assault against the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4. The Palpatine illusion was part of a ruse by four former Imperial Royal Guards to control the station. When Brakiss became aware of the deception, he killed three of the Guards, but one managed to engage the Shadow Academy's self-destruct systems and escape.

The Academy was destroyed in the explosion and Brakiss perished.