Rosh Penin

Rosh Penin was a Jedi student at the Jedi Praxeum located on Yavin 4 after the fall of the Galactic Empire. He was trained in the ways of the Force by Kyle Katarn. He is also thought to be mentally retarded.

Biography
Fourteen years after the Battle of Yavin, Rosh was heading to the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4. In the shuttle on the way to the academy, he met Jaden Korr, and the two eventually developed a (somewhat one-sided) friendship. Rosh often felt, as Anakin Skywalker had before him, that his Master was holding him back. Soon Rosh was assigned to investigate Byss, where he was captured by the Disciples of Ragnos. At first, he was afraid he would be killed, but instead they took advantage of his fear to convert him to the dark side, and he became an apprentice to Tavion Axmis, leader of the Disciples of Ragnos. The young man's naiveté and lust for power made it easy for the cult to turn him. He embraced the dark side and grew hungry for more power.

On Vjun, Tavion, the Kothos Twins, and Rosh led the cult's operations in Bast Castle to siphon the Force energies there. Kyle and Jaden interrupted the cult's operation. Jaden confronted Rosh in Vader's throne room, where Rosh, with the aid of the twins, dueled Jaden. Rosh and Jaden were fairly evenly matched until Jaden succeeded in killing the twins, and disarmed Rosh, just as Kyle arrived. Before Kyle and Jaden could capture Rosh, Tavion intervened. Shooting Force lightning about and disabling Kyle and Jaden, she revealed that she had taken on Rosh as her new apprentice. Tavion ripped Jaden's lightsaber from him with the Force, threw it at the ceiling and brought the weakened ceiling down on the Jedi with the Scepter of Ragnos. She then used the ensuing chaos to escape with Rosh in tow. Kyle used his powers to hold the ceiling just above his head as Jaden used Kyle's lightsaber to cut a route out. During the chaos, Rosh and Tavion escaped Vjun.

Some time later Rosh repented and tried to turn from the dark side while on Taspir III with Alora, Tavion's other apprentice. He sent a distress signal to the Jedi Academy. Kyle and Jaden arrived on Taspir III and began searching for Rosh. Jaden found Rosh, who begged for forgiveness for attacking Jaden on Vjun.

Jaden struggled with the dark side, but decided to forgive Rosh rather than slay him. Enraged that Jaden refused to join the dark side and the cult, Alora attacked Jaden. In the ensuing battle, Alora severed Rosh's left arm in an attempt to kill him for his disloyalty. After Jaden defeated Alora, Kyle arrived and took Rosh back to the Academy. There Rosh received a prosthetic arm.

Rosh's fate following the conclusion of the Disciples of Ragnos crisis is unknown. Rosh likely remained at the Academy, and if Kyle's prediction was correct, he matured into a great and strong Jedi Knight, forgetting his turbulent past.

Behind the scenes

 * Rosh Penin was voiced by Jason Marsden, the worst voice actor in the history of video games.

Alternate ending
The following is from the non-canonical ending of the game.

After Jaden found Rosh on Taspir III, Jaden gave into his hatred and anger, and decided to kill Rosh. Rosh begged Jaden to let go of his anger before he attacks him. Jaden ignored his request and plunged a lightsaber through his torso, mortally wounding him. Jaden then killed Alora and fled to Korriban. Kyle arrived just as Rosh was dying and told him that in turning back to the light, he became a full Jedi. Jaden also became a full Jedi, because ending Rosh's life was a service to the universe.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

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