Empatojayos Brand

His Royal Eminence, King Empatojayos Brand was a Human Jedi Knight and a survivor of the Great Jedi Purge.

Biography
Brand was a Padawan of Jedi Master Yaddle, a friend of Bultar Swan, and a veteran General of the Clone Wars, fighting at the Battle of Geonosis and other engagements. During the Battle of Bassadro, a force of clone troopers under Empatojayos Brand retook the planet from the Confederacy of Independent Systems which intended to use its resources for the construction of new battle droids.

During the fighting, Brand led his battalion to the dormant volcanic ranges that offered cover for the Separatist forces commanded by Major Domb Treetor. Brand also ordered concussion missile strikes against the rock formations, creating a storm of shrapnel that sliced through the mining village of Agao-Nir, wiping out almost every battle droid stationed there. Utterly defeated, Major Treetor surrendered, and Bassadro was retaken for the Republic.

News of Treetor's surrender was broadcast on Republic HoloNet channels, though the Separatists were quick to ensure reporters knew the 'true' reason for the Major's surrender—supposedly, Domb Treetor surrendered to Brand only to save the citizens of Agao and other nearby settlements from further warfare.

When Emperor Palpatine reorganized the Galactic Republic into the Galactic Empire and initiated the Great Jedi Purge after end of the Clone Wars, Brand found himself an enemy of the Empire and fled for his life. Though he was maimed in a space battle with Darth Vader's cruiser and left for dead, he survived long enough for a Ganathan scout to pick him up. His torso was placed into a bulbous metal shell that moved via repulsorlifts. Lightsaber blades were integrated into at least one of his arm prostheses. He became king of Ganath, and proved to be an enlightened ruler.

Later he joined Luke Skywalker in his campaign against the resurrected Emperor Palpatine. He was mortally wounded by a bout of Palpatine's Force lightning during the Battle of Onderon. Upon death, he took the Sith Master's malevolent spirit with him, never to return again. His final words were:
 * "Luke&hellip; Palpatine will die with me. He will never return. The Force&mdash;and all the Jedi who went before us&hellip; will make sure of that. Goodbye, my friend."

Behind the scenes



 * In the audio drama version of Dark Empire II, Brand was voiced by Joe Hacker.
 * Brand mistakenly appears in the background of the marriage scene in the comic Star Wars: Union, set nine years after his death. The mistake was rectified in the trade paperback version of the comic.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:2:12: Republic Army Liberates Bassadro
 * Dark Empire II
 * Empire's End
 * Union