Sharad Hett

Sharad Hett was a Jedi Knight who lived during the decades of peace prior to the Invasion of Naboo.

Hero
Like most Jedi, Sharad was given up at a young age to the Jedi. His parents did so of their own free will, as on Sharad's homeworld, the family whose child was raised in the service of the Order was envied by all.

The Padawan of Eeth Koth, Sharad's fame eventually eclipsed his own Master: Hett was known as the most dedicated and fearless knight of his age, called by many names, including Howlrunner, the Champion of Kamar, the Defender of Kamparas, the Hound of Worlds and the Nemesis of Kimm.

Sharad kept in touch with his birth family, but the circumstances of his apprenticeship meant he rarely found time to return to his homeworld. Eventually, his service to the Galactic Republic meant visits to his family became less and less frequent, until one day he could bear the separation no longer. He received permission from his Master to take leave of his duties to return home for a short time. He left the Jedi Temple for the last time in 47 BBY.

Tragically the long-awaited reunion would never occur. An alliance of offworld rivals attacked his homeworld. Every major city on the planet was razed. Millions were killed&mdash;including every member of Hett's family.

Exile
Grief-stricken, Hett left the Republic forever, voluntarily exiling himself. He crash-landed on the world of Tatooine, where he eventually integrated himself with the local Tusken culture. He became a feared warlord of the Sandpeople, and taught them new ways of fighting.



Hett even took a wife: K'Sheek, a Human woman who had been kidnapped and adopted into Tusken culture while still young. They had a son, A'Sharad, who Sharad began to train in the ways of the Jedi. A'Sharad would later inherit his father's lightsaber.

Over a decade later, Jabba the Hutt began to incite war between the Humans and Tuskens of Tatooine as a way to sell off his stock of antiquated blasters. Sharad Hett, seeing no other option, led the Tusken tribes in the war. He was able to prevent the worst of the atrocities from occurring, and minimized civilian casualties.

Nevertheless, he became a feared figure amongst the non-Tuskens of Tatooine and footage of what appeared to be a lightsaber wielding Tusken reached the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, where Sharad's fellow Jedi were amazed to see that he still lived.

The Jedi Council sent Ki-Adi-Mundi to bring back Sharad, but even after finding Hett and telling him of the reborn Sith threat, the Cerean still could not convince his fellow Jedi to return to Coruscant. Sharad believed his place was on Tatooine, with the Tuskens.

Eventually, due to intelligence gathered by Aurra Sing, both Gardulla the Elder and Jabba launched a surprise assault on the main Tusken camp. As promised, Sharad led his people into battle, but was killed by Aurra Sing. Before dying, Sharad made Ki-Adi-Mundi promise to accept A'Sharad into the Jedi Order, and to train him as his own Padawan.

Ki-Adi-Mundi agreed.

Hett's lightsaber


""His... I'm certain of it.""

- Ki-Adi-Mundi

Hett used a lightsaber during his career as a Jedi Knight, which remained at his side even in self-imposed exile on Tatooine. Although the color of the blade could have varied during his time as a Jedi, the blade was blood red in color during Hett's time as a warlord, possibly arousing suspiscions that it contained synthetic lightsaber crystals and that its user was a dark side follower.

When a report reached the Jedi Temple in 32 BBY of a Tusken Raider wielding the lightsaber while leading a massive Tusken warband, the saber correlated to a historical holorecording of Sharad Hett.

Due to Hett's fame, it was instantly recognisable to many Jedi including Yoda and Eeth Koth, who trained him, even without the recorded image. Ki-Adi-Mundi also recognized the weapon despite never knowing Sharad personally, only by reputation. It was this clue that led the Jedi to identify the Sand Person seen wielding it as Hett himself.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Republic: Outlander
 * Star Wars Republic: The Hunt for Aurra Sing