Vrook Lamar

"Always a pleasure, Vrook. I see you still have your cheery disposition."

- The Jedi Exile

Vrook Lamar was a Human Jedi Master and a member of the Jedi Council during the Mandalorian Wars and Jedi Civil War. He had a stern demeanor, and had high expectations of Jedi students.

Biography
While Vrook's primary residence was the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine since at least 3,993 BBY, when he attended both the Council meeting on Dantooine that directed Shaela Nuur, Duron Qel-Droma and Guun Han Saresh to continue the Great Hunt, he also attended Council meetings in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. During the Mandalorian Wars, he was a member of both the main Council on Coruscant and its subdivision on Dantooine.

Before the Mandalorian Wars, Vrook debated Master Vandar Tokare about the Jedi Exile's apparent weakness in the Force and that she would fall to the dark side, while Vandar believed her to be a natural leader, saw her immense potential and believed she would become a powerful Jedi, not a follower of the dark side. In 3,960 BBY, he was present at the meeting on Coruscant that banished the Jedi Exile from the Order.

During the Jedi Civil War, he remained on Dantooine. Unlike other members of the Dantooine Council, he was against retraining Revan in the ways of the Jedi, fearing that he would re-embrace his identity of the Dark Lord of the Sith. Luckily for the Jedi and the Republic, his fears were never given reality. Like other Jedi Masters, he survived the destruction of the Enclave.

After the Jedi Civil War, Vrook was the only member of the Dantooine Council not to participate in the doomed Jedi Conclave of Katarr. Later, he went into exile on Dantooine. When the Jedi Exile restored the Council, Vrook participated in the restoration of the Enclave there. Even though Vrook's opinion about the Exile somewhat shifted towards positive after the First Battle of Dantooine, he still considered the Exile too willing to fight and not willing to observe the situation closely to see who the true enemies were.

Like two other remaining Council members, Kavar and Zez-Kai Ell, Vrook was killed by the Sith Lord Darth Traya during the Council meeting on Dantooine when they attempted to cut the Exile off from the Force.



Personality and traits
Vrook's high expectations of each and every Jedi pupil led many to perceive him as a grumpy, unappeasable individual, although he simply wished for all his students to be strong, capable Jedi.

Though he was extremely pessimistic and cynical, Vrook was one of the more active members of the Dantooine Council, often personally mediating disputes.

He used the Ataru, Shien, Niman and Juyo lightsabers forms. The Force Forms that Vrook seems proficient in are the Force Affinity, Potency and Mastery. Vrook can teach you one of those forms but it depends which planets you visited previously. An example of this can be the Exile visited those planets in a particular order: Nar Shaadaa, Onderon, Korriban, Onderon finale and Dantooine.

Behind the scenes

 * Vrook was voiced by Ed Asner.


 * Vrook wielded a green lightsaber, identifying him as a possible Jedi Consular, if the lightsaber-to-specialization mapping from the first KotOR game is considered canonical.


 * Not counting droids or other Human/near-Humans, Vrook is one of four characters to be seen alive in both KotOR and KotOR II &mdash; the others being Bastila Shan, Carth Onasi, and Canderous Ordo.

Alternate ending
During the attack on Khoonda, after choosing to help Azkul and his mercenaries against Khoonda, the Jedi Exile fought and killed Vrook.

Another possibility is that the Exile pretended to aid the Khoonda militia before betraying them in battle, allowing Azkul to assassinate the Administrator. Vrook, who was occupied in battle elsewhere, did not witness the betrayal, and assumed the Exile had done her best.

Should the Exile save Khoonda, she later has an option to kill Vrook in the rebuilt Enclave. If the Exile has killed either Zez-Kai Ell or Kavar, she will be forced to fight the remaining Jedi Master.

Appearances

 * Shadows and Light
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords