Skirmish on Kavan

The Duel on Kavan was the final decisive and defining conflict for Jacen Solo; to remain a Jedi Knight or become a Dark Lord of the Sith

The Duel begins
Mara Jade Skywalker followed Jacen to Kavan intending to kill him for partnering himself with Lumiya. On Kavan, Mara used her Force presence to lure Jacen into a tunnel. Jacen entered and made idle threats. Suddenly Mara cannoned out, kicking Jacen's knee. Jacen was momentarily wedged so he lashed his lightsaber shaving off the bricks on the wall, Mara dropped to dodge the lightsaber then sprinted away down the tunnel.Mara lured Jacen into an area that had a low ceiling so it would be difficult to swing a lightsaber. Mara set a trap for Jacen by placing a rusty plate on the floor and using the Force to hold up a brick archway so when he stepped on the bricks he would be buried in rubble. Jacen impatiently hurried across the plate and Mara let go and Jacen was buried beneath the wall. This was not the end of Jacen as a hand protruded from the rubble. She could see Jacen's bloodstained face. She didn't reach for his hand, it was a Sith trick she had used herself. She took her blaster out fired a shot.

"Tell my mom I'm sorry I failed her." "She knows."

- Mara and Jacen right before she fires.

Jacen wasn't ready to die yet and used a Force Wave to deflect the blast than sent the rubble erupting off his body. Mara caught in the eruption and hit a wall. Jacen scrambled to his feet knowing if he didn't Mara would keep coming back until he was dead, than he finally understood that Mara was his sacrifice. It was her destiny to die by his hand to become Sith. Mara came at him with her Shoto and Vibroblade despite a scalp cut. She leapt at him and cut him in the cheekbone and and chin. Jacen retaliated with a Force Push sending Mara right into a wall, but she kept coming at him. Jacen realized he needed space to fight and that Mara was slowly boxing him in. Jacen fired his dart gun, firing 4 shots all of which she shattered with her lightsaber. Jacen used the Force to hurl debris at Mara but she repeatedly leapt out of the way until she was close enough and leapt onto Jacen's back. They rolled and she thrust her vibroblade into his chin. Jacen waved his saber around,unable to hit Mara in such close quarters. Jacen realized he was losing blood, stamina, and strength and realized that in such close quarters he couldn't win. With every thrust made by Jacen Mara used her shoto to counter.

"Ben... I'll see you dead first...before...you get...Ben."

- Mara to Jacen while they grappled.

They grappled, using the Force liberally, but Jacen finally managed to Force Push her off him. Jacen tried to Force jolt her spine but she deflected it. Mara tried to summon his lightsaber away from him but Jacen clung to it. Mara leapt at Jacen but Jacen forced pushed her into a pillar. Jacen walked backward and fell into a gaping crack. Jacen felt intense pain and his lightsaber went flying. It took him a moment to get up, just enough time for Mara to get up and come at him again and plunged her shoto under his collarbone. Jacen was in more pain than he could imagine but still summoned his lightsaber back to him but not in time to stop Mara from crashing into him pinning him down. Mara was about to kill Jacen with her vibroblade but was stopped when Jacen grabbed her hair and pulled her head near his lightsaber. She struggled trying hacking at him with her shoto but each time blocked by Jacen's diminishing Force powers. Her vibroblade grazed his neck but he was busy looking for a dart. She used all her energy and jerked back leaving him with a handful of hair. Mara arched back intending to come down onto Jacen with her vibroblade and shoto, but Jacen realized that all she was thinking about was keeping Ben safe. Jacen stared into Mara's eyes creating the illusion of Ben giving him the time to ram a poison dart into her leg.

Death of a Skywalker
"Oh...it's done..."

- Jacen after stabbing Mara with a poison dart.

Mara gasped looking at her leg feeling the pain. Her weapons dropped and she made an uncontrolled movement. Mara tried to understand what happened, and realized the truth: Jacen admits his Sith affiliation and he told her that it was his destiny to become a Sith Lord, one that could bring order to the galaxy. Mara stated that he is anything like Palpatine, almost the same as cruel. Her final words were clear when she told him that Luke would defeat him and bring an end to his evil intentions. Finally realizing everything, she died in a slow and painless death. Mara Jade Skywalker and Jacen Solo were now dead and Darth Caedus was born.

"You think...you've won, but Luke will crush you...and I refuse...to let you...destroy the future...for my Ben."

- Mara Jade Skywalker's last words.

Appearances

 * Sacrifice
 * Inferno