Kyp Durron

Kyp Durron (b. 5 BBY - ) was a Jedi Master, one of the first to be trained at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum. Durron was a powerful Jedi, but a frustration to Skywalker's attempts to create a good name of the Jedi.

Kyp Durron was born on the Deyer colony of the Anoat system. In an Imperial roundup of dissidents, he and his family were sent to be slaved in the Kessel spice mines. Durron was only eight years old.

Eight years after his enslavement, Han Solo and Chewbacca were taken prisoner and forced to work in the mines. With the help of Kyp, they managed to escape. In their flight, Kyp piloted them through The Maw, a cluster of black holes, and to a top secret military program under Admiral Daala. It was here that Kyp first found the Sun Crusher, which he used to escape. Upon their return, Kyp found a place at Skywalker's Jedi academy.

He soon became dissatisfied with Luke's slow pace and was possessed by the dark side's Exar Kun. Kyp recaptured the Sun Crusher and pursued a destructive course. One of his first actions was to destroy Carida's sun, annihilating the Imperial base located there. After he fired his weapon, he discovered that his own brother was still alive and among the ranks of stormtroopers at the Imperial Academy there. Kyp was unable to save him in time though, and fell farther into the clutches of the dark side because of it.

Luke and Han Solo were eventually able to catch up to him and return him to the light. He then destroyed the Sun Crusher, piloting it into a black hole, and only narrowly escaping by squeezing himself into a message pod thought too small for any human to inhabit. He quickly grew strong in the Force and took on Miko Reglia as his Jedi apprentice. Kyp and Reglia formed the Dozen and Two Avengers, a vigilante group of X-wing pilots. This squadron was one of the first to encounter the Yuuzhan Vong. Kyp lost his squadron and his apprentice to the Yuuzhan Vong, barely escaping with his own life in that encounter.

Although he favored more aggressive tactics than many of the other Jedi, he proved himself a valuable asset in the deadly conflict. He briefly took on Jaina Solo as an apprentice and there were hints of a budding relationship between them, but she lost much respect for him when he tricked her into destroying a Yuuzhan Vong worldship the he claimed was a superweapon.

Though Kyp disagreed with many of Luke Skywalker's policies, he was appointed to the reformed Jedi Council. Kyp eventually learned to work out his differences with Luke and the other Jedi, even though their views on certain subjects often differed.