Darth Nihl

"My Master will not make Palpatine's mistake. All Jedi must die."

- Darth Nihl

Darth Nihl was one of Darth Krayt's Sith minions c. 130 ABY. A former Nagai warlord, Nihl had spent years as a feared scourge of the Unknown Regions until he was discovered and recruited into the fledgling new Sith Order by Darth Krayt. Casting aside his former personal ambitions, Nihl embraced the Sith cause and became the first of Krayt's two "hands," secretly carrying out his Master's will both outside and inside the Sith ranks.



In 130 ABY, Nihl and his Sith warriors led an assault against the Jedi academy on Ossus. During the massacre, Nihl bested and took the right hand of Wolf Sazen in single combat and killed Kol Skywalker. He later accompanied his Master to Coruscant, where Krayt became the new Emperor of the Empire.

Darth Nihl used a lightsaber of a very unique design not seen anywhere else. It was a long staff-like body that was made of a material that appeared less like a metal than a type of coral or wood fiber. A red blade protruded from one end, while the opposite end had a ringed, ovoid protrusion. It is unknown whether or not Nihl was the first Sith or Jedi to incorporate the use of this weapon, but he was the first to reveal this new lightsaber design during the Massacre of Ossus. To date, Nihl is the only known person to ever use this type of lightsaber. He also made use of a wrist blaster, built into a gauntlet on his left wrist.

Behind the scenes

 * As with Darth Nihilus, Nihl's name is likely a play on the word "nihilism", referring to an extreme form of skepticism that finds existence meaningless, or that the fall of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement. It could also be a play on the Latin word "nihil", which literally means "empty" or "nothing."


 * There appears to be an inconsistency between the lightstaff Nihl uses against the Jedi and the lightsaber he displays on the cover of Star Wars Legacy 1: Broken, Part 1.

Appearances



 * Star Wars Legacy: Broken