Barel Ovair

"Ovair’s triumph over darkness was celebrated, and the Jedi Council assumed that all was well. The question no one asked was this: 'Why would Naga Sadow’s spirit seek vengeance, specifically against Master Ovair?'"

- Gnost-Dural

Barel Ovair was a prestigious human male Jedi Master of the Old Republic. He was the scion of a respected line of Jedi Knights who were all secretly spies working for the Emperor of the Sith Empire. Ovair took Eison Gynt as his Padawan, but abandoned him during a mission to the tomb of the Sith Lord Naga Sadow on Yavin 4. When Ovair returned to Coruscant alone weeks later, he claimed that Gynt had been killed. Gynt resurfaced on Coruscant years later, possessed by Sadow's spirit and determined to kill Ovair. Ovair defeated Gynt, slaying him, and was lauded as a hero for his triumph. It was not until years later that the Jedi historian Gnost-Dural connected Ovair and his family line to the Sith Emperor.

Biography
Ovair was a Jedi Master from a respected family line of Jedi. Secretly, he was also a trained Sith infiltrator of the Sith Emperor.

As a Master, Ovair took a promising young apprentice named Eison Gynt as his Padawan. Ovair took Gynt along on a mission to explore the tomb of Naga Sadow on Yavin 4. Ovair and Gynt were attacked by Massassi warriors and were forced to go deep within the tomb. Ovair returned to Coruscant weeks later without his Padawan, incoherent and half-insane. After recovering from his ordeal, Ovair reported that Gynt had been killed during the mission. Yet, Gynt was still alive and had fallen under the influence of Naga Sadow's dark spirit.

Gynt resurfaced on Coruscant several years later, dressed in Massassi warrior robes and possessed by the spirit of Sadow. After finding his former master, he attacked him in broad daylight. While Gynt's borrowed dark side abilities were formidable, the undercover Sith defeated and killed Gynt, and was hailed as a hero by the Galactic Republic and Jedi Order for his actions. Years later, Jedi historian Gnost-Dural made the connection between Ovair and the Sith, realizing that Ovair and his previous Jedi ancestors were in fact Sith spies working on behalf of the Sith Emperor. Ovair had used Gynt to draw out Sadow's spirit, which the Emperor viewed as a potential threat, in order to eliminate it before invading the Republic.

Powers and abilities
When the spirit of Naga Sadow possessed Gynt, who had been considered the most promising Padawan in the Jedi Order at the time of his selection, Ovair was still able to overcome the formidable dark powers of Sadow in possession of such a talented Jedi. Ovair's skills at subterfuge were sufficient to conceal his identity until years later when reviewed by Jedi historian Gnost-Dural. Ovair was known to wield a purple, double-bladed lightsaber.

Behind the scenes
Barel Ovair was first introduced in a timeline entry for the Star Wars: The Old Republic video game.

Appearances

 * Timeline 7: Peace for the Republic

Barel Ovair