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. Also, after being defeated by Kol Skywalker, he killed him by firing Force lightning at him from behind. He later accompanied his Master to Coruscant, where Krayt became the new Emperor of the Empire.

Darth Nihl used a lightsaber cane of a very unique design that was apparently not used by anyone else except Zao, a Jedi Master. It was composed of 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. Nihl was the first to use this lightsaber design in over 100 years. He used this lightsaber during the Massacre of Ossus, where 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 Latin word "nihil", which literally means "empty" or "nothing". "Nihilism", to which the name also probably refers, is an extreme form of skepticism that finds existence meaningless, or that the fall of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement.


 * There appears to be an inconsistency between the lightsaber cane 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 1: Broken, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 5: Broken, Part 4
 * Star Wars Legacy 6: Broken, Part 5