Theron Shan

"You talk about trying new skills, going thrill seeking on alien worlds&hellip; you'd kiss a diseased Rodian for novelty. But it won't help you face your real problems."

- Theron's Boss, regarding his mother's issues

Theron Shan was a Human male individual who lived during the time of the Cold War. He was the secret son of Jedi Grand Master Satele Shan, and he served the Galactic Republic as a spy.

Early life
Theron Shan was born to Jedi Master Satele Shan during the Great Galactic War. However, due to the Jedi Order's rules on non-attachments, Jedi Shan passed guardianship of her son to Jedi Master Ngani Zho, who raised the young boy but determined that he had not inherited his family's Force-sensitivity.

As he could not progress within the Order, Shan began working for the Republic Strategic Information Service on Coruscant; during his career, his superior assigned him to discover any slaving rings selling to the Sith Empire. He interrupted a meeting involving Black Sun and captured a female Twi'lek named Teff'ith.

Reunion with Master Zho
Sometime later, Shan was called upon to find Master Ngani Zho, the Jedi who trained his mother, having turned up near Imperial space and ideal for the Republic to get an insight into the Empire. Shan accepted the mission, dragging Teff'ith along with him.

Shan found Ngani Zho on Taris, where the old Master told the young spy of his lonely fight with the Dark Councilor and Sith scientist Darth Mekhis and after the two come under assault of the Darth Mekhis' Sith Knights, they managed to escape only with the help of Teff'ith.

As soon as they are safe in space, Shan demanded to know why Zho's lightsaber failed to ignite, having witnessed it on the surveillance. Zho defended that he wanted to see his student's skills, before demanding that they head for the Vesla system, where he claims is where Mekhis is constructing weapons. When the Jedi tried reaching for the ship controls, Shan stunned him. Teff'ith comments that with Jedi like Zho, the Republic would be in trouble if it comes to war.

Once Zho regained consciousness and maintained a more calm demeanor, Shan contacted the Director and told him his plan to perform reconnaissance in Vesla. But first, Shan stopped at Port Nowhere to steal astrogation charts on Vesla. As soon as they arrive at Vesla and start setting up surveillance equipment, in the middle of the night, they were attacked by the local predators. In the morning, Shan surveys Vesla Two, finding that its geography has been altered beyond recognition, and Vesla Three was practically torn apart. Shan then noticed a giant machine built around Vesla's sun. Shan realized that they must report to the SIS to figure out what to do, but Zho insisted that they stop Mekhis, stating that Jedi take action; Shan retorted that he's no Jedi. Unfortunately, they are caught by an Imperial patrol and detained.

Darth Mekhis' superweapons
Shan was identified as SIS and Imperials decided to grant him the privilege of witnessing Mekhis' work. As the Imperials explained, they had constructed a Sun Razer to leech matter and energy from a star to construct superweapons in half the time required to normally build one.

The Imperials then offer Shan the chance to defect from the Republic, promising that his talents would be acknowledged by both Imperial Intelligence and Sith. Shan refused their offer, resulting in a rifle-butt to the back of the head. Shan was then moved to the same interrogation room Zho was. As Zho began begging Shan for forgiveness, the SIS agent admits that he had rebooted his cybernetics and gained access to prison security, enabling them to escape and rendezvous with Teff'ith, who was in hiding on their ship. In the vents, Shan realized that they can't afford Mekhis' superweapons to come online. Therefore, their only recourse is to destroy the Sun Razer.

As they discuss a strategy to sabotage the Sun Razer before escaping, Zho passed Shan a lightsaber, claiming it to be his inheritance. The latter tried refusing, as he's no Jedi. Nonetheless, Zho pressed the weapon into his hands.

While Zho and Teff'ith provided a distraction, Shan confronted Mekhis herself. but was subdued by the Sith Knights. With a blaster pointed at his head, Shan confesses his identity to Mekhis. Incensed, the Dark Lord walked up to him, declaring that he's no Jedi. Shan was then able to take her surprise with one of his toxins before escaping his captors. He then deactivated the Sun Razer's heat shields and escaped before the station was consumed. However, Teff'ith put a blaster to his head but agreed to part ways since Zho, who died saving her, liked him.

Meeting a Grand Master
Back on Coruscant, Shan met with the Director, who confirmed that Mekhis was still missing, though her superweapons were still out there. The Director feared that this would start another war, though Shan stated that they could not just stand and watch. He then passed the Director information on the Gauntlet superweapon, before heading to Tython to inform his mother of her Master's passing, though he did not reveal his identity to her.

Behind the scenes
Theron Shan was first indirectly mentioned in an article in The Holonet section of the Star Wars: The Old Republic website, which included the phrase "a secret son" written in Aurebesh. His name was later revealed in the 124th issue of the magazine Star Wars Insider, and first appeared in the 2011 comic series Star Wars: The Old Republic, The Lost Suns. Shan is also set to appear in the upcoming novel Star Wars: The Old Republic: Annihilation.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic, The Lost Suns
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Annihilation