Vandar Tokare

Vandar Tokare was a male Jedi Master and member of both the Dantooine Enclave Council and Jedi High Council during the Mandalorian Wars and Jedi Civil War. Master Vandar was of the same species as Yoda, but possessed a different skin tone and spoke in a dialect of Basic with only minimal similarities to that spoken by Yoda and Yaddle.

Biography


Before the onset of the Mandalorian Wars, Master Vandar taught many pupils. Some of these were Zayne Carrick, Revan, and the Jedi Exile. At one point, Vandar discussed the abilities of the Exile with Master Vrook Lamar. Master Vandar saw the immense potential of the Exile, and believed her to be a natural leader who would remain a Jedi&mdash;while Master Vrook saw the Exile as weak in the Force, and believed she would eventually fall to the dark side.

By 3,964 BBY, Vandar was the leading Master of the Dantooine Jedi Enclave. Having faith in his fellow Jedi Masters, Vandar refused to believe that Zayne Carrick's allegations were true, when the fugitive Padawan told him about the Padawan Massacre of Taris. Instead, he suggested that Zayne himself may have committed the crime and was unable to recall it correctly, due to the dark side of the Force.

Vandar was believed to have seen a vision of a horrible war, in which the galaxy would be placed in darkness, as revealed by Bastila Shan on Taris. It is not known what exactly he saw, but it was this vision that caused the Jedi Council to not act in the Mandalorian Wars.

Having survived Darth Malak's attack on Dantooine, Master Vandar participated in the Battle of Rakata Prime, acting as an advisor alongside Admiral Forn Dodonna.

He was among the Jedi killed by Darth Nihilus as the Sith Lord used his powers to destroy all life on the planet of Katarr during a secret Jedi conclave.

Behind the scenes

 * Vandar can also die if the player makes the dark side choice in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Vandar dies along with Admiral Forn Dodonna aboard a Republic capital ship, destroyed by Sith fighters assisted by Bastila Shan's battle meditation.
 * Vandar is voiced by veteran voice actor Tom Kane, who has done the voice of Yoda in several video games and the popular mini-series, Star Wars: Clone Wars.
 * Master Vandar is the only known member of his species to have a surname, in contrast to Yoda and Yaddle. He is also the only one shown thus far to speak in accordance with normal English grammar.
 * Some fans have gained the belief that Vandar Tokare actually survived the Conclave of Katarr, hiding out like other survivors in the aftermath, despite Vrook explicitly stating the contrary. However, this is only fan speculation.
 * Jedi Master Yoda's flagship, Vandar, was most likely named after Master Vandar. It was an Acclamator II-class assault ship that brought Yoda to Geonosis at the beginning of the Clone Wars.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 9: Flashpoint Interlude: Homecoming
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Reunion
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords

Vandar Tokare