Halagad Ventor


 * "You are a loud man, Ventor, wielding the Force like a club. The Force was meant to be used like a vibroblade. A slice here, a slice there..."
 * &mdash;Darth Vader

Halagad Ventor (c. 45 BBY - 1 ABY) was a human male from Alderaan, a friend of Bail Organa, and Padawan of Everen Ettene prior to the Clone Wars.

Biography
Unlike many of his peers, Ventor began his training at a relatively advanced age under Everen Ettene. Towards the end of their partnership, shortly before the Clone Wars, the pair were dispatched to resolve the Virgillian Civil War. Their Jedi transport was destroyed upon arrival at Virgillia 7, kiling Everen. They were presumed dead, and a funeral for the Jedi losses was held on Coruscant.

It was not realized at the time by the Jedi Council that Halagad Ventor had survived. Halagad went on to become a Jedi Knight in the Clone Wars, serving as a General under Obi-Wan Kenobi, and was awarded the Medallion of Honor. He was more interested in fame than the subtleties of the Force.

He was one of the few Jedi to survive the execution of Order 66 and flee to the Outer Rim, but he was captured by the Galactic Empire. Darth Vader stripped from Halagad's mind the Outer Rim hiding place of many surviving Jedi, to which Vader hunted them down. One of the few survivors of the resulting massacre was Qu Rahn, who believed Halagad beyond saving, as did Vader, whom let Halagad wander off in despair.

Halagad ended up on Trinta, a planet with a Dark Side nexus that fed off his despair and aged him prematurely, making him appear many decades older than his actual age. A Rebel team found Halagad and redeemed him; freed of the Dark Side, his decrepit body died, and his Force ghost smiled upon the Rebels. Rahn heard rumor of the redemption, but dismissed it.

Five years after the Battle of Yavin, when Qu Rahn was killed by Jerec, in his final moment Rahn beheld the Force spirits of Anakin Skywalker and Halagad Ventor and realized nobody was beyond redemption.

Behind the scenes

 * Halagad Ventor is also the alter ego of Star Wars author Abel G. Peña, and artist Joe Corroney based his depiction of Ventor in HoloNet News on Peña.

Appearances

 * HoloNet News Vol. 531 #45: Virgillian Jedi Envoy Declared Lost
 * Republic HoloNet News Special Inaugural Edition 16:5:241