Vodo-Siosk Baas

"The dark side has come before, and it will come again. Do not underestimate its power. That is why I have devoted my life to teaching Jedi Knights, to strengthen the light side against the tide of darkness that is sure to come."

- Vodo-Siosk Baas

Vodo-Siosk Baas was a Krevaaki Jedi Master on Dantooine. He was the ancestor of Bodo Baas.

Biography
Like his descendant Bodo, Vodo was "Gatekeeper" of a holocron. Vodo trained several Jedi on Dantooine, one of these being Exar Kun. Kun, unlike Vodo's other students, was fascinated by the way of the Sith. Master Vodo was unhappy with this fascination, and realized that if Kun delved too deeply into the dark side of the Force, he would turn from the Jedi path, perhaps for good.

When Kun nearly killed one of his fellow pupils, a Cathar named Sylvar, Master Vodo stepped in and challenged Kun to a duel of walking stick versus his pupil's lightsaber. Kun nearly defeated him in the fight, and Vodo realized how much rage was stored up within his soul, and how much potential there was for the dark side to overtake him.



Kun left Dantooine, and when he finally called again to Master Vodo, it was when he was left bleeding and dying by the spirit of Freedon Nadd on Korriban. Vodo tried to help, but Kun disappeared. During the Great Sith War, at the Trial of Ulic Qel-Droma, Vodo challenged Kun before the frozen Galactic Senate. Vodo and Kun fought each other, but when Kun revealed his double-bladed lightsaber, Vodo could not hold him off, and was slain by his former pupil.

Vodo's spirit became one with the Force, and his stories became part of the holocron's stories. Years later, Luke Skywalker used Vodo's holocron at his Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4, until the spirit of Exar Kun destroyed it. After that, the spirit of Vodo joined with Luke and his Jedi initiates to bind and destroy Exar Kun forever.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 9: Flashpoint Interlude: Homecoming
 * Dark Apprentice
 * Champions of the Force
 * Young Jedi Knights: Heirs of the Force