Vindican

"They escaped, Master. You failed.''" "''No, Malgus. This&hellip;is only the beginning!"

- Malgus and Vindican, shortly before the latter's death

Vindican was a male Sith Pureblood who served the Sith Empire in the early days of the Great Galactic War. In 3,681 BBY, the Sith Lord, along with his apprentice Malgus, joined an armada of Imperial battlecruisers to retake the planet Korriban from the Galactic Republic and the Jedi. After they engaged the small Republic force over Korriban, Vindican and Malgus boarded a shuttle, docked with the Republic's space station orbiting Korriban, and attacked two Jedi defenders&mdash;an Zabrak master and his Human apprentice. The Jedi Master incapacitated his Sith counterpart, but Malgus soon killed Darach before he murdered his injured Master and obtained the title of Sith Lord.

Biography
"Welcome home."

- Malgus, to his master

A male Pureblood Sith Lord and Inquisitor, Vindican served the Sith Empire during the early years of the Great Galactic War. In 3,681 BBY, the Sith Lord Vindican and his apprentice Malgus joined the Empire's campaign to retake the planet Korriban, which had been under Republic and Jedi control. An armada of thirty Imperial battlecruisers, including Vindican and Malgus, jumped to Korriban space and engaged the small Republic force stationed there. Lord Vindican and Malgus detached from the Imperial fleet and boarded a shuttle to dock with the Republic's space station orbiting Korriban. After they landed in a hangar on the station, the Sith Lord, flanked by Malgus, spotted two Jedi&mdash; the Jedi Master Kao Cen Darach and his Human Padawan, Satele Shan&mdash;and confronted them. With his double-bladed lightsaber, Vindican attacked his Jedi counterpart, while Malgus fought Shan. Vindican advanced against the Jedi Master, whom he engaged in a swift flurry of swordplay before he unleashed a volley of Force lightning at Shan. After he was Force-pushed across the hangar by Darach, the Sith blasted lightning at an escaping smuggler's freighter&mdash;the vessel that the Jedi intended to escape the station in.

Shan boarded the departing freighter and left her Master behind to fight Vindican and Malgus alone. The Sith engaged the Zabrak once again, in an attack coordinated with the flanking Malgus. When the Sith unleashed lightning at the Zabrak, the Jedi Master deflected it with his and Shan's lightsaber toward Malgus. Master Darach two lightsabers also struck the right side of Sith Lord's head, which lifted his helmet off his face and left a scar over his right eye. Vindican was incapacitated when the Jedi Master activated one of the ends of Shan's double-bladed weapon through the Sith's abdomen. The Sith Master's fallen double-bladed weapon was taken by Malgus, who engaged and killed the Jedi Master with it. After Malgus returned to his master, he exchanged words with him, before executing him.

Personality and traits
An aggressive male Pureblood Sith, Vindican had red skin and yellow eyes. He wore black-colored robes and a mask that covered his face. When Vindican did not stop the Jedi Master's apprentice from leaving the station, his apprentice, Malgus, regarded him as a failure; however, the Sith Lord believed that it was only the beginning of the Sith's reemergence. Before the Vindican was killed, he was welcomed home by Malgus, since Korriban was the ancient homeworld of the Sith.

Powers and abilities
Vindican was both a Sith Lord and Inquisitor. He was skilled in the art of lightsaber combat and used a double-bladed weapon during his fight with the Jedi Master Kao Cen Darach in the Republic's Korriban space station. With his lightsaber, the Sith Lord was also able to deflect a missile that was launched from a trooper's missile launcher. However, during their fight, Vindican failed to see the Zabrak Jedi's deactivated blade end which was pointed at his midsection. When the Jedi activated it, the lightsaber's blade stabbed him.

Behind the scenes
The Pureblood Sith Master appeared in Return, a cinematic trailer for the upcoming video game Star Wars: The Old Republic that was released on June 6, 2011.

Appearances

 * Return