Knights of the Old Republic 4

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 4: Commencement, Part 4 is the fourth issue in the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series of comics.

Opening crawl[]

COMMENCEMENT
"PART 4 (OF SIX)"

After discovering his fellow students dead at the feet of
their own Masters, Padawan ZAYNE CARRICK runs
for his life, aided only by GRYPH, a Snivvian con artist.
Blamed for the murders, the two flee into the Lower
City of Taris, staying just a step ahead of the Masters.

Gryph hopes a pair of Arkanian refugees will help them
find a way offworld. The addled inventor known only as
CAMPER and his protector, the fierce JARAEL, aren't
interested. When Zayne's Masters arrive, however, the
Arkanians suddenly launch into action—and into orbit!

But what had been camouflaged as the Arkanians'
home on Taris—the junk hauler LAST RESORT—hasn't
flown in years. And it certainly hasn't faced the Republic
patrols that await them, even now, in space…

Plot summary[]

With the Taris Orbital Patrols on their tail, the barely-spaceworthy Last Resort makes its way into Taris' asteroid field. With power and transmissions restored thanks to Camper, Zayne Carrick makes a transmission to the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine, hoping to convince Jedi Master, Vandar Tokare, that he is innocent of killing his fellow Padawans. Vandar finds this hard to believe, but he does believe that Zayne may have a diseased mind and therefore doesn't remember actually killing his friends. He suggests that Zayne return to Taris and seek help from one of the Jedi Consulars in restoring his sanity. With the transmission cut short by Jarael due to being brought out of the asteroid field, Zayne remembers something odd about the Jedi masters on Taris: all but one were Consulars.

Zayne decides that in order to find clues as to why the Jedi on Taris turned on their own Padawans, something must have happened on the Rogue Moon where he had had a training mission a couple of days earlier.

On the surface of the moon with Jarael, Zayne discovers the remains of the Jedi's bulk-lifter droid, Elbee, and hopes that he may be able to recover the droids memory hologram too see if anything of importance regarding his masters actions is saved on it. At that moment, however, Zayne spots his master Lucien and the Taris authorities descending on them with weapons drawn.

Appearances[]

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Camper
Zayne Carrick
Lucien Draay
Feln (In flashback(s))
Gharn (In flashback(s))
Marn Hierogryph
Jarael
Shad Jelavan (In flashback(s))
Kamlin (In flashback(s))
Vrook Lamar
Zhar Lestin
Oojoh (In flashback(s))
Q'Anilia (In flashback(s))
Noana Sowrs (Indirect mention only)
T1-LB
Raana Tey (In flashback(s))
Vandar Tokare
Xamar (In flashback(s))

Droid models

LB-series bulk-loading droid

Events

Padawan Massacre (Mentioned only)

Locations

Dantooine
- Jedi Enclave
Taris system
- Rogue Moon (First appearance)
- Taris (star) (Mentioned only)
- Taris
  - Jedi Tower (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

The Adasca BioMechanical Corporation of Arkania (Mentioned only)
Black Vulkars (Mentioned only)
Draay family (First mentioned)
Galactic Republic (Mentioned only)
Hidden Beks (Mentioned only)
Jedi Order
Taris Civil Authority
- Sector Constable (Mentioned only)
- Taris Control (First appearance)

Sentient species

Arkanian Offshoot
Falleen (In flashback(s))
Feeorin (In flashback(s))
Ho'Din (In flashback(s))
Human
Khil (In flashback(s))
Miraluka (In flashback(s))
Nagai (In flashback(s))
Snivvian
Togruta (In flashback(s))

Vehicles and vessels

578-R space transport
- The Last Resort
Taris Civil Authority police cruiser (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Airlock (Mentioned only)
Comm unit
Deflector shield
Hologram
Holoprojector
Hyperdrive (Mentioned only)
Lightsaber
Portable magnetic shield (First mentioned)
Shockstaff
Space suit

Miscellanea

Asteroid
Asteroid belt
Bounty
Death mark
Fifth-degree droid
The Force (Mentioned only)
- Dark side of the Force (Mentioned only)
Gravity
Planet
Spice
Star system
Time
- Standard day (Mentioned only)
- 3964 BBY

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Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 Knights of the Old Republic 4
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #4 on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)

External links[]

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

News organs
Commencement:	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Flashpoint:	7 · 8 · 10
Reunion:	11 · 12
Days of Fear:	13 · 14 · 15
Nights of Anger:	16 · 17 · 18
Daze of Hate:	19 · 20 · 21
Knights of Suffering:	22 · 23 · 24
Vector:	25 · 26 · 27 · 28
Exalted:	29 · 30
Vindication:	32 · 33 · 34 · 35
Prophet Motive:	36 · 37
Dueling Ambitions:	39 · 40 · 41
The Reaping:	43 · 44
Destroyer:	45 · 46
Demon:	47 · 48 · 49 · 50
Stand-alones:	0 · 9 · 31 · 38 · 42
Handbook Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: War 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
Taris Holofeed · The Admiral's List · Adascorp Fiscal Period Financial Report and Outlook The Adjudicator · Galactic Republic Defense Ministry Daily Brief KD0092
Short stories
Labor Pains · Interference · The Secret Journal of Doctor Demagol
Trade paperbacks
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10
Other collections
Omnibus: 1 · 2 · 3 Epic Collection: 1 · 2 · 3 Legends Omnibus

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[Issue-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 Knights of the Old Republic 4

[DH-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #4 on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)

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