In 3756 BBY, Jedi Master Barel Ovair and his Nautolan Padawan Eison Gynt traveled to Yavin 4, officially to investigate Sith ruins. Ovair was secretly part of a family serving Vitiate's hidden Sith Empire and had been tasked with destroying old Sith spirits that might challenge the Emperor's authority. Inside Naga Sadow's tomb, the mission failed and Gynt was left behind.
Infiltration reaches the Jedi Order
Ovair demonstrates that Sith preparation included covert penetration of Republic religious institutions.
His Jedi credentials gave him access to places and students useful to an Imperial mission.
Old Sith spirits are treated as political rivals
The target was not the Republic but Naga Sadow's lingering presence.
Vitiate sought to monopolize Sith authority before revealing his Empire.
Anthropological assessment
The mission shows how clandestine states use institutional trust as infrastructure.
It also reveals conflict inside a tradition over who has authority to represent the past.
Sources and further reading
- The Old Republic Galactic Timeline 7.
- Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia.