Kopecz
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- "We both know the Jedi won't be defeated by soldiers. I'd gladly trade a thousand of our best troopers for even one Sith Master."
- ―Kopecz to Qordis, when convincing him to train Bane at the Korriban Academy[src]
Kopecz was a male Twi'lek Dark Lord of the Sith who lived during the final decades of the New Sith Wars. A former Jedi, Kopecz turned his back on the Jedi Order to join the ranks of the Sith, becoming on one of the first members of Lord Kaan's Brotherhood of Darkness. He spent much of his time at the forefront of the Brotherhood's campaigns against the Galactic Republic, including the final battles both orbiting and on Ruusan.
A powerful Sith Lord, Kopecz was often the voice of malcontent against Kaan, stirring the other Sith against him on issues such as the prolonged battle for control of Ruusan. However, Kaan was always able to sway Kopecz into siding with him, as he did when outlining the plan to use the thought bomb at the Seventh Battle of Ruusan. Kopecz, however, saw the madness of Kaan in using such a device when the Brotherhood were gathered in a network of caves. Sneaking out of the gathering, Kopecz joined the defenders at the mouths of the caves, and was mortally injured when the Jedi's Army of Light attacked. He was discovered by Lord Valenthyne Farfalla, a Jedi Master who recognized Kopecz as a former Jedi. Refusing aid and the promise of redemption, Kopecz convinced Farfalla to fight him in lightsaber combat in exchange for revealing Kaan's plan. Knowing the Twi'lek had only a short time to live given his injuries, Farfalla agreed. After Kopecz described the thought bomb to Farfalla, the pair dueled, and the Sith Lord was swiftly killed by him former comrade.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
- "I chose my side a long time ago."
- ―Githany and Kopecz chose their sides over use of the thought bomb[src]
Formally a member of the Jedi Order, Kopecz rejected their philosophies for the ways of the of the dark side. With the Sith ascendant across the galaxy, Kopecz believed that they seemed to "offer the best chance to build a better universe." During his time as a Sith, he struck up a fierce rivalry with Qordis, a Human Dark Lord.[1]
[edit] The Brotherhood of Darkness
- "I expect you will provide me with many more powerful—and loyal—Sith adepts and Masters in the coming years. "
" Provide you? Don't you mean provide us? Are we not all part of the Brotherhood of Darkness?" - ―Kopecz demonstrates suspicion on Kaan's motives[src]
When the Sith Lord Kaan formed the Brotherhood of Darkness, attempting to establish a system with numerous Dark Lords, he appealed to Kopecz to join him, as well as Qordis. By proclaiming all Sith Lords as equal in the Brotherhood, Kaan was able to maintain a truce between the two. Together, the three Sith planned the Battle of Korriban—after the Brotherhood re-took the ancient Sith homeworld, Qordis remained to become headmaster of the Sith Academy the Brotherhood established on the planet. Kopecz, however, remained with Kaan to continue the war against the Galactic Republic.[1]
Kopecz was one of the Sith Masters present at several battles during the New Sith Wars—though the Brotherhood promised equality as Sith Lords, in practice there were always Masters who took up the roles of leadership, conveying orders between Kaan and the other Dark Lords. As such, Kopecz was the commander during the Battle of Phaseera, where he had control of all military units on the world, including the Brotherhood's specialized unit of Gloom Walkers. When the sergeant officer of the Gloom Walkers, Dessel, knocked his commandering oficer, Ulabore, unconcious and assumed command of the squad, Kopecz was to be in charge of his court martial. Dessel had committed mutiny with the intention of saving his squad from a suicide mission that Ulabore had accepted—under Dessel's command, the Gloom Walkers went on to successfully complete the mission with minimal casualties. Sensing the power of the Force within Dessel and reviewing his record that was littered with seemingly amazing feats, Kopecz decided to take him to Korriban, when he revealed to the soldier he was to be trained as an apprentice with the capability of becoming a Sith Lord. Dessel assumed the name Bane—the apprentice that would one day become Darth Bane and return to destroy the Brotherhood of Darkness and re-establish the Order of the Sith Lords under his Rule of Two.[1]
[edit] The Ruusan Campaign
- "Hoth knows the Jedi aren't capable of defeating our vast armies. Not anymore. The Republic is doomed. So now he concentrates exclusively on us: the leaders of those armies. Cut off the head and the body will die. "
" We should send our fleet to Ruusan. All of them. Crush the Jedi in one fell swoop and wipe them from the galaxy forever." - ―Kaan and Kopecz discuss strategies after the Sith are forced from Ruusan[src]
Kopecz was one of the Dark Lords present at the First Battle of Ruusan, when the Brotherhood launched a surprise counter attack against the Republic forces that had been performing hit-and-run strikes on the Sith-occupied world of Kashyyyk. During the battle, he flew his Sith Buzzard starfighter and was aided by the battle meditation that Kaan provided from aboard the Sith Destroyer Nightfall. While engaging enemy fighters, Kopecz sensed the Republic pilots being aided through the Force. Realizing that there must be a Jedi Master using battle meditation somewhere aboard one of the capital ships, the Twi'lek detected the source and flew into the hangar bay. Infiltrating the ship, the Sith Lord slayed all in his path, reaching a chamber where he discovered a female Cerean Jedi Master deep in meditation, guarded by her two Selkath Padawans. Killing the young Jedi and their Master restored the Sith advantage as the tide of battle turned, resulting in the irradication of the Republic forces.[1]
Kopecz was responsible for informing Kaan of the Sith defeat at the Third Battle of Ruusan, when the Jedi Order's Army of Light revealed itself for the first time. The battle also revealed the location of the illusive Jedi Lord Hoth, the sole commander that seemed capable of solidifying victories against the Sith forces. Kaan moved the majority of the Brotherhood of Darkness to Ruusan, calling all the Force-sensitives under his command, save the strongest apprentices on Korriban who had not yet completed their training.[1]
When planning the Sixth Battle of Ruusan, Kaan originally intended for Kopecz to lead a flanking maneuver to attack the Jedi. This was before the return of Darth Bane—the apprentice had left the Brotherhood of Darkness, assuming the abandoned "Darth" title, and survived two attempts on his life by Sith Lords Kas'im and Githany under Kaan's orders. Bane accused Kaan of thinking "like a dirt general, not a Sith Lord" and proposed instead of circumventing the forest in which the Jedi were hiding, destroying it completely.[1]
After the destruction of the forest, Kopecz told Bane that the Brotherhood feared him, claiming that when he channeled the power of the Force from the Sith it was like he had his teeth on their throats. Kopecz then mounted his flyer and took off for the battle, which seemed would result in a victory for the Sith. However, the intervention of gunships bearing the colors of Jedi Master Valenthyne Farfalla and the reinforcements he had brought from the Republic and the Jedi Order forced the Sith to retreat.[2]
[edit] The thought bomb
- "Kaan believes we are strong enought to resist. He hopes only the Jedi will be destroyed. "
" Kaan is insane! Bane was right! I am not staying here for another moment! Coming Kopecz? "
" No. I chose my side a long time ago." - ―Kopecz and Githany chose their actions over use of the thought bomb[src]
Following their defeat, Kopecz joined the remaining members of the Brotherhood in a network of caves at Kaan's order. He explained to Githany and Darovit that Kaan intended to use the thought bomb to defeat the Jedi, at which Githany chose to flee, taking Darovit with her.[2]
Kopecz was committed to joining Kaan and the others, swept up in Kaan's manipulation through the Force. However, when the Sith began to chant and join together, Kopecz regained his senses. Fearful of the effects of the bomb, he realized that it would destroy the entire gathering of Sith as well as the Jedi. Comprehending that by this time the Jedi would have surrounded the caves—and that his death was not inevitable—Kopecz decided to join the defenders of the caves and fight amongst them.[2]
[edit] Last stand
- "You promised me death. I wish to fall in combat. If you hold back at all, you will be the one who dies here today. Do you understand?"
- ―Kopecz warns Farfalla before his final duel[src]
During the Seventh Battle of Ruusan, Kopecz became critically wounded, though he continued to fight until the end,[2] despite most of the regular troops surrendering to the combined forces of the Army of Light and the Republic.[1] He refused to submit, warning Farfalla not to take him alive. Spurning all help, Kopecz offered to reveal Kaan's plans in exchange for the promise of death. Upon Farfalla's agreeing to those terms, Kopecz informed him of the thought bomb and the madness Kaan had descended into. Honoring his word, Farafalla then engaged the Sith Master in lightsaber combat—the injured Kopecz was no match for the freshly arrived Master, and was slain.[2]
[edit] Personality and traits
- "Promise me death, Farfalla, and receive a warning in return."
"You wish death, Dark Lord? Just say so! "
" Death is an old friend. What Kaan plans for all of us is worse!" - ―Kopecz challenges Jedi Master Valenthyne Farfalla[src]
Kopecz was tall and muscular—the soldier Dessel believed him to be the "biggest Twi'lek he had ever seen". He was deeply mistrusting of the other more powerful Sith Lords amongst the Brotherhood of Darkness. Although he agreed to join the Brotherhood, he was always suspicious of its founder, Kaan. Kopecz recognized that Kaan sought to control the Sith while believing himself to be their leader, and Kopecz regularly reiterated Kaan's own promises of equality within the Brotherhood back to him. The Twi'lek also shared a mutual animosity with Lord Qordis—both had been rivals before joining the Brotherhood. This became evident when Qordis told other Sith Masters at the Academy to cease the preferential treatment of the apprentice Kopecz sent him, Bane.[1]
Having been initially swayed by the word and manipulations of Kaan, Kopecz became a voice of dissidence as the war on Ruusan progressed, irritated by Kaan's repeating assurances that victory was close at hand, only to endure more skirmishes and battles with the Army of Light. Kaan repeatedly used the Force to curb this attitude and keep Kopecz in line.[1]
Kopecz was a powerful and respected warrior. He feared the strange new powers Bane had brought into the midst of the Sith and chose to fight the last of the Army of Light face to face rather than being a part of the thought bomb Kaan intended to wield against the Jedi. Kopecz believed in the strength of the Sith, choosing to die fighting rather than slowly passing away from the injuries he sustained during the final battle.[1]
[edit] Powers and abilities
- "The power of the dark side. The heat of passion and emotion. I can feel it in you, as well. Burning like your anger. It makes you strong."
- ―Kopecz to Dessel about the dark side of the Force[src]
Kopecz was known amongst both the Jedi and Sith as being strong in the Force. Coupled with this strength, his willfulness meant Kopecz was difficult to manipulate with the Force, as Kaan discovered when he tried to sway the Dark Lords to his ideas. He was an able pilot, flying a Buzzard fighter during the First Battle of Ruusan, and a proficient fighter, engaging in several other battles both on and above Ruusan.[1]
[edit] Behind the scenes
Kopecz first appeared in the Dark Horse comic series Jedi vs. Sith. Within the comic, he serves as an antagonist to Kaan, being the voice of dissidence and malcontent within the Sith ranks.
In Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, author Drew Karpyshyn describes Kopecz's eyes as orange. However, in Kopecz's original appearance in the Jedi vs. Sith comic series, his eyes are illustrated as being purple, orange and red in different scenes.
According to the Galactic Campaign Guide, Kopecz was a common name given to Twi'lek males, a name meaning "philosopher".
[edit] Appearances
- Jedi vs. Sith (First appearance)
- Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
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