Vandar Tokare

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Vandar Tokare was a male Jedi Master and member of both the Dantooine Enclave Council and Jedi High Council during the Mandalorian Wars and Jedi Civil War. Master Vandar was of the same species as Yoda, but possessed a different skin tone and spoke in a dialect of Basic with only minimal similarities to that spoken by Yoda and Yaddle.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Mandalorian Wars 1.2 Jedi Civil War 1.3 Death 2 Behind the scenes 3 Appearances 4 Sources 5 Notes and references

[edit] Biography

[edit] Mandalorian Wars

In the years leading up to the Mandalorian invasion of the Republic during the Mandalorian Wars, Master Vandar taught many pupils. One of his students was Zayne Carrick. At one point, Vandar had a conversation with Master Vrook Lamar concerning the Jedi Exile. Vrook, who said he'd caught the Exile having a heated argument with his Padawan, asked Vandar what disciplinary action he intended since the Exile's own master refused to do it. Vandar – who believed the Exile to be a natural leader who would remain a Jedi—cautioned Vrook that it wasn't his concern. Vrook replied that he believed the Exile a mediocre Jedi, with a lust for power that would lead her to the dark side of the Force. This conversation was recorded by a protocol droid working at the Dantooine Enclave. Years later, in 3,951 BBY, the Exile would meet this droid in a battered state, and through tinkering with its memory, find the holorecord, which by that time was partially degraded.^[1]

By 3,964 BBY, Vandar was the leading Master of the Dantooine Jedi Enclave. When the fugitive Padawan Zayne Carrick contacted him and disclosed the details of what occurred during the Padawan Massacre of Taris, Vandar refused to believe that the Jedi Masters from the Taris Academy would kill their own students. Instead, he pondered aloud if Zayne himself may have committed the crime and was unable to recall it correctly, due to the dark side.^[2] Later, while being hunted by both the Republic and the Jedi, Zayne sent his family to Master Vandar for their protection, believing that Vandar was someone whom he could trust. Vandar welcomed Zayne's family to Dantooine and gave Zayne's father a job managing the Jedi Enclave's finances.^[3]

Vandar was one of the Jedi Council members that named Lucien Draay a member of the Council. However, Vandar had allowed this event as a way to discover the truth about the Padawan Massacre, for he knew Zayne had to be innocent.^[4]

Vandar later got a message asking him to meet with Alek Squinquargesimus and Shel Jelavan on Zayne's behalf. He and Vrook met them in a cantina. Alek and Shel explained a number of things to them, and said that Zayne was bringing a collection of Sith artifacts that the Covenant had collected to prove his was innocent. The two explained that Krynda Draay was behind the Covenant, and Vandar mentioned that Zayne's father, who was managing the Dantooine Academy's finances, had found that the Draay account had enough money to be supplying Jedi Shadows. Vrook, however, was afraid that if Krynda was accused, the Jedi loyal to her would tear the Order apart. When they heard Zayne had landed, they set off to meet him. But when they got to the point Zayne was at, they found he had been captured by Covenant member Xamar.

Vandar was believed to have seen a vision of a horrible war, in which the galaxy would be placed in darkness, as revealed by Bastila Shan on Taris. It is not known what exactly he saw, but it was this vision that caused the Jedi Council to not act in the Mandalorian Wars.^[5] This only led to the Jedi Knights Revan and Alek Squinquargesimus to lead a faction of the Jedi Order to fight the Mandalorians, which led to their fall to the dark side.

[edit] Jedi Civil War

During the Jedi Civil War that followed the Mandalorian Wars, Vandar oversaw the training of Revan after he was stripped of his memory by the Jedi Council. He was also the one who assigned Revan and Bastila to hunt down the Star Maps that would lead to the Star Forge.

Having survived Darth Malak's attack on Dantooine, Master Vandar participated in the Battle of Rakata Prime, acting as an adviser alongside Admiral Forn Dodonna. After the battle, it was Vandar who proclaimed Revan to be truly redeemed, thus reinstating his former rank of Jedi Knight and also proclaiming him as the "Prodigal Knight."^[5]

[edit] Death

Vandar was among the Jedi killed by Darth Nihilus as the Sith Lord used his powers to destroy all life on the planet of Katarr during a secret Jedi conclave.^[1]

[edit] Behind the scenes

Vandar can also die if the player makes the dark side choice in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Vandar dies along with Admiral Forn Dodonna aboard a Republic capital ship, destroyed by Sith fighters assisted by Bastila Shan's battle meditation.

Vandar is voiced by veteran voice actor Tom Kane, who has done the voice of Yoda in several video games and the mini-series Star Wars: Clone Wars.

Master Vandar is the only known member of his species to have a surname, in contrast to Yoda and Yaddle. He is also the only one shown thus far to speak in accordance with more common-practice Basic (or English) grammar, however this may be due to his growing up with the Jedi, many of whom speak Basic in proper syntax.

His last name is misspelled as Dokar in Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force.

[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: Commencement, Part 2
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 4: Commencement, Part 4
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 6: Commencement, Part 6
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 9: Flashpoint Interlude: Homecoming (Appears in hologram)
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 12: Reunion, Part 2
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 24: Knights of Suffering, Part 3 (Mentioned only)

• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 29: Exalted, Part 1
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 31: Turnabout
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (First appearance)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (Appears in hologram)

[edit] Sources

• Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Handbook
• Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide

[edit] Notes and references

The Jedi High Council (3,963 BBY)

Vrook Lamar Vandar Tokare Atris Zez-Kai Ell Kavar Lonna Vash Lucien Draay