Far'Tak Katar

"The Sith shall always exist, just as the Jedi will. This is the order of things. There must always be two. The balance of light and dark"- Far'katar Fazio to Luke Skywalker

Jedi Master Far'katar Fazio served as the Head of the Jedi Order following the death of his master, Alsius Hoth. He was also the oldest living Jedi at the time of his death and was the last surviving Pre-Ruusan Jedi. He succeeded in the role of Jedi Lord by Ulgen Skywalker.

Biography
Fazio was born in 4,000 BBY and was a padawan at the time of Revan's fall to the dark side. When Revan visited the Jedi Enclave on Dantoonie, Fazio met him and was amazed at the great Jedi.

First Sith War
At the time of the First Sith War, Fazio was only a Jedi padawan under the tutilage of Jedi Master Vandar. He refused in join in the fighting. When Revan was defeated and Malak took over as Lord of the Sith, Fazio was close to being a Jedi Knight, but his promotion was delayed by the onslaught of Sith army.

First Jedi Purge
Little is known of what happened to Fazio during this time but he somehow managed to survive the First Jedi Purge and eventually rejoined the Jedi Order.

Cold War
During the Cold War, Fazio served as a general and aided Revan in his fight against the Sith Emporer. When he learned of the Jedi Exile's death at the hands of the Emporer, Fazio vowed to kill him. Although he fought bravely against the Sith, he was forced to retreat. Unable to rejoin the fighting, he blamed himself for the failure to kill the Sith.

Jedi Knight
In 3000 BBY, Fazio was finally apppointed as a Jedi Knight. For the next thousand years, he helped train an unknown amount of Jedi, many of whom he say die in his lifetime.

Jedi Master
On 2000 BBY, Fazio became a Jedi Master and took an apprentice. However, this apprentice fell to the dark side and fazio was forced to kill him. Saddened by his failure, he refused to take another apprentice.

Hoth's Apprentice
In 1100 ABY, he became Asius Hoth's apprentice during the 100 Year Jedi-Sith War. When Hoth became Lord of the Jedi, Fazio became Grand Master of the Jedi. The war finally ended but Hoth was killed. He had sacrificed himself to save the other Jedi.

Lord of the Jedi
After Hoth's death, he became the new Jedi Lord because he had been Hoth's only living apprentice. As Jedi Lord, he reigned over a time of unusual peace. He found it odd, as in his lifetime, he had seen the Sith rise and fall several times. He knew that they would back but he had hoped that he would never live to see it.

Marriage
In 140 BBY, Far'katar married a woman he met on a mission to Dantoonie. He had gone to Dantoonie to visit the ruins of the Jedi Enclave there. When he arrived there, he found the skeletons of Jedi Masters Vrook, Kavar, and Zez Kai-Ell. After burying their remains, he met a woman named Lora near the ruins. He feel in love with her and she also feel in love with him and they married a month later. Although marriage was not allowed by the Jedi Code, he disobeyed it and married her. Although he was in trouble with Council when they learned of this, they couldnt do anything, since he was the leader of the Jedi Order. In 100 BBY, Lora became ill and Fazio didn't know how to help her. She passed away one month later, emtionally damaging the aged Jedi.

40 BBY
In 40 BBY, Lord Fazio officially stepped down as leader of the Jedi after over 900 years as leader. Publically, he said that was tired of leading and wished to live the rs of his lfe in peace. Secretly, he ruled the Jedi from the shadows. Master Yoda became the official leader of the Jedi and often reported events to him.

Order 66
When the clone troopers received Order 66 from Palpatine, Fazio sensed a great disturbance in the Force. He was too late however to warn the other Jedi of what he had felt. He joined in the fighting at the Temple in order to defend it. He was able to escape the carnage and moved to Dantoonie, where he lived in the ruins of the Jedi Enclave.

Death
In 17 BB, the Emipre sent a fleet to Dantooine to capture/kill the escaped Jedi Lord. Leading the force was Darth Vader, determined to kill the old Jedi. Vader ordered most of his soldiers to kill the settlers and burn their homes. He then went to the enclave with a commando team of Storm Troopers to kill Lord Fazio. Fazio lured Vader and his team into the sublevel and killed all members of the team, except for Vader. They faced each other in the old library in the sublevel, where it seemed as though Fazio would win. When Vader seemed to surrender, Fazio followed the Jedi code and refused to strike him down. As he turned to leave, Vader drew his lightsaber and struck Fazio through his abdomen, mortally wounding him. As he layed dying, Fazio laughed at Vader, saying that his anger would be his downfall. As his last final act, Fazio unleashed a baragge of force energy, which damaged Vader's suit and destriyed all of the information within the library. After that, Fazio faded into the force, finally succumming to his wounds.



Return
In 20 ABY, Fazio returned as a Force Spirit to help train new Jedi. He had appeared to Grand Master Luke Skywalker following the death of Darth Vader and the destruction of the Second Death Star along with Masters Yoda and Kenobi. He told Luke that one day, he would return to help him. As a Force Spirit, he helped train many of the Jedi, including Ulgen Skywalker, Fazio's successor as Jedi Lord. However, in 70 ABY, Fazio's spirit drifted too far away from the mortal world and appeared one last time to Luke. He told him that this would be the last time that he would appear. He warned him that the ith were not destroyed, that they would always exist. He had seen several rises and falls if the Sith and they had always managed to survive. After giving Luke that warning, he disappeared forever.

Legacy
Fazio became a beacon of hope in the New Jedi Order. A statue of him was erected outside the main entrance to the Jedi Temple. Under the statue read, "Far'katar Fazio, eternal leader of the Jedi Order". Following his death and the rise of the New Jedi Order, Ulgen Skywalker became the next Jedi Lord. Although he is remembered as a great fighter and caring man, he is also thought of as a weak leader of the Jedi by some due to the Sith emerging and nearly destroying the jedi during his lifetime.

Personality
He openly opposed the restiction on Jedi marriage, stating that if jedi married, their children would be force sensitive, thus adding more Jedi to the Order. He was also a very caring person, often helping the poor and those without family. He also was a strong leader but was blamed for the many conflicts with the Sith during reign as Jedi Lord.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II (non-canon)
 * Star Wars: Rise of the Jedi Lords

Trivia

 * He was the 2nd Lord of the Jedi, Lord Hoth being the 1st.
 * He was one of the last Jedi to die before the Battle of Yavin
 * He was close friends with Yoda and Yoda felt a deep disturbance in the force when Fazio was killed.