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"And as for the one called Zak Koroen? Yes, well, He is a... special case."

- Two of the Kov discussing Zak Koroen.

Zak Koroen was a Jedi Master during the time of the New Republic. He piloted SPEER 001. He had been trained by Luke Skywalker. He had numerous Padawans, most notably Cret, who would later become Darth Hity, and Hasee Kasa, who would eventually train Zak's daughter Shmi. His legacy would span generations, including Jedi Grand master Jek Koroen and his son Jym. Zak would marry Jaina Solo, and after her death, the Femzzonn Queen Meddedum Brepdool. They would have a daughter, Cura Koroen. After Meddedum's death, Zak and Cura took SPEER 001 and its crew outside of known space. SPEER 001 would later return, sans Zak and the droids D-3PO and R5-T67. Shmi Koroen was found dead.

Early life
"You're a Jedi! I HATE Jedi!"

- Zak Koroen meets Luke Skywalker.

Zak Koroen was not always a Jedi. Long before he was born, the Emperor plagued his mother with a Sith disease that turned him to the Dark Side 15 years before his birth. As Zak grew, so did his cruelty and Force powers. He killed a Jedi, and then his own mother after she reprimanded him for his actions. His father left Zak soon after, terrified. One day, long after the Emperor and Darth Vader had died, Luke Skywalker came to Zak's home to investigate the tremendous Force power coming from Zak's makeshift shelter. Zak, however, had been trained to hate all Jedi, and engaged Luke in a lightsaber duel. Surprisingly, Zak overpowered Luke. However, while Zak had Luke at his mercy, the Dark Side disease withered due to interference with an omniscient species called the Kov, and Zak joined the Jedi as Luke's Padawan.

The Padawan years
"Why are we here? To kick your sorry butts across the Galaxy, that's why!"

- Zak Koroen to the Bounty Hunters League

Zak quickly became recognized as one of the most talented Padawans of his times. As a sign of his troubled mind, he constantly rotated lightsaber designs. His personality often swung violently. After Luke was grazed by a blaster bolt on Tyst, Zak became enraged and charged the Bounty Hunters League who had injured Luke, becoming critically wounded in the process. He was saved by Jeremie Hopper who bonded the experimental Bio-Metal Jk890 which saved him but didn't hinder his Force powers. In other words, Zak Koroen was now a cyborg.

Jedi life
Zak soon became a Knight after facing Darth Thugee on Vulpter and defeating him. After he helped to defeat the Der Treen Clone of Darth Vader, he was deemed good enough to be a Master. He took a Padawn, Cret, and joined the New Council. He also worked on the Marabouta project, though he left after the purpose of the project changed from waste control to weapons development. His life would come crashing down on him when Cret turned to the Dark Side. Although he had opposed the New Republic Droid Army, he now fought hard in the Droid Wars.

Droid Wars
"What do we do, sir?" "We stand and fight!"

- OOM-56 and Zak Koroen during the Battle of Vulpter

Zak fought in many battles. He unveiled his YT-100 freighter, SPEER 001, during the Battle of Kessel. His most notable victory came during the Battle of Duro, when SPEER 001 took down an Imperial Nova-Class War Frigate. He eventually encountered Cret on Cato Nui. They battled, and Zak accidentally killed his former student, though it was later revealed that the wounds Zak had inflicted upon Cret were not fatal. Ashamed, he returned to the Jedi Temple, only to find it under attack. He faced Exar Kun, but was defeated by the ancient Sith. Soon, however, he recovered from his injuries and took Hasee Kasa as his new Padawan. However, the belief that he had killed Cret still haunted him, and he left the New Council.

He soon became romantically involved with Jaina Solo. The two married (despite protests by  Zekk), and Jaina and Zak conceived a daughter. During all this, Hasee became a Jedi Knight. Jaina gave birth to Shmi Koroen on Kashyyyk during the war's final year, and Shmi became Hasee's Padawan. Soon, Zak learned that Cret had survived and had become Darth Hity. Zak, shocked, started a search for Cret. He found and defeated Cret, but despite all he had done, Zak could not bring himself to kill the man who had once been the child he had loved like a son. Zak let Cret go, but warned him that next time, he would bring someone who would not hesitate to kill Hity.

Gret and Reto
A year later, Jaina gave birth to Gret Koroen and Reto Koroen on Ryloth. This marked a turning point for Zak and Jaina, since now they had to juggle Jedi life and three children. Soon afterward, Zak was one of the ten sent as reinforcements to the Droid Revolt on Retyule. Jaina was left alone to take care of the children. At one point, she came close to using Deathsticks to relieve herself of some of her stress. Zak arrived home shortly, and Jaina's depression lifted. Zak soon faced Darth Rameses after the it was revealed that Rameses was the one who had murdered Zak's lifelong friend Greetyw, and came out with a single scar. Rameses' fate remains uncertain, though it is safe to assume that Zak killed him.

Darth Vesuvius crisis
Years later, Gret turned to the Dark Side and became Darth Vesuvius. This crushed Zak's spirit, and caused him to question whether he ever keep the Dark Side from tainting his family. Begrudgingly, zak agreed to help stop Gret. Along with Srel, Jaina, Keeshel' and Reto, Zak prepared a trap for Gret, but this failed. Shmi eventually stopped Gret's rampage. With his faith in family restored, Zak returned to the New Council.

Great Jedi Schism
As the Great Jedi Schism began, Zak managed to win many battles for the New Republic. However, during the final battle, the Third Battle of Tyst, Zak faced Darth Cain, who managed to turn Zak back to the Dark side as Darth Pluto. This led into a horrific alternate future in which Zak and his new Sith Master Darth Xana ruled a dystopian galaxy. Eventually, Zak, having repented after a confrontation with the spirits of all the Jedi he had killed in his life, managed to turn back time and stop Darth Pluto from ever existing. Zak killed Dark Jedi leader William, and the Schism ended.

New Sith War
During this brief war, Zak and his family helped win five of the nine battles. During the final battle aboard the Sith flagship Malak's Inferno, Jaina was killed by Darth Borden. In a moment of pure and undiluted rage, Zak slew the Sith with one slash. He then ascended to the bridge and killed Sith leader Darth Sivaji.Zak was horrified by what he had done, but accepted his actions. He gave the eulogy at Jaina's funeral.

Post-Skywalker era
During a mission with Luke Skywalker, Zak returned to his camp from a diplomatic discussion from the monarch of Ulmexos to find his former master dead, lying prone on the ground. Shocked, Zak rushed back to Coruscant. At Luke's funeral, Luke's son Ben walked up to Zak and told him that he blamed Zak for not being able to protect his father. Ben swore revenge on Zak. At the reading of Luke's will, Zak recieved Luke's position as Jedi Grand Master, as well as Luke's X-Wing.

The rise of Darth Guillotine
A few months later, Ben reentered Zak's life. He had studied the ways of the Dark Side on Korriban, and had dubbed himself Darth Guillotine. He attacked and threatened Zak's loved ones until Zak himself came to face him. Zak severely injured Guillotine and threw him in a vat of acid, but Ben's body was retrieved by the New Sith Order and placed into a suit of armor identical to Darth Vader's.

Emuzoniuh
Following this, Zak left to a remote outer rim planet called Emuzoniuh. There he met and fell in love with its queen, Meddedum Brepdool. They married in an extravagant ceremony, and a child some time later, a daughter named Cura. Zak lived on Emuzoniuh for several years afterward, with Hasee Kasa running the Jedi Order for him. Zak and Meddedum's happiness was to be short-lived, however, as Darth Guillotine tracked Zak down and killed Meddedum. Zak decided that he was fed up with Ben's quest for vengeance and engaged him in a final battle in the Undercity of Taris. Zak defeated and finally killed Darth Guillotine. He then left known space with the crew of SPEER 001, including Cura. He left Reto behind, spurring bitterness that would cause her to become Darth Chernobyl.

The Mortrax A conflict and death


SPEER 001 later returned to known space. However, Zak and the droids D-3PO and R5-T67 were nowhere to be found. Shmi was dead, Ryyyooop was dying, and Cura was comatose. Gret was the only one left in reasonable health. He told of an impending war with extradimensionl beings, and that Zak had remained in a place called Mortrax A to hold of the enemy. The majority of Republic and Jedi forces were scrambled for the war, and SPEER 001 led the fleet to the point of entrance to Mortrax A. Gret and Cura, along with the now-redeemed Reto, found their father, who had been transformed into an energy being due to exposure to an unknown energy within the core of Mortrax A. Zak identified the enemy. It was not the Kov, as they had originally thought, but rather another species known only as The Relentless. during the final battle with The Relentless, Reto was killed. Zak lost his resolve, recounting all the people he had lost in his life, from his mother to Reto. He returned to the battle when Gret and Cura convinced him not to dwell on those he had lost, but instead celebrate those he still had. Zak walked into the machine The Relentless were planning to use to destroy the galaxy, sacrificing himself for the lives of many. Zak became one with the Force, and was allowed a last request. He sent his first lightsaber, the one he had stolen from a Jedi Knight that he killed, to Gret's apartment on Coruscant. Next two it was a note to Cura, saying simply: "You've earned it."

Legacy
Zak Koroen left behind a long legacy. Hasee Kasa's son, Saa Kasa eventually married Cura, and they had a son, Zak Kasa. Gret married an unspecified woman and his son, Jek, became Jedi Grand Master and had a son of his own, Jym. Jym became a renowned spacer and Jedi, as did his children Cret and Mari Koroen. Zak's collection of lightsabers became a permanent exhibit at the Galactic Museum on Coruscant, and three holofilms were made of his life. By 211 ABY, his story had become a folk legend.

Personality and Traits
Zak Koroen was known to be friendly and outgoing at times, brooding and angry at others. This was due in part to lingering effects of the dark side disease he had been infected with before his birth. He was respected all the same, though some were put off by his origins as a servent of the dark side on a Sith planet. This only worsened when he temporarily turned back to the dark side. However, after his death, he became legendary.

Behind the Scenes

 * Zak was notorious for often dying his hair.
 * Zak also had many lightsaber designs. At various points he had blue, green, black, orange, silver, red, and yellow lightsabers.