Dack Cotaar

"Master Cotaar? He's a good master, yep. Taught me how to cut people's hands off."

- Seth Zheng on Dack Cotaar

Jedi Master Dack Cotaar was raised an Onderonian and moved to Coruscant with his family at the age of five. When he turned six, the Jedi Council brought him in for Jedi training. After a few years, the female Twi'lek Jedi Master Aika Tae'shal brought him in as a Padawan-learner. He grew up to become great friends with Aika, and was saddened when she was killed by a bounty hunter on Nar Shaddaa.

Jedi Knight Years
When Dack was a Jedi Knight, he was sent to Tatooine to negotiate with a Hutt on release of a captured Jedi. The Hutt lied to Dack, telling him that he agreed with him, but instead launched Dack into a Rancor pit. Dack fooled the Rancor by camoflaguing himself with the Force and then used the Force Beast Trick power on the Rancor to get it to brake open the pit. The Hutt finally let the enslaved Jedi go free, but he warned Dack that if he were to ever return to Tatooine that he would kill him.

Jedi Master Years
Fate would have it that Dack did return to Tatooine. But this time, he never approached the Hutt's lair. Instead, he was there to bring a Force sensitive boy to be trained on Coruscant. This is when Dack Cotaar met Seth Zheng. Bringing Zheng back to Coruscant, the Jedi Council agreed that Dack himself should train the boy, since he had no pupil as of that time.

Plot to Save Zheng
After Seth fell to the Dark Side, Dack Cotaar worked with Jedi Knight Enni Auv to save Seth from hatred and inevitable self-destruction. Eventually, the plot worked, and Seth Zheng returned to the Light redeemed.

Disappearance
A decade before Seth died, Dack told the council something about the Sith, and vanished permanently. He never appeared as a Force ghost. If that were the case, he most likely would've contacted Seth's ghost.

Behind the Scenes

 * Dack Cotaar is the name of one of Koops's KotOR II: TSL characters.
 * Cotaar is a pun for KotOR (both pronounced Co-tar).
 * Dack comes from Jack, Koops's real name.