Jance Byington was a Jedi Knight that survived Order 66 and a former friend of Anakin Skywalker.
Biography[]
Order 66[]
Jance Byington was raised in the Jedi Temple. At the conclusion of the Clone Wars, Jance was involved in a search and rescue mission near the Outer Rim. He found the remains of the Republic Acclamator II-class assault ship Graze. Jance was frustrated to discover no one had survived. Ironically, Order 66 was issued while he was on this mission. On his way back to the Jedi Temple he received a signal from a beacon coming from within the Temple, which said to stay away and go into hiding, all clone troopers had turned on all the Jedi, and that Palpatine was the second Sith that the Jedi were looking for.
Finding Skywalker[]
Jance eventually set out to search for his former friend, Anakin Skywalker. During this journey Jance rescued a Survivor of Order 66, Kreighton Sul. Kreighton Sul took Jance to a remote planet named Tatooine, there Jance was introduced to Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan told Jance and Kreighton that Anakin was dead, Jance was not convinced and went to Naboo to form a rebellion. The Queen of Naboo had ordered her guards to arrest the Jedi, Jance and Kreighton escaped, but became seperated. Jance encountered Darth Vader outside of Theed and was shocked to see Kreighton's lightsaber clipped to the Dark Lord's belt. Jance managed to defeat the Dark Lord and read his thoughts, he found out that Darth Sidious was on Korriban, he also discovered that Darth Vader was Anakin Skywalker. Jance killed Darth Vader or so he thought.
Duel at the Shrine of the One[]
Jance fought the Emperor and managed to hold his own. The two were an adequate match and fought for over thirty minutes. Jance then saw Vader approaching him and realized that the Emperor's Lackey had survived. In a desperate move Jance cut off the Emperor's left leg, Vader then managed to stab Jance in the back and the Emperor levitated into the sky, then he shot Jance with bursts of Force Lightning. It took both the Emperor and Vader to kill Jance. As Jance was dying he had a vision of Luke, Darth Vader and Palpatine on the Second Death Star.