Exar Kun: The Utimate Respect Thread

Exar Kun was one of the most powerful Dark Lords of the Sith that ever lived:

The most powerful and dangerous of all Sith Lords, Exar Kun was once the apprentice of the Jedi Master Vodo Siosk-Baas.
- The Official Star Wars Fact File

Kun, Exar Once the most powerful and dangerous of the Dark Lords of the Sith, he was responsible for the deaths of millions four millennia before the rise of the Empire. Killed by an overwhelming force of Jedi, the spirit of Exar Kun survived across the vastness of time to challenge Luke Skywalker and a new group of Jedi trainees.
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

Odan-Urr immediately knows he is in the presence of a dark force, he reaches deep into the light, drawing on the bright power-- as he tried to teach Nomi Sunrider.

*Sever Force has no effect on Kun whom kills him shortly after*

Odan Urr goes to the Force and the darkest power in the galaxy walks away with something that will make him even stronger.
- Tales of the Jedi

She[Tionne] discovers the accounts of the Great Sith War, and learns that though Kun was far more powerful than any one other Jedi of the time, A combined force had defeated him.

Exar Kun was one of the greatest lightsaber duelists in the history of both the Jedi and the Sith orders. He constructed and used the first recorded saberstaff, and displayed high proficiency with Djem So. A working mastery of Jar'kai was among his repertoire as were the acrobatics of Ataru. However his mastered chosen form was Niman.

Even before his prime Kun stalemated Ulic Qel-Droma, the greatest lightsaber prodigy in the Jedi Order and defeated his own tutor, the venerable lightsaber instructor Master Vodo-Siosk Baas twice:

Exar Kun engages Ulic a master Djem So practitioner in a power duel, stalemating him:

Both Jedi are master swordsman-- neither can claim an advantage with the lightsaber!
-Tales of the Jedi

Exar Kun and Ulic fought, but they were too evenly matched for either to gain the upperhand. Their battle might have gone on for hours but for the macabre manifestation of a host of Sith Lords, led by the shade of Marka Ragnos.
- The Dark Side Sourcebook

Exar Kun engages his former master for the second time, but he is too powerful for Baas to stand a chance:

In the process he once more faced his former master, Vodo Siosk Baas, this time armed with a double-bladed lightsaber of his own construction. Master Vodo did not have a chance, and fell to his former student.
- The Dark Side Sourcebook

The two fought, and Vodo-Siosk Baas was no match for Exar Kun's double-bladed lightsaber and deep reserve of dark side power. Vodo-Siosk perished, slain by his former apprentice.
- Power of the Jedi Sourcebook

Exar Kun had an unparalleled connection to the Force and a terrifying command over the Dark Side:

Force Blast:

As the alchemical miscreation squeezes the life out of him a realization dawns on Exar Kun-- he must let go of his past.. forget the pathetic Jedi way... give in to his true power.. the power of rage!

Suddenly finding he can speak the Sith tongue, Exar Kun reaches towards the focus of power. With a clash of iron the amulet clamps itself to his arm-- Exar Kun suddenly feels his rage multiply a thousand times.. then a hundred thousand times!

*Exar Kun begins to unleash uncontrollable beams of pure dark side energy disintegrating Massassi and blowing holes in the chamber*

What Exar Kun understands is that the dark rage that fills his own heart can be focused in this amulet, unleashing tremendous energies! -- energies that can be turned on the evil of Naga Sadow!

*Kun then turns the blast on the gargantuan Sith Wyrm killing it instantly*

Freedon Nadd is pleased.

Following the impulse of anger, Exar Kun turns the amulet against his mentor-- As he dies a second death, Nadd reaches out in desperation to others he has led down the dark path--

- Tales of the Jedi

Force Flight:

Now beneath the ancient temples on Yavin four, he penetrates the hidden world of Sith magic.
*Exar Kun uses Force Flight to descend down an immense shaft into a hangar-bay large enough to fit a Sith Battlecruiser*

- Tales of the Jedi

Tutaminis:

Below, a mysterious figure strides through the battlefield-- untouched by fire or shrapnel.
*Kun seems to employ an invisible Protection Bubble to protect himself and his Massassi from the bombing runs*

- Tales of the Jedi

"Nadd only taught you the beginnings of Sith power woman, but I have learned everything!"- Exar Kun to Aleema Keto as he reflects her Sith magic back at her, knocking her out.

Force Scream:

On Korriban, Exar Kun accepts the Dark Side of the Force and his body is healed by Freedon Nadd, Kun lets out a scream that is sensed by every Jedi as far as the Mid-Rim:

What kind of healing can come from the Dark Side of the Force? Exar Kun's fractured bones knit, and strength returns... but nothing is as it was before!

At that moment on Deneba, as master Arca addresses the Jedi Assembly he stops in mid-speech--
- Tales of the Jedi

Force Lightning:

The Dark Side Sourcebook states that Exar Kun was a master of Force Lightning, this is reinforced later when through Kyp he unleashes a black variant of Force Lightning that appeared like 'cracks in the force'.

Force Rage:

Exar Kun journeys to Korriban, the Valley of the Dark Lords, where he is set upon by nearly 30 Tukata:

As Exar Kun stands defenseless, guardian creatures leap down from the tombs.. they exist only to serve their long-dead master's purpose. Kun is not prepared to face further tests!

The creature's teeth at his throat, Kun attempts to retrieve his weapon with the force.. but the light side is mysteriously blocked. Exar Kun has only one option.

He's taken that option before.. and each time he has taken it more easily, with more confidence... he takes it now-- --the power of anger! A river of rage flows unimpeded through Exar Kun, and he easily demolishes the tomb guardians.

As the last guardian dies, a spectral voice resonates over the mummified remains of the ancient dark lords of the Sith.

Exar Kun does not intend to destroy but to release!
*He proceeds to smash the Sith Holocron with his fist*
- Tales of the Jedi

The tomb is breached. *Exar Kun smashes through a wall of Mandalorian Iron with his lightsaber*
-Tales of the Jedi

Force Push:

"Stay out of this Sylvar!" -Exar Kun to Sylvar as he Force Pushes her, directly after killing master Vodo

Exar Kun was one of the greatest masters of Sith Sorcery and Alchemy ever, with a complete knowledge of the Sith arts:

An extremely powerful figure now, Kun dabbled in dark side alchemy, creating freakish two-headed avians and hulking Terentateks that thirsted after Force-rich blood. He invented a glowing golden sphere that trapped the children of the Massassi and allowed him to feed off their energies.
- The New Essential Chronology

Exar Kun had also constructed a Sith superweapon, the Dark Reaper, that was capable of drawing in the life energies of thousands of combatants. Ulic unleashed the Dark Reaper against hundreds of Republic troops on the outpost of Raxus Prime.
- The New Essential Chronology

When the tainted Jedi Exar Kun later commanded the Massassi to expand the temples, he altered many of these beasts even further as a test of his new-found Sith abilities. The battle hydra is an example of Exar Kun's alchemical
mastery and Naga Sadow's dark legacy.
- The Dark Side Sourcebook

The most powerful Sith Lords possess a talent for the dark alchemy of the Sith. The Emperor, like Naga Sadow and Exar Kun long before him, became a
master of manipulating the genetic building blocks of living creatures through the dark side. Over the millennia, many creatures have been broken, twisted,
and rebuilt by this evil power.
- The Dark Side Sourcebook

During Ulic's sentencing, the doors crashed open and Exar Kun strode in, flanked by Massassi bodyguards. Before the whole assembly, the new Dark Lord of the Sith used his powers to hypnotize the observers and manipulate the president of the senate.
- The New Essential Chronology

"His magician's power lives on. A power that could easily destroy me, unless I learn to master it. So master it I shall." - Exar Kun

Exar kun has learned all there is to know of the teachings of Naga Sadow.
- The Jedi Academy Sourcebook

The dark knowledge of the Sith teachings died with Kun, it is extremely unlikely that any records survive, either on Yavin IV or elsewhere(Keep in mind that even Darth Vader, himself a Dark Lord of the Sith, did not know all there is to know about Sith powers.)
- The Jedi Academy Sourcebook

Exar Kun drains thousands of Massassi with his own power and then uses it to power the Sith apparatus, which will unleash his spirit:

Drained from thousands of Massassi sacrifices.. the power is rising. The ritual begun.. Sith power objects unleashed! Even as the Jedi approach, Exar Kun prepares himself to unleash his powerful spirit.. to shed the chains of his mortal body and run rampant throughout the cosmos!
- Tales of the Jedi

As a Sith Spirit Exar Kun lacked his own reserve of Force Energy and relied on drawing and draining the emotions and Force reserves of others to fuel his power:

Exar Kun himself possessed a great many other dark powers that he was unable to harness without the energy he needed to fuel his disembodied will. Some of these powers he was able to channel through Kyp, Gantoris, and Streen to achieve his ends. How he was able to do such things is a Sith mystery which has not been revealed for many centuries.
- The Jedi Academy Sourcebook

Exar Kun passed the millennia in uneasy slumber.
A few scant years later, Kun is brought sharply awake by the arrival of not one or two, but a dozen humans blazing with the power he needed to live again. Eagerly but cautiously, Kun observes each arrival, probing for weaknesses and the power he needs to restore his lost reserves of energy. For a time, he is able to subside by feeding on their residual energy, but soon he will need worshippers if he is to grow more active. With a nucleus of followers to provide him energy-providing anger and fear, Kun will have enough power to escape his exile and take on human form. To his surprise, Kun recognizes the leader to be the same man who had visited Yavin Four years earlier, now much more powerful in the Force. Too powerful, for the moment, for Kun to tackle.
Kun finds Gantoris, strong-willed and impatient to learn, to be a more promising first candidate. He easily seduces Gantoris in the same manner that Nadd had seduced him—by promising forbidden knowledge and the truly powerful Jedi secrets Gantoris cannot wait to learn. Carefully building up and feeding on the anger of his first apprentice, Kun grows in power. Soon he feels confident to make an attempt to subvert Luke, knowing that if he can sway the teacher, the students will all follow. Kun, posing as Anakin Skywalker, appears to Luke and attempts to pull him toward the forbidden Sith teachings by tempting hi to use Sith power to seize control of the New Republic and destroy the Empire. Realizing that this shade is not that of his father, Luke rejects the offer.
Enraged and drained, Kun returns to Gantoris. Desperate for more energy, he goads Gantoris to new heights of anger by showing him the Eol Sha colonists dying on Dantooine. Gantoris is pushed too far, however, and turns on his Sith master. Realizing that Gantoris is no longer his, Kun utterly drains him to provide himself a reserve of energy to last until he can subvert more students.
Kun has just begun edging in on Streen when Kyp Durron arrives at the Jedi Academy. Kun immediately senses in the young man his ideal subject. Like Gantoris, Kyp is strong-willed and impatient to learn. Moreover, he is far more powerful than the Eol Sha leader, and young enough to be overconfident and naive.
Over a number of weeks, Kun slowly bends Kyp to his will, and begins to augment his power. He grows very powerful on Kyp's hate, and soon his hold on Kyp is so complete that he can send Kyp beyond the planet to do his will and still retain control over his subject. Ultimately, he has Kyp return to Yavin Four and helps him reclaim the Sun Crusher. He also bolsters Kyp's talents to allow him to defeat Luke and place him in a coma.
- The Jedi Academy Sourcebook

The only vaguely positive explanation for Exar Kun's dormancy that I could come up with was that his effort to draw the Suncrusher from Yavin and to down Luke had tired him out. I had no way to determine how powerful Exar Kun could be, but it struck me as possible that he'd expended a lot of energy to defeat a Jedi Master.
- Corran Horn, Jedi vs Sith The Essential Guide to the Force.

She[Tionne] supposes that the students have a chance of defeating him, since Kun no longer has his servants to draw power from, he[Streen] is his only source.
- The Jedi Academy Sourcebook

Despite relying on the Force energies of Kyp and others, his displays are extreme:

“Exar Kun, help me,” Kyp said, closing his eyes.
He reached out with his mind, following the paths of the Force that led to every object in the universe, drawing power from the cosmic focal point of the Massassi temple. He searched, sending his thoughts like a probe deep into the storm systems of the gas giant. Behind him, Kyp felt the black-ice power of Exar Kun arise, tapping into him and reinforcing his abilities. His own feeble exploratory touch suddenly plunged forward like a blaster bolt. Kyp felt larger, a part of the jungle moon, then a part of the entire planetary system, until he burrowed into the heart of the gas giant itself.The Sun Crusher approached like a long, sharp thorn of crystalline alloy, cruising upright on its long axis. The toroidal resonance-torpedo launcher hung at the bottom of the long hook. It looked beautiful. The Sun Crusher descended through the jungle moon’s atmosphere, straight down—like a spike to impale the Great Temple. Kyp controlled it, slowed its descent, until the superweapon hovered to a stop, suspended in front of him.
As the sky brightened with planetrise, the alloy hull of the Sun Crusher seemed as pristine as a firefacet gem, scoured of all oxidation and debris by the intense temperatures and pressures at the core of Yavin. The Sun Crusher looked clean, and deadly, and ready for him.
“Thank you, Exar Kun,” Kyp whispered.
- Jedi Academy Trilogy: Dark Apprentice

Kyp made a dismissive gesture with one hand, and a sudden wave of dark ripples splashed across the air like the shock front of a concussion grenade. Luke stumbled backward. The lightsaber turned cold in his hand. Frost crystals grew in feathery patterns around the handle. At the core of the brilliant green blade a shadow appeared, a black disease rotting away the purity of the beam. The humming blade sputtered, sounding like a sickly cough. The black taint rapidly grew stronger, swallowing up the green beam. With a frizzle of sparks Luke’s lightsaber died.
Trying to control his growing fear, Luke felt a sudden brush of cold behind him. He turned to see a black, hooded silhouette—the image that had impersonated Anakin Skywalker in Luke’s nightmare…the dark man who had lured Gantoris into a devastating loss of control.
Kyp’s voice came as if from a great distance. “At last, Master Skywalker, you can meet my mentor—Exar Kun.”
Luke dropped his useless lightsaber and crouched. His every muscle suddenly coiled and tensed. He rallied all the powers of the Force around him, seeking any defensive tactic. With the Sun Crusher looming behind him, Kyp stretched out both hands and blasted Luke with lightning bolts like black cracks in the Force. Dark tendrils rose up from the gaps in the temple flagstones, fanged, illusionary vipers that struck at him from all sides. Luke cried out and tried to strike back, but the shadows of Exar Kun joined the attack, adding more deadly force. The ancient Dark Lord of the Sith lashed out with waves of blackness, driving long icicles of frozen poison into Luke’s body.
He thrashed, but felt helpless. To lose control to anger and desperation would be as great a failure as if he did nothing at all. Luke called upon the powers that Yoda and Obi-Wan had taught him—but everything he did, every skillful technique, failed utterly.
- Jedi Academy Trilogy: Dark Apprentice

Leia knew that even powerful Jedi could not manipulate large-scale phenomena like the weather; but they could move objects, and she realized that was what Streen did now. Not changing the weather, but simply moving the air, drawing it in from all directions, creating a self-contained but destructive tornado that struck toward Luke's body.
"No!" she shouted into the starving wind. "Streen!"
The cyclone struck Luke, buffeted his body, and lifted it into the air. Leia ran toward her paralyzed brother, feet barely touching the ground as the powerful winds knocked her sideways. The storm wrenched her off balance, and she found herself thrown through the air, flying like an insect toward the stone walls. She spun around and reached out, calming herself enough to use her own abilities with the Force, to nudge her body away.
Instead of being crushed against the stone blocks, she slid softly to the floor. Luke's body continued rising, tugged upward by the hurricane.
Leia suddenly knew what Streen intended to do to them, whether consciously or unconsciously. They would be sucked out of the Great Temple, tossed high into the sky, and then allowed to crash thousands of feet to the spear-pointed branches of the jungle canopy.
The turbolift door opened. Kirana Ti charged out, followed by Tionne and Kam Solusar. She tackled Streen to the flagstoned floor and locked his arms behind his back. Streen cried out, then blinked his eyes open. He looked wildly around in confusion. Instantly the wind stopped blowing. The air fell still.
- Jedi Academy Trilogy: Champions of the Force

Kun flicked a finger at me, sending me whirling across the courtyard. I tried to gather the Force around me to protect myself, but the shock at my error kept me from it. I slammed into an obsidian wall and heard a bone in my right forearm crack. I clutched the limb to my chest, but Kun spun me again, smashing my flank into a low wall. Ribs crunched with that impact and I felt something inside go, as well. Kun was enjoying himself, probably for the first time in millennia, the very thought of which made me vomit.
- I, Jedi

Please note: this is still a WIP and I will be updating regularly, thank you.

The dark knowledge of the Sith teachings died with Kun, it is extremely unlikely that any records survive, either on Yavin IV or elsewhere(Keep in mind that even Darth Vader, himself a Dark Lord of the Sith, did not know all there is to know about Sith powers.)

Very interesting.

You are not allowed to steal my "The Ultimate" thing. Reported.

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Hail the King, yo.

I approve of this.

Kun.

Is there any evidence to support that Exar was redirecting Aleema's magic rather than simply blasting her with his amulet?

Very nice thread by the way!

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
You are not allowed to steal my "The Ultimate" thing. Reported.

I'm afraid you are waaaay behind on the 'the ultimate respect thread' usage, Niarcmorn among others took that years ago.

Originally posted by carthage
- Very interesting.

I too found that very interesting, if nothing else it confirms he has a deeper knowledge than Vader ever did.

Originally posted by NewGuy01
Is there any evidence to support that Exar was redirecting Aleema's magic rather than simply blasting her with his amulet?

Very nice thread by the way!

The Force Blast as it is seen in it's only confirmed appearance is quite different from what Kun uses against Keto. His dialogue is also quite telling:

"Nadd only taught you the beginnings of power woman! But I have learned everything!"

It almost sounds like he is hitting her with the same power but far more effective, an insult basically. In-fact it looks almost exactly the same as her's if not for the red coloration.

Thank you very much, though I have missed a few a things and typing at that time in the morning was a bad idea.

If anyone has any recommendations feel free to put them forward.

This is still just the W.I.P thread, I will be posting a finalized version as time wears on.

Man, reading this thread reminds me how much more awesome the EU used to be.

I can think of quite a few things you could add--For his strength/rage feats, remember that in his early appearances when he dueled Sylvar the clash of their blades created a shockwave that was audible for kilometers.

Also, you should include the part where he creates an illusion of Corran's wife and child, and also his appearing to Luke as Anakin. Pretty good illusion feats.

I've always been intrigued by his tendril power, too. It's very different than Zannah's--technology like holocron sand lightsabers seem to be damaged by it, but other than great pain it seems to have little effect on the target physically.

He also had enough power to smash Vodo's stick and smash him into the ground in one swoop, he also picked up the chancellor with one hand as well.

Originally posted by AncientPower
I'm afraid you are waaaay behind on the 'the ultimate respect thread' usage, Niarcmorn among others took that years ago.

Originally posted by NewGuy01
I can think of quite a few things you could add--For his strength/rage feats, remember that in his early appearances when he dueled Sylvar the clash of their blades created a shockwave that was audible for kilometers.

Also, you should include the part where he creates an illusion of Corran's wife and child, and also his appearing to Luke as Anakin. Pretty good illusion feats.

I've always been intrigued by his tendril power, too. It's very different than Zannah's--technology like holocron sand lightsabers seem to be damaged by it, but other than great pain it seems to have little effect on the target physically.

Indeed, quite right I cut some of that out, however unfortunately 10,000 characters is the max so i'm beginning to think that three posts will be required in the final edition.

Thanks for the input.

Originally posted by carthage
He also had enough power to smash Vodo's stick and smash him into the ground in one swoop, he also picked up the chancellor with one hand as well.

Vodo's stick was also stated to be stronger than Kun's lightsaber blade as well, so yes quite right.

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
No shit. It was a joke. 😐

I'm afraid sometimes it's hard to tell when you are or aren't serious.

Well I mean obviously Ant's not going to report you for what you named your thread.

You never know with him. 😈

Ancient do you have that accolade for Ulic calling him one of the greatest Sith lords in the galaxy, or the accolade calling Vodo the best of his era or one of the greatest ever produced by the Jedi order?

Not at the moment.

I haven't had access to a PC in some time.

Originally posted by carthage
Ancient do you have that accolade for Ulic calling him one of the greatest Sith lords in the galaxy, or the accolade calling Vodo the best of his era or one of the greatest ever produced by the Jedi order?

None of those exist, as far as I know.

Ant posted the one for Ulic at one point, I haven't seen the one for Vodo though.