But the Exile later discovered that Atris had in fact become a Dark Jedi. The Jedi Master refused to return her the lightsaber which had become for the historian a symbol of the violence of the Mandalorian Wars corrupted by the Dark side. Five years later, Meetra Surik found Atris on Telos during her search for the Lost Jedi. When the Jedi Civil War broke out, Jedi Master and historian Atris evacuated most of the Jedi historical materials, including holocrons and Surik's lightsaber, to the academy on Telos IV in case of an attack. During the following years, the weapon was kept in the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine. In defiance when they asked for the surrender of her lightsaber, she stabbed it into the center stone of the High Council Chamber.
Despite an impassioned plea, the Jedi High Council decreed that because she had followed Revan to war, she was to be cast out of the Jedi Order. During the War, she would use it against the Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders conquering the galaxy in a number of battle such as Eres III, Onderon, Dxun, Duro and eventually the Battle of Malachor V.Īfter the war's end, Surik was called to the Jedi Temple to answer for her actions during the conflict. Meetra Surik constructed her Jedi lightsaber some time before the Mandalorian Wars.
