"All I'd ever wanted was to be an analyst for the Republic. I never killed before. I didn't realize it could feel so good."
- Sav Darnell

Sav Darnell was a Force-sensitive male Twi'lek

Twi'lek Sentient Species

who lived during the period of the Cold War

The Cold War Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

between the Republic and the Sith Empire. He was a peaceful being and all he wanted was to be an analyst for the Republic. He was captured by the Empire, branded a Republic spy and placed into a secret Imperial prison on the planet Nar Shaddaa

Nar Shaddaa Planet

. For a long time he was interrogated and tortured, until the day when the pain of torture became almost unbearable - and then he felt the power. He realized that he was a Force-sensitive and, using his newfound powers, killed his interrogator, freed the other prisoners and along with them took over the interrogation facility. Unknown to him, a slave to the interrogator, a Rodian

Rodian Sentient Species

named Gorn Sweevas

Gorn Sweevas (Rodian) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

, escaped. Sweevas convinced a team of the Imperial operatives

Imperial Operatives Organization Temporary Unions

to deal with the rebelled prisoners, and operatives took the facility back

Botched Interrogation Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

, killed all the prisoners and captured Darnell. The wounded Darnell told the operatives that it was his plan all along - to start a riot and get the attention of someone who could see what he had become. He said that when he killed the interrogator he felt like God. And now he wanted to go to Korriban

Korriban Planet

and train to be a member of Sith Order

Sith Order Organization Reconstituted Sith Empire

. The operatives, seeing his potential, took Darnell with them, bringing him to the Sith for them to decide his fate.