Who Is Darth Nihilus & What Happened To Him?

Darth Nihilus is responsible for setting off the First Jedi Purge. In «Star Wars Tales» #24 by (Chris Avellone, Dustin Weaver, and Michael Heisler), the comic shows the Sith villain’s attack on the Mid-Rim Miraluka colony of Katarr, 4,000 years before the rise of the Galactic Empire. Sensing the Force energy of the last known members of the Jedi secretly meeting on the planet, he feasts on the world, eliminating every single living creature except for one Miralukan survivor: Visas Marr. Like her fellow Miraluka, Marr was capable of seeing Force energy despite having no eyes. Nihilus ultimately carved out where her eyes would be if she had them and let the darkness flow through her, taking her on as his apprentice.

Marr worked for Darth Nihilus, tracking down Meetra Surik, the Jedi Exile (and player character from «Knights of the Old Republic II») who tried to find the surviving Jedi Order. Unbeknownst to Nihilus, Surik teamed up alongside the former Darth Traya (now Kreia), no longer a Sith, and saw his apprentice leave the dark side of the Force. Nihilus is eventually tricked into attacking Telos IV, believing he is about to wipe out more Force users. However, a group led by Surik and Kreia snuck onto his ship and planted explosives on board, killing Nihilus and ending his hunger once and for all.