The Jensaarai were an order of Force-users from the Suarbi system, who arose during the Clone Wars. Their name was Sith for «followers of the hidden truth.» Their philosophy and methodology was a blend of Sith and Jedi teachings. Their hierarchy loosely resembled that of the Jedi Order. During its creation and early years the Jensaarai were opposed to the Jedi, due to ignorance and the loss of their founder. After the fall of the Galactic Empire, the Jensaarai made peace with the Jedi, and even sent students to learn at Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4.

The birth of the Jensaarai began with the fall of Anzati Jedi Knight, Nikkos Tyris.

On a search through the archives in the Jedi Temple, Tyris uncovered an ancient Sith manuscript detailing Larad Noon‘s philosophical musings and telling the tales of the exile of the first dark Jedi, the birth of the Sith, the ancient Sith Wars and a great deal of Sith lore. Most of the information contained within was factually correct, save for one crucial detail—the manuscript claimed a shocking revelation: that the Jedi stole everything they knew from the Sith, before exiling them. The truth of the manuscript’s contents was, naturally, questionable and biased. However, Tyris unquestioningly accepted the lies of the manuscript and turned his back on the Jedi Order.

Tyris dubbed his followers the Jensaarai, meaning ‘the hidden followers of truth’ in ancient Sith. The group then headed for Susevfi in the Suarbi system, where the nascent Jensaarai established a base to train from. Tragically, Tyris did not notice how the manuscript was corrupting him, and how he was walking the path of the dark side. Tyris trained the Knights and Padawans in what he believed to be the secret teachings of the ‘true’ Jedi, when in fact he was really imparting Sith secrets and unknowingly converted his apprentices to the dark side.

With the discovery that the Sith had returned to the galaxy, Count Dooku’s fall to the dark side, and the ongoing Clone Wars, the Jedi Council were anxious to discover anything and everything they could about the mysterious second Sith, Darth Sidious. Many Jedi Knights and Jedi investigators were dispatched by the Jedi Council, or took it upon themselves, to follow up any leads on the Sith. The Jedi Knights Nejaa Halcyon, Ylenic It’kla, and a Jedi known only as «Desertwind» from the scent memory of It’kla, were three such Jedi dedicated to uncovering the Sith. The trio had tracked rumors of Sith Cultist activity to Susevfi, where they discovered Nikkos Tyris and two other former Jedi.

Already lost to the dark side and beyond saving, the Jensaarai presented a threat to the Galactic Republic and the Jedi realized they had a duty to stop the dark siders from spreading. A furious battle ensued in which Nikkos Tyris, Nejaa Halcyon, and the other two Jensaarai were slain. A dying Halcyon flung the mortally wounded Jensaarai into their nearby training base, where the release of dark side energy from the Dark Jedi’s death collapsed the building’s foundations and all but destroyed the Jensaarai’s makeshift base. Ylenic It’kla and «Desertwind» believed the Jensaarai to be vanquished, and departed Susevfi not long after.