Byrch Dyshkava, known as The Padawan, was a Jedi apprentice learning under a Jedi Master, until his eventual fall to the dark side of the Force during a mission. Dyshkava attacked freighters for several years and then he settled in the remote planet Lamaredd, where he became the leader of an outlaw gang. Feared because of his powers and his lightsaber, "The Padawan", as he would be known, wrought havoc in the settlement Bartyn's Landing until he met his match in Chief Mix Liddell, a foe Dyshkava came to respect. Liddell sent Dyshkava to the local jail.