So I was rewatching the Disorder trailer from Star Wars: The Old Republic the other day, and I couldn’t stop thinking about that Sith with the cybernetic arm and leg. He shows up, looks like he’s about to do something major, then gets wrecked in a lightsaber fight and finished off by Darth Malgus. That moment hits hard—but I kept wondering: who even is this guy?
Turns out, there’s an official answer (kind of) but not so much information about him.
He’s Called the Unidentified Sith Warrior (Elom)
Yeah, that’s the name. Or at least the placeholder name. He doesn’t have a real one in any official material, not in the game, not in the cinematic, nowhere. All we know is that he was part of the Sith Empire during the Third Galactic War, and he showed up on Elom looking for a holocron inside the Temple of Nul.
There, he runs into Jedi Master Denolm Orr and his Padawan, Sa’har Kateen. They duel, he loses, and then Malgus shows up, takes the holocron for himself, and kills him. That’s the end of this guy’s story. No grand backstory. No long arc. Just one fight and he’s out.
He’s Meant to Set the Tone, Not Steal the Show
It’s pretty clear he was created for one purpose—to give Malgus a stronger entrance. The moment works. You see this strong Sith with cybernetics going all in during a lightsaber duel, only to be taken out by someone even stronger. That kind of setup tells you right away what kind of threat Malgus has become.
Some people joke about calling him stuff like “Darth Background Filler” or “Darth Trailer.” I get it. He looks like he should have a full comic series, but in the end, he’s just there to move the story forward. And honestly, I think it works.
Even though he barely had screen time, the design stuck with a lot of us. The armor, the cybernetics, the fighting style—it made people want to know more.
He doesn’t have a name. But his role still matters. He helped show where Malgus was headed, and gave the trailer the punch it needed to launch Legacy of the Sith.
I don’t think he was supposed to be more than that. But I’ll admit, for a character with no backstory, he sure made a lot of people pause and say, “Wait, who was that guy?” That says something.