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The Jensaarai are a sect of Force users who were formed just after the Clone Wars by several rogue Jedi Knights. These Jedi had found ancient Sith teachings and had begun integrating them into their own teachings, forming a darker version of the Jedi Code. Even the word jensaarai is the word for "hidden followers of truth" in the ancient Sith tongue. The Jensaarai remained a secret cult on Susevfi (also known as Suarbi 7/5) for many years, following the teachings of their founding members, such as Nikkos Tyris. Over the years, Jensaarai apprentices were taught of the "evil" Jedi, equating Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Vader in terms of being exterminators. The Jedi were viewed by the Jensaarai as evil, and as traitors to the very ideals they preached.
Upon the death of Nikkos Tyris, slain by three Jedi including Nejaa Halcyon, the last of the evil Jensaarai vanished. The Saarai-kaar, leader of the Jensaarai, continued to teach apprentices the way of the Force, though without the intimate understanding of the Sith teachings that her master had possessed. Thus, the new apprentices were taught the ways of the light side of the Force, only with a different outlook on the universe and the Jedi Knights. Their philosophy was one of extreme defense, though mixed with some of the darker attitudes of the Sith. Still, the Jensaarai were not evil per se, but followers of the light side of the Force under a different philosophy. Yet at the core of their belifs lies a servitude to the innocent, and defense of peace and justice.
Unfortunately, the events surrounding the death of Nikkos Tyris tainted their sense of justice and view of the Jedi. In the fateful battle on Susevfi, Nejaa Halcyon was slain as well as the three Jensaarai founders, and his two Jedi companions left the system to tell Nejaa's family of his death. What they did not realize was that these Jensaarai had families, also their apprentices, who would see the Jedi's flight from the planet as an act of evil and betrayal. From that point on, the Jensaarai masters taught their apprentices that the Jedi had strayed from the light and had become evil themselves, abandoning their responsibility to life and defense. The Jensaarai remained hidden, acting as a secret society in the defense of their people, and waiting for the day to bring justice to the Jedi.
A young Jensaarai Defender, the son of the Saarai-kaar, went to the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader, to pledge his aid in wiping out the Jedi, still believing that it was the Jedi who were evil, and that Lord Vader was seeking to purge their evil from the Galaxy. Though they shared a few points of common philosophy, Lord Vader murdered the young man outright and sent his Jedi hunters to Susevfi to wipe out the Jensaarai, seeing them as a potential threat.
Many years later, following the founding of the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4, Luke Skywalker and Corran Horn traveled to Susevfi in search of Corran's wife, Mirax. There they discovered, and unfortunately faught, the Jensaarai working for Leonia Tavira. With the aid of a Caamasi, Elegos A'kla, the Jensaarai were shown the circumstances of their founding, and that the Jedi weren't evil, only different. Master Skywalker extended an invitation for them to join the Jedi Academy, to which the Saarai-kaar promised to consider sending a delegation to share their knowledge.
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