Eventually, Acton's skills were recognized by a Jedi Knight, who approached Beel for recruitment into the Jedi Order. However, Beel spurned the Jedi, sending him away and spitting at his feet. After this incident, Beel took special pleasure in seducing Jedi Padawans, getting them to taste the influence of the Dark Side. As a young man, Beel's father suffered an accident akin to the one his mother suffered years before. It was here that Beel Acton took his opportunity to move on to bigger and better things by secretly ending his father's life to inherit the family fortune.

With his newfound wealth, Beel roamed the core worlds leaving behind a trail of ruined political careers, marriages, and business relationships. Obsessed with power and superiority, Beel Acton dedicated himself to seeking out and joined the elusive Sith. In order to prepare himself for this, Beel felt it necessary to refine the evil within himself.