Hoping to insight the Tusken with such attacks, Jabba hoped the Tuskens would respond by attacking settlements, creating a market for out-dated weapons, which he was ready to supply. However, Hett rose to the unite the Tusken clans to lead them in a series of responsive assaults against Jabba's interests. Hett took control of the clans in order that he might control the Tuskens so they remained true to their objective of ending the attacks on their clans and not giving into their warlike nature. Unfortunately, during a few of their campaigns, a small number of farmers and settlers were caught in a cross fire that propagated into the belief that the Tuskens were out of control and on a rampage.

It was not this that caught the attention of the Jedi Council, but the fact that the leader was seen with a lightsaber and did not show the typical pugnacious characteristics of other Tusken Raiders as he sought to protect innocents during his campaigns. The lightsaber of Sharad Hett could have been recognized by practically any Jedi born in the previous thirty years, and to the Council, if it was not Sharad Hett who had returned, at least his lightsaber had. But many held to the belief that Hett was indeed alive and allying himself with the Tusken Raiders on Tatooine.

With the recent revelation that the Sith had returned, the Jedi Council feared Hett had become seduced by the Dark Side and might make a powerful weapon in the hands of the Sith. Obviously an investigation was needed. The most recent addition to the Jedi Council had had experience with Tatooine not long prior, and the task of seeking out this Tusken Jedi fell to the hands of Cerean Jedi Knight Ki-Adi-Mundi. However, the Jedi Council was not the only ones whose interests were piqued. The Jedi hunter Aurra Sing also soon learned of Hett's presence, and saw this as an opportunity to add two more Jedi lightsabers to her collection.

Although Ki-Adi-Mundi was sent to seek out Sharad Hett, it was Hett who discovered Ki-Adi-Mundi as he became under attack by a krayt dragon. Seeing this as a sort of test for Ki-Adi-Mundi, Sharad and the Tuskens watched as Ki battled against the huge monster. At first, Sharad was content to let Ki destroy or be destroyed by the dragon until he learned of who had sent Ki, Sharad's former master, Eeth Koth. It was at this point that Sharad joined in the fight with his son A'Sharad in order that Ki survive long enough to tell them who he was and what he knew. Together, Sharad Hett and A'Sharad Hett fought against the dragon together, as father and son.