Yeah, the Jedi Academy ones are the ones I read, guess it musta been another book then.
What I can remember about him getting killed is him getting captured while trying to sabotage a cylinder shaped death star kinda thing that was made by some Hutts or sumthin. They executed him after unsuccessfully trying to interrogate him... I think.
I read over the V:tM IC thread today and I think I understand what Xael means. The characterisations were intense and the level of detail and sophistication of the interplay of elements that Ashrem* manages was humbling.