A Jedi of stern resolve, yet idiosyncratic tendencies, Petja preferred to use a standard and somewhat primitive bow in battle, despite the availability of modern blasters.
Petja died shortly before the Seventh Battle of Ruusan, Force-crushed by Zannah after Petja mistakenly killed her companion Laa. After his death, the star Petja in the Ruusan system was named after him.