Star Wars Reference (Redux): Expanded Family Guide - Canon

This won't be replacing the original versions of this series I created. This is just an alternative to keep track of who's in Canon and who's in Legends. The others will keep the "all-in-one" approach.

MOVIES

ORIGINAL TRILOGY

Skywalker family (Tatooine)

Shmi Skywalker (72 BBY)

    Partners: Cliegg Lars

    Children: Anakin (son)

    Introduced in Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999)

Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader (41 BBY)

    Parents: Shmi Skywalker (mother)

    Partners: Padme Amidala

    Children: Luke (son), Leia (daughter)

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Luke Skywalker (19 BBY)

    Parents: Anakin Skywalker (father), Padme Amidala (mother)

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Leia Amidala Skywalker / Leia Organa (19 BBY)

    Parents: Anakin Skywalker (father), Padme Amidala (mother), 

    Partners: Han Solo

    Children: Ben (son) [Canon]

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Solo family (Corellia)

Ovan

    Children: Han (son)

    Introduced in Han Solo & Chewbacca (2022)

Han Solo (32 BBY)

    Parents: Ovan (father)

    Partners: Leia Organa

    Children: Ben (son)

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Ben Solo / Kylo Ren (5 ABY)

    Parents: Han Solo (father), Leia Organa (mother)

    Introduced in Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015)

House of Organa (Alderaan)

Breha Organa

    Partners: Bail Organa

    Children: Leia (daughter) [adoptive]

    Introduced in Episode III Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Celly Organa

    Partners: Kayo

    Children: Niano (son)

    Introduced in Children of the Jedi (1995)

Niano Organa

    Parents: Celly Organa (mother), Kayo Organa (father)

    Introduced in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

Leia Amidala Skywalker / Leia Organa (19 BBY)

    Parents: Bail Organa (adoptive father), Breha Organa (adoptive mother)

    Partners: Han Solo

    Children: Ben (son)

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Chewbacca's family (Kashyyyk)

Attichitcuk (350 BBY)

    Children: Chewbacca (son), Kallabow (daughter)

    Introduced in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

Chewbacca (200 BBY)

    Parents: Attichitcuk (father)

    Partners: Mallatobuck

    Children: Lumpawarrump (son)

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Tarfful (c.197 BBY)

    Cousin of Chewbacca

    Introduced in Episode III Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Lumpawarrump "Lumpy" / Lumpawaroo (1 BBY) 

    Parents: Chewbacca (father), Mallatobuck (mother)

    Introduced in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

Ackbar family (Mon Cala)

Gial Ackbar

    Children: Aftab (son)

    Introduced in Episode VI Return of the Jedi (1983)

Aftab Ackbar (16 ABY)

    Parents: Gial Ackbar (father)

    Introduced in Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

House of Antilles (Alderaan)

Bail Antilles

    Introduced in Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999)

Raymus Antilles

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Calrissian family (Socorro)

Lando Calrissian / Landonis Balthazar Calrissian (43 BBY)

    Children: Kadara (daughter)

    Introduced in Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Kadara Calrissian (13 ABY)

    Parents: Lando Calrissian (father)

    Introduced in The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (2020)

D'an family (Clak'dor VII)

Barquin D'an

    Introduced in Episode VI Return of the Jedi (1983)

Figrin D'an

    Brother of Barquin D'an

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Desilijic (Nal Hutta)

Ziro Desilijic Tiure

    Parents: Mama (mother)

    Children: Hiro (son)

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2008)

Jabba Desilijic Tiure (600 BBY)

    Children: Rotta (son)

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Crakka

    Cousin of Jabba

    Introduced in Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle (2019)

Hiro

    Parents: Ziro Tiure (father)

    Introduced in Galaxy's Edge (2019)

Gorga Desilijic Aarrpo

    Nephew of Jabba

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2008)

Rotta

    Parents: Jabba Tiure (father)

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2008)

Farr family (Chandrila)

Toryn Farr

    Introduced in Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Samoc Farr

    Sister of Toryn Farr

    Introduced in From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (2020)

Fetts

Jango Fett

    Children: Boba ("son"), Omega ("daughter")

    Introduced in Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002)

Boba Fett (32 BBY)

    Parents: Jango Fett ("father")

    Introduced in Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Omega

    Parents: Jango Fett ("father")

    Introduced in The Bad Batch (2021)

Jerjerrod family (Tinnel IV)

Tiaan Jerjerrod (35 BBY)

    Children: Jax (son)

    Introduced in Episode VI Return of the Jedi (1983)

Jax Jerjerrod

    Parents: Tiaan Jerjerrod (father)

    Partners: Jul

    Children: Jothan (son)

    Introduced in Join the Resistance (2017)

Jothan Tiaan "Jo" Jerjerrod

    Parents: Jax Jerjerrod (father), Jul Jerjerrod (mother)

    Introduced in Join the Resistance (2017)

Lars family

Lef Lars

    Partners: Gredda Lars

    Children: Cliegg (son)

    Introduced in Complete Locations (2016)

Cliegg Lars

    Parents: Lef Lars (father), Gredda Lars (mother)

    Partners: Aika Lars, Shmi Skywalker

    Children: Owen (son), Edern (son)

    Introduced in Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002)

Owen Lars

    Parents: Cliegg Lars (father), Aika Lars (mother)

    Partners: Beru Whitesun

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Edern Lars

    Parents: Cliegg Lars (father), Aika Lars (mother)

    Introduced in Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002)

Nunb family (Sullust)

Nien Nunb

    Introduced in Episode VI Return of the Jedi (1983)

Tae Nunb

    Introduced in Uprising (2015)

Palpatine family (Naboo)

Sheev Palpatine / Darth Sidious (82 BBY)

    Children: Dathan (son)

    Introduced in Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Dathan (12 BBY)

    Parents: Sheev Palpatine (father)

    Partners: Miramir

    Children: Rey (daughter)

    Introduced in Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Rey (15 ABY)

    Parents: Dathan (father), Miramir (mother)

    Introduced in Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015)

Praji family

Praji

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Rin Praji

    Introduced in Knights of Fate (2018)

House of Tagge (Tepasi)

Finmos Tagge (fl. 230 BBY)

    Introduced in The High Republic: Midnight Horizon (2022)

Killian Tagge

    Partners: Sanya

    Children: Orman (son), Cassio (son), Silas (son), Ulric (son), Domina (daughter)

Orman Tagge

    Parents: Killian Tagge (father), Sanya Tagge (mother)

    Introduced in Doctor Aphra (2020)

Cassio Tagge

    Parents: Killian Tagge (father), Sanya Tagge (mother)

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Silas Tagge

    Parents: Killian Tagge (father), Sanya Tagge (mother)

    Introduced in Doctor Aphra (2020)

Ulric Tagge

    Parents: Killian Tagge (father), Sanya Tagge (mother)

    Introduced in Doctor Aphra (2020)

Domina Tagge

    Parents: Killian Tagge (father), Sanya Tagge (mother)

    Introduced in Doctor Aphra (2020)

Adelaide Tagge

    Cousin of Domina

    Partners: Felix

    Children: Ronen (son)

    Introduced in War of the Bounty Hunters (2021)

Brace Tagge-Faulken

    Introduced in War of the Bounty Hunters (2021)

Layla Tagge-Faulken

    Children: Forthe (son)

    Introduced in War of the Bounty Hunters (2021)

Ronen Tagge (fl. 3 ABY)

    Parents: Felix Tagge (father), Adelaide Tagge (mother)

    Introduced in Doctor Aphra volume 2 (2020)

Lapin Tagge

    Cousin of Domina Tagge

    Introduced in Doctor Aphra (2020)

Wayulia Tagge-Simoni (fl. 34 ABY)
    Introduced in Episode VIII The Last Jedi (2017)

Aurelia Tagge
    Introduced in Starships and Speeders (2020)

Tarkin family (Eriadu)

Krevlin Tarkin

    Grandmother of Sevran Tarkin

    Introduced in The High Republic Adventures (2023)

Famol Tarkin

    Partners: Veermol

    Children: Navaj (son), Sevran (daughter)

    Introduced in The High Republic Adventures (2023)

Tragkul Tarkin

    Uncle of Sevran Tarkin

    Introduced in The High Republic Adventures (2023)

Navaj Tarkin

    Parents: Famol Tarkin (father), Veermol Tarkin (mother)

    Introduced in The High Republic Adventures (2023)

Sevran Tarkin

    Parents: Famol Tarkin (father), Veermol Tarkin (mother)

    Introduced in The High Republic Adventures (2023)

Emelsine Tarkin (243 BBY)

    Introduced in The High Republic Adventures (2023)

Jova Tarkin

    Great uncle of Wilhuff Tarkin

    Introduced in Tarkin (2014)

Zellit

    Cousin of Jova Tarkin

    Introduced in Tarkin (2014)

Ranulph Tarkin (97 BBY)

    Cousin of Wilhuff Tarkin

    Introduced in Tarkin (2014)

Wilhuff Tarkin (64 BBY)

    Introduced in Episode IV A New Hope (1977)

Una Clan (Ryloth)

Bib Fortuna

    Introduced in Episode VI Return of the Jedi (1983)

Beezer Fortuna

    Cousin of Bib Fortuna

    Introduced in Rogue One (2016)

Warrick family (Endor)

Deej

    Children: Weechee (son), Widdle (son), Wicket (son), Winda (daughter)

    Introduced in Life Day Treasury (2021)

Weechee

    Parents: Deej (father)

    Introduced in Life Day Treasury (2021)

Widdle Warrick

    Parents: Deej (father)

    Introduced in Episode VI Return of the Jedi (1983)

Wicket Wystri Warrick (8 BBY)

    Parents: Deej  (father)

    Partners: Kneesaa a Jari Kintark

    Children: Pommet (son)

    Introduced in Episode VI Return of the Jedi (1983)

Winda

    Parents: Deej (father)

    Introduced in Life Day Treasury (2021)

Pommet Warrick

    Parents: Wicket Warrick (father)

    Introduced in Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

PREQUEL TRILOGY

Dofine family (Neimoidia)

Daultay Dofine

    Introduced in Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999)

Lushros Dofine

    Cousin of Daultay Dofine

    Introduced in Episode III Revenge of the Sith (2005)

House Serenno (Serenno)

Gora

    Partners: Anya

    Children: Ramil (son), Dooku (son), Jenza (daughter)

    Introduced in Dooku: Jedi Lost (2019)

Ramil (104 BBY)

    Parents: Gora (father), Anya (mother)

    Introduced in Dooku: Jedi Lost (2019)

Dooku (102 BBY)

    Parents: Gora (father), Anya (mother)

    Introduced in Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002)

Jenza (101 BBY)

    Parents: Gora (father), Anya (mother)

    Introduced in Dooku: Jedi Lost (2019)

Maul's family (Dathomir)

Maul (54 BBY)

    Parents: Talzin (mother)

    Introduced in Episode I The Phantom Mennace (1999)

Savage Opress

    Parents: Talzin (mother)

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2011)

Feral

    Parents: Talzin (mother)

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2011)

Minnau family (Naboo)

Rehtul Minnau (fl. 32 BBY)

    Introduced in Episode I The Phantom Mennace (1999)

Teckla Minnau (fl. 22 BBY)

    Introduced in Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002)

Saile Minnau (fl. 34 ABY)

    Grandson of Rehtul Minnau [according to actor Nathan Hamill]

    Introduced in Episode VIII The Last Jedi (2017)

House Naberrie (Naboo)

Ruwee Naberrie

    Partners: Jobal

    Children: Sola (daughter), Padme (daughter)

    Introduced in Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002)

Sola Naberrie

    Parents: Ruwee Naberrie (father), Jobal Naberrie (mother)

    Children: Ryoo (daughter), Pooja (daughter)

    Introduced in Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002)

Padme Naberrie / Padme Amidala (46 BBY)

    Parents: Ruwee Naberrie (father), Jobal Naberrie (mother)

    Partners: Anakin Skywalker

    Children: Luke (son), Leia (daughter)

    Introduced in Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999)

Ryoo Naberrie (28 BBY)

    Parents: Sola Naberrie (mother)

    Introduced in Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002)

Pooja Naberrie (25 BBY)

    Parents: Sola Naberrie (mother)

    Introduced in Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002)

Tambor family (Skako)

Wat Tambor

    Children: Wat (son)

    Introduced in Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002)

Wat Tambor II

    Parents: Wat Tambor (father)

    Children: Jul (son)

    Introduced in Darth Vader (2022)

Jul Tambor

    Parents: Wat Tambor II (father)

    Introduced in Darth Vader (2022)

Tyerell family (Aleen Minor)

Ratts Tyerell

    Children: Deland (son), Djulla (daughter), Doby (son)

    Introduced in Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999)

Deland Tyerell

    Parents: Ratts Tyerell (father)

    Introduced in Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999)

Djulla Tyerell

    Introduced in Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999)

Doby Tyerell (32 BBY)

    Introduced in Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999)

SEQUEL TRILOGY
House Berenko (Naboo)

Omar Berenko

    Introduced in Complete Locations (2016)

Thadle Berenko

    Introduced in Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015)

Chireen family (Jaymir)

Aarton Chireen

    Introduced in Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Nimi Chireen

    Sister of Aarton Chireen

    Introduced in Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Dameron family

Kes Dameron

    Partners: Shara Bey

    Children: Poe (son)

    Introduced in Shattered Empire (2015)

Poe Dameron (2 ABY)

    Parents: Kes Dameron (father), Shara Bey (mother)

    Introduced in Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015)

Dand family

Ibdun Dand

    Children: Vober (son)

    Introduced in Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Vober Dand

    Parents: Ibdun Dand

    Introduced in Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015)

Hux family (Arkanis)

Brendol Hux

    Partners: Maratelle

    Children: Armitage (son)

    Introduced in Servants of the Empire: The Secret Academy (2015)

Armitage Hux (0 ABY)

    Parents: Brendol Hux (father)

    Introduced in Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015)

Lintra family (Pippip 3)

Tallissan "Tallie" Lintra (12 ABY)

    Introduced in Episode VIII The Last Jedi (2017)

Kallie Lintra

    Sister of Tallie Lintra

    Introduced in The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (2020)

San Tekka clan

Alonso San Tekka (fl. 382 BBY)

    Introduced in The High Republic: Path of Deceit (2022)

Morton San Tekka

    Introduced in The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha (2023)

Precoria San Tekka

    Introduced in The High Republic: Quest for Planet X (2023)

Joral San Tekka

    Introduced in The High Republic: Out of the Shadows (2021)

Mari San Tekka (fl. 332 BBY)

    Introduced in The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (2021)

Marlowe San Tekka

    Partners: Vellis San Tekka

    Introduced in The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (2021)

Jordanna Sparkburn (c.251 BBY)

    Introduced in The High Republic: Out of the Shadows (2021)

Lor San Tekka (Before 22 BBY)

    Introduced in Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015)

Sella family (Hosnian Prime)

Sondiv Sella

    Children: Korr (daughter)

    Introduced in Lost Stars (2015)

Korr Sella (12 ABY)

    Parents: Sondiv Sella (father)

    Introduced in Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015)

Tico family (Hays Minor)

Hue Tico

    Parents: Storm (father), Etta (mother)

    Partners: Thanya

    Children: Paige (daughter), Rose (daughter)

    Introduced in The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary (2017)

Paige Tico (6 ABY)

    Parents: Hue Tico (father), Thanya Tico (mother)

    Introduced in Episode VIII The Last Jedi (2017)

Rose Tico (11 ABY)

    Parents: Hue Tico (father), Thanya Tico (mother)

    Introduced in Episode VIII The Last Jedi (2017)

Wexley family (Akiva)

Brentin Lore Wexley

    Partners: Norra Susser

    Children: Temmin (son)

    Introduced in Aftermath (2015)

Temmin "Snap" Wexley (11 BBY)

    Parents: Brentin Lore Wexley (father), Norra Wexley (mother), Wedge Antilles (stepfather)

    Partners: Kare Kun

    Introduced in Aftermath (2015) / Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015)

ANTHOLOGY
Andor family

Maarva Carassi Andor (82 BBY)

    Partners: Clem

    Children: Cassian (adopted son)

    Introduced in Andor (2022)

Cassian Jeron Andor

    Parents: Maarva Andor (adoptive mother), Clem Andor (adoptive father)

    Introduced in Rogue One (2016)

Erso family (Grange)

Galen Walton Erso (56 BBY)

    Partners: Lyra

    Children: Jyn (daughter)

    Introduced in Rogue One (2016)

Jyn Erso (21 BBY)

    Parents: Galen Erso (father), Lyra Erso (mother)

    Introduced in Rogue One (2016)

Stewer family

Garn Stewer

    Children: Garn (son)

    Introduced in Rogue One (2016)

Garn Stewer, Jr.

    Parents: Garn Stewer (father)

    Introduced in Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

SHOWS

Bonteri family (Onderon)

Mina Bonteri

    Children: Lux (son)

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2010)

Lux Bonteri

    Parents: Mina Bonteri (mother)

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2010)

Bridger family (Lothal)

Ephraim Bridger

    Partners: Mira

    Children: Ezra (son)

    Introduced in Rebels (2014)

Ezra Bridger (19 BBY)

    Parents: Ephraim Bridger (father), Mira Bridger (mother)

    Introduced in Rebels (2014)

Divo family (Coruscant)

Tanivos Exantor Divo

    Children: Andressa (daughter)

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2010)

Andressa Divo

    Parents: Tanivos Divos (father)

    Children: Exantor (son)

    Introduced in Scum and Villainy (2018)

Exantor Divo

    Parents: Andressa Divo (mother)

    Introduced in Scum and Villainy (2018)

Clan Kryze (Mandalore, Kalevala)

Adonai Kryze

    Children: Satine (daughter), Bo-Katan (daughter)

    Introduced in Build the Millennium Falcon (2014)

Satine Kryze

    Parents: Adonai Kryze (father)

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2010)

Bo-Katan Kryze

    Parents: Adonai Kryze (father)

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2012)

Korkie Kryze

    Nephew of Satine Kryze

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2010)

Leonis family (Uquine)

Leo Leonis

    Partners: Tepha

    Children: Dhara (daughter), Zare (son)

    Introduced in Servants of the Empire (2014)

Dhara Leonis (22 BBY)

    Parents: Leo Leonis (father), Tepha Leonis (mother)

    Introduced in Servants of the Empire (2014)

Zare Leonis (20 BBY)

    Parents: Leo Leonis (father), Tepha Leonis (mother)

    Introduced in Servants of the Empire (2014)

Clan Mudhorn

Din Djarin

    Children: Grogu (adopted son)

    Introduced in The Mandalorian (2019)

Din Grogu (41 BBY)

    Parents: Din Djarin (adoptive father)

    Introduced in The Mandalorian (2019)

Pryce family (Lothal)

Talmoor Pryce

    Partners: Elainye

    Children: Arihnda (daughter)

    Introduced in Thrawn (2017)

Arihnda Pryce

    Parents: Talmoor Pryce (father), Elainye Pryce (mother)

    Introduced in Rebels (2014)

Syndulla clan (Ryloth)

Cham Syndulla

    Partners: Eleni

    Children: Hera (daughter)

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2009)

Hera Syndulla (29 BBY)

    Parents: Cham Syndulla (father), Eleni Syndulla (mother)

    Partners: Kanan Jarrus

    Children: Jacen (son)

    Introduced in Rebels (2014)

Jacen Syndulla (0 BBY)

    Parents: Hera Syndulla (mother), Kanan Jarrus (father)

    Introduced in Rebels (2018)

Clan Vizsla (Mandalore)

Tarre Vizsla (fl. 1050 BBY)

    Introduced in Rebels (2017)

Pre Vizsla (fl. 22-19 BBY)

    Introduced in The Clone Wars (2010)

Paz Vizsla (fl. 9 ABY)

    Children: Ragnar (son)

    Introduced in The Mandalorian (2019)

Ragnar Vizsla

    Parents: Paz Vizsla (father)

    Introduced in The Mandalorian (2019)

Vonreg family

Havina Vonreg

    Introduced in Squadrons (2020)

Elrik Vonreg

    Introduced in Resistance (2018)

Clan Wren (Krownest)

Ursa Wren

    Partners: Alrich

    Children: Sabine (daughter), Tristan (son)

    Introduced in Rebels (2017)

Sabine Wren (21 BBY)

    Parents: Ursa Wren (mother), Alrich Wren (father)

    Introduced in Rebels (2014)

Tristan Wren

    Parents: Ursa Wren (mother), Alrich Wren (father)

    Introduced in Rebels (2017)

VIDEO GAMES

Versio family (Vardos)

Garrick Versio

    Partners: Zeehay

    Children: Iden (daughter)

    Introduced in Battlefront II (2017)

Iden Versio

    Parents: Garrick Versio (father), Zeehay Versio (mother)

    Partners: Del Meeko

    Children: Zay (daughter)

    Introduced in Battlefront II (2017)

Zay Versio

    Parents: Iden Versio (mother), Del Meeko (father)

    Introduced in Battlefront II (2017)

COMICS

Aphra family

Korin Aphra

    Partners: Lona

    Children: Chelli (daughter)

    Introduced in Doctor Aphra (2016)

Chelli Lona Aphra (24 BBY)

    Parents: Korin Aphra (father), Lona Aphra (mother)

    Introduced in Darth Vader (2015)

Starros Clan (Hosnian Prime)

Caden Starros

    Great-grandfather of Avon Starros

    Introduced in The High Republic: A Test of Courage (2021)

Eldie Starros

    Great-grandmother of Avon Starros

    Introduced in The High Republic: A Test of Courage (2021)

Ghirra Starros

    Children: Avon (daughter)

    Introduced in The High Republic: A Test of Courage (2021)

Avon Starros (244 BBY)

    Parents: Ghirra Starros (mother)

    Introduced in The High Republic: A Test of Courage (2021)

Thea Starros

    Children: Jorinda (daughter), Mevera (daughter)

    Introduced in Sana Starros (2023)

Jorinda

    Parents: Thea Starros (mother)

    Children: Sana (daughter), Phel (son)

    Introduced in Sana Starros (2023)

Mevera Starros

    Parents: Thea Starros (mother)

    Children: Aryssha (daughter)

    Introduced in Sana Starros (2023)

Sana Starros

    Parents: Jorinda (mother)

    Introduced in Star Wars (2015)

Phel Starros

    Parents: Jorinda (mother)

    Introduced in Sana Starros (2023)

Aryssha Starros

    Parents: Mevera Starros (mother)

    Partners: Cerasus Ehllo

    Children: Desana (daughter), Thevera (daughter)

    Introduced in Sana Starros (2023)

NOVELS

Arranda family (Alderaan)

Tash Arranda (13 BBY)

Zak Arranda (12 BBY)

Fardi clan (Thabeska)

Fardi

    Children: Makala (daughter), Hedala (daughter)

    Introduced in Ahsoka (2016)

Makala Fardi

    Partners: Fardi (father)

    Introduced in Ahsoka (2016)

Hedala Fardi (22 BBY)

    Partners: Fardi (father)

    Introduced in Ahsoka (2016)

Chenna Fardi

    Cousin of Makala and Hedala Fardi

    Introduced in Ahsoka (2016)

Graf family

Pamalonia Graf

    Introduced in The High Republic: Path of Deceit (2022)

Jacinda Graf

    Introduced in The High Republic: Path of Deceit (2022)

Helis Graf

    Nephew of Jacinda Graf

    Introduced in The High Republic: Quest for Planet X (2023)

Sky Graf (c.397 BBY)

    Sibling of Helis Graf

    Introduced in The High Republic: Quest for Planet X (2023)

Tilson Graf

    Cousin of Sky Graf

    Introduced in The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha (2023)

Catriona Graf

    Introduced in The High Republic: Out of the Shadows (2021)

Deklar Graf (fl. 230 BBY)

    Introduced in The High Republic: Midnight Horizon (2022)

Xylan Graf (c.253 BBY)

    Grandson of Catriona

    Introduced in The High Republic: Out of the Shadows (2021)

Auric Graf

    Partners: Rhyssa

    Children: Lina (daughter), Milo (son)

    Introduced in Adventures in Wild Space (2016)

Lina Graf (28 BBY)

    Parents: Auric Graf (father), Rhyssa Graf (mother)

    Introduced in Adventures in Wild Space (2016)

Milo Graf (27 BBY)

    Parents: Auric Graf (father), Rhyssa Graf (mother)

    Introduced in Adventures in Wild Space (2016)

Emil Graf

    Grandson of Milo Graf

    Introduced in Adventures (2017)

Irizi family

Irizi'fife'rencpok / Zififerenc

    Patriarch

    Introduced in Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil (2021)

Irizi'ar'alani / Ziara / Ar'alani (62 BBY)

    Introduced in Thrawn (2017)

Kivu family (Rentor)

Kivu'rik'ardok / Vurika (61 BBY)

    Partners: Bomarmo

    Introduced in Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (2020)

Kivu'raw'nuru / Vurawn (59 BBY) [a.k.a. Thrawn]

    Brother of Vurika

    Introduced in Rebels (2017)

Mitth family (Csilla)

Mitth'oor'akiord / Thooraki

    Patriarch

    Introduced in Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (2020)

Mitth'urf'ianico / Thurfian

    Patriarch

    Introduced in Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (2020)

Mitth'ykl'omi / Thyklo

    Introduced in Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good (2021)

Thistrian

    Introduced in Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (2020)

Mitth'raw'nuruodo / Thrawn (59 BBY)

    Adopted from Kivu family

    Introduced in Rebels (2017)

Mitth'ras'safis / Thrass

    Adoptive brother of Thrawn

    Introduced in Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (2020)

Mitth'ali'astov / Thalias

    Introduced in Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (2020)

Ro family

Marda Ro (397 BBY)

    Children: Shalla (daughter)

    Introduced in The High Republic: Path of Deceit (2022)

Yana Ro

    Cousin of Marda Ro

    Introduced in The High Republic: Path of Deceit (2022)

Shalla Ro

    Parents: Marda Ro (mother)

    Children: Asgar (son)

    Introduced in The High Republic: Eye of the Storm (2022)

Asgar Ro

    Parents: Shalla Ro (mother)

    Children: Marchion (son)

    Introduced in The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (2021)

Marchion Ro

    Parents: Asgar Ro (father)

    Introduced in The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (2021)

Sienar family (Coruscant)

Raith Sienar

    Introduced in Tarkin (2014)

Gracalia Vatara "Grace" Sienar

    Introduced in Squadrons (2020)

Soh family (Daghee)

Lina Soh

    Children: Kitrep (son)

    Introduced in The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (2021)

Kitrep Soh (248 BBY)

    Parents: Lina Soh (mother)

    Introduced in The High Republic: The Rising Storm (2021)

House Vandron (Karfeddion)

Hobisan Vandron

    Introduced in Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy (2016)

Yarrow family

Chancey Yarrow

    Children: Sylvestri (daughter)

    Introduced in The High Republic: Out of the Shadows (2021)

Sylvestri Yarrow (249 BBY)

    Parents: Chancey Yarrow (mother)

    Introduced in The High Republic: Out of the Shadows (2021)

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Santhe family

Eskil Abon Santhe

    Introduced in Dawn of Rebellion (2018)

Resinu Santhe-Caltra
    Introduced in Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy (2016)

Star Wars Archives: Evil Never Dies by Abel G. Pena

     For the sake of preservation, I will be republishing/reuploading lost Star Wars content to my blog. There are other sites out there that already do this, but I'm always paranoid of data being lost, so... what's one more resource?

 EVIL NEVER DIES: THE SITH DYNASTIES

by Abel G. Pena

Over the millennia, the Sith have existed in many forms: as a people, as a religion, as a dictatorship, as a philosophy. The Sith have been brought to the brink of extinction time and again, yet they have always found a way to survive. Many times the title of "the last Dark Lord" has been erroneously applied. First the Dark Lord Naga Sadow, vanquished by the Galactic Republic in the Great Hyperspace War 5,000 years before the Battle of Yavin, was thought to be the last. Then a thousand years later, the fallen Jedi Exar Kun was considered the last of these dark siders' twisted kind.

Then Darth Nihilus... then Lord Kaan... then Darth Vader.

In the words of the arcane scholar Murk Lundi, the Sith, though oft-vanquished, understood and fully embraced a fundamental concept that was certain to assure their survival and resurrection -- an idea that most Jedi refused to accept.

Simply, if the will of the Force demands balance, then evil can never die.

Since the Beginning

"It is relevant to note that the word 'Sith' can be found in Pre-Corellian lexicons as a term meaning 'due to' or more plainly, 'since.' Sith that time -- wait, that's not right [student laughter] -- since that time, the word has evolved with Corellian phraseology to give us highly useful expressions, such as the expletives, 'Sithspit!' and 'Sithspawn!' [student laughter]." - Lecture recording from The Lundi Series, Vol. 3: Origins of the Darth Dynasty, Soundbyte Texts

The term Sith was once used to describe a variety of beings, and was not always synonymous with the dark side. Originally not only a cult but a cultured species before they were subjugated by dark Jedi exiles, the blood-colored humanoid Sith people lived a superficially barbaric though surprisingly harmonious existence on their homeworld Korriban. Sentient sacrifices to their gods, dining on bloodsoup, a rigid and prejudice caste system, and war between nations were all common in Sith culture. These barbarous practices were accepted not as contrary or antagonistic to life, but integral to it. War was quite literally a concept on par with peace or serenity; conceptually, the Sith people did not or could not differentiate one state from the other. There was, ultimately, only existence.

Some historians have speculated that the attitudes of the early Sith people were owed to a prehistoric encounter between their species and the vampiric beings known as the Anzati. Volfe Karkko, a rare Anzat Jedi known for his prolonged study of one of the Jedi Temple's rare Sith holocrons, was fond of reminding his fellow Knights that the Anzati "remember the very first Sith." Beyond the anecdotal, though, there is no solid evidence to support this theory.

A peculiarity of the Sith people was their innate tendency toward left-handedness. This led to their creation of the lanvarok, a forearm-mounted weapon adapted strictly for left-handed use (human Sith Lords later crafted a right-handed version). Pure-blooded Sith were also steadily bred out as their genes were eventually alchemically mixed with those of humanoid dark Jedi. Even after the genetic fusion, the Sith's rigid caste system remained in place. Priests and warriors, called Kissai and Massassi respectively, were two of the prominent classes. Later in their history, those that bore the elevated title of Sith Lord were became relatively common, but in 100,000 years of their existence, the Sith only ever had one monarch overlord.

Ruling nearly 3,000 years before the rise of the Galactic Republic, King Adas was a massive, regal being encased in majestic ebon warrior armor. Raised from his youth as a chosen being due to the charcoal pigment of his skin, Adas demonstrated great intelligence, fighting prowess, and a tremendous aptitude for Sith magic. With his alchemically forged battle-ax, Adas led the bloody unification of Korriban's disparate nations and became its undisputed world ruler. The Sith people came to believe that King Adas was immortal and that his reign would be eternal.

In fact, Adas was almost three hundred years old and had earned the title Sith'ari (meaning "the Lord" or "overlord") when alien invaders came to Korriban. Misshapen Force-sensitive beings, these Rakatan soldiers of the so-called Infinite Empire first attempted to lull King Adas into their confidence by teaching him how to record his essence into a pyramidal, magical device called a holocron. But the Rakata soon showed their true colors and tried to conquer the Sith people. But even at that ripe age, the Sith King refused to go quietly and introduced the invaders to his oversized axe and the unconquerable will of his people. The dark siders were defeated, but the king gave his life to secure the Sith's freedom. After his death, King Adas' holocron passed to his "Shadow Hand," his trusted advisor and second in command. Without Adas' unifying influence, wars once again raged for rule of the Sith people, with the reigning combatants arrogantly claiming the title of Sith'ari, and eventually forcing a relocation of the Sith capitol to the planet Ziost. Eventually, almost two-dozen millennia after Adas' death, a proper successor to Adas seemed to come at last. Known in Republic space as the Exiles, traitorous Jedi defeated in a galactic war called the Hundred-Year Darkness arrived on Korriban and cowed the Sith people with their astounding Force abilities, lightsabers, and superior technology. With the help of the ruling king's Shadow Hand, these Jen'jidai, as the Sith called them, lured the Sith monarch into their confidence and destroyed him. Never anticipating this stunning sequence of events, the Sith people concluded that the dark Jedi were themselves more powerful gods than even the Sith'ari. Bestowing the Exiles with Adas' holocron, the reign of the first Jen'ari, or "Dark Lord" of the Sith began.The last lord of the Sith Empire to possess Adas' holocron was Lord Garu, who died around the time of the Great Hyperspace War. The holocron was abandoned on the planet Ashas Ree until its rediscovery centuries later by the fallen Jedi Freedon Nadd. Nadd used it to rule the planet Onderon, where the teachings of King Adas helped usher in a new age of darkness. When the Jedi eventually freed Onderon of the dark side, they gained possession of the Sith holocron and banished it to a place where it could, presumably, never be recovered -- under millions of tons of water on a scarcely known world called Kodai.

The Mecrosa Order

Immediately following their conquest of the Sith people (circa 7,000 years before the Battle of Yavin), a few upstart Exiles, now self-proclaimed Sith Lords, returned to Republic space believing they could revenge themselves on their Jedi enemies with their new knowledge of Sith magic. The attack proved premature, however, and instead they succeeded only in revealing that some Jedi schismatics had found a new home and a people to rule outside of charted Republic space. The true scale of the Sith menace lurking in unknown space remained invisible for millennia, however. Two thousand years later, the Great Hyperspace War indelibly proved to the Jedi how dangerous the Sith Lords could be.

The thoroughness of the Jedi extermination efforts following this first full-scale Sith war was criticized by many as being executed with a gusto rivaling a Bothan declaration of Total War. Nevertheless, Sith teachings survived, and a thousand years later, a new war erupted, this time called the Great Sith War. This conflict came to be grouped with a series of major Sith-related encounters that followed soon after: the Mandalorian Wars, the Jedi Civil War, and the Cleansing of the Nine Houses.

The Mecrosa Order was the focus of the Cleansing. The order started out benevolently enough. Emerging during the Tapani sector's Dynastic Era, approximately a quarter millennium before the Great Sith War, the Mecrosa began as an order of nobles from House Mecetti who took an oath to protect the house against external attack and insurrection. For the next two hundred years, Mecrosa flourished from its castle on the planet Nyssa, gaining wealth and erecting chapter houses and fortresses on Mecetti worlds. To assist in its crusade, the order also oversaw the creation of an elaborate spy network. It is believed that the virtues of the Mecrosa Order were compromised somewhere during this two century stretch. Jedi from rival House Pelagia insisted that the order's founder, Viscountess Mireya, was the root of Mecrosa's Sith corruption.

When Mecetti High Lord Tritum XI realized there was a threat of inbreeding facing his house, he sought to introduce new noble blood. In one of those all-too-common circumstances when politics and noble pride must be reconciled, Tritum looked to a suitor outside the Tapani region -- to the nobility of a world called Vjun. Vjunite Viscountess Mireya brought to House Mecetti not only her noble pedigree, but Sith teachings as well. Sith rituals were subtly integrated into Mecrosa initiation rites and ceremonies, and soon Sith "lords" of a very different breed terrorized Tapani sector, assassinating Tapani house leaders that appeared to threaten Mecetti power and infecting Pelagia's Jedi with Sith poisons.

The Great Sith War turned out to be advantageous for Tapani citizens, for it focused Jedi attentions toward the Sith in their sector. After crushing Exar Kun, the Jedi collectively turned their might against the Mecrosa Order and flensed the Sith corruption in what came to be known as the Cleansing of the Nine Houses. However, contrary to popular belief, the Jedi didn't destroy the Mecrosa Order itself. The surviving Mecrosa, many of them non-Force-sensitive to begin with, went even deeper underground, trading the flash of Sith magic and supernatural poisons for the silence of frinka venom and martial arts.

The humbled Mecrosa survived the next 4,000 years, maintaining their secret through careful member selection and their tradition of assassination. Only during the New Sith Wars and the Jedi Purge did the order participate in sector events more actively, respectively poisoning Sith Lady Belia Darzu for her unwanted incursions into Tapani Space and taking revenge against the Pelagian Jedi for their role in decimating Mecrosa during the Cleansing. It was during the Jedi Purge after the Clone Wars that King Adas' holocron fell back into the hands of Sith descendants, when Mecrosa's most skilled agent Sir Nevil Tritum, snuck his way into Pelagia's holocron library. Despite not having any Force abilities, Tritum reported to his superiors his successful recovery of Adas' holocron from three very dead Jedi guardians.

Some time after the Battle of Endor, the Mecrosa were visited in their fortress on Nyssa by a woman appearing for all the galaxy like the abominable offspring of Darth Vader, requesting access to the order's most ancient documents and their Sith holocron. With little option and a sense of obligation, the Mecrosa ceded to the Dark Lady Lumiya's demands.

The New Sith

Sentients have often debated what has been the bloodiest, most wasteful war in galactic history. Jedi historians often recall the Jedi Civil War, while retired Old Republic rear-admirals name the Clone Wars. But whether it is referred to as "The War of the Fittest," "The Betrayal," or "The Curse of Qalydon," the Sith invariably cite the New Sith Wars.

The Old Sith Wars neutralized the Sith as an overt threat. But pressured by criticism of Jedi zeal exhibited in the aftermath of the Great Hyperspace War, the clean up job wasn't nearly as thorough this time around as it should have been. Political concerns were already beginning to take precedence over justice within the Republic, and instead of hunting down the remaining members of Exar Kun's Brotherhood of the Sith, the Republic chancellor urged the Jedi to finally destroy the Mecrosa Order, which had terrorized the influential Tapani sector for decades. The results were mixed. While the Tapani dark siders were eradicated, Sith survivors of the Great Sith War spread their evil into several distinct traditions, which would eventually wreak galactic-scale havoc as they brought themselves to the brink of extinction in non-stop combat.

It began when one Jedi abandoned the Knighthood 1,000 years before the last Battle of Rusaan. Known by the name Phanius and believed to be an Umbaran, the pale-skinned man was a charismatic and gifted Jedi Master who exhibited hints of a disturbingly relativistic, some said solipsistic, morality. He became one of "The Lost" when he abandoned the Jedi Order to pursue "alternative" knowledge. Unknown to the order, he infiltrated and united the various surviving Sith clans, intensifying his self-centered views. Phanius, convinced he'd obliterated the mental barriers that had kept him from understanding that his will superceded all things (or, in fact, was everything), took the name Darth Ruin. A number of Jedi joined his Sith cause, and war with the Jedi brotherhood inevitably followed. It wasn't long before the Sith turned the war upon themselves. After countless numbers of Ruin's minions died for seemingly little else than his sheer whim, the Sith acolytes soon came to realize that they meant nothing -- quite literally -- within the scheme of their Dark Lord's abstract philosophy. They conspired and destroyed Darth Ruin, ushering in a millennium-long period of betrayal and darkness.

Chaos largely reigned for the next 250 years until a powerful Sith leader emerged. Known only as the Dark Underlord, his presence was clouded with rumor and Sith folklore. Some said he was called from the realm of Chaos by an inexperienced Sith acolyte who was never heard from again. Others even speculated that the Dark Underlord was the spirit of the Lettow general Xendor himself. The only thing that was certain was that he was a bloody marauder of the first quarter of the New Sith Wars. Consolidating a large Sith group known as the Black Knights on the planetoid Malrev 4, the Dark Underlord was one of the few Sith powerful enough to actively take the battle to the Jedi during this era, hacking through battlefields with his twin Sith swords. However, the Jedi Master Murrtaggh cut a deal with Mandalorian mercenaries, who staged a diversionary attack on the Dark Underlord's forces. While the Dark Underlord's Zeltron commander faced the Mandalorian intruders, Master Murrtaggh stole into his enemy's territory and assassinated the Sith Lord, martyring himself to the dark side in the process.

The last quarter of this bloody, backstabbing period saw the rise of the Dark Lord Belia Darzu, the major historical intermediary between Darth Rivan and the last Sith of this era, Lord Kaan and his Brotherhood of Darkness. A changeling and master of monster creation, Darzu was infamous for assimilating her conquered enemies into her own army, the Metanecrons, though the conversions were anything but voluntary. Using the Sith power known as mechu-deru, she created the frontline of her force: hulking part-creature, part-machine technobeasts infested with nanogene droids. In combat, the tiny droids could infect their enemy, rewriting the unfortunate being's genetic code until she became a undead technobeast herself. Another sizable portion of Darzu's army was made up of her dead opponents, spurned to life by Sith incantations. Darzu's apoptotic army was ultimately sabotaged by Mecrosa poisoners, ending her evil. Centuries later, the Emperor's Hands Roganda Ismaren and Blackhole would use Sith scrolls preserving Darzu's secrets for their own sinister purposes.

Eventually the prominence of the Darth lineage was reestablished. The narcissistic Dark Lord Kaan ruled the Brotherhood of Darkness with an iron fist in the final days of the New Sith Wars. He commanded his Sith followers to create a Thought Bomb that wiped out both their forces and the Jedi enemies. This left the Dark Lord called Darth Bane the last Sith standing. With his apprentice Darth Zannah, Bane reshaped the Sith Order with two rules: henceforward, the Sith would only be two in number and until such time as they revenged themselves on the Jedi, they would maintain their existence a secret.

Cults and Acculturation

The Jedi heard next to nothing of the Sith after the Battle of Rusaan. There were the vague threats by dark sider Kibh Jeen at his moment of desperation during the Dark Jedi Conflict (circa 150 years before the Battle of Naboo), who spouted seeming gibberish about there always being no more or less than two Sith, but few Jedi gave his mad utterances any credence. But then the Sith cultists began emerging. These "Sith" were disorganized and harmless for the most part. Many were merely youths in rebellion, without any solid idea of Sith doctrine or even any Force-sensitivity. But not all of them.

One of the more dangerous cults was the Thyrsian SunGuard. Not Force-sensitive, nonetheless these soldiers-for-hire were fearsome fighters. Consolidated in the Thyrsus system by Darth Sidious, the Sun Guard wore helmets reminiscent of the elite Senate Guard, although instead of ceremonial robes these Sith mercenaries were mailed in black armor from head to foot. Several of these Sith mercs guarded Sidious' Coruscant stronghold, and were also instrumental in the Dark Lord's plans surrounding the events of the Battle of Naboo, assassinating a discreet, though pivotal, number of Senators prior to the election for a new Supreme Chancellor. However, after Sidious' schemes ran their course, Count Dooku had most of these devotees killed by his executor Asajj Ventress -- though more than a few of the most fanatical Sun Guards found their way into Chancellor Palpatine's Red Guard.

One Sith cult can trace its origins back to the days of the Great Sith War. Larad Noon was one of the Jedi corrupted into the Brotherhood of the Sith by Exar Kun. When Kun and his Shadow Hand Ulic Qel-Droma were defeated, Noon and the other Sith acolytes fled to various parts of the galaxy. Some flew to the Expanse, dooming themselves and the Sith of House Mecetti.

Noon, however, was forever scarred by Sith ideology and the countless deaths he caused. He distanced himself from the Jedi and became a recluse on the moon Susevfi. Here he discovered a peculiar ore called cortosis capable of rendering lightsabers inoperative on contact. From this ore he fashioned a suit of armor to protect himself against the Jedi he believed would inevitably come, though in actuality, none did. Noon died alone, survived only by his journal in which he wrote extensively on his theory of Jiaasjen or "integrating the shadow." It was Noon's attempt to amalgamate his Jedi learning with his Sith experiences in order to justify the atrocities he committed and to keep himself from going insane with guilt.

Thousands of years later, during the Clone Wars, an Anzat Jedi named Nikkos Tyris learned of his predecessor, the Jedi Volfe Karkko, and how he fell to the dark side. Curious, Tyris made a great effort to obtain Karkko's apocryphal teachings in which he found frequent reference to and snippets from Sith tomes. Looking on Karkko as a role model and lured to Count Dooku by his possession of one of Karkko's most cherished Sith holocrons, Tyris was slowly seduced into the darkness. Claiming he'd found the Saarai or "True Way," Tyris split from the Jedi Order, attracting many Jedi to himself, including the infamous Bpfasshi marauders. However, Tyris and most of his followers were slain by Jedi forces.

Tyris was survived by only a handful of Jensaarai pupils, Sith for "Followers of the True Way." Their training was far from complete, but as such they had not been corrupted as Tyris had. Tyris' primary apprentice felt it was her duty to make certain her master's ideals, or what she perceived to be his ideals, didn't die, and that the "evil" Jedi wouldn't triumph. She took it upon herself to continue Tyris "truth" by finding what Sith texts she could. She was largely unsuccessful, but when she came to Susevfi, she found Larad Noon's journal. The result was the creation of a Force tradition that uniquely blended Sith and Jedi teachings.

Proliferation among the Sith cults can at least in part be attributed to one man, or one Quermian, as it were: history professor Murk Lundi, who made his career exploring esoteric topics. An excellent teacher but a mediocre researcher, he found himself struggling in the "publish or perish" world of academia. In peril of losing his position at the University of Coruscant, Lundi began to explore topics outside of stale classics like Xim the Despot and the Atrisian Empire. Eventually, he zeroed in on a single controversial subject: the Sith. To advance his research, the academician delved into the trenches, creating a communications network between the disparate Sith sects to grant himself greater accessibility to information.

Then, Lundi learned of the ultimate prize. A Sith holocron was buried deep beneath the oceans of the planet Kodai. Lundi attempted to retrieve the artifact, but was stopped by the Jedi. Afterward, one of his classroom students almost succeeded where the teacher had failed, but the pupil was destroyed by one of Darth Sidious' Sun Guard mercenaries and the holocron was restored to Jedi hands. Lundi later went irrevocably insane and died a madman's death. Meanwhile, the Jedi Council ultimately entrusted the Sith holocron to House Pelagia's extensive holocron library in the Tapani sector.

A Dark Religion

The order of the Prophets of the Dark Side goes back nearly a thousand years to the three-eyed mutant Darth Millennial, a Sith Shadow Hand whose instincts drove him to see more sense in Lord Kaan's cutthroat Rule by the Strong than Bane's limiting Rule of Two. Gifted with the ability to foresee the future, Millennial was often at odds with his Sith Master, Darth Cognus. Barely escaping his Master's wrath, Millennial fled to the planet Dromund Kaas. There he meditated on Sith teachings and combined them with the theories of early and pre-Republic thinkers like Plaristes and Dak Ramis. The result was an intricate religion the dark sider called the Dark Force. Hailing himself as a prophet chosen by the will of the Force, Millennial and his religion attracted many Force-users of considerable intelligence, as well as multitudes of naïve Sith cultists. Those who disagreed with the tenets of the Dark Force were labeled heretics and destroyed.

Centuries passed and so did Millennial, but his faith lived on, at one point seducing the Jedi Kibh Jeen. Eventually, Darth Sidious discovered the secret order, and bent these Prophets of the Dark Side to his will. When the Prophets were obliquely reintegrated into Darth Bane's line of the Sith, Palpatine secretly gave them the duty of providing early training for some of his dark siders. Occasionally, Palpatine asked the Prophets to train a devotee to the exalted levels of Emperor's Hand, Emperor's Eyes, or Emperor's Reach. Just as the Prophets only ever trained one individual to the rank of Emperor's Reach for Palpatine, likewise they only trained one to the status of Emperor's Eyes. However, this latter individual was one of the Prophets' own.

A former Nightsister of Dathomir, High Prophetess Merili was one of only two Emperor's Eyes that Palpatine ever employed. The Emperor's Eyes were those Dark Side Adepts with a particular propensity for seeing into the Force. Like the other Prophets, Merili was able to gaze into the future; the invaluable difference, however, was that Merili's mind seemed to partially exist there. She was thus not only able to witness coming events with uncanny clarity, but on rare occasion she was able to in fact manipulate them, much like a skilled Jedi Master can influence the outcome of a conflict using Battle Meditation. Needless to say, the stresses of temporal ambiguity made Merili's hold on reality tenuous at best. Of Palpatine's other Emperor's Eye, a mutant called Triclops, little is known, save that Palpatine considered the being a great personal failure.

The Prophets of the Dark Side have always maintained their sovereign right to accept additional adherents of the Dark Force at their discretion. The Prophets have three ranks in their order: acolyte, followed by prophet, with each subdivided into sub-ranks such as "Lesser Prophet" and "High Prophet," and ultimately the overarching position of Supreme Prophet (all acolytes and prophets of lesser orders are easily identifiable by their lack of a beard). The Prophets were one of Palpatine's most jealously guarded secrets, kept concealed even from Darth Vader for a time.

When Supreme Prophet Kadann adamantly disagreed with Palpatine concerning a guaranteed Imperial victory at Endor, Palpatine sent his Inquisitors to Dromund Kaas to reeducate Kadann's priesthood, causing the ecclesiastics to take flight to the secluded planet Bosthirda. After Endor, while the Prophets were believed dead, former Imperial Intelligence Director Blackhole -- himself a former Prophet of the Dark Side -- helped acting-Emperor Sate Pestage set up a "Dark Side Church" on Imperial Center with a clergy of false Prophets, including a diminutive Bimm and a Null to impersonate the current Supreme Prophet Kadann and his High Prophet Jedgar, respectively. As religion had been largely outlawed under Palpatine, these charlatans filled a tremendous spiritual need for the population and became highly idolized. This later empowered the fakers to actually dictate rule of the Empire. They determined to bestow Emperorship on whomever secured the glove of the dead Darth Vader's severed right hand -- a Mandalorian crushgaunt which Vader had fitted around one of Lord Kaan's indestructible Sith amulets. The Imperial Grand Admiral Afsheen Makati eventually destroyed these prophet imposters, though one of them, Orloc, escaped to continue his con. Meanwhile, the real Prophets continued to plot from the planet Bosthirda, until they were found by their most dangerous and embittered pupil, Azrakel, on a tip from a mysterious source. Armed with his double-bladed lightsaber and Darth Vader's prophesied gauntlet, Azrakel managed to destroy a number of the flabbergasted Prophets, including Supreme Prophet Kadann, before being permanently put down. Though the surviving Prophets thought they were now safe, within minutes of Azrakel's death, the Dark Lady Lumiya and her apprentice Carnor Jax finished the job.

Life After Darth

The problem Bane addressed when he bound the Sith to secrecy and their number to a pair was that only under such conditions could dark side ambition be checked. But Emperor Palpatine eventually broke the rule of secrecy and "bent" the rule of two by keeping a multitude of dark siders in reserve. Like his emperor, Vader also bent the rules, secretly training Sith disciples of his own so that he himself might usurp the title of Sith Master. Among them were Lumiya, an Imperial double-agent-turned cyborg, and Flint, a stormtrooper whose father was killed by General Grievous during the Clone Wars.

Vader had planned to pit these pupils against one another as past Dark Lords had done, taking the victor as his Shadow Hand. The Sith Lord died before that could happen, however. Flint, who had looked to Vader as a father, felt the loss deeply. He retreated to the planet Vjun where he mourned within Vader's Bast Castle. It wasn't long before he was found there by Lumiya. Though they'd never seen one another, without words they came to a mutual understanding. A towering statue of Vader looked on as Flint ignited his lightsaber and Lumiya her Sith lightwhip. The furious battle left both warriors battered, but in the end Flint's despair was no match for Lumiya's hatred, and the roles of master and the apprentice were determined.

Lumiya tasked Flint with subjugating the Phelleem sector and killing Luke Skywalker while she prepared an alien species called the Nagai (or N'Gai) for the invasion of galactic space. Nothing could make Flint happier, but instead of killing Skywalker, Flint was persuaded by an old friend to turn back to the light. For many years thereafter, Flint was kept in a cell of Mandalorian iron on an Alliance safeworld, healing from the traumatic influence of the dark side. Eventually, he returned to his home planet Belderone to live out a simple life. Lumiya vowed to deal with Flint when circumstances allowed and sought a new apprentice. She didn't have to look far.

As the dominant black color of his robes suggests, the dark sider Carnor Jax had ties not only to the Imperial Royal Guard, but his father was once a Sith mercenary of the Thyrsus Sun Guard who was killed by Darth Sidious following his failure to recover King Adas' holocron. Jax himself was a superior soldier, savvy and ambitious. Like Flint, he excelled as a stormtrooper, but Jax was handpicked from the ranks of the Blackhole's special stormtrooper unit for the Royal Guard.

After Palpatine's death, a number of Royal Guards partook in a mass suicide. Some distraught guards joined the cause of Lord Shadowspawn, while others found solace in the words of the Prophets' Church of the Dark Side, who promised the Emperor would one day return. Jax was disgusted at the weakness he witnessed blind loyalty produce and resolved to have no part of it. Thus, it was easy for Jax to transfer allegiance from Palpatine to his successor Sate Pestage, then again to Empress Ysanne Isard. Ultimately, Jax was loyal only to himself.

That became problematic, however, when Isard transferred Jax and a number of other Royal Guards into the hands of Lumiya as part of a deal. Sensing the Force in Jax, Lumiya offered him something altogether different than any of his previous masters: the power of the dark side.

After giving Jax limited training, Lumiya informed her apprentice of her need to now gather the necessary elements to rebuild the Sith Order. The New Republic already thought Lumiya dead, and the circumstances surrounding her encounter with the Emperor's Hand Mara Jade on Caprioril led the Empire to the same conclusion. Before she disappeared on this quest, however, Lumiya ordered Jax to infiltrate the Empire's upper echelons and prepare, by whatever means necessary, for the ultimate threat to the Sith legacy. Jax pursued this agenda, collecting political and military allies and incriminating secrets within the Imperial Ruling Council and using Dark Side Adepts like Sarcev Quest to learn new Force powers. Jax soon had the Empire eating out of his palm.

Then came the unthinkable. Emperor Palpatine, dead for six years, miraculously returned. Suddenly, Jax realized what threat his master Lumiya had been referring to, and was not prepared to give up the power he'd accumulated. As a Force-sensitive Royal Guard, Jax easily became part of the Reborn Emperor's elite and trusted Sovereign Protectors. With Quest's help and particular relish, Jax convinced the Imperial Ruling Council to bribe Palpatine's physician into poisoning the clones the Emperor was using to stay alive. Palpatine died his last death as a result, and Jax set himself up as Imperial ruler. Afterward, he attempted to reestablish communication with Lumiya -- not to rejoin her but to lure her into a trap. That's when one of Palpatine's loyal former Royal Guardsmen killed him.

Lumiya was nonetheless thankful, for not only had Jax permanently eliminated Palpatine, but before his attempted betrayal, he'd passed on word to her of a mysterious stranger called Nom Anor who was interested in a possible alliance with the Dark Lady.

Evil Lives

 "Will the Sith ever return? It's a probabilistically historical inescapability. But, what makes you think they haven't already? [uneasy laughter]." -- Lecture recording from The Lundi Series, Vol. 5: Historical Reincarnation, Soundbyte Texts

Despite all the efforts of the Jedi and the Republic, the Sith seem to be an inextinguishable plague. Seven years after the Battle of Endor, when Luke Skywalker established an academy with the intention of rebuilding the Jedi Order, the spirit of the ancient Sith Lord Exar Kun returned to prevent the Jedi Brotherhood's resurrection. Three short years later, another Sith daemon, this time the Dark Lord Marka Ragnos, also was called back from the realm of Chaos to terrorize the galaxy. This latter event was not isolated. Some of the disciples of Ragnos had formerly been aligned with the dark sider Hethrir and his Empire Reborn, which had been defeated only a short time prior. Worse, soon after the encounter with Ragnos, the lifeless body of the reformed Sith acolyte Flint was found on Belderone: an ancient Jedi lightsaber in hand, a cauterized hole through his throat.

The Force seethed with the suggestion of a grand, sinister scheme. But Luke could only guess at who was pulling the strings. Either the dark sider Irek Ismaren or Jaalib Brandl? One of Luke's rogue Jedi students, perhaps...Brakiss or Dolph? The list of suspects was considerable. In the wake of these events, Master Skywalker began to keep a formal compilation of known dark siders and to actively unearth any facts on the Sith that he could find, some of Doctor Lundi's teachings among them.

On the world of Korriban, through the ancient Sith Oracle and with King Adas' holocron now in her possession, the Dark Lady of the Sith Lumiya watched circumstances unfolding with deep satisfaction.

Star Wars Archives: Aliens in the Empire by Abel G. Pena & Rich Handley

     For the sake of preservation, I will be republishing/reuploading lost Star Wars content to my blog. There are other sites out there that already do this, but I'm always paranoid of data being lost, so... what's one more resource?

ALIENS IN THE EMPIRE

By Abel G. Pena and Rich Handley

Part I: The Hierarchy of Power

In his persona as both a politician and a Dark Lord, Emperor Palpatine rose to power abetted by many nonhumans, including his Sith apprentice Darth Maul, his trusted aides Sly Moore and Mas Amedda, and even his one-time kidnapper General Grievous. Palpatine's Sith Master was whispered to have been an emaciated Muun. Few could have predicted the dictator's institution of harsh anti-alien laws in his new Galactic Empire, but then, few were privy to his manipulation and subsequent abandonment of the Trade Federation, shattering the Neimoidians' entire power base. Some said Palpatine inherited the old-world prejudices perpetrated toward the Gungans on his homeworld Naboo, while others, still convinced the Emperor was only a figurehead, blamed the rise of "High Human Culture" not on Palpatine, but rather on his power-hungry human advisors and military officers.

Either explanation might have contained a grain of truth, but the more precise fact was that, as sovereign of a galaxy, the Emperor simply didn't care. For Palpatine, the fundamental divide wasn't between humans and aliens, but between the powerful and the weak. And overwhelmingly, it was humans that craved power by any means -- and at all costs.

One of the earliest known aliens to excel in Palpatine's xenophobic Empire was Grand Admiral Thrawn. Historically, Thrawn was painted as something of an enigma -- the lone alien to serve Palpatine after the fall of the Republic. However, the brilliant Chiss strategist was neither the only one, nor even the first. From mad scientists to lowly technicians, a handful of aliens managed to make their mark within the hierarchy of power that was Palpatine's Empire.

Mammon Hoole and Borborygmus Gog

Though they eventually became bitter enemies, the Shi'ido changelings Mammon Hoole and Borborygmus Gog started out as ambitious colleagues at the Chandrilan Academy of Sciences sharing a mutual interest in genetics. After the academy, Hoole went on to study among Lur and Ithor's renowned geneticists, while Gog used his shape-shifting abilities to infiltrate the reclusive cloner ranks of Khomm and Kamino. The Shi'ido were then reunited as the newly appointed Supreme Chancellor Palpatine requested greater emphasis on controlled cloning research. Under the supervision of Palpatine's aide Sly Moore, Hoole and Gog were initially instructed to help the Republic's Ministry of Science develop countermeasures to biological attacks aimed at clones. However, the unparalleled breakthroughs produced by the two geniuses soon drew the attention of Palpatine himself. Moore specified the Chancellor's wish that the scientists undertake research into the spontaneous generation of life, and not just the genetic replication of it. Moore even provided a "volunteer" for their experiments: Niobi, a gentle and meek woman from backwater Bordal.

The prospect of creating life itself was too exciting for the scientists to get bogged down in moral considerations. Hoole and Gog's first attempt was rumored to have gone terribly wrong, resulting in the woman giving birth to a three-eyed mutant; mother and son were quickly spirited away by the Chancellor's confidant, Sarcev Quest. Blaming their failure on Moore's volunteer, the cocky scientists redoubled their efforts, this time using themselves as test subjects. They came to feel such confidence in their work that they even crossed their own genes with those of a Clawdite changeling, successfully stretching their natural Shi'ido shape-shifting abilities to radically atypical limits. Inspired by their progress, the Emperor had a special laboratory built for Hoole and Gog on the planet Kiva, where they made rapid advancement on their life-creating experiments.

But in their zeal, something again went horribly wrong in their experiments -- unleashing a plague that wiped out all life on Kiva. Unable to forgive himself for the atrocity, Hoole fled the Empire and the life he'd known. He instead became an anthropologist, dedicating himself to recording and preserving species' lives and cultures. Gog, on the other hand, regarded the catastrophe as just one more step toward fulfilling the Emperor's ultimate goal. Beginning the next phase of his research, Gog implemented Project Starscream, a horrific string of experiments that concluded when Gog created the first soldier of his Army of Terror -- an invincible monster capable of liquefying and devouring his victims.

With the help of his niece and nephew -- Tash and Zak Arranda -- Hoole ultimately foiled Gog's plans and was there to see the mad scientist betrayed and apparently killed by his own experiment. Hoole left Kiva, believing his former colleague dead, but knowing the wily scientist, it's quite possible the galaxy has not yet seen the last of Borborygmus Gog.

Cartariun

Festering among the darkest corners of the galaxy are places where few dare tread. Vjun, Garn, Korriban, the Hellhoop... all have one thing in common: As focal points for the dark side, they are repositories for great power -- evil power just waiting for the right mind to harness.

The fourth planet of the Malrev system is one such world. A vital dark side hub during the days of the New Sith Wars, Malrev IV housed several temples used by the Sith's dark acolytes. Most of those temples have since become lost to the ravages of time, but one stood sound for thousands of years. Emperor Palpatine, having discovered the existence of Malrev IV in the Sith archives, sent a construction team into the planet's forests to build an outpost so he could study the temple and augment his own powers. Among the construction team was a Devaronian male named Cartariun, who in private had always shown a mild penchant for using the Force. Cartariun had hidden that talent, having seen as a boy what had happened to the Jedi.

Shortly after the Battle of Endor, the base was abandoned when word of the Emperor's fall reached the Malrev team. Cartariun, however, remained behind to study the ways of the Sith, intent on becoming the next Dark Lord. What he did not know was that his mediocre skills had been augmented by the magics of the temple. Cartariun leaned to manipulate the minds of Marev's beast-like primitives, the Irrukiine, whom he trained to fly TIE fighters and fight so they could defend the temple for him. The Irrukiine mind was far too primitive to understand any of what Cartariun taught them, however, and without his guidance, they reverted to their natural animalistic state and immediately forgot what to do.

In the months following the Emperor's death, Rogue Squadron visited Malrev IV in search of a lost Bothan ship, the Starfaring, which had suffered a flaw in its navigational system. In search of a disciple, Cartariun used his newfound Sith magic to touch the minds of all the pilots and the surviving Bothans. In addition, he began capturing pilots for observation, beginning with Wedge Antilles. Rogue Squadron tried to rescue him and found themselves under attack by TIE fighters piloted by Irrukiine. Distracted, Cartariun inadvertently lost his hold on the beasts, causing them to crash and die. Wedge slipped away in the confusion, but Sullustan pilot Dllr Nep was drawn to Cartariun's power, which he perceifed as entrancing music. Dllr became an unwilling conduit for the temple's dark side power, but was able to resist.

Realizing the Sullustan's strength of will could ultimately prove dangerous, Cartariun decided to find another conduit. Moments later, he discovered just the mind he'd been searching for: a power-hungry Bothan named Girov Dza'tey, who'd murdered his own commander. An expert in the martial art of Jeswandi, Girov was someone whose thirst for personal power made him particularly suspectible to the allure of the Sith temple. The magics of the temple corrupted Girov's mind, influencing him to kill them both and take Cartariun's place as his apprentice. However, moments before death, Dllr made contact with the brain-damaged mind of Bith Rogue pilot Herian I'ngre. Guided by Dllr, Herian boarded an X-wing and flew it directly at the temple, killing herself and Dllr in the process.

Ampotem Za, the Suprema

Tall and thin, with a long snout and slanted eyes that gave him the appearance of a bipedal dragon, the towering reptilian Imperial officer known as the Supreme was an enigma whose origins were shrouded in myriad and inventive rumors. Some claimed he was an Imperial experiment, cooked up by scientists who'd crossed a gundark with a wild durkii and a dozen-and-a-half other species; others said he belonged to a race of saurian conquerors from the Unknown Regions and could breathe fire. The Suprema encouraged such fabrications, as they helped instill fear in his enemies.

The soldier's long-lived species, the Shimholt, has been rarely seen in the galaxy since a devastating Nelori incursion on their planet, Kar'a'katok, left his once-agarian and friendly people xenophobic and reclusive. The Shimholt put aside their farming tools and embraced the art of military self-defense, successfully repelling the Nelori Marauders. Angry at the government's failure to prevent the invasion, many demanded a change of leadership, and the democratic government soon fell in a coup staged by a fanatical religious faction. Once in power, the zealots launched an unprecedented effort to fortify the planet against invaders, decreeing Kar'a'katok closed to outsiders and making it a capital crime for any Shimholt to travel offworld. And thus, for 40 centuries, the Shimholt were all but forgotten.

That seclusion ended during an Imperial raid of the mist-enshrouded world, when the Shimholt known as Ampotem Za was injured and captured by the forces of Major Stafuv Rahz -- a grave dishonor for a species bound by such religious doctrine. Za managed to escape his Imperial captors and made his way back to Kar'a'katok, only to be shunned and exiled by his own people for allowing himself to be taken offworld. With nowhere to run, Za surrendered to Rahz, who took the prisoner-of-war to the Emperor. Recognizing an exploitable resource, Palpatine had the Shimholt brainwashed and trained in Trandoshan slaving techniques for over a year, and then put him to work.

Taking the name "Suprema", his title among his own people, Ampotem Za was installed as overlord of Mandalore with the objective of enslaving the population of the planet. Having seen Jango Fett and an army of his clones in action, the Emperor knew just how useful Mandalorians could be. As a trained and organizaed soldiery, the Mandalorians were now all but extinct, but many hardy specimens with raw talent remained among the planet's populace. The Suprema's task was to round them up for Imperial conscription.

His slavery ring on Mandalore proved especially successful for the Empire, for in only a few short months, nearly all remaining Mandalorians had been shackled in energy-links that bound their wrists and their souls. Among those captured was Tobbi Dala, a Mandalorian Protector with close ties to fellow Clone Wars survivor Fenn Shysa. The slaves were put to work inside a skeleton several stories high and 400 meters in length, which had been converted into a hard-labor penitentiary. The City of Bone was a carcass-prison, all that remained of a mythosaur unlucky enough to have crossed paths with ancient Mandalorian conquistadors. To the Mandalorian people, it was a constant reminder of the eventual death they face, both individually and as a race.

Shysa and Dala had been away from Mandalore on a prolonged mission for the Protectors. Horrified to find their people in shackles, they built a resistance movement to end the Imperial hold on their world. To that end, Dala infiltrated the prison with the intention of capturing the Suprema and forcing him to free their kinsmen. Upon Dala's capture, Shysa picked up where his comrade had left off.

Meanwhile, seeking clues to the whereabouts of the carbonitee-frozen Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa also found herself on Mandalore, hoping the bounty hunter Dengar might be able to provide information. Dengar was working for the slaving ring, and if he knew anything about Han, Leia was determined to make him talk.

With Dengar in chains, Leia and Fenn Shysa freed Tobbi Dala from the prison facility and stole a hovercraft. Shysa signaled his followers to attack, then shot the energy-link controls, freeing all the slaves. Leaving Dengar bound in the craft, they stormed the office of the Suprema, who shot Dala.

Furious, Shysa nearly beat the Shimholt officer to death. Dala lived, but he knew his wounds were fatal and bid his friend to leave him behind. As Leia and Shysa escaped with Dengar their prisoner, a pursuing hovercraft opened fire. Freed slaves returned the favor by tossing a gruel trough at the Imperial ship, causing it to crash. Dala donned his armor to die as a Mandalorian Protector, then opened the hangar doors for his friends to escape and closed them on the Imperial craft, dying to protect others as the Keldabe prison exploded. The Suprema and his entire squad of Imperial henchmen died in the resulting explosion.

Part II: To the Traitor Go The Spoils

Hethrir, Procurator of Justice

When the near-human Hethrir and his mate Riallo, both Force-sensitive Firrerreos, were discovered by Inquisitor Tremayne, they were tortured at length to confess all that they knew about the Jedi survivors of Order 66. Not being Jedi themselves, however, the couple had no information to impart. Sensing malleable prey, the Inquisitor brought the Firrerreos to Vader as prospective students.

Though Vader found Riallo had all the makings of a Jedi healer, Hethrir possessed Darth Sidious' rare talent to cast a dark side shadow over Force users, dulling their abilities. He was a powerful student and an ideal Imperial, absorbing humanocentric philosophies with obvious pleasure despite his own alien status. Emperor Palpatine, seeing in Hethrir a like-minded individual, named him the Imperial Procurator of Justice and, to prove his loyalty, directed him to eradicate the entire population of his homeworld, Firrerre. When Hethrir carried out the order with barely a second thought, Riallo fled in disgust with their unborn son. In stark contrast, the pleased Emperor bestowed upon Hethrir an artificial worldcraft capable of traveling through hyperspace. Swollen with pride, Hethrir named it Rebirth.

Though trained by Vader, Hethrir's ultimate loyalty was to power -- and that meant the Emperor. Before Palpatine was killed at the Battle of Endor, the Emperor had already introduced the Procurator to his vision of a dark empire he'd personally rule for a thousand years. Thus, in the power vacuum that followed Endor, Hethrir wasted no time putting a plan into motion, forming alliances with his rivals High Inquisitor Tremayne, Admiral Galak Fyyar and a number of wealthy Imperial nobles. Hethrir's Imperial remnant gained momentum while remaining invisible to both other Imperial warlords and the New Republic. The 10 years that followed were tumultuous, but nothing rivaled Hethrir's shock when summoned to the planet Byss to face a miraculously reborn Emperor Palpatine. Hethrir re-pledged his loyalty immediately, coming to understand Palpatine not as a man but as a vessel for the darkness of the universe, an avatar of the dark side itself.

With the reborn Emperor's final death, Hethrir believed the dark side had now chosen him as its new champion. Hethrir believed he was destined to lead an Empire Reborn for the next millennium. Though ignorant to the secret of immortality, he saw the opportunity to embrace this destiny with the coming of the Waru. While the resurrected Emperor had created destructive hyperspace wormholes with his dark powers, Hethrir's scientists had yanked a supernal being through one of the space-time distortions. A theoretically impossible, extra-dimensional slab of sentience with "anti-Force" abilities, this creature, called the Waru, was as contradiction incarnate. Unfazed, Hethrir took the most logical course of action: He cut a deal with the thing. The Procurator promised to feed the Waru a Force user strong enough to create a vortex back to the creature's own universe, and in exchange the Waru would complete Hethrir's dark side transfiguration, granting him immeasurable powers and life-everlasting.

Unfortunately, the Procurator of Justice ultimately couldn't come through on his end of the bargain. Not to be denied, the grotesque Waru betrayed Hethrir and consumed the dark sider. Hethrir, avatar of the dark side, was absolutely negated from existence... perhaps at last fulfilling his destiny.

Major Stafuv Rahz

The population of Hoszh Iszhir knows better than most what it's like to live on an inhospitable planet -- waterless deserts covering half the planet, a poisonous soup of an atmosphere shrouding the other half and everywhere deadly predators desperate to find food in such deplorable conditions. It's no wonder the dominant species on Hoszh Iszhir, the Gektls, are born survivors. To be otherwise on such a planet would surely result in a painful death.

Since the early days of the Old Republic, the reptilian Gektls have been highly regarded for their literature and artwork. Gektl painted eggs are among the most valued collectibles in the galaxy, not only for their extreme beauty, but also because each egg, when viewed in just the real light, preserves images of important events in Gektl history.

One event sure to be recorded -- if only as a reminder of evil -- is the betrayal of the entire species by a sadistic, power-hungry Gektl named Stafuv Rahz. Caring little for his fellow Gektls, Rahz journeyed to Coruscant to request an audience with the Emperor. Rahz, who maintained the planet's defense shields, offered to supply Palpatine the codes needed to bypass the shields. His simple price: power over others. The planet was rich in guerrerite and other precious metals, and the Gektls used the defense shields to protect themselves from those who would attempt to steal its riches. Eager to tap such abundant resources, the Emperor granted Rahz a commission in the Imperial military, assigning him to keep the planets in his star system in line. Palpatine then sent a fleet of Star Destroyers to bombard the planet, enslaving the Gektl people to mine the ores.

Rahz reported directly to Darth Vader, who made no effort to hide his disgust for the Gektl. Vader believed strongly in maintaining tight order, and such treachery on Rahz's part made him entirely untrustworthy -- an irony, given Vader's legacy of betrayal of the Jedi Knights. This nearly proved fatal for Rahz when he made several tactical errors involving a raid on Harix. Vader had ordered Rahz to arrest a schoolroom of children whose teacher, Myoris Lin, was suspected of having Rebel ties; Vader hoped to lure her Rebel contacts in for a rescue attempt, then round them up as well.

At the time of the arrest, Luke Skywalker was bringing a supply of illegal pre-Empire micro-books to Myoris for use in her classroom. Myoris tried to lead the children to safety through a hidden tunnel, but Rahz spotted them escaping and captured the lot. Only the teacher's son, Berd, managed to avoid capture. Luke rescued the boy, destroying Rahz's small fleet of ships as they departed, and took him to see Princess Leia Organa, who agreed to help rescue Myoris and the other students. With help from Han Solo, his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca and a barroom full of smugglers, the young genius Berd hatched a plot to fool Rahz and pull off a rescue.

Altering 1,000 Deep Space Target Practice Units (DSTPUs) to resemble a space fleet, the group tricked Vader and Rahz into thinking a Rebel attack was imminent. While the Imperials prepared to fight the perceived threat, the smugglers discreetly made their way to Harix to destroy a squad of TIE fighters based behind the Talhu Slotted Peaks. Scaling nearby Shaelo Cliff, Luke and Han dislodged a boulder, causing a violent avalanche that buried Rahz's entire fleet in rubble. Chewie then signaled Leia to lead "Berd's Fleet" to the school and rescue the children.

Desperate to recitify the situation and avoid the Dark Lord's wrath, Rahz prepared to execute his captives with a sonic beam projector. Before he could engage the weapon, however, the Rebels jumped him and shot his troops. Myoris led the kids to safety, but Luke and Han were quickly surrounded by stormtroopers. Only too late did Vader discover the DSTPU ruse, for as he awaited an attack he realized would never materialize, the smugglers made short work of the startled troops down on the planet. Shedding his reptilian tail, Rahz made a last-ditch effort to salvage his career and leapt for the sonic beam projector. However, Berd had sabotaged the weapon during the confusion, causing the Gektl to blow himself up instead.

Kharys, Majestrix of Skye

Kharys had been only a young flyer when General Obi-Wan Kenobi and Commanders Anakin Skywalker and Halagad Ventor -- fresh from Concordance of Fealty vows -- rescued Skye from ruin by a genetics terrorist during the Clone Wars. But the 13-year-old S'kytri's infatuation with Anakin and his power over the Force stayed with her until her death.

Anakin was kind to Kharys during his visit, pointing out her Force potential to Obi-Wan. However, Kenobi and Ventor both agreed she was too old for training. Unconvinced, Anakin promised Kharys he'd find a way to have her trained when the Clone Wars were over. Then, years later, one of these Jedi returned to Skye. Clad in a mask and armor, however, the warrior answered only to the name Darth Vader, making it unclear to the S'kytri which of three saviors he was. But when the Sith Lord came to Kharys' home and took the young girl as his pupil, she knew Anakin had kept his promise.

Kharys perfected a style of flying lightsaber combat while training under Vader, and learned to conjure life-draining, smoke-like Force Demons. When Kharys returned to Skye under the Imperial title of Majestrix, she did so with an overwhelming force of starships and stormtroopers, ruling in the name of Vader and the Galactic Empire from her aerie-fortress perched high atop Canaitith Mountain. On one occasion, when a group of 20 Corellian smugglers came to the restructed world, Kharys personally led a strike team to hunt down and kill the invading "walkers", the disdainful term the S'kytri used to describe those who could not fly. Among them was a young Han Solo, one of only two Corellians to escape the slaughter.

The other was Katya M'Buele, an old friend and lover of Solo's, who'd also flown with him during the Battle of Ylesia. However, when Luke Skywalker arrived on the planet brandishing the same lightsaber as one of Skye's Jedi saviors, the S'kytri held out hope he could defeat the despotic Kharys.

Propelled by an antigrav belt, Luke met the Dark Jedi in a fierce aerial lightsaber duel. In a spectacular display of his growing Force powers, the young Jedi bested Kharys and the Majestrix plummeted to her death, freeing the people of Skye to chart their own destinies.

General Sk'ar

The Kaleesh officer known as General Sk'ar led an Imperial strike force to conquer the planet Shiva IV shortly after the Battle of Hoth. Approaching three meters in height, with a hugely muscled physique, a deep purple tint to his skin and a beak-like face stretched tight over dense bone, he resembled a skinless violent skull, with razor-sharp teeth lining his jaws. A squad of colossal stormtroopers -- towering T'Syriel outcasts dressed in modified Imperial armor -- loyally obeyed his every command.

Bentilais san Sk'ar joined the Empire after a Star Destroyer fleet commanded by Captain Thrawn leveled his planet when the Imperial officer failed to comprehend Sk'ar's people by studying their artwork. Sk'ar was a warlord cut in the mold of the legendary Kaleesh Qymaen jai Sheelal and though his planet had violently resisted Imperial rule for over a decade, he knew brilliant strategizing when he saw it. So awed was he at the raw power the Imperial technology represented that he wasted little time feeling angry or vengeful about the slaughter of his people. His soldiers had died in battle, bested by a superior foe, and since there was no dishonor in such death, there was no need for revenge.

Sk'ar waited for Imperial forces to approach the wreckage of his headquarters and surrendered, offering Captain Rel Bentin his services or his life. More than a little unnerved by his prisoner's immensity, Bentin brought Sk'ar before the Emperor to let him decide the behemoth's fate. No strange to what a Kaleesh warlord was capable of, Palpatine was impressed by Sk'ar's courage and strength, which he knew could serve him well in bringing in line some of the more rebellious planets on the edge of known space.

It wasn't long before the ruthless Kaleesh was given a chance to show the Emperor what he was made of. Leading his strike force to conquering victories on Pral, Koltine and other worlds along the Jahilid Drift, he made a name for himself even among the most bigoted Imperial admirals. Sk'ar excelled in the tactic of dividing and conquering. Rather than just attacking with sheer numbers, as many Imperial commanders would, he took a more subtle, yet equally damaging approach to minimize the danger to his soldiers and maximize control over conquered worlds.

This was the tactic he utilized on Shiva IV. To drive a wedge between the humans of the Calian Confederacy and their T'Syriel brothers of the Twelve Tribes, Sk'ar hired members of both groups to help him take control of the planet. This would give the illusion to any who stumbled upon his operation that the other side had betrayed the truce that had long kept their peoples at peace.

In destabilizing the governing powers of Shiva IV, Sk'ar arranged the antimatter-bombing of K'avor, an Outlands city far from the Calians' throne city of Illyriaqum. Sent to investigate increased Imperial activity in the system, Princess Leia Organa crash-landed and was forced to live among the Calians for several weeks before she could be rescued. Warlord Aron Peacebringer, leader of the Calian Confederacy, and Demarch Keral Longknife of the Twelve Tribes rescued Leia from renegade T'Syriel outcast riders. What they did not yet know was that Aron's own kin, Ygal Delois, was among those who'd joined the Imperial invaders, betraying all his people had died for. When the time was right, Sk'ar ordered Delois to prepare a mock Calian aerial battleship to drop an antimatter bomb on Illyriaqum during an impending celebration of the Concordat between the two people.

This proved to be the general's undoing, for in underestimating the strength of the peace treaty on Shiva IV, he inadvertently provided the human and T'Syriel armies with a common enemy against whom to rally. With help from Leia's Rebel comrades, the peoples of Shiva IV rose up to fight the forces of General Sk'ar. The fight was bloody, but swift, leaving Sk'ar to run for cover amid a mosaic of dead bodies. A personal force-field built into Sk'ar's uniform protected him from any stray blaster weapons, but as the alien escaped aboard a flier, the Wookiee Chewbacca threw a steel gun mount at the ship, destroying it in mid-air. In the days following that battle, a Calian fleet destroyed Sk'ar's other forces while the Rebels dealt with Sk'ar's orbiting fleet.

Transformers Writers

AUTHORS

Dan Abnett

    Infestation (February 2011) [comic] {with Andy Lanning}

    Heart of Darkness (March 2011) [comic] {with Andy Lanning}

John Barber

    Sector 7 (September 2010) [comic]

    Foundation (February 2011) [comic]

    Rising Storm (February 2011) [comic]

    Dark of the Moon (June 2011) [comic]

    The Death of Optimus Prime (December 2011) [comic] {with James Roberts}

    Robots in Disguise (January 2012) [comic]

    Fall of Cybertron (August 2012) [comic]

    Spotlight: Thundercracker (January 2013) [comic]

    Spotlight: Bumblebee (March 2013) [comic]

    Dark Cybertron (November 2013) [comic] {with James Roberts}

    Punishment (June 2014) [comic]

    How to Ride a Dinobot! (October 2014) [comic]

    Redemption (October 2015) [comic]

    The Transformers Holiday Special - "The Thirteenth Day of Christmas" (December 2015) [comic]

    Titans Return (July 2016) [comic] {with James Roberts & Mairghread Scott}

    Revolution (September 2016) [comic] {with Cullen Bunn}

    Optimus Prime (November 2016) [comic]

    Revolutionaries (January 2017) [comic]

    Schick Hydrobot and the Transformers (May 2017) [comic]

    Salvation (June 2017) [comic]

    Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor (July 2017) [comic] {with Christos Gage}

    Unicron (May 2018) [comic]

    Bumblebee: Movie Prequel (July 2018) [comic]

    Star Trek vs. Transformers (September 2018) [comic] {with Mike Johnson}

    Transformers vs. The Terminator (March 2020) [comic] {with David Mariotte & Tom Waltz}

Cullen Bunn

    Revolution (September 2016) [comic] {with John Barber}

    Micronauts: Wrath of Karza (April 2017) [comic] {with Jimmy Johnston}

Zander Cannon

    Bumblebee (December 2009) [comic]

Mike Costa

    The Transformers (November 2009) [comic]

    Ironhide (May 2010) [comic]

Simon Furman

    Armada (July 2002) [comic]

    The War Within (October 2002) [comic]

    War Within: The Dark Ages (October 2003) [comic]

    Energon (January 2004) [comic]

    War Within: The Age of Wrath (September 2004) [comic]

    Infiltration (October 2005) [comic]

    The Gathering (February 2006) [comic]

    Spotlight (September 2006) [comic]

    Escalation (November 2006) [comic]

    Devastation (October 2007) [comic]

    The Ascending (October 2007) [comic]

    Maximum Dinobots (December 2008) [comic]

    Revenge of the Fallen (May 2009) [comic]

    Nefarious (March 2010) [comic]

    Regeneration One (May 2012) [comic]

    Transformers '84 (August 2019) [comic]

    Transformers '84: Secrets and Lies (July 2020) [comic]

Christos Gage

    Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor (July 2017) [comic] {with John Barber}

Eric Holmes

    Megatron Origin (June 2007) [comic]

Andy Lanning

    Infestation (February 2011) [comic] {with Dan Abnett}

    Heart of Darkness (March 2011) [comic] {with Dan Abnett}

David Mariotte

    Wreckers: Tread & Circuits (October 2021) [comic]

Shane McCarthy

    All Hail Megatron (July 2008) [comic]

    Spotlight: Blurr (November 2008) [comic]

    Spotlight: Drift (April 2009) [comic]

    Spotlight: Cliffjumper (June 2009) [comic]

    Drift (September 2010) [comic]

    Mars Attacks: The Transformers (February 2013) [comic]

    Drift - Empire of Stone (November 2014) [comic]

James McDonough / Brad Mick

    Generation One (April 2002) [comic] {with Adam Patyk}

    Micromasters (July 2004) [comic] {with Adam Patyk}

Chris Metzen

    Autocracy (January 2012) [comic] {with Flint Dille}

    Monstrosity (March 2013) [comic] {with Flint Dille}

    Primacy (August 2014) [comic] {with Flint Dille}

Stuart Moore

    New Avengers/Transformers (July 2007) [comic]

    Spotlight: Ramjet (November 2007) [comic]

John Ney Rieber

    Transformers/G.I. Joe (September 2003) [comic]

James Roberts

    Last Stand of the Wreckers (January 2010) [comic] {with Nick Roche}

    The Transformers #22-23 (July 2011) [comic]

    The Death of Optimus Prime (December 2011) [comic] {with John Barber}

    More than Meets the Eye #1-57 (January 2012) [comic]

    Spotlight: Orion Pax (December 2012) [comic]

    Spotlight: Trailcutter (April 2013) [comic]

    Spotlight: Hoist (May 2013) [comic]

    Dark Cybertron (November 2013) [comic] {with John Barber}

    The Transformers Holiday Special - "Silent Light" (December 2015) [comic]

    Titans Return (July 2016) [comic] {with John Barber & Mairghread Scott}

    Lost Light (December 2016) [comic]

Nick Roche

    Spotlight: Kup (April 2007) [comic]

    All Hail Megatron #15 - "Everything in Its Right Place" (September 2009) [comic]

    Last Stand of the Wreckers (January 2010) [comic] {with James Roberts}

    Spotlight: Megatron (February 2013) [comic]

    Sins of the Wreckers (November 2015) [comic]

    More than Meets the Eye: Revolution (December 2016) [comic] {with James Roberts}

    Requiem of the Wreckers (May 2018) [comic]

    Last Bot Standing (May 2022) [comic]

David A. Rodriguez

    First Strike (June 2017) [comic] {with Mairghread Scott}

Brian Ruckley

    Transformers (March 2019) [comic]

    Escape (December 2020) [comic]

    War's End (February 2022) [comic]

Chris Sarracini

    Generation One (April 2002) [comic]

    Armada (July 2002) [comic]

Mairghread Scott

    Rage of the Dinobots (November 2012) [comic] {with Mike Johnson}

    Beast Hunters (May 2013) [comic]

    Windblade vol. 1 (April 2014) [comic]

    Windblade vol. 2 (March 2015) [comic]

    Combiner Hunters (July 2015) [comic]

    The Transformers Holiday Special - "Choose Me" (December 2015) [comic]

    Till All Are One (June 2016) [comic]

    Titans Return (July 2016) [comic] {with John Barber & James Roberts}

    First Strike (June 2017) [comic] {with David A. Rodriguez}

Magdalene Visaggio

    Transformers vs. Visionaries (January 2018) [comic]

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DEVIL'S DUE PRESS

IDW PUBLISHING

2019 IDW continuity

    Galaxies (September 2019) [various]

Generation 1

    Evolution: Hearts of Steel (July 2006) [Chuck Dixon]

    Infestation 2: The Transformers (January 2012) [Chuck Dixon]

    The X-Files: Conspiracy: The Transformers (February 2014) [Paul Crilley]

    Transformers vs. G.I. Joe (May 2014) [Tom Scioli]

    Star Trek vs. Transformers (September 2018) [John Barber, Mike Johnson]

    Transformers/Ghostbusters (June 2019) [Erik Burnham]

    Transformers vs. The Terminator (March 2020) [John Barber, David Mariotte, Tom Waltz]

    My Little Pony/Transformers (August 2020) [James Asmus, Ian Flynn, Sam Maggs]

    Transformers/Back to the Future (October 2020) [Cavan Scott]

    My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron (April 2021) []

    King Grimlock (August 2021) [Steve Orlando]

    Shattered Glass (August 2021) [Danny Lore]

Beast Era

    Beast Wars (February 2021) [Erik Burnham]

Movies

    Movie Prequel (February 2007) [Chris Ryall]

    Movie Adaptation (June 2007) [Kris Oprisko]

    The Reign of Starscream (May 2008) [Chris Mowry, Chris Ryall]

    Alliance (December 2008) [Chris Mowry]

    Defiance (January 2009) [Chris Mowry]

    Tales of the Fallen (August 2009) [Chris Mowry]

Animated

    The Arrival (August 2008) [Marty Isenberg]

Aligned

    War for Cybertron (June 2010) [Alex Irvine]

    Rage of the Dinobots (November 2012) [Mairghread Scott, Mike Johnson]

    Robots in Disguise (July 2015) [Georgia Ball]