Haxim King Haxim , a Falleen male , was a member of House Sizhran and a provincial leader on his homeworld of Falleen before the Battle of Yavin . He sired two daughters and a single son , Xizor , whom Haxim groomed as heir to the throne . However , Xizor left Falleen to quench his wanderlust and never returned . In 7 BBY , Haxim ' s previously flourishing Haxim ' s province was contaminated with an incurable flesh - eating bacterium after a mishap in a local Imperial biological weapons laboratory . The bacterium spread throughout the region , infecting natives and ravaging lands . Haxim calmly waited in his royal gardens , knowing death was inevitable ; he only hoped that Xizor could avenge him . Haxim perished along with the majority of House Sizhran and the region ' s two hundred thousand inhabitants after Darth Vader ordered an orbital bombardment to contain the bacterium . Biography . Ruler of House Sizhran . Haxim was a Falleen male native to the planet of the same name , a member of the royal House Sizhran . Falleen was divided into a series of independent provincial kingdoms , which traded with each other but avoided conflict . Haxim was the ruler of one such kingdom , a flourishing region of around 200 , 000 inhabitants ; he and his queen had three children , two daughters and a son named Xizor . Haxim resided in a palace just outside his region ' s main city , often spending time in the royal gardens . As Haxim ' s only son , Xizor was the heir to the throne and was groomed to succeed his father . Like all Falleen princes , Xizor left his isolationist homeworld on a pilgrimage into the wider galaxy ; it was hoped that such a pilgrimage would give an heir the skills required to govern his kingdom when the requisite time came . Xizor ' s pilgrimage , however , became permanent , and he never returned to Falleen in Haxim ' s lifetime ; the young prince became enamored with his offworld lifestyle , joining the Black Sun criminal organization . Death . After the creation of the Galactic Empire and the Declaration of a New Order , Darth Vader , Emperor Palpatine ' s enforcer , established a bacteriological research outpost in Haxim ' s capital city . In 7 BBY , after a laboratory mishap , a toxic , flesh - eating bacterium escaped the lab . It swiftly spread throughout the city , infecting and necrotizing Haxim ' s subjects ; discord reigned in the city , with mass riots and violence . Haxim , sitting in his palace gardens , was informed of the disaster by heralds who had been to the city and seen first - hand the unstoppable effects of the deadly virus . Before long , the bacterium had infected the heralds , as well as numerous other palace staff , leaving Haxim alone in the gardens . Haxim knew that death was inevitable , and opted to remain calmly in the palace gardens , rather than vainly trying to escape . He did not want to survive if his kingdom did not . Haxim knew that if he did not perish from the virus , he would be killed by Imperial attempts to neutralize the virus and stop its dissemination via orbital bombardment . Haxim only hoped that Xizor , still offworld , could avenge the ruin of his native region and the death of his family members . As the king predicted , the Imperials , by the order of Darth Vader , instigated an orbital bombardment upon the Imperial lab and everything within a forty - kilometer radius , hoping to save billions of lives at the cost of thousands ; the green turbolasers were Haxim ' s last sight . Haxim was incinerated , along with his wife , daughters , and practically every other member of House Sizhran . Haxim ' s great - niece Savan and Prince Xizor , both offworld , were the only survivors from Haxim ' s family . Total casualties were approximately 200 , 000 Falleen . As Haxim hoped , Xizor took to the task of revenge with zeal ; he distanced himself from the disaster , erasing all Imperial records that connected him to House Sizhran , and began to plot his revenge against Vader immediately . A separate revenge plot , instigated by Zuur and Xora , was foiled by Vader in 0 ABY . Xizor ultimately failed in his own attempt : he died on Coruscant in 3 ABY , incinerated on Vader ' s command in the same vein as his father had been a decade prior . Personality and traits . Haxim was a proud king , loyal to his domain and his people . He loved nature , spending much time in his royal gardens , basking in tranquility . Haxim hoped that his son would succeed him and groomed Xizor for the throne . He was dismayed by news of anarchy and infection among his subjects , and did not want to rule a mutilated kingdom . Haxim was calm and composed in the face of crisis ; after being informed of the rampaging bacterium by his heralds , he remained in his gardens , contemplating the situation and waiting for his inevitable death , rather than trying to avoid it . Behind the scenes . Xizor ' s father was first mentioned in Steve Perry ' s " Shadows of the Empire " novel , without being named . He was later named in " The King ' s Requiem " , a vignette featured in the " Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook " , written by Peter Schweighofer and published in 1996 . He has received subsequent mention in Daniel Wallace ' s " The New Essential Guide to Characters " , " The Official Star Wars Fact File " and " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .