Suprema The Suprema , born Ampotem Za , was a tall , reptilian alien of the Shimholt species . A leader on his homeworld of Kar ' a ' katok , he was captured by Major Stafuv Rahz during an Imperial raid , a dishonor that caused his radically isolationist species to ostracize him . Rejected from his own planet , he took his previous title of Suprema as his new name and submitted himself to the Empire . The Emperor saw value in the alien , and sent him to the planet Mandalore to enslave the populace . The Suprema proved successful in this endeavor , enslaving the vast majority of the planet in only a few short months , even capturing the Mandalorian Protector Tobbi Dala when he tried to infiltrate the Suprema ' s headquarters in the City of Bone . Many of the captured Mandalorians were forced into hard labor in the large structure , which slowly sapped their will to fight . Around 3 ABY , Princess Leia Organa and C - 3PO came to Mandalore in search of the bounty hunter Dengar because of a rumor that he had worked with Boba Fett in capturing Han Solo . Organa met up with the leader of the resistance to the Suprema , Mandalore Fenn Shysa , but the princess was eventually captured by Imperials and brought to the Suprema . The Shimholt slaver sent the Rebel leader to be imprisoned in one of the city ' s detention cells , but she was rescued by Shysa , who also freed Tobbi Dala in the process . The group then rallied the Mandalorian slaves to rise up against their oppressors , triggering a battle in the city . The Suprema attempted to stop the uprising and mortally wounded Tobbi Dala during a shoot - out in his office . However , before his death , Dala gained control of the blast doors to the city . After opening them to allow his comrades to escape , he closed the gates on the pursuing Imperial ships . The resulting explosion filled the entire city with flames , killing both Dala and the Suprema in the process . Biography . Early life . The Suprema was born on the planet Kar ' a ' katok during the twilight of the Old Republic , with the name Ampotem Za . The Suprema ' s people , the Shimholt , were a long - lived species with a history dating back to before the Great Sith War . Due to a conflict with the Nelori Marauders , the species became fiercely isolationist , making it a capital crime for any Shimholt to leave the world . By Ampotem Za ' s time , the planet had been nearly forgotten . At some point , Za was given the title of Suprema , a position of power on the world . During the height of the Galactic Empire , Kar ' a ' katok was invaded by an Imperial party led by Major Stafuv Rahz , breaking their millennia - long isolation . Following the attack , Za was captured after being injured by the Imperials . By being removed from his homeworld , the Shimholt leader was subjected to a grave dishonor , causing him to struggle against his Imperial captors . During the struggle , Za escaped from the Imperials and made his way back to Kar ' a ' katok . However , upon his arrival , he was scorned by his own people for breaking their traditional isolationist stance . Za was exiled from his planet , abandoned and ostracized from his fellow Shimholt . With no one to turn to , Za decided to go back to the Imperials who had captured him . After surrendering himself to Major Rahz , Za was taken by the Gektl commander before the Emperor himself . Palpatine saw the Shimholt as someone who could be easily susceptible to his will and decided to train him for use in Imperial operations . Za was indoctrinated with Trandoshan slaving techniques for over a year , preparing him for a career as a slaver . Following his training , Za was made an Imperial advisor , an individual with a semblance of authority in Imperial circles . To mark his transition into a servant for the Empire , Za changed his name to " Suprema " , the title that he had held on his homeworld . Mandalore operation . Among the Imperials , the Suprema became a mysterious figure . Rumors claimed that the Imperial adviser was in fact a biological experiment , the result of splicing the genes of a gundark , a wild durkii , and several other species . Another rumor claimed that the Suprema was from a race of saurians in the Unknown Regions . The Suprema fostered such rumors , as he believed that the mystery helped instill fear in those that might oppose him . At some point , the Suprema was installed as the overlord of the planet Mandalore , using his skills to take control of a slaving operation on the planet . Alongside the Suprema , a group of advisers took control of the premier company on the world , MandalMotors . Such control helped the Imperials gain great power on the planet , and many of the locals looked to them in hopes that they would rebuild the planet ' s shattered economy that had come on as a result of the Clone Wars . Upon taking control of the slaving operation , the Suprema set up shop in the 400 - meter long City of Bone . The Suprema ' s task on Mandalore was to round up the populace for conscription and assign the slaves to hard labor in Imperial factories , farms , and mines , to help fund the costs of Imperial weaponry . The Suprema proved incredibly successful in this endeavor . After only a few months , the Suprema had succeeded in capturing nearly the entire populace , who were restricted by energy link restraints . Many of these slaves were put to work in the City of Bone , constrained to hard labor , which served to crush their spirits . Resistance . However , the Suprema was not without opposition to his operation . The Mandalorian Protectors Fenn Shysa and Tobbi Dala began a grassroots campaign to expel the Imperial slavers from their world with undercover help from members of the Mandalorian government . The resistance quickly became a annoyance to the Imperial slavers as they began to raid slaving convoys , releasing their fellow Mandalorians from bondage . Hoping to make a bigger dent in the Imperial slaving operation , Tobbi Dala personally infiltrated the City of Bone to capture the Suprema . The effort proved unsuccessful , however , and Dala was captured and placed in a detention cell within the city . Dala ' s Mandalorian armor was taken away from him , and the Suprema displayed the armor in his trophy case as a symbol of his triumph over the Mandalorian . The resistance began to run solely under the guidance of Shysa , who continued to organize raids against the Imperials . In an effort to stop the Mandalorian , the Suprema hired the bounty hunter Dengar to capture Shysa . However , the hunter was himself captured by Shysa , who used the man to leverage his position with the Empire . Shysa struck a deal with the Imperials to exchange Dengar for Dala . However , before the deal could take place , Princess Leia Organa arrived on Mandalore in search for Dengar , who had been rumored to have worked with Boba Fett during the search for the " Millennium Falcon " following the Battle of Hoth , and so might have known where Fett had taken the carbonite slab holding Han Solo . Hoping to interrogate Dengar herself back at the Alliance base on Arbra , Organa disrupted the exchange by freeing Dengar from the Mandalorians and leading him back to her ship . However , Dengar double - crossed the Princess , transmitting a signal to the Imperials who descended on her location , capturing her and her droid , C - 3PO . Capture of Princess Leia . Following Organa ' s capture , the Rebel leader was brought back to the City of Bone to be interviewed by the Suprema . Three stormtroopers escorted Organa into the Suprema ' s office , where she immediately noticed a life - sized hologram of Darth Vader that the Imperial overlord had installed to show his appreciation for the Dark Lord of the Sith . After revealing himself to the Princess , the Suprema became subject to a series of insults by the Rebel leader as she attempted to get a rise out of him . However , the Shimholt was only amused by her antics and refused to respond . During the interrogation , they were interrupted by Dengar who was going back into the field to attempt to capture Shysa once again , and the Suprema returned to his prisoner . After assuring the Princess that he would soon defeat the Mandalorian resistance and showing Tobbi Dala ' s removed armor as proof , the Suprema ordered her and C - 3PO to be taken to the detention cells . However , unknown to the Suprema , one of the stormtroopers was actually Fenn Shysa in disguise . After leading Organa away , Shysa defeated the other stormtrooper escort and released the Princess . Following this , the Rebels also managed to release Tobbi Dala , and the group began to make their way out of the city . Uprising . However , as the Rebels made their way out of the City of Bone , they decided to attempt to free the remaining Mandalorian prisoners . Inside the hangar bay of the city , Shysa fired a flare out of one of the windows of the city , triggering an assault by Mandalorian forces waiting outside . As the Mandalorians began to attack the perimeter of the city and the Imperial forces stationed there , the Suprema was immediately alerted . However , he was suspicious of the timing of the attack , correctly predicting that there was an ulterior motive behind the assault . To prevent any of the prisoners from escaping during the attack , the Suprema ordered that the blast doors to the city be sealed , throwing a hitch into the Rebels ' plans for escape . Trapped within the confines of the city , the Rebels took control of an Imperial airspeeder , taking the fight to the Imperials stationed inside . Hoping to destroy the power to the energy links being used to imprison the Mandalorian slaves , Dala and Organa destroyed the power box to the Imperial shackles . Suddenly freed from their bonds , the Mandalorian slaves began to rise up against their oppressors , throwing the city into disarray . The Rebels used the distraction to make their way to the Suprema ' s office , but found the office door locked . Organa was able to force her way into the room by blasting down the door but was immediately confronted by the Suprema who was prepared for their attack with a hold - out blaster in his clutches . As Tobbi Dala surged forward to eliminate the slavelord , the Suprema hit the Mandalorian Protector with a blaster shot to the chest . However , as Dala began to collapse from his wound , he was able to reach out and grab the Suprema ' s blaster , preventing him from firing on the rest of the attack force . While the Suprema continued to struggle with Dala , Shysa took the opportunity to vault himself over the Suprema ' s desk and kick him full on in the chest , knocking the blaster out of his hand . As the Suprema fell to the ground , Shysa began to beat the Shimholt mercilessly with the butt of his blaster , trying to avenge his fallen friend . However , Organa was able to keep Shysa from killing the alien , claiming that they might eventually have use for him . Shysa reluctantly relented and went to tend Dala ' s wounds . The wound that Dala had sustained was near - fatal , and he directed his friend to leave him , claiming that he would open the blast doors to the city . Death . As the Suprema hauled himself to his feet , he witnessed Dala removing his armor from the trophy case . While massaging the bruises that he had sustained at Shysa ' s hands , the Suprema taunted the Mandalorian , claiming that putting on his armor would not prevent his eventual death . As Dala ignored the insults , he kept his word to Shysa , opening the blast doors to the city . Shysa , Organa , C - 3PO , and a captured Dengar flew out of the city in their captured airspeeder , making their way towards Shysa ' s Mandalorian forces . Close behind the Rebels was Shrike Squadron , an Imperial force of airspeeders , who were attempting to shoot down the fleeing craft . As soon as the Rebels had exited the city , however , Dala closed the blast doors behind them . The Suprema was shocked at this action , realizing that his men would crash headlong into the city walls , most likely igniting the fuel and ammunition near the blast doors . Unfortunately for the Suprema , Dala was perfectly aware of the consequences and ready to face death . True to the Suprema ' s predictions , Shrike Squadron crashed headlong into the blast door , creating a massive explosion that consumed the entire city in flames , killing all the Imperials , Dala , and the Suprema himself . Legacy . Following the death of the Suprema , the Mandalorians returned to their forest base , where they celebrated their victory . Many of the slaves that had been rescued during the attack decided to join the Mandalorians , increasing their ranks . The battle at the City of Bone proved to be the decisive conflict in expelling the Imperials from the world , liberating Mandalore from the Empire ' s grip . Following the battle , Shysa took up the title of Mandalore and began to rebuild the Mandalorian Protectors . With the Suprema dead , the Mandalorians began a campaign against Grand Admiral Miltin Takel , who controlled the Mandalore sector . Personality and traits . The Suprema was a cruel and arrogant individual who delighted in his profession as a slaver . The Shimholt admired other individuals who represented brutality , such as the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader . The Suprema kept a life - sized hologram of Vader in his office in the City of Bone , a statement that went above and beyond the normal trappings of Imperial underlings . The Suprema was quite cultured and refined , using polite wording even when dealing with his own prisoners . During Leia Organa ' s capture , the Suprema responded to the Princess ' taunts and insults with an air of superiority , keeping his anger in check . However , the Suprema proved somewhat excitable , even drooling at one point during his interrogation of Organa . The Suprema enjoyed instilling fear in others , cultivating bizarre rumors about himself to aid in the mystery surrounding him . The Suprema had a formidable appearance , however , he was not much of a brawler , instead relying on a hold - out blaster pistol for defense . During the attack on his office in the Mandalorian uprising , the Suprema relied solely on his weapon , becoming distraught when the blaster was wrested from his grip . He was unable to fend off the attacks of Fenn Shysa , who beat the Shimholt officer mercilessly with the butt of his weapon , proving that hand - to - hand combat may not have been his forte . Behind the scenes . The Suprema was created by David Michelinie , Gene Day and Tom Palmer for use in " " . He died in that same issue , which marked his last appearance in the " Marvel Star Wars " comic book series . The Suprema went unreferenced until the 2005 article , " The History of the Mandalorians " , by Abel G . Peña . The article reiterated some of the Suprema ' s actions that occurred in the Marvel comics , but also stated that the character was an Imperial adviser . The Suprema was mentioned once again in 2007 ' s " Aliens in the Empire " , which was written by Abel G . Peña and Rich Handley . Among other things , the article gave information on the Suprema ' s backstory , including his origins .