Ommin Ommin was a Human male Sith sorcerer and also a direct descendant of the ancient Dark Lord of the Sith Freedon Nadd . As a youth , Ommin was instructed in Sith teachings by his father , the previous King of Onderon . He became king after his father ' s death , as well as the Sith apprentice of Freedon Nadd , the ghost of whom accelerated the new monarch ' s Sith indoctrination . Early during his reign as King , Ommin married the noblewoman Amanoa , and eventually the couple birthed a daughter named Galia , whom they intended to also be trained in the ways of the Sith . When his relentless studies into the dark side began to have adverse effects on his physical body , Ommin curtailed them , retired from Onderonian politics and faded from visibility , leaving the rule of the planet in the hands of his wife . The general populace of Onderon believed Ommin to be dead , and rumors of him actually being alive were unfounded until the death of Amanoa in 4000 BBY at the hands of the Jedi . Ommin then returned to the forefront of Onderonian events , having survived through use of a special life - support system and in command of a dark side army . Supported by the power of Freedon Nadd , the army waged war on the invading forces of the Jedi Order and Galactic Republic . In 3998 BBY , Jedi Master Arca Jeth and his apprentices defeated Ommin and ultimately triumphed over Nadd ' s influence , finally bringing peace to the war - torn planet . The sorcerer - King of Onderon joined both his wife and Sith Master in death , with all three being interred in a mausoleum on his home planet ' s fourth moon of Dxun . Biography . Early life . Ommin was a member of the Onderon Royal Family . He was a direct descendant of Freedon Nadd , a Dark Lord of the Sith who ruled Onderon more than four centuries before . The Royal Family was the heir to the legacies of Nadd : the Tomb of Freedon Nadd , which was a focal point of dark side energy , and a collection of Sith artifacts , including at least two Sith sword s and a Sith amulet . In the tradition of his predecessors , Ommin was indoctrinated in the ways of the ancient Sith and learned to harness the power of the dark side . As a youth , Ommin was apprenticed to his father who began his rudimentary instruction into the ways of the ancient Sith . Ommin originally felt as though Sith lore was merely part of his royal tutoring , believing his father was only teaching him lessons in the use of power ; however , he soon realized that the dark side offered many other possibilities . Thus , Ommin devoted himself to learning Sith sorcery . After his father ' s death , when Ommin assumed Kingship of the walled city of Iziz , he had also grown enough in skill to summon Nadd ' s spirit from Chaos . Sith training . Freedon Nadd taught Ommin much more than his father had , imparting not only dark side knowledge but ancient Sith traditions as well . Ommin ruled Iziz in the same manner as his forefathers , dominating the citizens through the power of the dark side . Sometime during his tutelage under Nadd , Ommin married Amanoa , the daughter of an Onderonian nobleman , thereby taking her as his Queen . Over the years the couple had a daughter named Galia . Ommin eventually lost interest in the mundane daily activities of life and secretly focused his attention on his training under Nadd . Ommin learned more and more of the dark side and its nature from the Sith Lord , and soon he was completely given over to it . Amanoa did not suspect Ommin ' s dark side allegiance for many years , and when she did , she attempted to break the bond between him and his Sith ancestor . Her attempts were futile ones however , as Ommin had become too strong . Eventually , with the help of Nadd , Ommin corrupted his wife to the dark side , and the couple became powerful Sith sorcerer s . Someday , Ommin decided , he would turn his daughter Galia to the dark side as well . The love between Ommin and Amanoa faded during their quest for dark side power . Mistrust , loathing , and outright hatred filled the empty space . Little did the couple know that they were both being manipulated by Nadd . Nadd ' s ultimate goal was to physically resurrect himself and wield the dark side once more as ruler of Onderon . By teaching his descendants well , Nadd hoped to find a candidate powerful enough to master Sith alchemy , and help recreate a body to house his spirit . To ensure Ommin or Amanoa would be powerful enough , Nadd made them compete with each other . Pall of the dark side . However , forbidden teachings were not absolved of consequence . Ommin ' s bones and flesh slowly decayed under the weight of the dark side , until he became an invalid , decrepit and helpless . To compensate for this , his personal doctors constructed a special iron exoskeleton to support his physical body and flesh . The trappings of a metal support frame severely restricted Ommin ' s mobility , and as a result , personally attending to matters of state became difficult . Ommin therefore charged his personal aide , a young Onderonian politician named Tolo Kad , with the business of the King ' s affairs . On one such occasion , Kad failed him utterly in the arrangement of a state dinner . In the midst of the engagement , Ommin lashed out with the dark side and killed Kad for his embarrassing blunder . In reality , Kad ' s failure had been the secret design of Kad ' s own aide Novar , who often completed the tasks Kad took credit for . The young Novar was then appointed Minister of State and also selected as the King ' s new aide . The failure of Kad happened just as Novar knew it would , having engineered the event himself to further his own political machinations . After a decade of Novar ' s maneuvering , Ommin took him as his Sith apprentice . However , two years into Novar ' s teaching , Ommin ' s body had become too ravaged to continue any further . The King retired from the public eye , handing both Iziz and Novar ' s dark side study to his wife . Thus , Amanoa assumed the daily responsibilities as ruler of Onderon . It was then that Nadd realized the King and Queen had failed him : Ommin himself would never be strong enough to fulfill Nadd ' s dream , while Amanoa would not further her own study once her husband failed to maintain competition with her . The Freedon Nadd Uprising . After years of isolation , pieces of major news began to reach Ommin in his lair . He learned that his wife , Queen Amanoa , had come into conflict with Onderon ' s Beast Riders , and that she had requested the assistance of the Onderon system ' s Jedi watchmen to help her defeat them . He also learned that the Beast Riders staged an assault during which Galia was kidnapped by the Beast - Lord Oron Kira , and that Amanoa ordered the Jedi Ulic Qel - Droma to rescue her daughter . Qel - Droma then brought Galia and her Beast - Lord husband before the Queen with hopes of peacefully settling their differences , but the Jedi discovered that Amanoa was given over to the dark side , and that under her , the citizens of Iziz were worshiping the spirit of Freedon Nadd . Peace talks utterly failed between the Queen and the Beast - Lord , and the meeting quickly degenerated into more aggressive negotiations . The Jedi / Beast Rider war effort was successful , though Amanoa perished with the arrival of Jedi Master Arca Jeth , and Ommin ' s daughter Galia was newly wed to the Beast - Lord Oron Kira . Galia filled her mother ' s vacancy and became Queen , with the Beast - Lord as her consort . Ommin in turn plotted to take the planet back from his daughter and the Beast - Lord , and reclaim the throne as rightful King of Onderon . In a surprise assault , he dispatched his minions to launch attacks throughout the fortified city of Iziz . Sensing the presence of the dark side haunting the planet , the Jedi Knights , led by Master Jeth decided to move the coffins of Amanoa and Freedon Nadd to Onderon ' s fourth moon , Dxun . Before the tombs could be relocated , however , one of Ommin ' s minions , the armor - clad Dark Jedi Warb Null , ambushed the Knights with a massive groundborer and the King ' s Naddist army in tow . Ommin meanwhile sensed Jeth ' s presence above ground , and incapacitated him through the Force with a dark side backlash . Jeth was down , and the Jedi Knights were held at bay by the armored darksider and his war machine while his Naddist army successfully recovered both sarcophagi . As Jeth recovered , the Jedi deduced that if the King was indeed alive and behind the attack , the groundborer ' s departure tunnel would take them to his hideout . Queen Galia then led Jeth and his apprentice Ulic Qel - Droma through the catacombs . Soon , Galia discovered that she was unfamiliar with the tunnels , as they ran deeper than any she had previously encountered . Jeth , though , was following the strong pull of the dark side in the tunnels , until the trio came upon none other than Ommin himself . Galia gasped in horror at the sight of her father , who was connected to a complex life support system . The most intriguing sight to them was Ommin ' s mechanical exoskeleton , which , as he described to the Jedi and his daughter , was a necessity ; the King ' s prolonged exposure to the dark side had detrimental effects on his body , and over time he grew dependent on this iron support contraption to replace his natural mobility . Appearing weak and virtually helpless to his guests , Ommin was confronted by Jeth , who demanded the return of the physical remains of Freedon Nadd . When the Jedi Master approached the King , however , Ommin blasted him with a torrent of Force lightning , which knocked Jeth back . As Qel - Droma rushed to his Master ' s side , the spirit of Nadd himself suddenly appeared behind the King . Only then did the Jedi realize that Ommin was far from being as helpless as he pretended , and in fact had been empowered by Nadd ' s spirit . As Jeth was distracted by the ancient Dark Lord , Ommin rose and seized him by the throat , then incapacitated Jeth by smothering him with waves of dark side energy . Ommin attempted to seduce Galia with the dark side as well , but was quickly rebuked by the Princess . Nadd then ordered his foremost servant , Warb Null , to deal with Qel - Droma , and he obliged by engaging the Jedi in a lightsaber duel . Qel - Droma swiftly triumphed over the armored warrior , but at Nadd ' s order , Ommin kidnapped Jeth and fled deeper into his subterranean stronghold . The battle for Onderon . Qel - Droma and Galia escaped the tunnels without Jeth , pursued by Ommin ' s army of darksiders . When they reached the surface , Galia was ferried away to safety while Qel - Droma sent a distress signal to Coruscant , the seat of the Galactic Republic . Coruscant in turn dispatched the Republic war - fleet in defense of Onderon , while on the Jedi stronghold - planet of Ossus , five Jedi Knights were dispatched in response to the call for aid . The battle was going well for the Naddists . Ommin ' s dark side army had successfully driven back Oron Kira and his Beast Riders , and Kira ' s Jedi companions were suffering from diminished ability in the Force due to Ommin ' s dark side thrall over the planet . For two days , the Naddists had the Beast Riders and Jedi pinned down in Kira ' s forest stronghold , before the arrival of the Republic - Jedi relief force . One of the Jedi , the newly - knighted Nomi Sunrider , managed to turn the tide of the conflict with her Jedi battle meditation , which provided empowerment for her allies while demoralizing the resolve of the darksiders . Ommin received report of the surface battle from Novar , who informed him that at first the battle had been in their favor , but things were changing with the arrival of the Jedi and Republic . Novar told the King that one of the newly arrived Jedi held great power , and that she was the cause for the diminished influence of the dark side . He also mentioned that in the midst of battle , two travelers in possession of dark side artifacts had arrived in Iziz , requesting an audience with the King . Concerned by this , Ommin ordered Novar to bring the guests while he dealt with the Jedi woman . Reaching out through the Force , Ommin searched for young Nomi Sunrider on the battlefield . When he located her , the King withdrew his dark influence from the planet ' s atmosphere and instead focused it in one concentrated attack directed at Sunrider . Unable to withstand the backlash , Sunrider was incapacitated . Back in his lair , Ommin sat in the company of his dark side warriors , satisfied with his victory over the novice Jedi . Novar then arrived with two visitors , Satal and Aleema Keto of the Empress Teta system . Treachery of a Sith Lord . After stealing a Sith spellbook from the Museum of Dark Side Antiquities on Coruscant , the Ketos then journeyed to Onderon in search of assistance with deciphering the text . Apprehensive at first , Satal inquired if the King was knowledgeable enough to provide the assistance they sought . Ommin obliged them , and while rendering Satal temporarily uneasy with his power , gave the young man a Sith amulet , which granted its wielder the ability to read ancient Sith text . Ommin allowed Satal to keep the talisman as a gift , in return for being allowed to make a copy of the book for himself . While Ommin ordered Novar to handle the transcription , the King showed the Ketos his most prized possession : Jedi Master Arca Jeth , tortured and imprisoned by the dark side of the Force . Ommin ' s plan was to destroy his body until it forced Jeth to call on the power of the dark side , at which time Ommin would restore him as a Dark Jedi . However , Jeth ' s knowledge that other Jedi were coming for him gave him strength enough to resist the darkness . He called the King close to him , and told him that his Knights had arrived to free him . At that very moment , the reinforced Jedi task force consisting of Nomi Sunrider , Ulic and Cay Qel - Droma , the Vultan Oss Wilum , Dace Diath , Tott Doneeta , and the Miraluka Jedi Shoaneb Culu , broke into Ommin ' s lair . Fighting erupted immediately as Ommin and his darksider army were caught by surprise . Cay Qel - Droma lost his droid arm to a Sith warbot during the skirmish , but succeeded in destroying his attacker . Meanwhile , unwilling to be caught in the midst of the commotion , Satal and Aleema scurried away deeper into the tunnels under the palace . As the other Jedi made short work of Ommin ' s lackeys , the King joined the fight personally , determined to show the Jedi the true nature of the dark side . He immediately unleashed a barrage of Sith lightning , taunting the Jedi as they suffered the full brunt of his attack . The Jedi recovered , but Ommin attacked them again , this time catching both Sunrider and Ulic Qel - Droma with a potent blast of dark side energy . Before the King could mount another attack , however , Ulic Qel - Droma sliced apart his exoskeleton . Ommin ' s body collapsed , and he lay squirming on the floor , moments away from death . Freedon Nadd , after guiding the Ketos into the subterranean chambers of the palace , arrived by Ommin ' s side . The King begged for Nadd ' s assistance , but the Sith Lord refused him . Seeing the potential in the Ketos , Nadd decided to abandon the King , and restore his legacy through Satal and Aleema . Nadd then submitted Ommin to the dark side in front of the Jedi — the life of King Ommin of Onderon was forfeited by his own ancestor . After the revolt was settled , Ommin ' s sarcophagus , together with his wife ' s , was moved to Dxun and interred within the new tomb of Freedon Nadd . Personality and traits . As a young man , Ommin was an avid learner and received lessons in etiquette and politics , and was also brought up in the dark side traditions of his royal forefathers . He became very knowledgeable in Sith lore , and was fluent in Onderonian , Galactic Basic , and ancient Sith . Himself a noble , it was only fitting that he be betrothed to a noblewoman , and thus wed Amanoa . Also in line with tradition , the King ' s wife was indoctrinated in the ways of the Sith . King Ommin was an intelligent man who was dedicated to the Sith and their traditions . He did not suffer incompetence from his subordinates , such as when he eliminated the former Minister of State , Tolo Kad , for his failure . Ommin was competitive by nature and a sound military commander , though he was restricted to delegating orders from his underground lair due to his support skeleton . Also because of his restriction , he found it necessary to trick individuals into coming near him , and then attack them with dark side energy . Occasionally Ommin sacrificed those whom he deemed expendable , as evidenced when he did nothing to stop the impending death of Warb Null at the hands of Ulic Qel - Droma . He was fully devoted to his dark side Master Freedon Nadd , carrying on Nadd ' s legacy just as his fathers before him had done . His devotion to Freedon Nadd and his dark side teachings sometimes led Ommin into torturing individuals , as he did with Jedi Master Arca Jeth with dark side energy , hoping to extinguish his light and restore him as a Dark Jedi . Collector . Ommin was very well versed in Sith lore , and was always eager to acquire more " Sith treasures , " as he called them . He was an eccentric man , despite his appearance ; his lineage granted him the inheritance of a plethora of these treasures , and he kept them readily available and on display . When the Ketos visited with the King , he brought the youths to a glass showcase , where he removed one of his many Sith amulets . Ommin himself also wore an amulet around his neck . When the Ketos presented their Sith spellbook to the King , he was anxious to transcribe a copy for himself immediately . Among his collection of artifacts were at least two Sith swords , a number of Sith amulets and talismans , and Sith tomes . After the death of Amanoa , Ommin came into possession of Freedon Nadd ' s sarcophagus , an object of great dark side power . His most " prized possession , " however , was the Jedi Master Arca Jeth , whom Ommin had captured and imprisoned , hanging him on a wall as though he were a work of art . Ommin eventually lost all of his Sith treasures , including the imprisoned Jedi Master , when he died . Freedon Nadd gifted Aleema and Satal Keto with the majority of Ommin ' s artifacts , and the remainder of them were sealed in Nadd ' s tomb with the sarcophagi of Ommin , Amanoa , and Freedon Nadd , by Ommin ' s former " most prized possession , " Arca Jeth himself . Powers and abilities . The apprentice of the Dark Lord Freedon Nadd , King Ommin studied the dark side alongside his wife , Queen Amanoa . For a time the King and Queen competed with each other in their studies , and both became stronger for it . When the debilitating effects of the dark side began to take its toll on Ommin , he withdrew from his studies , the competition with his wife , and leadership of Onderon overall . Though he never resumed his apprenticeship , he still maintained the power that was granted him through his ancestor Nadd . As a Sith sorcerer , Ommin displayed a considerable mastery of Sith magic and of the dark side in general . According to Jedi Master Arca Jeth , Ommin ' s dark side energy was the strongest he had ever encountered . On several occasions , the King was able to lash out through the dark side of the Force and attack Jedi that were great distances away from him . His attack was so powerful that it was able to incapacitate even a Jedi Master , as done with Jeth . Ommin was able to channel the dark side in such a manner that it permeated the very atmosphere of Onderon so that the Jedi Knights present felt their strength in the Force diminished . He was also able to project blasts of what was described as " infinite hatred . " When channeling the dark side in this way , Ommin ' s body and eyes radiated with a fluorescent green aura . Ommin was also proficient with Sith lightning , using it against the Jedi . With his lightning Ommin subdued Jeth and also humbled Jeth ' s apprentices when they tried to rescue him . Afterwards , Ommin used a lightning - based torture - restraint to confine Jeth and hold him fast on the wall of his lair . Ommin was able to summon dark side spirits from Chaos , as he did with the spirit of Freedon Nadd , and he also claimed ability to create these spirits as well . According to Ommin , he could subject individuals to the power of the dark side so heavily that they would be forced to call on its power to save themselves . After the victim succumbed to the darkness , Ommin would destroy the body and then resurrect them as a dark side spirit . Equipment . In his youth , Ommin had all the faculties of a normal man , being to move about freely and as he chose . However , as he engrossed himself more and more in the Sith arts , the dark side power began to twist him and corrupt his flesh . Ommin ' s body had become decayed and brittle . His bones softened and weakened , and before long he was unable to sustain movement of his limbs and flesh . As a result , Ommin had constructed for himself a durasteel harness to support his physical body . This " metal exoskeleton " was attached to the King from his head to toe , to the tips of each finger . Because the girth of the machinery rendered it virtually stationary , Ommin was restricted to confinement in his underground lair . From here he would receive reports of the state of affairs above ground , and through his servant Novar , direct the course of battle . He was not entirely immobile , however . The exoskeleton offered him some movement , such as being able to fully operate his arms and legs , albeit still within the confines of his lair . The exoskeleton also provided the King with amplified measure of strength . He was able to lift Arca Jeth off the ground while holding the Jedi Master by his neck , and then retreated deeper into the caverns with Jeth ' s body . While the metal frame augmented his strength , Ommin was further empowered by the spirit of Freedon Nadd . When the exoskeleton was destroyed by Ulic Qel - Droma , Ommin collapsed to the ground like an Arkanian jellyfish , and Nadd withdrew his power from him as well . Behind the scenes . The character of Ommin first appeared as the main antagonist in the story arc " " of the comic series " " , created by writer Tom Veitch , which is his only comic appearance . He was first mentioned , however , in the " " story arc , laying the foundation for his character to be further expounded in the following Freedon Nadd Uprising storyarc . For the " Tales of the Jedi " audio drama , an new spin to the already established character of Ommin was displayed by voice actor Larry Keith . The audio drama also made use of Ommin ' s proficiency with Force lightning , something he is not shown using at all in his comic appearances . Ommin ' s backstory was further explored in 1996 ' s " Tales of the Jedi Companion " , a supplementary guide to the " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " . More backstory details were provided for Ommin in 2001 ' s " Dark Side Sourcebook " . The sourcebook further delves into Ommin ' s Sith heritage , and includes his relation to Freedon Nadd , his marriage to Amanoa , and his Sith instruction of the character Novar .