Triclops Triclops was a Human mutant slave who was the son of Emperor Palpatine . It is possible that this relation may not have been in a strict biological sense , and that Triclops was the implementation of Darth Plagueis ' s experiments in the influence of midi - chlorians , with the goal of creating a zygote solely through the use of the Force in a fertile humanoid female . Triclops was a white - haired mutant with three eyes , one being on the back of his head , and sported scars on his temples from electroshocks administered by the Galactic Empire . He was trained to be an Emperor ' s Eye but Palpatine considered him one of his greatest failures , and had him imprisoned . He languished for years in an Imperial prison on Kessel , fathering a son , Ken , with a former Jedi named Kendalina . He eventually escaped from the clutches of the Empire and , betraying his father , joined the Rebel Alliance with his son Ken before disappearing from the galaxy entirely . Biography . Early life . According to rumors , the three - eyed mutant known as Triclops was born to Sly Moore , an Umbaran female who had been a close adviser of the Supreme Chancellor and then Galactic Emperor Palpatine . Moore , who had taken great interest in the genetic experiments of the late Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Plagueis , had come into the possession of Force - sensitive DNA from an undisclosed source . If rumors could be relied on , she died in her native Ghost Nebula while giving birth to Triclops , and the child was immediately spirited away by her former confederate , Sarcev Quest . Since Moore was still alive in 18 BBY , one year after the establishment of the Galactic Empire , Triclops would have to be born after that point . Regardless of the veracity of that report , Triclops was regarded as the true son of Palpatine , both by himself and the few high - ranking officials who knew of him . Triclops ' education was entrusted to the Prophets of the Dark Side , an ancient cult who had pledged allegiance to Palpatine ' s Galactic Empire . He was trained to become an Emperor ' s Eye , a Dark Side Adept with a particular propensity for seeing into the Force . However , the three - eyed prophet in training proved to be a disappointment , and the Emperor himself regarded him as a personal failure . According to the Bimm con artist Rajah Ubooki , who posed as the false Supreme Prophet Kadann , Palpatine had sensed that Triclops could grow more powerful than him in the Force , and was also a pacifist who believed in disarmament instead of war . Rather than killing him , the Emperor made his own son a common slave in the spice mines of Kessel . Imprisonment . While imprisoned in the Kessel mines asylum , Triclops was often whipped by the Supreme Slavelord himself , another three - eyed man named Trioculus . While the Supreme Slaver was also a byproduct of Palpatine ' s machinations , albeit via experimentation , he was jealous of Triclops ' position as the Emperor ' s true son . While whipping him , Trioculus used to swear that he would one day assume Triclops ' identity and take over as ruler of the Empire . In 7 BBY , Triclops fell in love with Kendalina , a grey - eyed " Jedi Princess " who had been forced to pledge allegiance to the Empire and assigned to work as a nurse in the asylum . The two produced an offspring , a boy whom they named Ken . When the Empire discovered their relationship , they killed Kendalina , an event that was burned into Triclops ' memory forever . In secret , the infant Ken was taken to the Lost City of the Jedi on Yavin 4 , where he would remain for twelve years , while Triclops remained in the Empire ' s firm grip . In addition to being regularly tortured , Palpatine ' son was unwittingly outfitted with a HoloNet transceiver implant in his right upper molar . That device could not only broadcast Triclops ' s thoughts to the Imperial probe droids , but it also duplicated the mind - controlling effects of Nihil smokestone , sending electromagnetic signals into his brain while he was in a state of very sound sleep . When Palpatine died , rumors began to abound that the Emperor had a three - eyed son . However , the Imperial Grand Moffs considered Triclops to be both insane and dangerous , due in part to his pacifistic views and calls for disarmament . Grand Moff Bertroff Hissa took advantage of this , setting up Supreme Slavelord Trioculus as Palpatine ' s heir . Triclops was later moved to the new Imperial Reprogramming Institute , a prison and lunatic asylum nestled in the Valley of Royalty of Duro , not far from ancient monuments . In the Institute , the Empire kept its most dangerous prisoners . The son of Palpatine was put in Experimental Section Two , where — according to the false Kadann — even the most insane prisoners ultimately learned obedience to the Empire . Triclops was put under the rule of Defeen , a male Defel who was tasked with reprogramming him . One day in 5 ABY , Triclops was finally able to escape Experimental Section Two , with the help of an Imperial assassin droid the assassination protocols of which had been deactivated . However , Triclops could not pass over the Great Wall without a spaceship or a floating vehicle , which prompted him to hide somewhere in the Valley of Royalty . With the assistance of the reprogrammed assassin droid , he climbed down the mouth of the monument of Queen Rana Mas Trehalt in hopes of finding his way to freedom . However , he and the droid got trapped in a series of tunnels instead . He remained there until an intervention team sent by the Alliance to Restore the Republic discovered the tunnel and freed him . The team in question was made of Commander Luke Skywalker , his wartime friend Han Solo , the protocol droid C - 3PO and a young Human who was none other than Ken , Triclops ' long lost son . Now aligned with his rescuers , Triclops joined the Alliance with the aid of his son and Skywalker , but was held under close supervision by Mon Mothma for fear that he was an Imperial spy . Discovery . It was around this time that the Empire ' s reasons for keeping Triclops alive became clear : while asleep , he would dream designs for deadly new machines of war , which the Empire would later produce . During these dreams he would often enter convulsive fits , and even the mighty Chewbacca could be hard - pressed to restrain him . He would not , however , recall the dreams after awakening , never realizing that he was aiding the Empire he despised . On Yavin 4 , Triclops , after writing an impassioned letter to Ken , escaped into the jungles of the moon . Several months later he became the slave of the false Kadann and helped him escape the Lost City of the Jedi and make his way offworld . He was last seen when he stormed into the Grand Audience Chamber of the Massassi Temple , where the wedding ceremony of Han Solo and Leia Organa was about to start , and attacked the attendants in a fit of madness induced by his mind controlling implant . Behind the scenes . Origins . Triclops was created by Paul and Hollace Davids for their young readers " Jedi Prince " series . He was first mentioned in " The Glove of Darth Vader " , but made his sole appearances in the flesh in the three last books of the series , " Mission from Mount Yoda " , " Queen of the Empire " , and " Prophets of the Dark Side " . Controversy over ascendancy . In the " Jedi Prince " series , Triclops was introduced as the son of Emperor Palpatine , which author Paul Davids intended to be the literal in - universe truth . However , in 2007 , authors Abel G . Peña and Rich Handley wrote " Aliens in the Empire " , an online supplement to " Star Wars Insider 96 " and " 97 " , which cast doubt on the literality of the phrase " son of Palpatine . " The article mentioned a three - eyed mutant who was born from a Bordal i woman named Niobi and was the result of Imperial genetic engineering . At the time , Peña hinted on the Jedi Council Forums that the mutant in question was Triclops . However , in 2013 , Peña and Handley wrote a new series of article for the official Star Wars Blog , entitled " " . In part one of that series , it was revealed that the three - eyed son of Niobi was in fact Trioculus , which effectively retcon ned what had been speculated on the Jedi Council Forums . In part three of the article series , which was released on September 12 , 2013 , Handley and Peña finally tied Triclops with Sly Moore , but did not explicitly reveal the father ' s identity . Later in the year , Peña and Greg Mitchell co - wrote another blog article titled " " , which explicitely referred to Triclops as Palpatine ' s true son , not simply an alleged one .