Xecr Nist Xecr Nist was a Human male Dark Side Adept and an adviser serving Galactic Emperor Palpatine , who had been reborn in clone bodies after his death at the hands of Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker and his sister Leia Organa Solo . Soon after Palpatine ' s rebirth , Nist , along with another adept , Tedryn - Sha , accompanied him on an inspection tour of his new superweapon , the Galaxy Gun . During the tour , Palpatine was informed that two Dark Jedi members of his Dark Side Elite , Executor Sedriss , and Vill Goir , had been killed by Skywalker on the planet Ossus . To replace his fallen Dark Jedi , the Emperor empowered Xecr Nist and Tedryn - Sha with the dark side of the Force and named Nist his new Executor . Soon after that , Nist , along with the rest of the Dark Side Elite , was dispatched to the planet New Alderaan to kidnap the children of Leia Organa Solo , Jaina and Jacen , whom the Emperor wanted to turn to the dark side . The Dark Jedi , however , failed their mission because of the interference from Luke Skywalker ' s Jedi . Four members of the Dark Side Elite were killed during the operation , and the New Republic troops stationed on the planet managed to escape with the Solo children . Returning from New Alderaan , Nist took possession of Bast Castle on the planet Vjun , while Palpatine used his Galaxy Gun to bring more and more planets under his rule . Soon , as a result of its genetic instability , the Emperor ' s clone body began to decay . In need for a gene sample taken from a Force - sensitive to make new clones , Palpatine sent Nist to capture several members of the Jedi - descended Ysanna tribe on Ossus . Xecr Nist completed this objective and took three Ysanna shamans to Vjun , but was followed there by Skywalker and his Jedi . After a brief battle between the Dark Jedi and their light side rivals , all members of the Dark Side Elite were killed , except for the Executor himself . Xecr Nist was captured by Skywalker and later died in a New Republic prison . Biography . Executor . The Human male Xecr Nist was a Dark Side Adept loyal to Galactic Emperor Palpatine and his Dark Empire . After Palpatine was killed in 10 ABY by the Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker and his sister Leia Organa Solo , he was reborn in one of his clone bodies stored in the Emperor ' s Citadel on the planet Byss . During this time , Nist served Palpatine as one of his personal advisors . Soon after the Emperor ' s return , Nist , along with his fellow darksider Tedryn - Sha and the Imperial engineer Umak Leth , accompanied Palpatine in a shuttle on an inspection tour of the newest Imperial superweapon , the Galaxy Gun , which was nearing completing in orbit of Byss . As their shuttle circled around the Galaxy Gun , however , Palpatine received word that Executor Sedriss and Vill Goir — two members of the Dark Side Elite , a select cadre of the Emperor ' s Dark Jedi — had been killed by Luke Skywalker on the planet Ossus . Fearing that , without his Dark Side warriors , Skywalker could triumph over him , Palpatine quickly turned his attention to Nist and Tedryn - Sha . Stating that they had made progress in submitting to his will , Palpatine imbued Nist and Tedryn - Sha with the dark side , granting them powers of the Dark Jedi and naming Xecr Nist the new Executor to replace the fallen Sedriss . In turn , Tedryn - Sha was made Palpatine ' s second - in - command . As the Emperor continued his inspection of the Galaxy Gun with Nist , Tedryn - Sha , and Leth , a cargo of new X - 1 Viper droids arrived on Byss , bought from governor Beltane of the planet Balmorra . Unbeknownst to the Imperials , Beltane had made a deal with the New Republic and allowed them to load the droids with New Republic soldiers . Once the droids were delivered to Byss , the soldiers activated them and assaulted the Emperor ' s Citadel . The Emperor then commanded his adepts in the Citadel to unleash his Chrysalide rancors , which decimated the Vipers , although the New Republic troops themselves managed to escape with the help of some local smugglers . Certain that his Galaxy Gun would crush the New Republic despite the enemies ' escape , Palpatine told his forces not to waste firepower on the fleeing smuggler ships , much to the surprise of his newly - appointed Dark Jedi . Instead , Palpatine gave an order to fire his new weapon at the New Republic Pinnacle Base on the moon Da Soocha V . New Alderaan . With Pinnacle Base successfully obliterated by the Galaxy Gun and the remnants of the New Republic scattered throughout the galaxy , Palpatine was certain that Luke Skywalker and all Jedi he had managed to assemble would go straight to the secret hiding place of Leia Organa Solo and her children — the twins Jaina and Jacen , whom the Emperor hoped to turn over to the dark side . Soon , a New Republic pilot named Ntthan was captured by the Empire in an uncharted region of space and delivered to Bast Castle on the planet Vjun , where Dark Jedi Kvag Gthull started torturing him on Organa Solo ' s location . To oversee the results of Ntthan ' s interrogation , Nist accompanied Palpatine to Bast Castle aboard the " Lambda " - class shuttle " Tridius " , where he was awed by the statue of the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader that had been erected by the late Sedriss . Noticing Nist ' s admiration of the statue , Palpatine ordered the Executor to remove it . The Emperor then proceeded to question Gthull on the progress of the interrogation , and the Dark Jedi informed Palpatine that Ntthan had revealed the coordinates and the name of the planet — New Alderaan . Having received this information , Palpatine ordered Nist to mobilize the members of the Dark Side Elite and depart for New Alderaan , where they were to capture Skywalker and all his Jedi , along with Organa Solo ' s children . After that , the Dark Side Elite was to utilize AT - ATs to destroy the New Republic settlement on the planet . Boarding the I - 7 Howlrunner starships of Dark Side Squadron , the Dark Jedi departed for New Alderaan . After landing on the planet , Nist dispatched Tedryn - Sha and Krdys Mordi to poison Skywalker with scarab droids and capture him , while he and the rest of the Dark Jedi went to kidnap the Solo twins . Sha and Mordi , however , failed to complete their mission and were killed by Organa Solo and one of Skywalker ' s Jedi , Jem Ysanna , although Jem herself was mortally wounded by Sha and soon died as well . Meanwhile , Nist and the other Dark Jedi reached the building where the Solo children were located . After being informed of Sha and Mordi ' s failure , Nist ordered Kvag Gthull to infiltrate the building and capture the twins . While Gthull executed Nist ' s order , the Executor and the three remaining Dark Jedi were confronted by three of Skywalker ' s Jedi — Empatojayos Brand , Rayf Ysanna , and the Dark Side Elite defector Kam Solusar . After a brief lightsaber duel , one darksider was killed and Nist himself was bested by Solusar . Although defeated , the Executor was quick to order Kvag Gthull , who had managed to capture the twins , to order the AT - ATs to attack . Gthull followed Nist ' s command and alerted the AT - ATs , but was spotted by the Jedi and killed by Organa Solo ' s blaster shot immediately thereafter . With both attempts at capturing the Solo twins and Skywalker having failed , Nist and the two remaining members of the Dark Side Elite took advantage of their enemies ' preoccupation with the AT - AT attack and retreated to their Howlrunners . As the New Republic troopers on New Alderaan found themselves fighting against the overwhelming forces of AT - ATs , the same smugglers who had escaped from Byss arrived , backed by an X - Wing flight group . The smugglers engaged the AT - ATs and evacuated all surviving New Republic personnel , including Skywalker , Skywalker ' s Jedi , Organa Solo , and the twins . Xecr Nist and his Dark Jedi chased the fleeing smuggler ships in their Howlrunners , but the smugglers were able to escape by making a jump to hyperspace . Abduction of the Ysanna . After the failed mission on New Alderaan , Palpatine restored the number of the Dark Side Elite back to seven by 11 ABY and promised Nist an entire star system should the Executor bring Skywalker ' s dead body to him . All the while , the Emperor continued to use his Galaxy Gun , destroying such targets as the New Republic troopship " Pelagia " , inspiring fear and forcing many planets to swear loyalty to the Empire . During this time , Nist took possession of Bast Castle , which had once belonged to Sedriss , and prior to him , to Darth Vader himself . Disobeying Palpatine , Nist did not remove the statue of Vader , hoping that the Emperor would forget his order . Soon , Palpatine himself began to suffer from the decaying effects of his clone ' s genetic instability , a result of a secret treachery of the Emperor ' s physician , who had been bribed by Royal Guard Carnor Jax to tamper with the genetic material of the clones . Since all other clones had been previously destroyed by Skywalker and the two traitorous Imperial Ruling Council members Nefta and Sa - Di , and new clones could not be bred from the faulty genetic material , Palpatine needed a gene sample taken from a Force - sensitive to restore his line of clones . To this end , Palpatine dispatched Nist to Ossus , ordering the Executor to bring several members of the native Ysanna tribe , who were descended from Jedi , to Vjun . Landing on Ossus , Nist and his stormtroopers quickly secured three Ysanna shamans and proceeded to herd them into Imperial hunter starships . During the loading process , one of the shamans , Okko , tried to mind trick a stormtrooper into letting him go . Sensing Okko ' s usage of the Force , Nist punched the shaman , freeing the stormtrooper from the effects of the mind trick . Having captured the shamans , Nist ' s forces departed Ossus , but were spotted by Skywalker , who had just arrived there . After discovering that the Imperials were headed to Vjun , Skywalker pursued them , though Nist was aware that he was being followed . Final confrontation . Landing on Vjun , Nist ordered his stormtroopers to freeze the shamans in carbonite , so they could be kept in suspended animation until the Emperor constructed a new clone laboratory . After being informed of two approaching ships and sensing that Skywalker was aboard one of them , Nist ordered Bast Castle ' s blast doors to be closed , but also that the ships be allowed to land . He then assembled all six Dark Jedi and prepared to meet the Jedi . Skywalker , however , used Solusar ' s robotic - controlled Howlrunner to ram the blast doors and engaged the Dark Jedi inside the castle , quickly killing two of them . As Kam Solusar battled three darksiders at once , Rayf Ysanna engaged the remaining one , and Nist and Skywalker engaged in a duel . After several blows , Nist and Skywalker locked their lightsabers until the Jedi suddenly deactivated his weapon . Caught off guard by this maneuver , Nist lost his balance and fell to the floor . Skywalker then used the Force to topple the statue of Darth Vader , causing it to fall and crush the three Dark Jedi who attacked Solusar . After killing the remaining darksider , the Jedi quickly subdued Nist and took him prisoner , asking how to unfreeze the Ysanna shamans . Claiming that the Emperor could not be defeated , Nist refused to tell anything to his captors . Despite Nist ' s beliefs , however , the Emperor was soon killed on the planet Onderon , his spirit dragged into Chaos by Empatojayos Brand . Nist himself soon died in a New Republic prison , leaving the defected Kam Solusar the only surviving member of the Dark Side Elite . Personality and traits . Xecr Nist was very loyal to Palpatine and advanced in submission to his will , to the point that he was considered one of the reborn Palpatine ' s advisers . Nist firmly believed that his Emperor was virtually invincible and could not be killed . Fearful of his Master ' s authority and power , Nist fulfilled Palpatine ' s every command . The Emperor himself acknowledged Nist ' s loyalty before empowering him with the dark side . Such unquestionable submission eventually led Nist to the possession of Bast Castle , which he had wanted to own for a long time . Despite his loyalty , however , Nist dared to disobey Palpatine ' s order to remove the statue of Darth Vader because of the great awe he felt toward the Emperor ' s former apprentice . Nist was a very self - confident person , considering that in his position as the Emperor ' s right hand , nothing could stop him . Contrary to his beliefs , Nist was defeated in a lightsaber duel twice , first by Kam Solusar on New Alderaan and then by Luke Skywalker on Vjun . Like all members of the Dark Side Elite , Nist wore long dark robes , heavy boots and gauntlets and covered his head with a hood . Nist considered scarab droids , who burrowed into the flesh of their victims , to be " lovely creatures . " The individual had light skin . Powers and abilities . After enduring a traumatic and painful initiation to the Dark Side Elite , Xecr Nist became immersed in the dark side of the Force , acquiring a more sinister attitude and manner of speech and a yellow glow in his eyes . He could wield a lightsaber in battle . The Executor trusted the dark side to guide him to Skywalker on New Alderaan and reprimanded Tedryn - Sha for failing to mask his presence from Skywalker . Nist was able to sense Okko using a mind trick on a stormtrooper and felt that Luke Skywalker was aboard one of the ships headed for Bast Castle . Although initially wary of Skywalker during the mission to New Alderaan , as his self - confidence grew , Nist became to consider himself to be very powerful and ultimately came to think that even Skywalker was no match for him . Despite what he believed , all Nist ' s powers and lightsaber skills were not enough to defeat the Jedi . He was able to pilot an I - 7 Howlrunner , leading the Dark Side Squadron under the callsign Dark Side One . Behind the scenes . Xecr Nist first appeared in the 1995 comic book " " , written by Tom Veitch and illustrated by Cam Kennedy . The character went on to appear in the two final issues of the " Dark Empire II " series , as well as the of the follow - up series " Empire ' s End " , illustrated by Jim Baikie and in the audio dramatization of both comics . Nist was briefly mentioned in Sedriss ' s entry in " The New Essential Guide to Characters " , which established his death in a New Republic prison . Inconsistencies . There are several noticeable differences between the comic books and their audio dramatization . While the audio drama presentation of events may be canon within the " Star Wars Legends " continuity , for the purposes of this article , these events are described in the biography as told in the comics . In the audio drama , before being initiated , Nist , together with Tedryn - Sha , leads an inspection of the Star Hauler " Reliance " that is carrying X - 1 Viper droids to Byss . In " Dark Empire II " , this task is performed by an Imperial officer and two stormtroopers . Also , in the audio drama , Nist plays a much larger role in the ensuing battle on Byss . Together with Tedryn - Sha , he commands the defense of the planet from the Citadel and contacts Palpatine — who is still inspecting the Galaxy Gun — to inform him of the New Republic attack . Still continuing his inspection tour of the Galaxy Gun , Palpatine is dismissive toward Nist ' s predicament , leaving him to fend off the attack on his own . During the battle , Tedryn - Sha is injured , and Nist is the one who issues the order to release the Chrysalide Rancors . In the comic , both Nist and Sha are still on the shuttle with Palpatine during the battle . Additionally , in the audio version , it is Nist who interrogates Ntthan instead of Kvag Gthull . The most notable difference between the comic and the audio drama , however , is the depiction of Nist ' s part in the mission to New Alderaan . In contradiction to " Dark Empire II " , Nist does not participate in the fight between the Dark Jedi , Solusar , Rayf Ysanna , and Brand in the audio adaptation . Instead , he takes the Solo children and guards them as his darksiders fight the Jedi . After all members of the Dark Side Elite are killed , Nist tries to escape with the twins and almost reaches his ship , but is stopped dead by two blaster bolts fired by Leia Organa Solo . Nevertheless , Nist appears in the audio adaptation of " Empire ' s End " without any explanation on how he survived . The final part of the audio drama stays closer to the source material regarding Nist ' s actions , with the only difference being that during the skirmish on Vjun , Nist is backed by ten Dark Jedi instead of six . " " , a guide that recounts the events of the " Dark Empire " comic series , also provides some conflicting information . It erroneously states that it was Krdys Mordi who underwent the initiation alongside Xecr Nist . Describing the events on New Alderaan , it makes no mention of the other darksiders except Mordi and Nist , who , according to the Handbook , " were both cut down . " The Handbook also states that the Emperor ordered Nist to capture the Ysanna shamans so he could transfer his spirit inside their bodies . In " Empire ' s End " , Palpatine ' s plan is to get a gene sample from the Ysanna and make new clones of himself with its help . Finally , " The New Essential Guide to Characters " implies that Xecr Nist was captured on Onderon instead of Vjun . There is also a slight inconsistency in Nist ' s entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , which states that Nist was captured after the final death of Palpatine on Onderon . In the comics , however , his capture occured shortly before Palpatine ' s demise .