Drua Drua was a female Twi ' lek who lived on Ryloth in a remote village settlement , along with her grandfather . Some five years following the end of the galactic conflict known as the Clone Wars , Drua came upon the Emperor Darth Sidious and his Sith apprentice Darth Vader as they escaped from the lylek cave s of Ryloth . Unaware of their identities or of the ongoing skirmish on Ryloth , Drua welcomed the two Sith Lord s and the Royal Guard Erstin Deez to her village , where the Free Ryloth movement later attacked the Imperial trio . Although Drua , her grandfather , and the rest of her village fled into the nearby mining shelter for safety during the attack , the Emperor — seeing them all as living witnesses — had Vader kill the Twi ' lek villagers , including Drua , once the Free Ryloth movement had been neutralized . Biography . Drua was native to the planet Ryloth , homeworld of the Twi ' lek s . Drua never knew her father , and her mother died some three years following the end of the galactic conflict known as the Clone Wars . Drua lived with her grandfather in a remote village settlement , which had been formed in the wilderness by Twi ' leks that had once been escaped mining slaves and may have been refugee s of the Clone Wars . Around five years after the end of the Clone Wars , which had seen the rise of the Galactic Empire , Drua was in the forests near her village checking on hunting traps when she heard an explosion come from the nearby cave s . She explored the incident and witnessed the Galactic Emperor Darth Sidious , his Sith apprentice Darth Vader , and the Royal Guard Erstin Deez exiting a cavern ' s tunnel . However , the trio , whom had just destroyed a lylek hive in the caves , were unknown to Drua , as she and the rest of her village were unaware of the events of the world outside of their settlement . Instead , Drua believed the trio had either crashed in a starship or was simply lost and needed assistance . In an attempt to eliminate Drua , the Emperor used a mind trick with the Force to compel Drua to come to him , as he planned to strike her down with his lightsaber . Vader , however , intervened , and acted preemptively against his Sith Master , stopping the Emperor ' s blade from striking the Twi ' lek down . Vader suggested — while Drua was still absent - minded due to the Emperor ' s mind trick — that her village could be of use to them , as the trio had been traversing the caves to avoid their hunters , the members of the Free Ryloth movement who sought to assassinate them . The Emperor agreed and compelled Drua to lead the Imperial trio to her village . Drua discussed some of her personal life with the Emperor as they made their way through the forest , after which they traversed through hills and a quarry on the way to the village . At the foot of the quarry , Drua introduced the trio to Narmn , who guarded the outskirts of the village . The Emperor introduced himself and Vader as " Krataa " and " Irluuk , " in reality meaning " death " and " fate " in old Sith tongue , as Deez was introduced as Sergeant , his officer rank . Narmn , like Drua , welcomed the three into their village , as deemed by customary traditions . In the village , Drua introduced the Emperor , Vader , and Deez to the rest of the villagers — which included her grandfather , Mala , and the pregnant Naria — before her people celebrated their guests with music and food . As the Twi ' leks gathered with the Imperials , the Emperor had Drua bring Vader the village ' s broken communicator to have the Sith repair it , which Vader promptly did , impressing Drua . As communications had returned for the Empire , having previously been knocked out by the Free Ryloth rebels , Deez hailed the Ryloth Moff Delian Mors on the comlink to rendezvous with the Moff ' s forces . In the midst of the village celebrations , Drua and the others were alarmed by the sudden barrage of blaster bolts grazing their buildings and setting some of them on fire . These were warning shots from Cham Syndulla and his Free Ryloth movement , as the group had finally caught up with the Emperor ' s company and sought to bring no harm to the villagers . As the villagers fled into the nearby mining tunnels , the village ' s fortified hideout , Drua tried to bring the trio with her by tugging at Vader ' s cape . The Emperor refused , however , and instead commanded Vader to eliminate the rebels while Deez stayed by his side . Vader pushed Drua away , which angered her , just before the Twi ' lek girl joined her village in the tunnels . In the brief skirmish that followed , Drua and her fellow villagers witnessed Vader strike down countless members of the Free Ryloth movement before ultimately defeating them in battle . Once the battle ended , Vader executed one of the movement ' s leaders , a Twi ' lek named Isval , before the Emperor told his apprentice that Drua and her people were living witnesses to what had transpired and that they had to be eliminated . Vader obeyed his Master and entered the tunnels alone , where he slaughtered all of the villagers , including Drua . Personality and traits . Drua was a curious Twi ' lek , as she actively sought the source of the explosion near the lylek caves before she encountered Darth Vader and the Emperor . Drua also followed her Twi ' lek customs when she welcomed the Imperial strangers to her village , having no knowledge on any of their identities whatsoever , which displayed her own naïvety . This was , however , due to her village ' s remoteness and lack of communication with the world outside of it . Similarly , Drua was unable to resist the persuasive Force power s of the Emperor when he compelled her mind to obey him , remaining without thought even as he and Vader dueled before her . Physically , Drua had the distinctive lekku of a Twi ' lek and green - colored skin . At the time of her death , Drua appeared to be of an adolescent age and had a discernible accent when speaking in Galactic Basic . She also spoke and understood her native tongue , Ryl . Equipment . Drua wore a parka to shield herself from the constant rain or wind of Ryloth , and carried a backpack for her gear and a lylek tube , which was a wooden sound instrument used to keep lyleks away . She also kept a holstered blaster pistol from the bygone Clone Wars . Behind the scenes . Drua made her first appearance in the new canon " Star Wars " novel " Lords of the Sith " , released in 2015 and written by Paul S . Kemp .