Squab ( Keshiri ) Squab was a male Keshiri who suffered from a congenital defect that made him small and hunchbacked . He was slow to react and slow moving for his species . Squab originally served the family of the Human Varner Hilts , Grand Lord of the Lost Tribe of the Sith , as a slave . Prior to 2975 BBY , Lord Hilts , at the advice of his wife Grand Consort Iliana Hilts , assigned Squab to work for his rival , High Lord Korsin Bentado , as an aide . By doing so , the Hilts rankled Bentado by forcing him to include a deformed Keshiri among his retinue of otherwise physically perfect Human staff . Nevertheless , Bentado made Squab a regular part of his entourage as an assistant . During the invasion of Alanciar , the continent to the east of Keshtah on the planet Kesh , Squab accompanied Bentado on the Ebon Fleet , an invasion force of airships . However , the Alanciari , the Keshiri who were indigenous to that continent , downed the fleet at the Western Shield countryside . Squab and his Sith master Bentado were among the surviving Sith members of the Ebon Fleet . They then traveled to the Alanciari capital of Sus ' mintri where the Sith forces infiltrated Vaal Hall , the headquarters of the Alanciari government , and wiped out the War Cabinet . Their actions effectively decapitated the Alanciari government and enabled the Sith to take over Alanciar ' s highly centralized defense force However , Korsin Bentado then turned against his liege Varner Hilts and plotted to kill Hilts by ordering the Alanciari ballista to down his airship " Good Omen " when it reached Alanciar . He intended to create a " Second Tribe " on Alanciar with himself as leader . While Squab pretended to be loyal to Bentado , his true loyalties lay with Grand Lord Hilts . He used Vaal Hall ' s semaphore system to communicate with Hilts and warned his master about Bentado ' s plot . Bentado was also opposed by another High Lord , Edell Vrai , who had recruited an Alanciari guide named Quarra Thayn . While Vrai and Thayn sparred with Bentado and his bodyguards , Squab secretly countermanded Bentado ' s orders to destroy the " Good Omen " and allowed Hilts ' airship to land safely in Port Melephos , a coastal port in Alanciar . In the end , Bentado was personally executed by Squab , who informed his master that Hilts had sent his " regards " to Bentado . Following the defeat of Bentado , Edell asserted control over Bentado ' s men and the signaling devices . Squab and Bentado ' s former Keshiri servants occupied the signal tower until they were relieved by Grand Lord Hilts ' followers . Biography . Sith service . Squab was a Keshiri man who served the Lost Tribe of Sith during the Hilts Restoration . As with all of the Keshiri who had lived on the continent of Keshtah Minor since 5000 BBY , Squab was taught to revere and worship the Sith Tribe as the descendants of the Protectors , ancient gods in Keshiri religion . He was a servant of the ruling Grand Lord Varner Hilts and his wife Iliana Hilts . In 2980 BBY , Iliana and Hilts assigned Squab to work as an aide for High Lord Korsin Bentado , the leader of the Korsinite League and the designated commander of the invasion fleet that would invade " Keshtah Major " , another continent in the planet Kesh ' s southern hemisphere . In 3000 BBY , Varner Hilts had discovered a large map at the Kesh Sith Temple which confirmed the existence of a second continent and he used this information to unite the Tribe , which had endured a millennium of chaos and anarchy . For the next twenty - five years , the Tribe put all of their energy into developing a technology that would enable them to reach this new continent which they intended to conquer . The Tribe ' s chief engineer Edell Vrai eventually developed airships , which were held aloft by helium . While Bentado was unhappy to hire the hunchbacked Keshiri , he feigned delight and accepted Squab into his retinue of " perfect " human specimens . As the leader of the Korsinite League , Bentado revered the Tribe ' s founder Yaru Korsin and his daughter Nida Korsin , and regarded the Testament of Yaru Korsin as scripture . The Hilts had assigned Squab to work with Bentado because they knew that the High Lord secretly harbored ambitions of usurping the Grand Lordship from Varner Hilts . Squab was part of Iliana ' s spy ring and he was assigned to keep an eye on Bentado in the event that the latter was plotting to overthrow the Hilts family . While Bentado still did not treat Squab as his equal , he was never seen without the Keshiri assistant . Invading Alanciar . In 2975 BBY , the High Lord Edell Vrai led a reconnaissance mission to Keshtah Major . However , his airships were shot down by the native Keshiri , who called themselves the Alanciari and their homeland Alanciar . Despite these heavy losses , Edell and six other crew members survived and they managed to capture the Alanciari sailing vessel " Mischance " , which they would use to sail back to Keshtah by the Sea of Flames . In addition , the Sith party also captured two Alanciari : the signal officer Jogan Halder and his secret lover Wardmaster Quarra Thayn . While Edell ' s crew returned to Keshtah , he and Quarra remained behind for a ground reconnaissance mission into Alanciar ' s interior and capital of Sus ' mintri . Edell ' s thoughtcrier Taymor also managed to transmit a telepathic warning that the expedition had encountered trouble . However , she was killed before she could finish the message and the Iliana ' s thoughtcriers only received a garbled message of surprise , shock and confusion . Despite the poor intelligence on the Keshiri in Keshtah Major , Squab ' s liege High Lord Bentado insisted on proceeding with the invasion . He requested an audience with Grand Lord Hilts and was accompanied by Squab and eight other Korsinite League members . During the meeting , Squab carried a note which showed that Bentado ' s listeners had intercepted Taymor ' s call a few hours ago ; confirming that Edell had finally found the " hidden land " that Korsin had revealed to them . While Hilts suggested that Bentado wait until Edell return , Bentado reiterated that the Grand Lord had already promised that if they found anything , his forces would immediately be ready to strike . Bentado also reminded Hilts that he had assembled his airships and crew for the invasion . Bentado also brushed aside Iliana ' s concerns by arguing that Vrai was not a warrior but a talented tinkerer . He assumed that Edell was still waiting for his forces to arrive to carry out the invasion . Hilts reluctantly granted Bentado permission to launch the invasion . Squab joined Bentado and his followers in kneeling before the Grand Lord of the Tribe . However , he caught the hint a moment too late and nearly hit the floor trying to follow suit . Unknown to Bentado and his followers , Grand Lord Hilts and his Consort were secretly planning to send the Ebon Fleet to their doom . Hilts regarded Bentado as a potential threat to the Grand Lordship and saw the invasion as a convenient way of eliminating his rival . Behind Enemy Lines . The Ebon Fleet , which consisted of sixty airships , flew across the Endless Sea to Keshtah Major . After three days of travel , the Ebon Fleet reached Alanciar ' s Western Shield , a rural countryside region that was home to state farms and canals . Squab accompanied Korsin Bentado and served aboard his flagship " Yaru " which contained a mixed crew of Human Sith warriors and Keshiri servants , who served as translators . However , the Alanciari had prepared for the arrival of the Sith for the past two millennia . In 4975 BBY , the Keshiri exile Adari Vaal had fled to Alanciar and warned the locals about the Tribe . As a result , the Alanciari evolved into a warlike and industrialized civilization that was built around resisting a Sith invasion . Due to their well - trained and equipped military and effective semaphore communications network , the Alanciari were able to mobilize several ballistae units within minutes . These fired flaming javelins at the Sith airships , downing several of them and killing many of the Sith invaders . Bentado ' s flagship " Yaru " was hit in the gondola by several flaming javelins . However , the ship managed to escape the battlefield and crashed into the eastern highlands . However , Bentado ' s crew managed to cut the gondola away from the burning gasbag before it collided with the top of the ridge . This saved the crew from a fiery death . Squab survived the crash as did his master Bentado and several Sith warriors and Keshiri servants . Bentado suffered several burns on his head and a broken leg from the fall . Despite the disaster at the Western Shield , Bentado and the surviving crew of his dirigible managed to escape the battlefield and traveled to Sus ' mintri , the capital of Alanciar and the headquarters of the War Cabinet , Alanciar ' s military government . Under the cover of darkness , Bentado and his Sith followers infiltrated Vaal Hall , the headquarters of the War Cabinet , and slew all of the Alanciari politicians , bureaucrats , guards and signal officers stationed there . They also succeeded in capturing the adjacent signal tower and the " worldwatch " , a situation room which controlled all telepathic and semaphore communications in Alanciar . Thus , Bentado was able to control Alanciar from behind the scenes and immediately used the signal tower to order the Alanciari sentries to deliver food . In addition , they used the signal tower ' s thoughtcrier facilities to order the Alanciari military to bring their Sith captives to Vaal Hall , where they were reunited with their Sith comrades . The Sith were also able to lure Quarra Thayn , a former thoughtcrier in the Alanciari military , and her Sith captor Edell Vrai into the building . During Edell ' s reunion with High Lord Bentado , Squab brought a sheaf of parchment to his limping master . Bentado ' s Mutiny . After exchanging pleasantries with Edell and updating him about their capture of Vaal Hall , Korsin Bentado ordered his Keshiri servants to cancel the alarms in Alanciar , which had been ringing for the past few days . Squab carried the parchment to the foot of the stairs which led to the signal tower . Within a minute , the shrill whistles above Sus ' mintri stopped and this effect was also felt throughout the entire continent . He then ordered Squab to bring the other Keshiri servants in the signal tower to a ready state in preparation for the next wave of Sith from Keshtah Minor . When Edell suggested warning the Tribe about the threat posed by the Alanciari , Bentado revealed that he actually wanted to shoot down the Tribe ' s airships . Since Bentado was unable to gain the Grand Lordship as long as Hilts lived and because Iliana was protecting her husband from any threats , he decided to create a " Second Tribe " on Alanciar . Bentado planned to use the military and industrial might of the Alanciari to forge a new empire on the new continent . He also compared the Keshiri on Alanciar favorably to their counterparts on Keshtah , and dismissed Squab as a " waste of flesh " which Hilts had saddled him with . While the Tribe ' s founder Yaru Korsin had found sculptors and painters , Bentado had encountered a warrior race of builders and armorers . Bentado also planned to rule the Alanciari state as a solitary Sith by bending their working system of government to his will . He believed that his plan would succeed because he was the only Sith on Alanciar , forgetting his followers . However , Edell refused to supported Bentado ' s plans and tried to remind them of their loyalty to the Tribe and Grand Lord Hilts . Meanwhile , Quarra condemned Bentado for murdering her people ' s leaders . In response to Edell ' s recalcitrance , Bentado ordered his men to seize them . Bentado attacked Edell with Force lightning but Quarra managed to wound the former with her hand - ballista . They then escaped into Adari Vaal ' s secret library , which was hidden behind a tapestry of the ancient Herald . Bentado ' s men pursued them but were unable to find them . After a night of resting , Edell and Quarra made an agreement to stop Bentado for the good of the Tribe and the Alanciari . They managed to infiltrate the " worldwatch " via a diagonal tunnel . By then , Grand Lord Hilts ' airship " Good Omen " had arrived off the coast of Port Melephos , a port on the western coast of Alanciar . Squab was present with his master Bentado in the " worldwatch " went the Keshiri crew in the signal tower above received the message from semaphore operators in Melephos . Bentado ordered Squab to order the Alanciari to dispatch uvak diamong - flak teams to shoot it down . Bentado knew that the Tribe had just sixteen airships left and was hoping that Hilts would have sent them all . However , Hilts had by then learnt about the military capabilities of the Alanciari from Edell ' s lieutenant Peppin and had mounted a grand deception operation designed to convince the Alanciari that the Tribe did not pose a threat to them . This included repainting the airship white and bringing his new Alanciari " ambassador " Jogan Halder , whom the Tribe had manage to win over . Defending the Tribe . At that time , Bentado was also still pulling glass shards from the stump of his left arm . In response , Bentado instructed Squab to order the Alanciari uvak " diamond - flak " teams to engage the aircraft . Upon exiting the tunnel , Edell jumped onto Bentado , and used his legs to drive Bentado ' s head into the map surface . After rolling across the map table , Edell ignited his lightsaber . Shortly later , Quarra emerged and startled Squab . One of Bentado ' s female followers then attempt to aid Bentado but Edell shoved her aside by using the Force . This distraction enabled Bentado to recover and snare Edell ' s ankle , causing him to fall to the ground . Quarra then attacked Bentado with Adari ' s lightsaber but the High Lord managed to ignite his own lightsaber . He was able to deflect her attack by using his higher position on the map table . Meanwhile , Edell recovered from his fall and managed to impale another Korsitinite defender . However , Squab was able to escape up the staircase leading to the tower before the two attackers could stop him . To both Bentado and his opponents , Squab appeared to be relaying Bentado ' s command to destroy the " Good Omen " but was actually ordering the Alanciari defenders to allow the Grand Lord ' s airship to land . While Quarra could undo Bentado ' s grip on Alanciar from the tower , Edell feared that she could bring a host of Alanciari on his head . Before Quarra could pursue Squab , Bentado used the Force to throw her against one of the lower belfies , knocking away her lightsaber . Standing over the Keshiri woman , Bentado threatened to kill her unless Edell stayed away from him . In response , Edell threatened Squab with his lightsaber . The Keshiri servant had already returned from the signal tower and was cowering beside the wooden spiral stair case which led to the signal tower . However , Bentado was unconcerned by the potential harm to his Keshiri servant since he believed that he could find more Keshiri servants on Alanciar . When Bentado threatened to kill Quarra unless Edell yielded , Edell stood up for her by describing her as a " big help " and telling Bentado that it was rude for guests to kill their hosts . Bentado dismissed Edell as a " fool " and used the Force to throw Edell against a concrete wall . As a result of the attack , Edell dropped his lightsaber and Bentado flung Quarra to Edell ' s side . After Squab emerged from hiding , Bentado ordered the Keshiri to pick up Quarra ' s lightsaber while he took care of his two enemies himself . Bentado intended to execute his two wounded opponents but was interrupted by a message from Squab . Squab had received a parchment from another of Bentado ' s other Keshiri servants which carried the news that Grand Lord Hilt ' s airship had landed at Port Melephos . When Bentado asked whether the airship had been brought down , Squab confirmed that it had landed safely . Bentado was shocked that his plan to assassinate the Grand Lord had fallen apart . All this time , Squab had been secretly serving Grand Lord Hilts and had disobeyed Bentado ' s command to down the Grand Lord ' s airship . In desperation , Bentado attempted to command Squab to order the Alanciari troops to kill Hilts and anyone with him . However , Squab countermanded this order with a new order from Hilts ordering him to kill Bentado . Squab then used Quarra ' s lightsaber to stab Lord Bentado through the heart , killing the Sith Lord . This effectively ended Bentado ' s dreams of creating a " Second Tribe " and killing his rival Hilts . Squab then handed Bentado ' s weapons to Edell Vrai , who was designated as the new commander of the Sith forces on Alanciar . Following Bentado ' s death , Edell reasserted control over Bentado ' s men and the signaling devices . Unification . Under the orders of High Lord Edell Vrai , Squab and all of the other Keshiri servants , who were loyal to Grand Lord Hilts , disarmed Bentado ' s surviving Korsinite League supporters . Edell was able to force the Korsinites to yield to his authority by threatening to bring all of the Alanciari down upon Vaal Hall if they did not surrender . Edell also communicated a deal from Grand Lord Hilts to the surviving Korsinites , whom he intended to exile or enslave . Due to their heavy losses at the Western Shield and the death of their leader , the Korsinite League was broken and never recovered again . Having established control of Vaal Hall and its signal tower , Edell also used the semaphore machines to communicate with the newcomers at Port Melephos , updating them about the recent developments in Sus ' mintri and the defeat of Bentado ' s mutiny . While Edell and Quarra Thayn went to meet Grand Lord Hilts and Jogan Halder who had landed in Sus ' mintri ' s parade grounds , Squab and the Keshiri servants occupied the strategically - important signal tower until the arrival of Hilts ' white - suited human advisers . Hilts and Jogan were able to convince the Alanciari to submit to Sith rule by claiming to be the Protectors , powerful gods in Keshiri religion . By contrast , the deceased Bentado and his supporters were portrayed as the " evil " servants of the Destructors , malevolent entities in Keshiri religion , who had been expelled from the Tribe . Following the speeches , Edell updated Hilts about Squab ' s role in helping him defeat Bentado . Hilts praised the Keshiri man as another idea of Iliana . He also joked that whenever a Grand Lord sent his regards , one ' s life was in danger . Following the arrival of Grand Lord Hilts ' forces over the next few days , Bentado ' s Korsinite supporters were taken into custody and presumably enslaved or killed . Meanwhile , Squab continued serving his Grand Lord and Grand Consort loyally . Personality and traits . Squab was a quiet and unassuming Keshiri male who was able to hide his feelings and thoughts . As an aide , he was literate and skilled in handling parchments and other documents . Above all , Squab was also loyal to the ruling Grand Lord Varner Hilts and his wife Iliana Hilts . While in the service of High Lord Bentado Korsin , Squab was also proficient in the art of deception . While feigning loyalty and obedience to Bentado in public , he actively countermanded and frustrated Bentado ' s orders to kill Grand Lord Hilts and create his own " Second Tribe " in Alanciar . While it is unknown whether he was Force - sensitive or received any instruction in the Sith ways , Squab still knew how to operate a Sith lightsaber , which he used to slay Bentado , thus ending the latter ' s mutiny against Varner Hilts . Behind the scenes . Squab first appeared as a supporting , non - point - of - view character in John Jackson Miller ' s " " , the last novella in the " Lost Tribe of the Sith " series . " Pandemonium " was released as part of the mass trade paperback " " , which was released on July 24 , 2012 . This marks his only known appearance in the Star Wars Expanded Universe . According to Miller , Squab was originally intended to be named " Squib " but the author changed his mind after learning that " Squib " was a term for a non - magic individual in the author bestselling " " fantasy novel series .