Splendid Ap Splendid Ap was one of the four Bedlam Spirits that inhabited the region near the Bedlam Pulsar . During the Galactic Civil War , they learned to take on physical forms and encountered Princess Leia Organa on the planet Bedlam , where she had been forced to land by Imperial forces . The spirits called Tilotny and Horliss - Horliss decided to play with Organa and her stormtrooper pursuers , eventually killing them all . After they tired of playing , Tilotny let Splendid Ap clean up the mess ; he revived Organa and the stormtroopers but accidentally transported the latter 8 , 000 years into the past . Biography . An omnipotent , transdimensional being , Splendid Ap was one of the Bedlam Spirits who existed in the stark whiteness that digested hyperspace near the Bedlam Pulsar . The spirits were generally non - corporeal beings but when they experimented with time , matter , and space the spirit known as Tilotny discovered how to take on a shape . Splendid Ap and his fellow spirits , Horliss - Horliss and Cold Danda Sine , copied Tilotny ' s newfound ability and materialized on the planet Bedlam at some point during the Galactic Civil War . As the group discussed their new forms and surroundings , they met Princess Leia Organa , a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic who had been forced to land on the planet and was being pursued by three Imperial stormtroopers . Tilotny , who believed herself to have created the world around them , claimed to have created Organa and her pursuers too and she and Horliss - Horliss began to play with the lifeforms . Before long , all four of the mortals were dead ; Organa ' s heart was turned to diamond by Horliss - Horliss , while Tilotny crystallized one stormtrooper and merged the other two into a single mass of limbs . Soon tiring of their game , Tilotny , Cold Danda Sine and Horliss - Horliss decided to leave , with Tilotny instructing Splendid Ap to clean up the mess they had made . Splendid Ap restored the beings to life and their original forms but , failing to fully understand time and space , unwittingly sent the stormtroopers 8 , 000 years into the past . Personality and traits . Despite his power , Splendid Ap struggled to understand time and space . After taking a physical form for the first time , he managed to produce six copies of himself , failing to understand that there should only be one copy of him at a time . Though he tried his best to overcome his lack of understanding of time when restoring the mortals to life , he accidentally sent the stormtroopers 8 , 000 years into the past , leaving them stranded on the planet . Splendid Ap was somewhat withdrawn from his peers ; he spoke a different language and did not get involved in their discussions on time and space or their interactions with the beings they encountered on the planet . The others looked down on his inability to comprehend time and Tilotny considered him to be stupid . In his corporeal form , Splendid Ap had a conical shape and was pink in color . Powers and abilities . Like the other Bedlam Spirits , Splendid Ap was an omnipotent being , capable of manipulating time and mass , though his poor understanding of such things caused him difficulties when using his powers . An abstract entity by nature , he had the power to take on a physical form and was capable of creating several copies of himself that existed simultaneously . He could also levitate objects and alter the beings he encountered , restoring Organa and the stormtroopers to life and their original forms after they were killed by the others , and was capable of sending them back in time . Behind the scenes . Splendid Ap was created by Alan Moore for the 1981 comic story " Tilotny Throws a Shape " , which was published in the Marvel Comics UK comic book " The Empire Strikes Back Monthly 154 " . " Tilotny Throws a Shape " was illustrated by John Stokes and was originally published in black and white . It was later colored when reprinted by Dark Horse Comics in 1996 ' s " " , giving Splendid Ap his pink appearance . The character is also mentioned in 2009 ' s " The Essential Atlas " , which established him as a Bedlam Spirit . Author Joe Bongiorno planned to detail Splendid Ap and the other Bedlam Spirits in a " Star Wars Gamer " article entitled " " Supernatural Encounters in the Star Wars Universe " " but the article was never completed after the magazine was canceled . Whereas the original comic shows Splendid Ap resurrecting Organa and the stormtroopers after Tilotny refuses , " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " incorrectly states that Tilotny restored the beings . The error was acknowledged by author Pablo Hidalgo during a ForceCast interview in late 2008 .