Coronet City revolution In 5 ABY , members of the Acolytes of the Beyond staged a revolution in Coronet City on the planet Corellia . The Acolytes attacked the city so that the new recruit Kiza and her companion Remi could steal a Sith lightsaber from the archives underneath the Peace and Security station . Prelude . In the months following the Battle of Endor , a sect that revered the Sith and the dark side of the Force emerged on the planet Taris known as the Acolytes of the Beyond . They began collecting Sith artifact s including what they believed was Darth Vader ' s lightsaber to burn in order to reunite with their former Sith owners after death . Later , other Acolytes including Remi and the Pantoran Kiza also surfaced on the Corellian city of Coronet City . Their activities including tagging walls with the Vader mask sigil and the warning " VADER LIVES " , stealing credit s , slicing into the HoloNet , and attacking Corellia n peace officers . The Acolytes then decided to launch a coordinate attack on Coronet City in order to steal a Sith lightsaber from the archives beneath the city ' s Peace and Security station . The archives were part of a shared basement with the museum nextdoor . As part of the plan , the Acolytes falsified paper s which allowed Kiza to infiltrate the station disguised as a dame from the secretary pool . Her lover Remi also allowed himself to be captured by the detective Erno , who intended the boy for vandalism . His task was to steal the lightsaber . The attack . Before Erno could interrogate Remi , the security officer Spob Rydel informed him that the Acolytes were launching attacks throughout Coronet City . The Acolytes attacked various areas throughout the city including Diadem Square , where they mobbed storefronts and leapt on top of the air - tuk s to pull the speeder s down to the ground . Other Acolytes swarmed the 1 - line of the mag - lev subway , the train stops at the Juni Street Station , and assaulted pedestrians at the city ' s casino s . These Acolytes were armed with red sticks and wore masks . Erno returned to the interrogation room only to learn that Remi had disappeared . In fact , Remi had retrieved the lightsaber from the basement . After the emergency lights had come up , Erno headed into the main room to join Rydel and the detectives Shreen and Mursey . Before he could speak to Rydel , Kiza shot Rydel in the forehead . Kiza then gunned down Shreen and Mursey , killing them . Erno tried to reach for his blaster . When he asked Kiza what was going on , she replied that she was no longer his doll . She described the attack as a revolution , the revenge of the darkness , and oblivion . Erno attempted to shoot Kiza but Remi sliced off his hand with his newly - acquired lightsaber . Remi remarked to Kiza that he had told her the weapon was in the basement . After confirming that the blade was the weapon they had been looking for , Kiza clubbed Erno in the head . She then told him that Vader lived and to tell everyone that the Acolytes were coming . Aftermath . Following the Coronet City revolution , Kiza and Remi ' s Acolytes cell traveled to the Colonies world of Devaron . There , they launched an attack on a New Republic outpost under the guidance of Yupe Tashu , a former Adviser to the late Emperor Palpatine . Behind the scenes . The Coronet City revolution first appeared in an interlude chapter in Chuck Wendig ' s 2016 novel " " . This chapter was told from the point of view of the detective Erno . It was later mentioned in another interlude chapter in 2017 sequel novel " " , where the events were recollected from the point of view of the Acolyte Kiza .