Kharys Kharys was a female S ' kytri from the planet Skye . She was Force - sensitive and met Anakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars . After saving her planet from destruction , Skywalker promised that he would train her to use the Force once the war had ended . Following the end of the Separatist threat and his subsequent transformation into Darth Vader , Skywalker kept his promise , returning to Skye and taking Kharys as his student , though not as a Jedi . He taught her to use a lightsaber as well as the ability to wield the dark side of the Force , and Kharys soon became a Dark Jedi and servant of the Galactic Empire . Returning to her home planet as the Majestrix of Skye , Kharys became a violent dictator , oppressing her own people . She became known as the tyrant of Skye and the S ' kytri hoped for a day when " The One " would come to free the world from Imperial rule and defeat her . A short time after the Battle of Yavin , the prophecy was fulfilled when Luke Skywalker , the son of Darth Vader , arrived to confront the Majestrix . Equipped with an anti - gravity belt , Skywalker engaged Kharys in an aerial duel above her fortress , eventually killing her and freeing Skye from her oppressive rule . Biography . Early life . Kharys was hatched on the planet Skye two years before of the Invasion of Naboo . Like the majority of female S ' kytri , Kharys ' s skin was a light shade of green . Although Skye had a history of almost constant war between its clans , by the time of Kharys ' s hatching , the Windborn , as the S ' kytri referred to themselves , had adopted an attitude of sensibility and reason . With more discerning minds prevailing , the S ' kytri had overturned the constant fighting and had birthed a world of relative peace . However , this advancement in their society made Skye a location ripe for conquest , and , during the Clone Wars , the planet was put under threat by Zeta Magnus , a genetic terrorist . Kharys , who was thirteen years old at the time , was witness to three Jedi warriors , General Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker , and Halagad Ventor , who rescued the world from destruction . To repay the Jedi , the clan ' s Patriarch , Klarymére , swore eternal friendship and loyalty to their rescuers . Although nearly all S ' kytri were prejudiced against " walkers , " the S ' kytri ' s derogatory term for those without wings , Kharys became infatuated with Skywalker and his incredible talent in the Force , and Skywalker sensed the young S ' kytri ' s own Force potential during an interaction with her . Although Skywalker tried to convince Kenobi to take Kharys with them , Kenobi and Ventor both agreed that she was much too old to take for training . However , before departing the world , Skywalker promised Kharys that he would find a way to have the young girl trained . Promise fulfilled . Years later , following the end of the Clone Wars and the transformation of Skywalker into the Dark Lord of the Sith , Darth Vader , Skywalker returned to Skye to fulfill his promise . Garbed in a dark mask and armor and no longer going by his former name , the S ' kytri were unsure which of the former Jedi he really was . However , when Vader arrived at Kharys ' s home to take her as his pupil , the young woman knew Skywalker had come to fulfill his promise . Vader trained Kharys in the ways of the Force , including lightsaber combat . Under the Dark Lord , Kharys was schooled in the dangerous technique of summoning Smoke Demon s , as well as the combat form of Vaapad . Kharys adapted the dangerous lightsaber form into a new style which incorporated S ' kytri aerial dueling techniques . Known as Trispzest , the S ' kytric word for heart palpitation , this aerial fighting style tried to execute sai cha or a decapitation of an opponent . With Vader as her master , Kharys became an accomplished Dark Jedi , succumbing to the dark side of the Force . Following her training , Kharys and Vader returned to Skye where the Dark Lord invoked the S ' kytri ' s oath to make the inhabitants serve the new Galactic Empire . Bestowed with the Imperial title of Majestrix , Kharys returned to her world alongside a battalion of stormtroopers and starships as the S ' kytri ' s new leader replacing the Patriarch as the leader of the clans . The Imperials constructed an aerie - fortress high atop the summit of Canaitith Mountain where Kharys centralized her rule . Under Kharys ' s control , Skye became a restricted world forbidden to outsiders . Although the current Patriarch , Aragh , retained his title and some of its responsibilities , the governing power as well as all final say went to Kharys . Eventually all power of the clan elders was stripped away , leaving the S ' kytri unable to band together against their new tyrant . Coupled with the oath that the S ' kytri had pledged to Vader , the Windborn could do nothing to stop her . However , a prophecy concerning " The One " began to circulate among the S ' kytri , prophesying the eventual arrival of an individual who would free the planet from Imperial control and defeat Kharys . Corellian confrontation . At some point following the Battle of Ylesia , during Kharys ' s rule over the planet , a group of Corellian smugglers infiltrated the restricted world hoping to make some quick and easy earnings . However , the twenty men and women , including Han Solo and Katya M ' Buele , were captured by Kharys and her forces . In sadistic fashion , Kharys released the prisoners onto the plains of Skye and then led a strike team of her own people in systematically hunting down each one of them . Only Solo and M ' Buele were able to escape the slaughter . Kharys was satisfied with how the hunt had played out but did not forget the two after they had fled offworld . Solo and M ' Buele would also not forget the tyrant of Skye , with Solo claiming that he was constantly looking over his shoulder expecting Kharys to be there . Around a year later , following the Battle of Yavin , Kharys was attending the Great Fair on the nearby planet of Tirahnn with an escort of Catuman warriors . While perusing the bazaar , Kharys spotted the Rebel heroes Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker among the shoppers . Recognizing them as friends of Han Solo , the Majestrix concocted a plan to get the two to lead her to the smuggler . Moving through the dense crowd , Kharys deliberately collided with Organa , dropping her money pouch in the process . As Skywalker tried to return the purse , Kharys accused the pair of thievery , ordering her Catuman warriors to kill the two Humans . Kharys ' s escorts were all eventually killed by the Rebels , but Kharys ' s ploy paid off . Organa and Skywalker led the Majestrix directly to Solo , who put the Rebels in contact with Katya M ' Buele . Later that night , after tracking the group back to the " Millennium Falcon " , Kharys summoned a Smoke Demon , ordering it to attack the two Corellians . Unfortunately for Kharys , Solo was away for the night , and the creature was only able to locate M ' Buele . Although the Smoke Demon succeeded in eliminating the smuggler , it did not go unnoticed , and the beast was killed by Skywalker . The arrival of " The One " . After discovering M ' Buele ' s death , and realizing that Kharys was right behind him , Solo decided to stop running and confront the Majestrix on her own planet . However , instead of being surprised by the smuggler , Kharys fully predicted Solo ' s next move , and an entire squadron of TIE fighters was waiting for the " Millennium Falcon " at Skye . Kharys ' s forces were able to bring down the freighter , but not before Skywalker and Organa escaped in one of the " Falcon " lifepods . While Organa and Skywalker escaped to the planet ' s surface , the " Millennium Falcon " was taken intact to the Majestrix ' s fortress keep . After removing Solo and Chewbacca from their ship , Kharys restrained both captives with heavy chains , even going so far as to put a force field around the enraged Wookiee . With the prisoners at her mercy , Kharys began to torture Solo with an interrogation droid to discover the whereabouts of his companions . The Majestrix had discovered that Vader desired the two Rebel heroes , but most of all she desired to know if the rumors surrounding Skywalker being " The One " were true . However , while Kharys was preoccupied with the interrogation , Skywalker and Organa , equipped with anti - gravity belt s and disguised as S ' kytri , infiltrated the fortress , cutting down Kharys ' s stormtroopers with a hail of blaster fire . Final duel . Breaking into the interrogation room , Organa confronted the Majestrix in an attempt to free Solo . Although shocked to see someone entering her interrogation room , Kharys ' s Catuman warriors quickly moved in to subdue the princess . However , in the struggle that followed , the Catuman warriors were killed and both Chewbacca and Han Solo were freed . Meanwhile , Kharys escaped the scene to confront Skywalker who was fighting outside , using his anti - grav belt to soar over his opposition and elude their attacks . Witnessing the stormtroopers falling to the assault of one man , Kharys used several throwing star s to disarm Skywalker of his blaster . Before moving to repel the young man , the Dark Jedi observed Aragh and the clan leaders watching the battlefield from the air , confirming that the S ' kytri believed Skywalker to be " The One . " Although distressed over the possibility of the Rebel being the one destined to destroy her , Kharys leapt into battle , and the two began to duel in midair . Trading blows , the duelists seemed evenly matched until Kharys began to use the Force to dull Skywalker ' s senses , freezing him in place . Shrieking an ancient battle cry , Kharys dived towards her prey , ready to make the killing stroke . However , at the last possible moment , Skywalker came out of his frozen state and parried the blow , killing the Majestrix in the process . Kharys ' s lifeless body plummeted to the ground below , signaling the confirmation of the S ' kytri prophecy . Legacy . Following Kharys ' s death , the winged clans descended on the remaining Imperials and destroyed them . With the prophecy fulfilled , all power on the planet was returned to the Supreme Council of the Highland Clans , and Aragh was reinstated as Patriarch . The Windborn swore that if any Imperials returned to seek revenge , they would be met with resistance . The aerial lightsaber form developed by Kharys was eventually mastered by the Rishii Zulirian Swordmistress Nazish . The only other known person to learn Trispzest was the Boltrunian Maw , who learned the combat style after being bisected by the Jedi Qu Rahn and left him using a repulsorlift carriage to fly through the air . However , Maw was eventually killed by Kyle Katarn , leaving the future of Trispzest in doubt . Personality and traits . Although Kharys was somewhat of a romantic during the Clone Wars , falling for an inferior " walker " after being trained by Darth Vader , she became warped into a sadistic creature . She relished causing people pain and had no trouble turning against her own people and enslaving them . Kharys usually ordered her subordinates to kill rather than capture , but when holding a prisoner , she was not above using torture to get information from them . Kharys also enjoyed playing games with her enemies , at one point hunting several prisoners across the surface of Skye and systematically executing them . Kharys was fairly impatient with her subordinates , cursing those that she believed incompetent . While witnessing her stormtroopers inability to subdue the Rebels , the Majestrix became infuriated , jumping to the forefront of her troops . Kharys also proved somewhat overconfident , believing herself infallible . This overconfidence eventually led to her death in her fatal duel with Luke Skywalker . Power and abilities . After training with Vader , Kharys proved incredibly talented at executing difficult Force techniques . The most dangerous of these was the summoning of life - draining Smoke Demon s using the ancient Sith power Dwomutsiqsa , which were nearly invincible , including invulnerability to blaster bolts . The Majestrix was also proficient with the lightsaber , even developing her own technique of aerial lightsaber combat known as Trispzest , which utilized the techniques of Vaapad . Kharys was also fairly adept at using throwing stars , which she utilized in her duel with Luke Skywalker . Behind the scenes . Kharys was created by Chris Claremont for use in the Marvel Comics , " " . After being killed in the same comic , Kharys went unreferenced until Joseph Bongiorno and Rich Handley ' s " " , which , besides mentioning Kharys , expanded information on the S ' kytri race . Abel G . Peña was the next to mention Kharys in " The Dark Forces Saga " , explaining that Kharys had developed the aerial lightsaber combat of Trispzest . Peña and Handley referenced Kharys again during their 2007 article , " Aliens in the Empire " . This article expanded the history of Kharys ' s early life but mentioned that Kharys could summon Force Demons rather than Smoke Demons as seen in the comic . This mention is treated as an error for the purpose of this article . Kharys was also purported to appear in another Peña article , " Vader ' s Legacy " , which would detail her relationship with the Dark Lord , before the article was canceled by Lucasfilm Ltd .