Sinjir Rath Velus Sinjir Rath Velus was a human male ex - loyalty officer who served the Galactic Empire until the Battle of Endor . Following the destruction of the second Death Star , Sinjir abandoned his post and fled the Empire . Within the Imperial records he was listed among the casualties at Endor until a short time before the Rebellion on Akiva . During the Imperial emergency summit , he met Norra Wexley and her son Temmin Wexley , his droid Mister Bones , and re - encountered Jas Emari , with whom he collaborated to capture the Imperial Future Council . Following their ordeal , he joined the New Republic , for which he would go on a mission to hunt Imperial war criminals alongside Emari , the Wexleys , and Jom Barell . By 5 ABY , Sinjir had formed a romantic relationship with the freelance New Republic slicer Conder Kyl . At the request of Prince ss Leia Organa , Sinjir and his companions also became involved in a quest to find the smuggler Han Solo and rescue the Wookiee co - pilot Chewbacca from Ashmead ' s Lock prison . Later , Sinjir , Jas , and Jom helped Han and Chewbacca to liberate the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk from Imperial rule . Sinjir then joined Norra and her team in hunting down Grand Admiral Rae Sloane , the alleged mastermind of the attack on Chandrila . After discovering the presence of a large Imperial fleet above the desert world of Jakku during their hunt for Sloane , Sinjir and Temmin returned to the New Republic while Norra and Jas remained trapped on the planet . Sinjir and Temmin managed to warn Princess Leia and Chancellor Mon Mothma . However , Mothma ' s efforts to send New Republic military forces to Jakku were stymied in the Galactic Senate . Sinjir led an investigation which unmasked the Black Sun and Red Key crime syndicates ' conspiracy to coerce five senators into voting against the resolution . Sinjir managed to convince the five senators to change their votes in favor of intervention , setting the stage for the Battle of Jakku . During the last days of the Galactic Civil War , Sinjir became one of Chancellor Mothma ' s new advisers and foiled a plot by her political rival Senator Tolwar Wartol to assassinate the Chancellor . The former Imperial then participated in the New Republic ' s peace talks with Grand Vizier Mas Amedda , which facilitated the Empire ' s surrender and the Galactic Concordance . Sinjir remained a senior adviser in Mon Mothma ' s government following the Galactic Civil War . Biography . Early life . A human male , Sinjir Rath Velus joined the Galactic Empire and became a loyalty officer in the Imperial Security Bureau ( ISB ) . During his childhood , Velus ' mother used to whip his back with switches she pulled from the tree in their front yard . Although Velus hated her , he also claimed he loved her and worried after her just the same . Sinjir was a native of Sevenmoon , a moon in the Velusia system . Imperial service . During his adolescence , Sinjir attended an Imperial Academy . Due to his high intelligence and anger issues , Sinjir was picked by the Imperial Security Bureau Officer Sid Uddra for training as an Imperial loyalty officer . Sinjir was transferred to the ISB ' s training program at the Viper ' s Nest on the ocean world of Virkoi . Under Uddra ' s tutelage , Sinjir underwent a harsh and violent training program which involved frequent physical combat and stimulated torture sessions . On one occasion , Uddra even broke his toes in order to toughen him up . Sinjir ' s first assignment as a loyalty officer was to spy on the Imperial Navy Lieutenant Alster Grove , who was part of a cabal seeking to overthrow Emperor Palpatine by assassinating Darth Vader . Uddra assigned him with rooting out the names of the other conspirators . Under Uddra ' s direction , Sinjir tortured Grove for two nights until the man yielded the names of his fellow conspirators . Uddra personally executed Grove by throwing him into the oceans of Virkoi while Vader hunted down and beheaded Grove ' s co - conspirators . As a loyalty officer , Velus was expected to sniff out weakness in his peers , to discover where his people had committed trespasses against the Empire — anything from small breaches of conduct to outright treachery against the throne . Once , Gunnery Officer Rilo Tang , who was a kleptomaniac , stole a Moff ' s ring ; Velus was tasked to solicit his confession , dealing out severe punishment to Tang to do so . On another occasion , he found a young officer studying Ithorese , and Velus broke his finger and told him it was better than any administrative punishment . Leaving the Empire . Battle of Endor . By the time of the Battle of Endor , he had been assigned to the shield generator that protected the second Death Star . However , its assault by Rebel forces and the destruction of the Death Star above forced him to reconsider his life and abandon his post , for which the Imperial records had his name listed among the casualties at Endor . He killed a Rebel and stole his clothes as well as his ship , when he encountered the independent bounty hunter Jas Emari before she left without speaking to him . Hiding on Akiva . Aware of Akiva ' s seedy reputation and wanting to avoid the Empire , Sinjir Velus traveled to the Outer Rim planet ' s capital , Myrra . There , he sought refuge at an oka - wood bar called Pok ' s Place , which was owned by a Mon Calamari bartender called Pok . Sinjir plied his time by pushing drinks across the bar table , day and night for a week . One morning , however , Orgadomo Dokura approached him and showed him a holovid of Prince ss Leia Organa , announcing the birth of the New Republic , the successor government to the Rebel Alliance . When he learned of the Imperial blockade and the " Vigilance " presence over the planet , Velus sought to leave the planet by striking a deal with Surat Nuat in The Alcazar . However , when Sinjir tried instead to buy Jas Emari , who had been captured by Nuat , Velus too was imprisoned by the Sullustan crime lord . Velus found himself next to Emari , to whom he pleaded to help him escape as she did so herself . Only when he revealed himself as an ex - loyalty officer , she agreed to his offer to get him passage off the planet . Together , they rescued Temmin Wexley , so that he could furnish the repairs on her gun , and made their way through Surat ' s cantina only to be cornered by his men and stormtrooper s . They were saved by Temmin ' s battle droid Mister Bones , and his mother Norra , who spirited them away on a bala - bala . She brought them to her sister Esmelle ' s house . Aiding the Rebellion . The following morning , Sinjir and Jas discussed their plan to storm the Satrap ' s Palace , which was hosting a high - level Imperial emergency summit called by the Imperial Future Council , in Esmelle ' s living room . Jas had planned to collect a New Republic bounty on several senior Imperial officials including the slaver and financier Arsin Crassus , Admiral Rae Sloane , General Jylia Shale , and Imperial adviser Yupe Tashu and free the New Republic starfighter pilot Wedge Antilles . Sinjir agreed to help in return for a share of the bounty . After some discussion , Temmin and Norra agreed to assist them in return for securing safe passage off Akiva . When Sinjir derided Temmin ' s B1 battle droid companion Mister Bones , Temmin sprung to the droid ' s defense . Shortly later , they were joined by a battered Bones who had survived the skirmish as the Alcazar . The following day , Jas asked Sinjir about what had happened to him on Endor . Sinjir reluctantly revealed that he had been an Imperial loyalty officer during the Battle of Endor . Norra overheard their conversation and attacked Sinjir , angry at the Empire for taking away her husband Brentin Lore Wexley . Before the fight could escalate further , Jas managed to restrain Norra with a blaster and convinced her to make peace with Sinjir . Realizing that Sinjir could be an asset in her plan to inspire a rebellion on Akiva , she decided to keep him on her team . As part of Norra ' s plan , Sinjir , Temmin and Bones entered the local communications station . After defeating the Imperial stormtroopers and officers stationed there , they transmitted a HoloNet broadcast prepared by Norra urging the people of Myrra to stand up against the Empire . Sinjir and his companions also created a faux video of a fake Imperial officer ( actually Sinjir ) executing Temmin with a blaster . This clip was accompanied by speeches from Norra and Princess Leia revealing the Imperial defeat at Endor . Norra ' s New Republic broadcast succeeded in inspiring a popular uprising in Myrra . Sinjir and his companions then fled to the roof of the comm station where they were cornered by several TIE fighters . However , Sinjir and his companions were saved from death by Norra , who had stolen another TIE fighter which she used to strafe several TIE fighters and " Lambda " - class shuttles parked outside the Satrap ' s Palace . Sinjir , Temmin , and Mister Bones then sought refuge at Pok ' s Place . After Norra ' s TIE fighter crashed into the Satrap ' s Palace , Sinjir and Jas assumed that she had perished . He told Temmin and Mister Bones about Norra ' s purported death and comforted the grieving teenager . Fortunately for them , Norra survived and reunited with them at Pok ' s Place . Temmin ' s deal . Having succeeded in their plan to spark an uprising on Akiva , Sinjir and his rebel allies then put the second phase of their plan into action . They decided to reach the Satrap ' s Palace using Myrra ' s underground passages , with Temmin agreeing to serve as a guide . While waiting for Temmin to fetch his maps at his junk shop , Sinjir recounted his past as an Imperial loyalty officer to Norra , who was uncomfortable with the story of his handling of Rilo Tang . When Norra asked whether he had become a rebel , Sinjir asserted that he was only fighting for himself . The two acknowledged that they could not trust each other . Despite his self - interest , Sinjir still supported Norra when she tried to convince her ambivalent son Temmin of the rightness of the New Republic ' s cause . With Temmin serving as their guide , Sinjir and his companions traveled through the underground passages beneath Myrra . As they navigated through a battlefield from the Clone Wars , Velus noticed Temmin ' s nervousness and stopped to privately converse with Emari about it . Though Jas initially misinterpreted his gesture for romantic interest , Sinjir clarified that he was not interested in the opposite sex . The two then concluded that Temmin was trying to hide something from them . Shortly later , Sinjir and his companions tumbled upon the abandoned Separatist factory where they were ambushed by several Uugteen s , fierce near - Human primitives who were indigenous to Akiva . The travelers barely managed to escape with their lives due to Temmin detonating a box of detonator s . After escaping the Uugteen , they then made their way to the old Banking Clan building which led them to the entrance of the Satrap ' s Palace , where the Imperial Future Council was meeting . With the entrance sealed , Jas planned to ambush a party of stormtroopers and guards in order to infiltrate the palace . Before they could put their plans into action , Velus and his team were quickly ambushed by Admiral Sloane and her stormtroopers . Once inside the palace , Velus learned that Temmin had made a secret deal with Surat to betray Emari and Velus to the Empire in exchange of his , Bones and his mother ' s freedom . Surat then double - crossed Temmin by revealing that he had made a secret deal with Sloane to capture his mother Norra . Sloane reluctantly agreed to release Temmin and disintegrated Mister Bones when Temmin protested . Before leaving , Jas commented that Temmin would make a good bounty hunter ; prompting Sinjir to add that the boy would make a better Imperial . Separated from Temmin , Velus , Norra and Emari were made to board Arsin ' s personal yacht the " Golden Harp " , which Admiral Sloane had commandeered after Norra had destroyed their shuttle s . Fighting as a Team . When Norra asked what would happened to them , Sinjir remarked that he would probably be tried while Jas would be executed . He tried to encourage Norra by suggesting that the Empire might barter her with the New Republic as part of a peace settlement . Jas then reassured the rest particularly Norra that Temmin was a survivor . Sinjir and his companions shared their compartment with several members of the Imperial Future Council including Grand Moff Valco Pandion , General Shale , and Adviser Tashu . True to Emari ' s prediction , Temmin managed to infiltrate the yacht through an open hatch . As the " Golden Harp " ascended into space , the yacht was hit by turbolaser fire . During the journey to Admiral Sloane ' s Star Destroyer " Vigilance " , Sinjir staged an altercation with Grand Moff Pandion . Meanwhile , Temmin sneaked under the room through a maintenance hatch and managed to free Jas and Norra from their restraints . Jas then took Pandion hostage at gunpoint . Before a firefight could break out , Sloane crash - landed the yacht in the hangar bay of the " Vigilance " . The crash killed Crassus and most of the stormtroopers but Sinjir and his companions were able to capture General Shale , Adviser Tashu , Sloane ' s aide Adea Rite and rescue Wedge . However , Sloane and Pandion managed to escape on another shuttle . At that point , a New Republic fleet exited hyperspace and bombarded Sloane ' s Star Destroyer . While Sinjir and the others evacuated their prisoner s and Wedge aboard a shuttle , Norra pursued Sloane ' s shuttle with a stolen TIE fighter . After disposing of the recalcitrant Pandion , Sloane and her pilot Morna Kee ejected the main body of their shuttle and escaped in the cockpit . They then fled aboard Pandion ' s Star Destroyer " Vanquish " into hyperspace . The rest of the shuttle collided with Norra ' s TIE fighter , knocking her unconscious . New Republic . Hunting Imperial fugitives . Following the escape from the " Vigilance " , the New Republic routed the remaining Imperial forces on Akiva . Akiva became the first Outer Rim world to join the nascent government . A week later or so , Velus and Emari met Jom Barell , a New Republic Special Forces soldier who had fired upon the " Golden Harp " during the battle on Akiva . After reuniting with Norra , Temmin , and Mister Bones on Akiva , the six then embarked on a mission to hunt down Imperial war criminals throughout the galaxy . By 5 ABY , Sinjir and the rest of Norra ' s team had managed to capture six Imperial fugitives including Commandant Stradd , Prefect Kosh , Moff s Keong and Nyall , Vice General Adambo , and the former ISB minister Venn Eowelt . During this time , Sinjir became a friend of the Wexley family . Later , Sinjir and the team traveled to the planet Vorlag to capture Rear Admiral Perwin Gedde , who was hiding in Slussen Canker ' s palace . Sinjir and the others infiltrated the palace while Temmin and Mister Bones waited aboard Emari ' s gunship " Halo " as getaway pilots . During the course of the mission , the team was captured by Slussen . Jas Emari , who was heavily in debt , pretended to betray them in order to receive credit s from Slussen . Sinjir and the team were locked into cages in Slussen ' s dungeon that hung over several Hroth - beast s . However , Jas had secretly attached a key to the neck of one of the creatures . Sinjir managed to obtain the key and free himself and his fellow inmates . After Norra distracted the guards and the hroth - beasts , the rebels crawler through a lava - tube which led to Gedde ' s room . There , they reunited with Emari , who had already bound the drugged - up former Vice Admiral . Sinjir and his team then escaped aboard the " Halo " . After outrunning their Imperial pursuers , Sinjir was present in the hold when the other rebels confronted Jas for her " triple - cross . " When Jom accused Sinjir of being privy to Emari ' s plans , he denied any involvement . Sinjir and the others then watched Jas and Jom argue before the two reconciled and fell in love with each other . After returning to the New Republic capital Chandrila with the captured Gedde , Sinjir attended to the hroth wounds on his arm and took some painkillers . Before disembarking , Sinjir also confronted the New Republic soldier Jom and warned him not to hurt Jas again , whom he regarded as a friend . Rest and relaxation . Later , Sinjir visited a bar near Junari Point on the outskirts of Chandrila ' s capital Hanna City for recreation . While at the bar , Sinjir met his friend Conder Kyl , who worked as a slicer for the New Republic . Sinjir and Kyl had first met while examining the head of an interrogator droid during the hunt for Moff Gorgon . After talking about caf and alcohol , Conder kissed Sinjir on the cheek . While Sinjir was nervous with public displays of affection , Conder reassured the former loyalty officer that Chandrila was safe and relatively open . The two men were then accosted by two other patrons Mister Browscar and Miss Scowlface , who objected to the presence of a former Imperial at their bar . Following a brief argument , Conder convinced Sinjir to leave peacefully . Sinjir spent the night with Conder and drank more alcohol . Later , he returned to the bar and beat up Browscar and Scowlface ; knocking the former unconscious and giving the latter a broken nose . The following day , Jas Emari found him at the bar . Sinjir then took the opportunity to confront Jas for " double - crossing " them earlier at Slussen ' s palace . When Jas apologized , Sinjir explained that he did not like being kept in the dark . Under pressure , Jas confessed that she was heavily indebted . When Sinjir asked how she had found him , she responded that Conder had told him where he was . When Jas confronted him over his fight with Browscar and Scowlface , he rationalized his actions by asserting that he not killed them . After their rest and relaxation had elapsed , Sinjir and Jas returned to meet with the rest of Norra ' s team at her ship " Halo " . During the meeting , Norra briefed her crew about the death of Perwin Gedde , who had succumbed to poisoning . Jas believed that the bounty hunter Mercurial Swift had murdered him under orders from the Empire . During the meeting , Sinjir and the others also learned that Princess Leia Organa , a prominent New Republic leader , had solicited Norra ' s services to rescue her husband Han Solo . When Temmin ' s droid Mister Bones broke into a song about Leia ' s pregnancy , Sinjir told the droid to stop . Sinjir agreed to take part in the mission and agreed to question Imperial prisoners for information . Following the meeting , Sinjir asked Jas whether she had signed up for Norra ' s latest mission for pecuniary gain . Following a tense discussion , Jas confirmed that this was the case since Leia was wealthy . Searching for answers . Fulfilling his promise to Norra , Sinjir and Temmin visited the New Republic prison on Chandrila to question former Imperial prisoners . He first questioned General Jylia Shale under the pretext of seeking information on Imperial prisoners . Shale claimed she was unable to help and instead directed Sinjir to speak with the Imperial Adviser Yupe Tashu . Unlike Shale , Tashu had not cooperated with the New Republic authorities and lived inside a dank cage . Sinjir forced the guard Windom Traducier to open the cage . Sinjir was stuck until Jas Emari contacted him from Nar Shaddaa . Emari had run into Underboss Rynscar who informed her that Han Solo was on the planet Irudiru on the edge of Wild Space . Jas told Sinjir to ask Tashu about Irudiru . Tashu then told Sinjir that the planet was home to the Siniteen prison architect Golas Aram , a freelancer who worked for the Empire . After Norra returned from an unauthorized mission to find Solo , Sinjir accompanied Norra and the rest of the team to Skygarden , a park above Chandrila ' s Hanna City . There , Norra resigned her commissioned in the New Republic Starfleet to find Solo . Later , he accompanied Norra ' s team on their journey to Irudiri . Sinjir informed Norra that Jas Emari had negotiated the " truly impressive " fee of ten credit s . However , Jom decided to stay back on Chandrila since he still wanted to operate within the New Republic command structure . Joining forces with Han Solo . Using Tashu ' s information , Sinjir and the rest of Norra ' s team traveled to the compound of Golas Aram on the planet Irudiru . They found that Aram ' s compound was well - defended by ghosted lasers , land mines , turret - droids , and carnivorous thirstgrass . While exploring the compound , Sinjir ' s hand was scratched by the thirstgrass . During their fact - finding mission , Sinjir and his companions were attacked by several morak beasts . However , they were saved by a sonic grenade thrown by Han Solo . Later , Sinjir and Norra ' s team met with Han Solo at a cantina in the town of Kai Pompos . When Sinjir pointed out that Jas was a bounty hunter , she told him to shut up . Over drinks , Norra revealed that she had been sent by Princess Leia to rescue Han . Han in return revealed that he wanted to rescue his Wookiee friend Chewbacca , who was held at the formidable Ashmead ' s Lock prison on Kashyyyk . Since Golan had designed the prison for the Empire , Han wanted to question him . Having found Han , Norra ' s team agreed to help him storm Aram ' s compound and rescue Chewbacca . Working together , Sinjir , his companions , and Han Solo stormed the compound . After Temmin and Bones disabled the conduit from the wind farm that powered Aram ' s fence and turrets , Sinjir and Jas headed into the compound under the cover of darkness . The two then came under attack from Aram ' s commando droids . At that point , the two were aided by Jom Barell , who had changed his mind and decided to aid Norra ' s team . However , Sinjir and his companions soon discovered that the Siniteen had escaped . Fortunately for them , Norra captured Aram before he could flee offworld in his small solar shuttle . Sinjir then managed to force Golas Aram to cooperate by threatening to inflict brain damage . Due to his efforts in obtaining information about Ashmead ' s Lock , Sinjir won the respect of Han Solo . After Jas and Jom left to get supplies from Kai Pompos , Sinjir chatted with Temmin . When Temmin noticed that something was troubling him , Sinjir admitted that he was struggling with having to do distasteful things in the past . Temmin in return admitted that he was upset about losing his father Brentin Lore Wexley , who was arrested years ago by the Empire . Ashmead ' s Lock . Sinjir , Norra ' s team , and Han Solo traveled to the Kashyyyk system aboard the " Halo " and the " Millennium Falcon " . They managed to get pass the Imperial blockade by claiming to be repair crew working at Ashmead ' s Lock prison . Using his knowledge of Imperial codes , Sinjir managed to give the Imperials a classified work order code that allowed them to land on Kashyyyk . The rebels soon encountered the prison ' s automated computer system SOL - GDA , which demanded that they submit the passcode . Sinjir and his companions soon found themselves under attack from security droids which attempted to incorporate them into the prison . Despite putting up a fight , Sinjir was quickly incapacitated by a security droid which injected a needle into his neck . Sinjir and Norra were carried by the droids into the prison ' s chambers which consisted of several stasis pods . Before SOL - GDA could complete the incorporation process , Jas Emari and Solo managed to sever the cables connecting the statis pods to the power generator . After freeing himself , Sinjir helped Norra ' s team and Solo free a hundred inmates including Chewbacca and Norra ' s husband Brentin Lore Wexley . After liberating the prisoners , Sinjir and Jom at the urging of Jas agreed to stay behind and help Han and Chewbacca liberate the Wookiees of Kashyyyk from Imperial rule . While Sinjir initially dismissed the idea as a fool ' s crusade and an " idiot ' s parade , " Jas managed to win him and Jom over by raising their failure to free Slussen Canker ' s slaves . Meanwhile , Norra , Temmin , Mister Bones , and the liberated prisoners returned to Chandrila aboard the " Millennium Falcon " . Later , Sinjir and his companions flew on Emari ' s " Halo " out of the Black Forest to a Wroshyr tree hideout . There , Han outlined his plan to liberate Kashyyyk . Since Grand Moff Lozen Tolruck controlled all the Wookiees on Kashyyyk using inhibitor chips , their plan was to find Tolruck ' s island fortress and to disable his command module in order to spark a planetwide Wookiee uprising . Liberating Kashyyyk . A month following the events at Ashmead ' s Lock , Sinjir took part in a mission to free his friend Jom Barell from Imperial captivity . Jom had been captured by Imperial forces while attacking an Imperial shuttle platform . After learning that Barell was being imprisoned at Grand Moff Tolruck ' s island fortress , Sinjir traveled there posing as the Imperial Lieutenant Jorrin Turnbull . Turnbull claimed that he had been sent by Grand Admiral Rae Sloane to deal with rebel " terrorists " who had infiltrated Kashyyyk using stolen codes . Sinjir was greeted by Grand Moff Tolruck who ordered his attache Odair Bel - Opis to bring the captive Barell , who was housed in an iron kennel on grav - pads . Sinjir quickly discovered that Tolruck had ripped out one of Jom ' s eyes during interrogation . However , Tolruck quickly recognized Sinjir as an Imperial fugitive and stabbed him in the calf with a kishakk blade . Later , the wounded Sinjir was forced to fight Odair for Tolruck and his men ' s amusement . Odair gained the upper hand due to Sinjir ' s wounded state and inflicted numerous injuries including a black eye . When Tolruck demanded to know why he had come , Sinjir revealed that he had come for his control module . He then revealed that he was carrying a hyperwave transceiver spike inside the heel of his boot . The hyperwave transceiver quickly deactivated Tolruck ' s control module and disabled the Wookiees ' inhibitor chips . As a result , a mass Wookiee uprising broke out on Kashyyyk and the Imperial garrison was quickly overrun . After freeing Jom from his cage , the two men went to confront Tolruck . However , Tolruck revealed that he had ordered the orbiting Star Destroyers above Kashyyyk to bombard the planet . Sinjir and Jom left Tolruck to be killed by one of his former slaves and rejoined Han , Chewie , and Jas . After loading a transport full of webweaver spider s , Sinjir and his companions infiltrated the Star Destroyer " Dominion " . They used the spiders to overwhelm the Imperial crew and fought their way to the bridge only to be captured by stormtroopers . Before the ship ' s commander Vice Admiral Domm Korgale could deal with them , New Republic reinforcements arrived in the form of Princess Leia aboard the " Millennium Falcon " , Captain Antilles ' Phantom Squadron , and Admiral Ackbar ' s cruiser " Home One " . Sinjir and his comrades broke free of their Imperial captors and hijacked the " Dominion " . They then used the Star Destroyer ' s cannons to destroy the nearby Destroyer " Vitiator " . As a result , the remaining Destroyer " Neutralizer " capitulated to the New Republic ; ending the Imperial occupation of Kashyyyk . Returning to Chandrila . Following the liberation of Kashyyyk , Sinjir reunited with Jas Emari ' s on Kashyyyk ' s surface . She informed Sinjir that she was planning to leave Norra ' s team in order to find work collecting New Republic bounties . Sinjir also admitted that he was tired of following orders from governments including the New Republic . When Jas asked whether he wanted to travel the space lanes or settle down with his boyfriend Conder , Sinjir remarked that he did not know what to do with his life . While Sinjir toyed with the idea of becoming a bounty hunter , he decided that it was not cut out for him . Despite their differences , Sinjir still accepted Jas ' offer to give him a ride back to Chandrila . After returning to Chandrila , Sinjir and Jas learned about the full extent of the attack on Chandrila . The Ashmead ' s Lock prisoners had secretly been fitted with inorganic biochips which allowed Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax to turn them into unwilling drones in his plot to assassinate the New Republic leadership . While the plot had not completely succeeded , it had damaged the New Republic ' s public image and discouraged worlds form joining the new government . The New Republic Security Bureau had captured Rax ' s agent Windom Traducier , who had been responsible for coordinating the attack on Chandrila . Seeking vengeance against the Empire , Sinjir visited the defiant Traducier after bribing the guard to let him in . When Traducier derided the New Republic as a " hobbling , crippled thing " , Sinjir replied that he only cared for himself and his friends . Since Traducier had hurt his friends , Sinjir killed him by plunging a vibroknife into his sternum . After killing Traducier , Sinjir returned to his apartment where Conder informed him that Norra had been trying to contact him . After remarking that he was both better now than he was and worse , the two embraced before Sinjir told Conder that he was not the right partner for him . Hunting Rae Sloane . Later , Sinjir joined up with Norra , Temmin , Mister Bones and Jas aboard Norra ' s ship " Moth " . Norra wanted to hunt down Grand Admiral Rae Sloane , believing that she was responsible for the attack on Chandrila and the loss of her husband . They were also visited by Princess Leia , who promised to give them the resources to help them hunt down and eliminate Sloane . For several months , Sinjir and the rest of Norra ' s team traveled through the galaxy hunting for Sloane . They visited several worlds including Kashyyyk , Ord Mantell , Corellia , and Jindau Station . After learning that the bounty hunter Mercurial Swift had been in contact with Sloane , Sinjir and his comrades connived with the Taris ian wilder girl Vazeen Mordraw to lure Swift into a trap on the planet Taris . This trap involved planting a false bounty on Mordraw , who had purportedly stolen a caseload of New Republic ID cards from the Gindar Gang . Following a brief struggle , Sinjir along with Norra and Jas Emari managed to subdue and stun Swift . That night , they interrogated Swift about the whereabouts of Grand Admiral Sloane . Swift held out until Sinjir threatened to send the B1 battle droid Mister Bones to harm Swift ' s mother Tabba Teldar , who lived in Coronet City . Swift revealed that Sloane had sent him to search the Emperor ' s wrecked luxury yacht " Imperialis " on the moon Quantxi for information about a high - ranking Imperial officer named Gallius Rax . Sinjir and his team - mates also learned that Sloane had traveled to the planet Jakku in the Western Reaches to investigate Rax ' s origins . After knocking Swift unconscious , Norra ' s team continued their journey to Jakku . During the voyage , Sinjir brooded over the kitchen over his lack of purpose . He confided in Jas that he had quit drinking Kowakian rum but was still an alcoholic . Sinjir also admitted that he struggled with finding a new purpose beyond his training as an Imperial loyalty officer . When Jas expressed fears that Norra was becoming more aggressive and vengeful , Sinjir reassured Jas that she was a voice of caution . After listening to Norra , Sinjir reassured her that she was a good person like the rest of Norra ' s team . When Jas remarked that she hope that Jakku would hold no surprises for them , Sinjir joked that the galaxy was full of surprises . Upon exiting hyperspace above Jakku , Sinjir and the rest of Norra ' s team discovered that the remnants of the Empire had fled to the system . At Temmins ' request , Sinjir reluctantly agreed to man the ship ' s guns . Meanwhile , Norra and Jas departed in an escape pod to continue the former ' s hunt for Rae Sloane . After learning that his mother had left , Temmin sent his droid Mister Bones in a second escape pod to watch over Norra . Sinjir and Temmin managed to flee into hyperspace on Norra ' s freighter " Moth " before Imperial torpedoes could destroy their ship . Warning the New Republic . Returning to the New Republic capital of Chandrila , Sinjir and Temmin managed to secure an audience with Princess Leia Organa and her husband Han Solo , bringing them news about the Imperial presence on Jakku . While waiting at Leia ' s nursery , Sinjir reassured Temmin that they would find away to rescue his mother . By that time , Princess Leia was heavily pregnant and was expecting a child soon . Sinjir tried to convince a reluctant Han Solo to lend his famous freighter , the " Millennium Falcon " . Before they could continue , Chancellor Mon Mothma arrived and questioned Temmin and Sinjir about what they had witnessed on Jakku . When Temmin told them that his mother and droid Mister Bones were on Jakku , Sinjir interjected that the bounty hunter Jas was also stranded , adding that he liked her . Sinjir then urged Chancellor Mothma to send troops and ships to Jakku to attack the Empire . However , Mothma responded that their mission was unauthorized . When Leia protested that she had sent Norra and her team , the Chancellor countered that the Galactic Senate had jurisdiction over the hunt for Sloane . Chancellor Mothma promised to convince the Galactic Senate to send military forces to Jakku . After the Chancellor had left , Sinjir and Temmin agreed that they could not wait for the authorities to intervene and decided to try and get to Jakku their own way with Solo ' s help . Sinjir and Temmin lobbied Han Solo for permission to borrow the " Millennium Falcon " . During the discussions , Sinjir suggested an alternative suggestion of smuggling themselves aboard a cargo ship or shuttle behind enemy lines . After Han consulted with his wife Leia , the two allowed Temmin and Sinjir to borrow the " Millennium Falcon " . The following morning , the two made their way to the hangar to depart aboard the " Millennium Falcon " . However , they were prevented from leaving by a pair of Senate Guards , who claimed they had received orders from Chancellor Mon Mothma to prevent any departures . Spies and political intrigue . Sinjir later confronted Princess Leia who confirmed that neither she , Solo , nor Chancellor Mothma had sent the guards to stop them from leaving . After learning that Chancellor Mothma ' s political rival Senator Tolwar Wartol had leaked news of the Imperial presence on Jakku to the media , they suspected that Wartol had been bugging their conversations . Sinjir decided to visit his slicer friend Conder for help . While Conder was still upset that Sinjir had broken up their relationship , he agreed to help investigate the bug in Leia ' s domicile after Sinjir reassured him that it was related to the Imperial presence on Jakku and that two of Sinjir ' s friends Norra and Jas Emari were on Jakku . Sinjir was present at Princess Leia ' s domicile when Conder used a small , hand - machined probe droid to scan the room for any bugs . While Princess Leia and Han Solo were skeptical that there was a bug in their house , Sinjir was adamant that Leia ' s domicile was being bugged . Sinjir also suspected that Senator Wartol had sent the guards who had stopped him and Temmin from leaving Chandrila . Though Conder found there were no bugs in Leia ' s domicile , his probe droid detected a listening device inside Leia ' s nanny droid T - 2LC . The discovery of the bug coincided with news that Chancellor Mothma ' s bill to send troops to Jakku had been defeated in the Galactic Senate . After the discovery of the listening device , Sinjir visited his old rebel colleague Jom Barell , who had been expelled from the New Republic Special Forces for taking part in an unauthorized mission to Kashyyyk . Jom , who had taken to drinking , was initially despondent and ambivalent until Sinjir pointed out that his girlfriend Jas was trapped on Jakku behind an Imperial blockade . Sinjir then enlisted Jom in an undercover mission on the planet Nakadia , the newly designated capital of the New Republic . Undercover on Nakadia . Later , Sinjir along with Han Solo , Temmin , Conder , and Jom Barell took part in an undercover mission on Nakadia to trail five senators who had voted against Chancellor Motma ' s bill . These senators were Ashmin Ek , Rethalow , Dor Wieedo , Grelka Sorka , and Nim Tar . Using his slicing skills , Conder had hacked into the electronic ledgers of the senators and discovered unusual credit deposits in the accounts of two of the senators . Sinjir and his team stalked the senators at the Izzik ' s restaurant opposite the Quarrow Senate house . For the mission , Sinjir was tasked with tailing Senator Ek . After several hours had elapsed , Solo informed Sinjir that he had seen a couple of Nikto and a Klatooinian heading towards Senator Wieedo ' s ship in Quarrow ' s northernmost spaceport . Sinjir attempted to follow Ek , who was approaching someone in gold , red , and white robes but was distracted by Dann and Merra , the young son and daughter of Senator Pima Drolley , Akiva ' s new senator . Recognizing Sinjir as the ex - Imperial , the two wanted to congratulate him for his role in liberating Akiva . Sinjir managed to shush them away and find Jom . Sinjir attempted to contact Temmin and Jom but lost contact with them . After exiting the restaurant , Sinjir found Ashmin Ek and Nim Tar down a narrow alley . Sinjir saw Ek threatening Nim Tar and went to confront them . However , Sinjir was knocked unconscious by an unknown stranger who had been following him . The following morning , Temmin found Sinjir and helped him up . The two then found Solo in a trash bin behind the landing bay where Senator Wieedo ' s ship had been parked the night before . After freeing Solo , the three were contacted by Jom , who informed that he had returned to the " Falcon " with the captured Senator Rethalow . Back aboard the " Falcon " , Sinjir and the others listened as Senator Rethalow confessed that he and the other four senators had been bribed or coerced into voting against Chancellor Mothma ' s bill by Black Sun and the Red Key Raiders , who wanted to prolong the Galactic Civil War . Rethalow also revealed that the criminals had kidnapped Nim Tar ' s child and Senator Sorka ' s pet jerba . Sinjir managed to convince Rethalow to cooperate with them by claiming to be an adviser of Chancellor Mothma and offering to extend New Republic protection to his homeworld . Sinjir and the others then decided to rescue the missing Conder , Nim Tar ' s child , and Sorka ' s jerba . After circling the skies above Quarrow , Sinjir managed to pick up a transmission from Conder ' s transceiver tooth . Though Conder ' s captors destroyed his comlink , Sinjir and his team managed to trace his location to a red agricultural warehouse . Solo used the " Falcon " belly turret to blow a hole in the top of the warehouse roof . Sinjir and his comrades then stormed the warehouse and took out the Red Key thugs guarding Conder and Nim Tar ' s child . A Herglic guard took Conder hostage but Sinjir shot him in the mouth . During the attack , Sinjir rediscovered his sense of purpose . Despite being unable to save Sorka ' s jerba , Sinjir and his comrades had foiled Black Sun and Red Key ' s plot to prolong the fighting . Having taken out the Red Key gangsters , Sinjir enlisted Conder ' s help in sending a missive offering to pardon the five New Republic Senators if they voted with the Chancellor to intervene on Jakku during the second round at the Nakadia Senate House . Sinjir ' s plan worked and the New Republic was able to send military forces to Jakku , setting the stage for the pivotal Battle of Jakku . A new job . Following the events on Nakadia , Sinjir and Conder returned to Chandrila . As he treated the wounded Conder ' s bruises , Sinjir commended his friend for using his transceiver tooth to contact him and his companions . When Sinjir opined that he should follow Jom and Temmin to Jakku , Conder replied that he was not a soldier . The two then decided to ask Chancellor Mothma whether they could serve the New Republic on Jakku . Sinjir secured an audience with Chancellor Mothma . To Sinjir ' s consternation , she declined him permission to travel to Jakku on the grounds that he was not a soldier , pilot , or an officer . While Mothma admitted that she could not stop Sinjir from finding a ship and traveling to Jakku to rescue his friends , she told Sinjir to listen to her offer first . Chancellor Mothma offered Sinjir a job as an adviser since she was impressed by how he had manipulated those senators into supporting her motion to intervene on Jakku . She also told Sinjir that he would make a good adviser because he was a cynic who distrusted the system and a skilled player . After some consideration , Sinjir decided to accept Mothma ' s offer . His first job as adviser was to deliver a small basket of pta fruit s to Mothma ' s rival Senator Wartol , who had been the source of Sinjir and Temmin ' s earlier troubles . Mothma wanted to send the pta fruits as a snub to her rival . Sinjir and Conder traveled to Senator Wartol ' s Ganoidian tri - deck cruiser . On the way , the two men discuss their suspicions about Wartol ' s corruption and his role in planting the listening device in Princess Leia ' s domicile . Before parting company , Conder jokingly told his friend to deliver the pta fruits without starting an intergalactic incident . Inside Wartol ' s cruiser , Sinjir delivered the gift . Wartol recognized Sinjir as the ex - Imperial while Sinjir reminded Wartol about the incident on Nakadia where he had been held up by Mothma ' s fruit . When Wartol denounced Mothma for her alleged weak leadership , Sinjir responded that Wartol reminded him of an Imperial autocrat who ruled through terror . Before setting the basket down , Sinjir taunted Wartol about receiving a lifetime supply of pta fruit as consolation for losing the upcoming election . At that point , Sinjir noticed that Wartol was acting suspicious and hiding something under his table ; which turned out to be the controls for a bomb . When Sinjir attempted to investigate , Wartol grabbed a pistol and opened fire on Sinjir . Sinjir managed to deflect the blasts by hurling the contents of the basket at Wartol . Following a brief struggle , Wartol attempted to shoot Sinjir dead . However , Conder entered the ship and shot Wartol on the shoulder . Sinjir survived but sustained flesh wounds after a blaster shot glanced along the side of his head . When Wartol taunted him , Conder shot the rogue senator tin the knee . When Sinjir demanded to know what Wartol was hiding , Wartol laughed and taunted Sinjir that it was already too late . After Conder checked his tech gaunlet which could tap into the local communications networks , they learned that there had been a bomb attack at the north tower of the Senate Building , which housed Chancellor Mothma ' s office . Believing he had killed the Chancellor , Wartol boasted that he had stopped her from spreading her " corrosive stain " across the burgeoning New Republic . Wartol tried to goad Sinjir into killing him but Sinjir responded that he would be tried and sent to prison . After the security forces had arrested Wartol , Sinjir headed to the Senate Building . To his relief , Sinjir discovered that Chancellor Mothma had survived the bombing because she had not been in the room . However , Sinjir ' s counterpart Auxi had been killed . A new era . Following the bombing , the New Republic received word that Grand Vizier Mas Amedda wanted to sue for peace . Amedda ' s peace offer coincided with a major New Republic victory on Jakku , which ended the Galactic Civil War in the Republic ' s favor . Sinjir along with Chancellor Mothma , his fellow adivser Sondiv Sella , and Princess Leia took part in the peace negotiations on Chandrila that produced the Empire ' s surrender and the Galactic Concordance . These agreements formally ended the wartime hostilities and dissolved the former Imperial government . Following the surrender ceremony , Mothma gave Sinjir a bottle of expensive lachrymead wine as recognition for his services to the New Republic . Sinjir used his powers as an adviser to the Chancellor to secure pardons for Jas Emari ' s new bounty hunting crew Embo , Dengar , and Jeeta . He also obtained enough Credit s to convince the bounty hunters to remain on Emari ' s crew . In the weeks following the Battle of Jakku , Sinjir met with the surviving members of Norra ' s team at a tavern overlooking the Silver Sea . During the dinner , Sinjir and his companions talked about Han Solo and Leia ' s newborn son Ben Solo , whom he likened to a " squalling grub - monkey " . Sinjir and Norra also exchanged jokes about babies . After learning that Temmin was planning to study at the Hosnian Prime flight academy , Sinjir remarked that he hoped that Temmin would learn how to fly a ship well and not smash them into the ground like toys . Following the dinner , Sinjir sent Conder back first while he spent some time alone with the bounty hunter Jas . When Jas commented that he had found his star , Sinjir responded that he had finally found a life and purpose . When Norra observed that he had become respectable , Sinjir replied that he was only a political adviser to the Chancellor . Jas also confided that her aunt Sugi had been right not to take unethical jobs and vowed to follow that tradition . When Sinjir asked if she would be alright , Jas responded that she was still burdened with debts . Jas also told Sinjir that she did not reciprocate Jom ' s feelings for her . When Sinjir reassured her that it was not her fault , Jas replied that she could never repay that debt because there was nobody to pay it to . Before leaving , the two hugged and expressed uncertainty that they would see each other again . Personality and traits . Duplicitous and interested in his own well - being , Sinjir Rath Velus was conflicted to find himself changed after the Battle of Endor , feeling guilt and shame , but also dreading his shifting moral center . A bit rangy and scruffy , he was snarky and cynical , demonstrating some dislike for the idea that he found hope after the birth of the New Republic . Sinjir was upfront about his murky past and even confessed to committing terrible deeds in the Empire ' s service . At times , Sinjir could be pugnacious but remained loyal to those whom he regarded as his friends , particularly Norra and her son Temmin . Sinjir was homosexual , shooting down Jas Emari ' s attempts to consummate their relationship . By 5 ABY , Sinjir had found a boyfriend in the form of Conder Kyl . While he was uncomfortable with public displays of affection , Sinjir obliged after Conder reassured him that Chandrila was a tolerant world . Despite changing sides , Sinjir was still capable of violence . On one occasion , he beat up two patrons at a Chandrilan bar after they abused him for being a former Imperial . When confronted about his actions , Sinjir responded that he did not kill them . Sinjir was also an alcoholic and regularly drank beverages to deal with despair and stress . Sinjir was also crafty at tricking his opponents into thinking they had gotten the upper hand . On one occasion , Sinjir allowed himself to be beaten up by Grand Moff Lozen Tolruck ' s henchman Odair Bel - Opis before revealing that he had disabled the inhibitor chips controlling the enslaved Wookiees of Kashyyyk . Sinjir had a complex morality that was based around looking out for himself and his friends . He murdered the Imperial agent Windom Traducier for hurting his friends . Later , Sinjir ' s guilt at his actions led him to end his relationship with Conder . He believed that his moral ambivalence made him an unworthy mate for Conder . While Sinjir was bereft of purpose following the Battle of Endor , he found a new purpose in serving the New Republic . Sinjir used his skills with interrogation and emotional manipulation to serve the New Republic . On one occasion , Sinjir managed to convince five senators to switch their votes into supporting Chancellor Mothma ' s motion to send military forces to Jakku by posing as an adviser to the Chancellor . This impressed Chancellor Mothma to the extent that she appointed the former Imperial as one of her advisers . Sinjir acquitted himself well in his duties as a political adviser . He foiled a plot by Senator Wartol to assassinate Chancellor Mothma and took part in the peace negotiations with Grand Vizier Mas Amedda that produced the Galactic Concordance . Sinjir also repaired his relationship with Conder . Despite being unsure that Conder was his " star " , he believed that Conder gave him a sense of life and purpose . Sinjir was also know for his sarcastic sense of humor . Skills and abilities . Sinjir was a skilled hand - to - hand combat ant , able to disarm men with relative ease and inflict as much pain as possible . As a loyalty officer of the Empire , he learned how to read body language , how to detect lies , how to use people against one another , and found it easy to provoke people , or making them uncomfortable , putting them off balance . Sinjir was also able to extricate himself and his friends from tricky situations . Later , Sinjir smuggled a hyperspace transceiver spike into Grand Moff Tolruck ' s palace and used it to disable the control module which controlled the Wookiees ' inhibitor chips . Sinjir used his interrogation and emotional manipulation skills to aid the New Republic . On one occasion , he coerced the bounty hunter Mercurial Swift into revealing Grand Admiral Sloane ' s whereabouts . On another , he manipulated five senators into re - casting their vote in favor of Mothma ' s motion to intervene on Jakku . Sinjir also was an astute observer and foiled Senator Wartol ' s plot to assassinate Chancellor Mothma . While Sinjir was not a natural fighter , he was able to hold himself well in unarmed combat . Behind the scenes . Sinjir Rath Velus first appeared as a significant point - of - view character in Chuck Wendig ' s 2015 novel " Aftermath " , the first book in " " . He along with Norra , Temmin Wexley , Jas Emari , and Admiral Rae Sloane serve as the five main point - of - view characters for the Akivan story arc in the novel . Sinjir later reappeared in " Aftermath " 2016 sequel , " " and " " , the 2017 sequel . Reviewers of the first " Aftermath " novel noted that Sinjir was the first gay protagonist in the Star Wars universe . In response to some fan criticism that Wendig was promoting a pro - LBGTQ and pro - diversity agenda , Wendig defended his decision to include gay characters and likened his detractors to the Galactic Empire . Following a fan tweet asking about Sinjir ' s appearance , Wendig tweeted back that he had imagined Sinjir as the " manbaby " of the Israeli actor and the German - born Irish actor .