S ' ybll S ' ybll was a Mind - witch who lived on the planet Seidhkona for many years until being encountered by an exploratory team sent by the Galactic Empire . S ' ybll leeched the life energy from the Imperial force and discovered that the draining of their energy had made her young again . Hungering for further individuals to steal life energy from , she discovered the crew of the " Millennium Falcon " who had landed on her world to enact repairs . S ' ybll was drawn to the young Jedi Luke Skywalker after sensing his raw Force power and was able to draw him to her domain . While there , she used Force illusion s to trap Skywalker and drain him of his energy . However , Skywalker saw through her illusions and defeated her . Years later , S ' ybll made her way to Tarnoonga where she was able to steal life energy from another group of Imperials . She then lured Skywalker to the world and confronted him at an Imperial outpost . Instead of seeking revenge , S ' ybll wanted Skywalker to work with her , bringing her Imperials that she could drain and maintain her youth . When Skywalker refused , S ' ybll tried once again to drain his life energy . However , the attack failed and S ' ybll was killed when Skywalker ran her through with his lightsaber . Biography . Early life . S ' ybll was a mind - witch , a long - lived humanoid species with powerful psychic abilities . S ' ybll also had telekinetic abilities allowing her to move objects with her mind . At some point , S ' ybll discovered large stone columns on the planets of Tarnoonga and Seidhkona which allowed her to greatly augment her telekinetic powers . Not wanting to be away from the source of her power , S ' ybll made her home on Seidhkona . Over many years , the city that housed the large stone columns fell into disrepair , but S ' ybll still called the ruins her home , staying within its borders . By the time of the Galactic Civil War , S ' ybll was still living on the planet , greatly advanced in age . To her surprise an Imperial exploration team arrived on Seidhkona in a " Lambda " - class T - 4a shuttle . As the Imperials explored the ruins that were S ' ybll ' s home , she used her psychic powers to take control of their minds and drain their life energy . After eliminating the entire scouting party , S ' ybll found herself to be young again . Delighted , S ' ybll waited for more individuals to come to her world so that she could drain them too . As she waited , she used the Imperials ' stormtrooper armor to make scarecrows which she posted around her territory . Encounter with Skywalker . Around 3 ABY , S ' ybll witnessed the " Millennium Falcon " landing on Seidhkona . The Rebels Luke Skywalker , Chewbacca , Han Solo , and their droids , R2 - D2 and C - 3PO had touched down to make repairs to their navigation computer which had been damaged . S ' ybll sensed the raw Force power within Skywalker and was drawn to the ship . When Skywalker ventured away from the " Millennium Falcon " to scout the area , S ' ybll was able to read his mind , and used her powers to conjure an image of one of the young Rebel ' s love interests , Tanith Shire . The illusion created by S ' ybll showed Shire being attacked by a large plant beast , which Skywalker was able to destroy using his blaster pistol . S ' ybll , maintaining the illusion of Shire , led Skywalker on a chase which led them to dive into a river near her domain . As the two exited the water , S ' ybll dropped the illusion , but she was able to explain away the change of appearance , attributing it to the odd atmosphere on the world . Skywalker believed the explanation and followed S ' ybll to her home . Skywalker was curious about the ruins and the stormtrooper scarecrows placed around the place , but S ' ybll was able to dodge the questions , leading the man deeper into her home . When Skywalker spotted the damaged Imperial shuttle , S ' ybll lied that the craft had come there long before she had settled there and that she had simply used the armor inside to make the scarecrows . As Skywalker tried to gain more information on what could have possibly eliminated the Imperials , S ' ybll drew the young man close to her . Claiming that she needed protection from the dangers of the jungle , she kissed Skywalker deeply . However , he gently refused her advances , telling S ' ybll that he would help her , but that he had other commitments . Upon his refusal , S ' ybll stole his comlink and disappeared into the trees to conjure another illusion . Using further memories stolen from Skywalker ' s mind , she conjured the Night Beast that he had previously defeated on Yavin 4 . Skywalker fled from the beast , and in an attempt to climb one of the ruins , the structure collapsed , incapacitating him . S ' ybll used the distraction to pull another image from Skywalker ' s mind , that of his deceased Jedi Master , Ben Kenobi . S ' ybll ' s Kenobi illusion , in the form of a Force ghost , convinced Skywalker to stay and seek out S ' ybll . As Skywalker listened to the illusion , S ' ybll was able to siphon his life energy from him , weakening the young Rebel . Draining Skywalker . As Skywalker collapsed , injured by his fall and weak from having his life energy sucked from him , S ' ybll gathered him up and brought him to her hiding place where she lay him upon a stone table to completely drain him . S ' ybll was running low on energy , and her appearance began to change back to her haggard appearance with long white hair . To keep Skywalker from seeing her , she placed a cloth over his eyes . During the process , Skywalker awoke but was kept from moving by S ' ybll who convinced him that she was trying to heal him . However , Skywalker ' s comlink , which S ' ybll had kept in order to lure his companions after she had drained him , suddenly began to transmit communication . Skywalker ' s droids , R2 - D2 and C - 3PO , who were hoping to contact their missing master , called out from the comlink , and S ' ybll could not keep Skywalker still any longer . As he attempted to recover the device , the young Rebel pulled the cloth from his face revealing S ' ybll ' s withered appearance . Her scheme revealed , the Mind - witch pulled the comlink away from Skywalker ' s grasp , keeping him from contacting his friends . Skywalker attempted to fight her power , but he was too weak to resist the psychic link that she had formed within his mind . As S ' ybll told the Rebel of her history , he was able to muster enough strength to throw her off him , running from the mind - witch . Shocked by his strength of will but still maintaining a strong pychic link with Skywalker , S ' ybll pulled another illusion from his mind . An illusion of Skywalker ' s greatest fear , Darth Vader was summoned , driving him back into her clutches . However , Skywalker resisted the illusion , and the vision of Darth Vader ' s attacks passed harmlessly through him . Refusing to admit defeat , S ' ybll decided to dispose of the young man , content to drain Skywalker ' s friends after she had dealt with him . Using her telekinetic powers , she collapsed nearby ruins onto her foe . Believing that she had crushed Skywalker , S ' ybll sensed his friends nearby and called out to them , eager to drain their essences now that Skywalker had been dealt with . However , Skywalker had dodged the attack and taunted the mind - witch . Enraged , S ' ybll lashed out wildly , throwing loose stones and broken ruins at the young man . The powerful telekinetic attack drained S ' ybll of her energy , exhausting her . Badly weakened , the mind - witch ' s psychic hold on Skywalker was broken , and she collapsed among the rubble she had created . Knowing that she was extremely vulnerable in her weakened state , S ' ybll had just enough strength to conjure an image of her corpse pinned beneath a rock . Convinced S ' ybll was dead , Skywalker , free from S ' ybll ' s power , departed the world with his friends . Final showdown . After the Rebels departed her world , the mind - witch was able to recover from the battle . During her recuperation , Imperials arrived at Seidhkona looking for their lost shuttle . Instead of draining all the Imperials as she had done previously , she eliminated one of their number and took his place , disguising herself with an illusion . Unable to determine the cause of their comrades ' deaths , the Imperial group left Seidhkona and returned to an Imperial outpost on the planet Tarnoonga . The base was also home to the same stone columns that she had used on Seidhkona to augment her powers , which gave her an edge over the Imperials . As she had done years ago , S ' ybll began to drain the Imperials at the outpost of their life energy . The base also housed an Oskan blood eater , which S ' ybll made into her pet . After replenishing herself , she made the outpost her home , hiding the dead stormtrooper ' s armor and bones in cargo containers . Instead of desiring revenge on Skywalker , S ' ybll was impressed by his powers and resolved to get him to join her so that she could use him to bring her Imperial victims . Sometime later , S ' ybll ' s opportunity to contact Skywalker presented itself . Two Rebel scouts , Andur Thorsim and Glaennor , came to Tarnoonga in a G9 Rigger freighter to investigate reports about the Imperial base . Using her illusions , S ' ybll tricked the scouts into believing that they were being attacked by an Oskan blood eater . As the illusions drew the scouts to her , she showed them an image of a Jedi woman who defeated the blood eater with her lightsaber . The Rebel scouts reported the news of a Jedi back to Alliance Command , who then forwarded the information on to Luke Skywalker . Her plan in motion , S ' ybll imprisoned the Rebel scouts and waited for Skywalker ' s arrival . Hoping to make contact with another Jedi , Skywalker headed for Tarnoonga . After landing his X - wing next to the G9 freighter , Skywalker searched the area for the Rebel scouts . Upon Skywalker ' s arrival , S ' ybll resumed her pyschic bond with the young man , pulling images from his mind to manipulate him . Using the image of Frija Torlock from Skywalker ' s past , she confronted Skywalker as she created further illusions of attacking blood eaters . Skywalker was shocked to see Frija and was convinced by S ' ybll ' s story that Frija had become a Rebel scout . When Skywalker asked about the Jedi woman he had come to investigate , S ' ybll told him that she had been killed by the blood eaters . Skywalker was unconvinced and began to sense the deception despite S ' ybll conjuring more illusions . Although she made one last attempt to convince him by showing an image of Frija being attacked by a blood eater , Skywalker had surmised S ' yblls presence , seeing through the charade . Death . Although Skywalker assumed that S ' ybll wanted revenge , the mind - witch instead offered her proposal for an alliance . Skywalker was disgusted by the idea , and even when S ' ybll threatened to have her blood eater kill the Rebel scouts , Skywalker refused . Upon his refusal , S ' ybll released her blood eater , which headed for the two scouts . Skywalker immediately jumped into the pit with his lightsaber to defend his compatriots . Using her illusions , she attempted to help her beast defeat Skywalker , but his skills were too great and he quickly killed the blood eater . Defeated , S ' ybll opened up a hatch in the pit which began to flood the chamber with water , and then sealed the pit with a blast door . However , Skywalker was able to cut a hole in the trap , helping the scouts escape the rising water . Unwilling to admit defeat , S ' ybll conjured more illusions , but Skywalker helped Glaennor and Thursim see through them . Forced to use her telekinetic powers , S ' ybll threw stones at the Rebels , but Skywalker was able to defend them . As the mind - witch increased the intensity of her attack , Skywalker noticed that the base contained the same stone columns that he had seen on Seidhkona . Realizing that the columns were helping S ' ybll to increase her powers , he used his lightsaber to cut through the columns to S ' ybll ' s horror . Out of options , S ' ybll dove at Skywalker and tackled him to the floor , intending to drain his life force as quickly as she could . However , the attempt was interrupted by the roof of the base exploding in a hail of blasterfire . Skywalker ' s droid , R2 - D2 , piloting the Rebel ' s X - wing starfighter , had used it to open a hole into the base after determining that his master was in trouble . In the confusion , S ' ybll lost hold of Skywalker who rolled away from her grasp . Refusing to give up , S ' ybll dove at her prey in one last desperate attempt . However , Skywalker used the Force to pull his lightsaber , which had been lost in the melee , into his grasp . Igniting the weapon just as S ' ybll was lunging towards him , the Rebel drove the blade straight through her chest . As Skywalker deactivated the weapon , S ' ybll said her final words to the would - be Jedi and fell to the floor , dead . Legacy . Despite having killed S ' ybll with his own weapon , Skywalker did not trust his own senses . He commanded R2 - D2 to land the X - wing and come into the base . After the astromech droid had confirmed with his sensors that S ' ybll was truly dead , Skywalker finally believed her to be truly gone . With her death , Skywalker surmised that the last of the mind - witches had perished . Powers and abilities . As a mind - witch , S ' ybll was extraordinarily long - lived and had inherent psychic abilities which she could use to read thoughts and create illusions in the minds of her victims . She could use these powers to create a psychic link between herself and her victims . After forging this link , S ' ybll could slowly drain the life energy from her victims . This action would replenish her own energy , allowing her to become youthful in appearance . S ' ybll believed that draining the life forces of more powerful individuals , such as Luke Skywalker , could make her more powerful as a result . S ' ybll also had powerful telekinetic abilities . During her battle with Skywalker , she was able to topple large stone structures and throw rubble through the air at her enemy . S ' ybll ' s telekinetic powers were augmented by the stone columns in her home , giving her greater power to manipulate the landscape . When these columns were destroyed , her powers weakened . S ' ybll ' s telekinesis was limited , and overuse of her powers could significantly weaken her . During her attack on Seidhkona , she overexerted herself , causing her to collapse in exhaustion . Personalities and traits . In her common form , S ' ybll had a withered , wrinkled appearance . Her skin was covered in warts , and her hair was long and white . After ages spent on Seidhkona , her hair was filthy , and her yellowed teeth guarded terrible smelling breath . She had a bony appearance with long fingernails and was very skinny . She clothed herself in an outfit of animal skins and kept this appearance over the years despite access to other materials . However , after draining individuals of their life energy , S ' ybll took on a youthful appearance with smooth skin and long red hair . S ' ybll enjoyed appearing youthful and wished to drain individuals to maintain this appearance . S ' ybll kept the bodies of her victims after draining them of their life force . She used the skull of one of her victims as a candle , and after eliminating the Imperial force on Tarnoonga , she kept the bodies in cargo containers . S ' ybll was a long - lived individual who had lived on the planet Seidhkona for ages before she came in contact with Imperials . She was a cruel and selfish individual and had no compunctions about draining and killing others to maintain her youth . After encountering Luke Skywalker , she hoped to ally herself to him so that he would give her further victims to drain . Upon his refusal , she was greatly angered . S ' ybll had a dangerous prideful streak and enjoyed the enhanced abilities that the stone columns on Seidhkona and Tarnoonga afforded her . The mind - witch was afraid to be away from these structures which granted her enhanced power , which is why she had spent such a long time on Seidhkona and had sought out the same type of structure on Tarnoonga . Skywalker was able to use S ' ybll ' s pride against her on both of his encounters with her , tricking her into exhausing her powers in order to destroy the defiant Rebel . Behind the scenes . S ' ybll was created by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Al Williamson for use in the Star Wars Comic Strip story " The Paradise Detour " , published by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate . This story was later reprinted by Dark Horse Comics in " Classic Star Wars 17 " and " 18 " These reprints colored the originally black and white comic strip panels and reordered some of the comic panels , removing redudant parts of the storyline . S ' ybll was later referenced in the article " ComicScan : Star Wars . . . On A Daily Basis " in issue 2 of " Star Wars Galaxy Magazine " which noted her as an original creation by the comic strip . Two later articles in " Star Wars Galaxy Collector " magazine also discussed S ' ybll ' s exploits during the comic strip . " ComicScan : Coming Full Circle " in issue 3 referenced the storyline that S ' ybll was involved in , and " ComicScan : Luke - ing for Love in all the Wrong Places " in issue 7 mentioned Skywalker ' s short - lived attraction to S ' ybll . Although S ' ybll appeared to die at the end of " The Paradise Detour " , she later appeared in the book " " , which revealed that she had survived her fight with Luke Skywalker . The book , written by Ryder Windham , was dedicated to the memory of Archie Goodwin and included a written recreation of " The Paradise Detour " and a conclusion to S ' ybll ' s story . The mind - witches , the species that S ' ybll belonged to , were given an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , and she also received an entry in the second edition of " A Guide to the Star Wars Universe " . " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " gave a summary of " The Life of Luke Skywalker " and identified the planet that appeared in " The Paradise Detour " as Seidhkona , a fact that did not appear in the original comic . S ' ybll was mentioned as the first appearance of witches in the " Star Wars " universe in " Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Nightsisters but Were Afraid to Ask " , an article in " Star Wars Insider 122 " . " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " states that S ' ybll was a Human female belonging to the mind - witch order . However , " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " states that " mind - witches " were a separate humanoid species .