Rikel ( Centerpoint Station ) Rikel , known as Vibro to many , was a male crewman aboard Centerpoint Station during the Second Galactic Civil War in 40 ABY , serving as the head technician . After the loss of his wife on Coruscant , Rikel was in a position to use the space station ' s destructive capabilities against the Galactic Alliance , which he did when the Corellians tried to kill one of the joint Chiefs of State of the Galactic Alliance , Jacen Solo , in a battle with the Galactic Alliance at a point in space between Coruscant and Corellia . Rikel was given the chance to fire the station again during the Battle of Centerpoint Station , but due to sabotage by the scientist Toval Seyah , this caused the destruction of the station , and Rikel ' s death . Biography . Rikel was a male individual who was secretly married to a woman because neither his family , nor hers , approved of them being together . Early in the Second Galactic Civil War , which began in 40 ABY between the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances and the Confederation — a regime that formed to aid the planet of Corellia and its Five Worlds government in its rebellion against the Galactic Alliance — Rikel ' s wife was arrested during a security sweep on Coruscant , the capital of the Galactic Alliance . The Galactic Alliance Guard had begun raiding Corellian neighborhoods on Coruscant after the Corellians bombed The Elite , a hotel in Galactic City . Rikel ' s wife was later found dead , which instilled in him a hatred for Coruscanti , and for the Galactic Alliance . Later in the war , Rikel was able to obtain a position on Centerpoint Station as the head technician in the fire - control chamber under the nickname " Vibro , " which he liked more than his own name . Centerpoint Station was an ancient space station that was capable of moving entire planets with its tractor beams , as well as creating gravitational fluctuations which could tear apart stars , planets , and fleets . The station fired on the " Anakin Solo " and the Galactic Alliance Second Fleet in a battle at a point in space between Coruscant and Corellia . The " Anakin Solo " was the flagship of one of the joint Chiefs of State of the Galactic Alliance , Jacen Solo , who was Centerpoint ' s intended target . However , the station overloaded , a side effect of trying to override the security locks which had imprinted on the young Jedi Anakin Solo during the First Corellian Insurrection , when he used the Force to take control of the station . However , Centerpoint Station did not obliterate the " Anakin Solo " , Jacen Solo was not killed , and the Galactic Alliance found out that the station was operational again . After Sadras Koyan , Prime Minister of the Five Worlds , asked what had happened to the station , Rikel gave him a more simplistic explanation of the events : that of a body trying to be controlled by two brains . With the knowledge that Centerpoint Station was operational once more , Colonel Solo formed a plan for retaliation — the Galactic Alliance would capture the station , and use it to force Confederation worlds to surrender , thus ending the war . Due to the station ' s destructive capabilities , the Jedi could not allow Solo to gain control of Centerpoint , especially after he held the students of the Jedi Academy on Ossus hostage . They also could not permit anyone else to control the station , and planned to destroy it at the same time that Solo was attempting to capture it . To this end , Jedi Master Kyp Durron escorted the scientist Toval Seyah , who had extensive knowledge of the station and its systems , around Centerpoint . As the battle drew on , Prime Minister Koyan tried contacting Solo ' s fellow co – Chief of State , Cha Niathal , in an attempt to force Niathal to surrender . When she didn ' t answer , Rikel , fueled by his desire to avenge his wife ' s death , advocated that they blow up Coruscant anyway , and suggested that since the Confederation had reconnaissance ships in the area , they would be able to get recordings of it . Koyan was aghast at such a statement , but received an incoming holocomm transmission from Denjax Teppler , the Five Worlds ' Minister of Information , warning him to leave the station before the Galactic Alliance could bring him to a war trial . After their private discussion , Koyan instructed Rikel to take orders from Teppler and Admiral Delpin , the Supreme Commander of the Corellian Defense Force , until hearing from him again , and said that they would probably give him the chance to fire on Coruscant . Rikel was not privy to the conversation between Koyan and Teppler , but he followed Koyan on the station ' s security cams until Koyan reached airlock Epsilon 34G and boarded an Alliance shuttle , believing it was his escape vessel . No one had heard what Koyan had told him , so Rikel took the opportunity to fire Centerpoint Station . Once the power source was ready , he got the attention of his fellow technician , and pressed the button . Yet Seyah had been able to reprogram the star data in Centerpoint ' s systems , and reset all the other coordinates as the center of Hollowtown , an open sphere in the exact center of the station itself . Hence , the station targeted itself when fired , causing it to destroy itself from within and killing everyone onboard . Personality and traits . Rikel was a male with yellow skin , long hair tied into a braid , and a beard . After marrying his wife in secret , she was arrested on Coruscant and later found dead . This drove him to hate all Coruscanti , and the Galactic Alliance to which they belonged . He went as far as attempting to destroy their capital planet with Centerpoint Station in revenge , making all off - world Coruscanti planetless , but doing so caused his own death . Rikel was also fond of caf , and after his eighth cup of caf , he would embody his own nickname , " Vibro . " Behind the scenes . Rikel was created by Aaron Allston for the novel " " , which was released on November 27 , 2007 as a part of the " Legacy of the Force " series . He was also mentioned in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , published in December 2008 , under the entry for " Rikel " , as well as " Vibro " — which refers to Rikel .