Olaris Rhea Olaris Rhea was a female Human Sith Lady in the Lost Tribe of Sith from the remote planet of Kesh . In 41 ABY , Rhea was appointed to be the Master of Sith Tyro Vestara Khai after Khai had encountered a Sith Meditation Sphere named Ship . Rhea and her new apprentice served in the Tribe ' s armada aboard the captured warship " Eternal Crusader " . After the members of the Tribe sensed Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker ' s presence in the Force two years later , Rhea and Grand Lord Darish Vol handpicked a strike team to bring down Skywalker and recover Ship , who had abruptly left Kesh . Using Khai ' s unique connection to Ship , the strike team , led by Rhea , tracked the Meditation Sphere to a planet in the Maw , where they encountered Abeloth , a female being who was able to control the world ' s deadly flora . She agreed to help keep the Sith safe while they searched for Ship . Meanwhile , the strike team ' s executive officer , Yuvar Xal , was plotting to overthrow Rhea and take command of the team for himself . Before he could execute his coup , the Meditation Sphere finally returned to the Sith . Abeloth discovered Skywalker ' s location — along with his son , Ben Skywalker — to be Sinkhole Station , a small space station in the Maw , and Ship transported the surviving Sith there . Rhea led the strike team ' s ambush of the Skywalkers , and Xal initiated his coup during the battle . Due to Rhea ' s foresight , however , his betrayal failed , and he was killed by Khai , who was then captured by the Skywalkers . Khai escaped later during the battle ; and as Ben prepared the Skywalkers ' starship , the " Jade Shadow " , for flight , Rhea met up with Khai and the two remaining Sith . The other two were quickly dispatched by Luke , leaving only Rhea and her apprentice to duel him . The three fought on the turbolift that led to the hangar . As the lift ' s door opened , Rhea and Khai saw Ben in the " Jade Shadow " opening fire on Ship . Luke took advantage of their distraction and quickly killed Rhea , while Khai fled . Biography . Early life . Olaris Rhea was a female Force - sensitive Human born on the remote Wild Space world of Kesh . She was trained in the ways of the dark side of the Force with the Lost Tribe of Sith — descendants of a group of Sith whose starship , the " Omen " , crash - landed on Kesh in 5000 BBY while attempting to deliver a shipment of Lignan crystal s to Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow during the Great Hyperspace War . Rhea completed her training and became a respected member of the Tribe . By 41 ABY , she had achieved the rank of Lady on the Circle of Lords , the Tribe ' s ruling council . As a Lady , she served on the council in the Circle Chambers in the capitol building of the planet ' s capital city , Tahv . In 41 ABY , Ship , a Sith Meditation Sphere , arrived on Kesh after refusing to join the One Sith , a faction of Sith who followed the Rule of One . After landing in the Temple courtyard in the Takara Mountains , it spoke through the Force with a Sith Tyro named Vestara Khai . The Circle of Lords decided that since Ship ' s expressed purpose was to train Sith apprentices , the Sphere ' s interest in Khai warranted her promotion to the rank of apprentice , and Rhea was chosen to be her Master . Ship then revealed to the Tribe that the Sith Empire had been all but destroyed , and now only a few Sith remained in hiding . Soon after , Ship informed the Tribe of a Damorian S18 light freighter that was traveling from the planet Eriadu . Ship called for five Sith to be part of a strike team to attack the vessel , and Rhea and Khai were chosen , along with fellow Sith Sarasu Taalon , Ruku Myal , and Ivaar Workan . They were carried by Ship to the freighter , and the Meditation Sphere attacked it , forcing it to land . The Sith landed in order to pursue and kill the six surviving crew members , and they decided to break into two groups — Rhea and Taalon in one , and Khai , Myal , and Workan in the other . Rhea and Taalon soon cornered four of the crew members , while the other Sith killed the other two . When the Sith finished their hunt , Taalon called them back to the freighter to take inventory . Following the mission , the Tribe began to use Ship to attack and capture more vessels in an effort to form a new armada with the purpose of conquering the galaxy for the Sith Empire . Rhea and her apprentice served aboard one of the first starships to be captured , the warship " Eternal Crusader " , and over the next two years , the armada expanded to include over two dozen ships . Recovering Ship . In 43 . 5 ABY , Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker touched the Codex , an ancient Aing - Tii relic , causing his presence in the Force to be magnified . As a result , his name was whispered through the Force to the members of the Tribe . Ship revealed to the Sith that Skywalker was the Grand Master of the Jedi Order , and posed a threat to their planned conquest of the galaxy . An emergency meeting was held in the Circle Chambers in Tahv , and Rhea and the Tribe ' s leader , Grand Lord Darish Vol , handpicked a strike team to be led by Rhea , with the objective of hunting down Skywalker . However , during the meeting Ship abruptly left Kesh , following a call through the Force . The strike team was then assigned to find Ship , with the task of eliminating Skywalker coming second . Rhea served as commander of the strike team aboard the " Eternal Crusader " , with Sith Master Yuvar Xal serving as the executive officer . They took advantage of Khai ' s special connection with Ship , using it to track the Meditation Sphere . Discontent arose within the ranks of the strike team , however , as Xal became displeased with Rhea ' s leadership , voicing his dissatisfaction that they were forced to rely on the word of her apprentice . However , the team finally tracked Ship to a planet in the Maw . There , Rhea organized a search party to be sent down to the surface to recover Ship while the " Eternal Crusader " remained in orbit . The search party consisted of herself , Khai , Xal , his apprentice Ahri Raas , and several other Sith , leaving the ship under the command of Sith Saber Baad Walusari , whom Rhea trusted more than Xal . Before long , however , several of the Sith were killed by the planet ' s many deadly plants . Rhea decreed that if any of the team ' s members were killed they were to die quietly , and if they did so , their families back on Kesh would be commended , but if they died dishonorably , their families would be punished . Rhea and Khai hung back in the search , sending Xal , Raas , and the others ahead . Eventually , they met a being who called herself Abeloth who was able to control the world ' s deadly plant life , and agreed to protect the Sith during their search for Ship . Also — claiming to have been marooned on the world for thirty years — Abeloth agreed to return with the Sith to Kesh . In reality , however , Abeloth was the voice who had called out to Ship , and was still forcing Ship to ignore Khai ' s calls for him to return . The strike team ' s search continued fruitlessly , and as the " Eternal Crusader " supplies were exhausted , Rhea finally decided to leave . Abeloth , however , argued for them to stay , but Rhea believed that returning to Kesh with Abeloth would more than make up for failing to recover Ship . Just then , however , Khai caught a glimpse of Ship , and Walusari commed Rhea to say that he had found Ship and was tracking it from the " Eternal Crusader " . The search party chased after the Meditation Sphere , and as they crossed a river , Rhea was dragged into a whirlpool by a siphon reed . Despite Abeloth ' s warning , Khai attempted to save her Master . Khai caught up with her deep beneath the waters and used her lightsaber to cut open the reed holding Rhea . Rhea then used the Force to pull them back up to the surface , where they were drawn from the water by Raas . As the hunt continued in vain , more and more Sith arrived in shuttles from the " Eternal Crusader " to join the search party , until at last the warship no longer had any crew left aboard . Ship remained hidden , and as support for Rhea declined , Xal prepared to initiate a coup to take over the strike team . Nonetheless , Abeloth , who had discovered that Skywalker , along with his son , Jedi Knight Ben Skywalker , was beyond shadows — the state of mind Force - sensitives achieved when they separated their mind from their bodies — at Sinkhole Station , a small space station in the Maw , finally allowed Ship to return to the Sith . She insisted , however , that the Sith capture the Skywalkers and return with them to Kesh rather than kill them , suggesting that Xal would attain the rank of Lord , and that Rhea would become the High Lord of the Sith . Battle with the Skywalkers . The strike team arrived at Sinkhole Station and prepared to ambush the Skywalkers , and Rhea decided to change their objective back from capture to kill . The Sith broke into the station ' s control room , where they confronted the Skywalkers . After a short fight , the Jedi ran for the station ' s hangar in an attempt to get to their starship , the " Jade Shadow " , covering their escape from the control room with azetal gas and blasterfire , leaving three of the attackers dead . Meanwhile , Xal , Raas , Walusari , and Khai were set up at a junction in the station . Rhea warned them that the Skywalkers were headed their way , and as Khai and Walusari threw their grenades at the Jedi , Xal and Raas pushed the grenades back at them before throwing their own stun grenade s at the Skywalkers . Rhea had foreseen this betrayal , however , and had given Khai and Walusari fake grenades to throw first . Khai then killed Xal , but Raas and Walusari were subsequently eliminated by the Skywalkers , and Luke quickly captured Khai . As the Skywalkers were ambushed a third time , Khai escaped , but the Jedi defeated the other Sith and made it safely to the hangar . Rhea met up with Khai and the other two surviving Sith while Ben prepared the " Jade Shadow " for flight and Luke returned inside the Station on a turbolift . Rhea , Khai , and the two remaining Sith waited at the turbolift entrance for Skywalker , who quickly dispatched the two others . Rhea and Khai , however , jumped into the turbolift and began to duel him . They scored several glancing hits on Skywalker , damaging his vac suit . The Sith pressed their advantage , but the Grand Master deflected one of Khai ' s blaster shots back at her foot , and he proceeded to duel with Rhea , using the Force to keep Khai from maneuvering to attack him . Behind Luke , the exit panel on the lift finally opened to the hangar , and Ben — in the " Jade Shadow " — opened fire on Ship . The Sith were distracted by the sudden light , and the visors on their vac suits darkened , temporarily hindering their vision . Rhea and Khai dove evasively , but Luke followed Rhea and quickly cut off her leg and arm , before swiftly decapitating her . Khai , realizing she was severely outmatched , fled . Legacy . The Skywalkers tracked Khai to Dathomir , where Khai called in members of her Tribe to retrieve her . A shuttle convoy led by Lord Viun Gaalan arrived and was confronted by the Skywalkers . Gaalan told Luke that Rhea ' s family would grant him much admiration for killing the Grand Master ; however , in the ensuing duel , Gaalan was defeated and forced to flee , while Khai was captured . The Jedi were soon accosted by a Sith fleet under the command of High Lord Sarasu Taalon , who convinced them to form an alliance for a mission to defeat Abeloth . Khai ' s father , the Sith Saber Gavar , was allowed to board the " Jade Shadow " to speak privately with his daughter ; and he confided in her that he , too , grieved over Rhea ' s death . Vestara responded that Rhea had died well , adding that there was no dishonor in being killed by the Skywalkers . Personality and traits . Olaris Rhea was tall , with pale blonde hair and blue eyes . She was authoritative and , as one of the most powerful Sith in the Tribe , held great power in the Circle of Lords . Tall , slender , and graceful , she was also somewhat arrogant , and the lower - ranking members of the Tribe found her to be rather imposing . Rhea was known to be a strict teacher ; however , she had a soft spot for her apprentice . On the planet to which they tracked Ship in the Maw , Khai grew frustrated with Rhea for failing to see how critical their situation was , and Rhea noted that such disrespect was something that apprentices never lived to do twice . She listened to Khai , however , and , realizing her apprentice was correct , spared her life . Rhea was also exceedingly clever , foreseeing that Xal would attempt to carry out his coup during the battle with the Skywalkers , and giving both Khai and Walusari fake grenades to throw so that they would not be killed when Xal and his apprentice threw them back . Powers and abilities . Rhea was a Force - sensitive , and trained in the ways of the dark side of the Force . As a member of the Circle of Lords , Rhea was one of the most powerful and respected Sith on Kesh . She was acknowledged as a strong leader , as she was put in command of the Tribe ' s strike team . Rhea was proficient in telekinesis techniques , and was also a skilled lightsaber duelist , as she was able to hold her own , for a short time , against the Jedi Grand Master , Luke Skywalker . Khai even managed to injure him , though it was revealed he allowed this in order to establish a Blood Trail . Behind the scenes . Olaris Rhea was created by author Christie Golden for her first " Star Wars " novel , " " , the second of nine novels in the " " series . Rhea wasn ' t designated a first name until the third novel of the series , " " , in which she was given the name " Olaris . " Although her eyes were identified as blue in " Omen " , they were noted as green in " Abyss " . Rhea later appeared in " First Blood , " a short story written by Golden .