Haninum Tyk Rhinann Haninum Tyk Rhinann was a male Elomin hailing from Elom . Following the Declaration of a New Order in 19 BBY , Rhinann was destined for a life of slavery under the Galactic Empire , but was saved from that fate by Lord Darth Vader , Emperor Palpatine ' s enforcer , who enlisted the Elomin as his aide . In his new role , Rhinann was given considerable pay , and quarters in the Imperial Palace on Imperial Center . Several months later , Vader tasked Rhinann with tracking down and locating the fugitive Jedi Knight Jax Pavan . The Dark Lord had set up a trap involving the droid 10 - 4TO , but he still needed someone to pinpoint Pavan ' s location exactly . To achieve this task , Rhinann attempted several different methods , including sending agents and droids into the Yaam Sector on Coruscant , where Pavan was hiding . Eventually , through surveillance footage , Rhinann discovered that Pavan was in league with former Republic army officer and wanted murderer Nick Rostu of Haruun Kal . The Elomin had Captain Drach Coven , a member of the Interstellar Trading League apprehend Rostu , who was then brought before Vader . The Dark Lord was able to convince Rostu to help the Empire hunt down Pavan . Meanwhile , fear ate away at Rhinann , who began to believe that one day Vader would kill him for perceived incompetence . Hoping to find a way to protect himself from his master , the Elomin stole the Sith holocron of Darth Ramage from the Palace ' s archives , but was immediately thereafter summoned by Vader for a trip to the planet ' s Factory District . Rostu had been traced there , and Vader assumed that Pavan could be found there as well . The Imperials found Pavan , but the Jedi was able to evade capture thanks to the help of his numerous companions . During the attempted arrest , Rhinann decided to informally resign from the Empire ' s service , and joined Pavan in the hope that he could escape Vader ' s wrath . Rhinann later tried to obtain a vial of bota from I - 5YQ , Pavan ' s droid companion , to see if he could use the Force . But his dreams were shattered when Vader had used the substance on himself at the Imperial Security Bureau , and in a rage , the Elomin attacked his former employer , attempting to take the Dark Lord down with him to their deaths . However , Vader survived . Biography . Aide . Haninum Tyk Rhinann , a male Elomin , resided on Elom up until Emperor Palpatine ' s Imperialization of the galaxy . Most Elomin had been put into slavery and placed in work camps , but Rhinann had managed to avoid that fate by being appointed as an aide by Darth Vader , Dark Lord of the Sith . Following his appointment , he resided in the Imperial Palace on Imperial Center , and was given a considerable salary . Despite the benefits of his new job , Rhinann lived in constant fear of Vader . Several months after the Declaration of a New Order , Vader devised a trap specifically for fugitive Jedi Knight Jax Pavan , for reasons unknown to Rhinann . The Elomin was given little understanding of just how the trap would work , but he did know that the droid 10 - 4TO would be used as bait . Information would be spread throughout the underground that claimed that the droid possessed data vital to the Whiplash resistance movement , and Vader was able to make sure that the information made its way to Jedi Master Even Piell , who was Pavan ' s former master . Piell would then supposedly attempt to track down the droid himself . According to Vader ' s plan , Piell would subsequently be killed , and then news of the Jedi Master ' s death would reach Pavan . Pavan would hopefully find out just what his master had been seeking when he died , and then would try to complete Piell ' s mission . Piell did indeed die under the guns of a stormtrooper squad , and shortly afterwards , Rhinann was summoned to Vader ' s antechamber for a report . As Rhinann attempted to report Piell ' s death he learned that Vader had already detected the Jedi Master ' s passing through the Force . Vader went on to inform the Elomin that Pavan was hiding in Imperial Center ' s Yaam Sector . Vader himself would not be able to locate Pavan through the Force , since doing so would alert the fugitive Jedi to the Dark Lord ' s interest . Rhinann was then tasked with locating Pavan , but the Elomin protested , claiming that the Yaam Sector was too broad a location to search . Vader did not want excuses , however , and mildly threatened Rhinann . No further protest came from the Elomin , and he set himself about the task . Finding Pavan . To begin with , Rhinann assigned netdroid s to scour the HoloNet for any possible information pertaining to Pavan . He then assigned slicers to search Imperial Center ' s security grid for any information on the fugitive that might have come from the Jedi Temple records . To narrow his search , Rhinann stipulated a set of parameters , such as a lack of previous employment and credit records . Moving on , he dispatched agents both covert and overt , as well as miniature search droid s to scour the Yaam Sector for Pavan . Despite those measures , Rhinann was aware that he would not locate the Jedi quickly enough with just agents and droids . He began making datasphere queries , and discovered that a great many Humans on Imperial Center , both male and female , possessed the name " Jax Pavan . " Rhinann surmised that unless his quarry had undergone transgenderative surgery , he could eliminate the female Jax Pavans from his search . Even this did not help , as there were over half a billion Human males named " Jax Pavan " on Imperial Center at that time . In the Yaam Sector alone there were over eight thousand men by that name . The Elomin began to suppose that Pavan could have hired a slicer for himself to remove all connections he had to the Jedi Order . Beginning to panic , Rhinann tried to use the Jedi Temple ' s genome records to pinpoint his quarry ' s exact identity , but was unable to do so . In a moment of desperation , he narrowed down his results to any " Jax Pavan " that had been even remotely linked with the Jedi , and came across a recent holorecording . The recording showed a group of stormtroopers being fought and killed by former Republic army officer and wanted murderer Nick Rostu , and another man who was wielding a lightsaber . The fight was taking place inside a resiblock named the " Coruscant Arms , " prompting Rhinann to research a resident list of the building . Amongst his findings was a listing for " Jax Pavan . " Satisfied that he had found his quarry , the Elomin took note that Pavan had already moved out of the Coruscant Arms , but Rhinann was not deterred . Enlisting Rostu . Vader was able to positively identify the man in the holo as Jax Pavan , prompting Rhinann to pursue his existing line of investigation . Hovercameras detected Rostu ' s presence in Tangor Square , and so the Elomin , acting quickly , hired Interstellar Trading League member Captain Drach Coven of the " Far Ranger " to bring the Korun nai in . Vader personally wished to speak with Rostu , and so Rhinann had Coven bring his new captive to Docking Bay 1453CG in the Palace . Bringing his Givin underling along , Rhinann first took custody of Rostu , paid Coven , and then had stormtroopers arrest him and his Weequay colleague , Mok . Coven himself was wanted for crimes against the Mercantile Guild , and so Rhinann had both he and Mok liquidated , while the " Far Ranger " was impounded . Rhinann then took Rostu to Vader ' s chambers . The Korunnai protested at first , before the Elomin explained that Vader wanted Rostu to locate Pavan . The Dark Lord spoke with Rostu in private , but by the time the Korunnai departed Vader ' s chambers , he was in a near vegetative state , and required physical guidance . Rostu had apparently agreed to help find Pavan , and so he was given the " Far Ranger " to use in his mission . To prevent the Korunnai from fleeing Imperial Center , Rhinann had implanted a subcutaneous tracer in him , and had made sure that Rostu was aware of it . When Rostu had left , Rhinann wondered just what Vader had done to the Korunnai that had turned a hardened criminal and soldier into a stumbling wreck of a man . The Elomin then began to speculate on just how useful he was to Vader , and whether or not he would soon be replaced . Rhinann was in such a state of fear by this point that he began breaking out in a rash of pruritic papules . In addition to that , he felt he was about to suffer a full systemic vascularity , which was concerning , since by Elomin standards he was too young to be afflicted by such an ailment . Theft of the holocron . Vader summoned him once more , but Rhinann was unable to confirm whether or not Rostu had contacted Pavan yet . Believing that his job was killing him through fear , Rhinann began considering ways in which he could depart Imperial Center . Fear of reprisal from his master overrode his better judgment , though , and he began seeking methods by which he could protect himself from the Dark Lord . Venturing into one of the Palace ' s storerooms , be began scouring Catalog Nineteen for unidentified holocrons . Catalog Nineteen contained all manner of esoteric devices and trinkets that the Empire had collected after the conclusion of the Clone Wars . He eventually came across a Sith holocron , which was exactly what he was looking for . He feverishly believed that a Sith holocron would contain secrets that would grant him immunity from Vader ' s powers . Taking the holocron , which was marked " SD41263 . I , " he replaced it in the catalog with another item , changed the manifest , and then attempted to return to his chambers . Before he could , however , he was summoned by Vader , who had grown tired of waiting for Rostu ' s signal and had decided to follow the Korunnai ' s tracking device , assuming that the man had made contact with Pavan . Rhinann accompanied Vader on the journey to the Factory District , where Rostu had been tracked to . The Elomin ' s fear was heightened by the rumors he had heard about what kinds of creatures lurked in the Factory District , and to make matters worse for him , he was still carrying the stolen holocron . Resignation . As Vader ' s " Lambda " - class T - 4a shuttle approached the building in the Factory District that Rostu had been tracked to , he gave the shuttle ' s captain , Tanna , orders to take Pavan alive , but to kill anyone accompanying him . What Rhinann found curious , though , was the fact that the first person to exit the building , alone , was Prince Xizor of House Sizhran . Vader ordered Tanna to ignore Xizor , who had diplomatic immunity , but was sure that once Pavan was captured , the prince ' s presence would be understood . One of the shuttles officers then reported that there was a sudden and massive build - up of radioactivity from underneath the building . Vader surmised that the cause was an overloading reactor core , and by using the ship ' s equipment , he learned that in fourteen minutes , the core would explode , destroying everything in its vicinity . Vader then ordered Tanna to take the shuttle out of the possible range of the explosion , before shooting down the " Far Ranger " , which was parked nearby . Just as the captain prepared to execute the task , Pavan and his companions , the injured Rostu , Gray Paladin Laranth Tarak , protocol droid I - 5YQ , journalist Den Dhur , and Black Sun assassin Kaird , departed the building . Countermanding his previous order , Vader had Tanna fire warning shots at the group , and then dispatch troops . The shuttle suffered blaster fire from I - 5YQ and Tarak , and making matters even worse for the Imperials , Pavan leapt towards the ship , destroying its forward repulsorlift vanes with his lightwhip . Once again acting on impulse , Rhinann decided to suddenly resign from service to the Galactic Empire . Leaping into one of the shuttle ' s escape tubes , he was able to make it to the landing below with a minimum of fuss . Locating Pavan , the Elomin hurriedly requested that he be allowed to go with the Jedi and his companions . Pavan , wasting no time , agreed , and took Rhinann with him to the parked " Far Ranger " . The Jedi ' s companions had been able to make it to the freighter , which took off as soon as Rhinann and Pavan were aboard . Meanwhile , Vader ' s shuttle continued to flounder . Within two minutes , the core had exploded , leading Tarak to assume that Vader was dead , but Pavan thought otherwise . The " Far Ranger " was then taken to a Black Sun safehouse that Kaird knew of . While there , Rhinann mainly kept to himself while the others debated as to what their next move should be . Recordings made by the " Far Ranger " rear camera confirmed that Vader had been able to escape the blast , much to the disappointment of the group . Rhinann made it clear to Pavan that he wanted to depart Imperial Center , before he presented the Jedi with the holocron , which could only be activated by someone attuned to the Force . Pavan chose not to activate the holocron immediately , however , and revealed that he had been hunting down 10 - 4TO , who had been destroyed back in the Factory District during an altercation with Xizor , who had also been hunting the droid under the assumption that it contained valuable data . Rhinann explained that there had been no data , and that the droid had only served as bait in Vader ' s trap . The Jedi was surprised by the fact that Vader would put so much effort into capturing him , but came to accept the fact . Instead of electing to leave Imperial Center , however , Pavan chose to stay to help those disenfranchised and subjugated under Palpatine ' s rule . Volette . Rhinann , along with the others , was bequeathed a considerable sum of money by Kaird , who later returned to his homeworld of Nedij . The money was not enough for the Elomin to return home , however , and he found that he had to stay with Pavan and his cohorts on Imperial Center . Despite becoming incredibly depressed in light of his situation , the skills that had served Rhinann well in his time as Vader ' s aide made him a natural fit for the role of the group ' s procurer . They resided in a relatively upscale apartment in the Southern Underground , from where the group would help people escape Imperial Center . Pavan was without a lightsaber , however , which hindered his ability to operate as a Jedi , as he was forced to use a vibroblade . Rhinann was unable to procure a replacement lightsaber , but he did find a Velmor ian energy sword , which he presented to Pavan around the time of the Destruction of Caamas . Shortly afterwards , Pavan and his cohorts were engaged by Dejah Duare to extract her and the artist Ves Volette from Imperial Center . Rhinann , depressed as usual , paid little attention to Duare and the situation , and instead devoted himself to his studies of the Force . Covertly , he had measured his own midi - chlorian , and had , disappointingly , found it to be incredibly low . Disheartened by the fact , he turned his attention to procuring lightsaber parts for Pavan . In his search , he found a transmission that had been made by Jedi Knight Barriss Offee during the Battle of Drongar . In it , Offee claimed that a bota distillate increased her ability to use the Force . Although Rhinann was unable to decipher the whole message , he believed that , if the report was true , he would perhaps be able to forge his own connection to the Force , and wreak revenge on all those who had wronged him . Endgame . He continued , unsuccessfully , on his search for the bota , eventually losing his last opportunity as Vader took it himself in the Imperial Security Bureau . Enraged , he attacked Vader , but fell out of a window to his death with Darth Vader in tow . In his last moments he felt the Force thanks to Vader ' s supercharged powers due to a bota injection . Personality and traits . Rhinann was a punctual being , particularly when in the service of Darth Vader . In addition to practicing punctuality whenever he could , he understood its value . Rhinann was , like most of his species , obsessed with cleanliness and presentation , which in his view made him ideal for his post as an aide . Like most Elomin , he thought his race more civilized than any other . Rhinann despised Humans , finding them to be anarchic and destructive . Another race that was the subject of Rhinann ' s derision was the Elom , who shared his homeworld with the Elomin . In order to make stock of a particular culture , race , or species , Rhinann studied the architecture of any given location , and thought Imperial Center ' s haphazard collection of architectural styles to be typical of Humans . Rhinann was fascinated by the Force , and his interest was one of his key reasons for accepting the job of Vader ' s aide , although if he hadn ' t accepted the job he would have been destined for slavery . Vader ' s presence struck great fear into Rhinann ' s heart , even though the Dark Lord had effectively saved the Elomin from slavery . If a meeting with Vader went particularly poorly , Rhinann would do his utmost to purge the experiences from his memory . He would also do his utmost to insure himself against the Dark Lord ' s wrath . In time , his constant fear of Vader brought him to physical illness , which concerned him deeply . Rhinann was also generally afraid of high adventure and dangerous operations , although he did enjoy reading about such tasks . He would occasionally act rashly when under great pressure , but would later reflect on the error of his ways in a self - effacing manner . Behind the scenes . Haninum Tyk Rhinann ' s first appearance was in 2008 ' s " " . In the novel , which was written by Michael Reaves , Rhinann serves as a supporting character . It is from his perspective that the events on the Imperial side of the story are told .