Rolund Tremaine Rolund Tremaine was a Human male Mind Walker in the time following the Second Galactic Civil War . Rolund and his sister Rhondi were born in a colony in the Maw and became spies for the Maw Irregular Fleet , an armada created by Admiral Natasi Daala . In 41 ABY , when Centerpoint Station was destroyed during the Second Galactic Civil War , Rolund and Rhondi felt a call through the Force that beckoned them back to the Maw . Following the call , the two found themselves at Sinkhole Station , a space station similar in appearance to Centerpoint that was home to the Mind Walkers , Force - sensitives that where able to completely separate their minds from their physical bodies and enter a realm known as beyond shadows . In 43 . 5 ABY , exiled Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker and his son Ben arrived at the station during their search to discover why Jacen Solo fell to the dark side . While Luke traveled beyond shadows , Rolund and his sister stayed behind with Ben . After discovering that the Mind Walkers were removing Luke ' s hydration tube , Ben became convinced that Rolund and the other Mind Walkers were trying to kill him . Deciding to retrieve his father before he died while beyond shadows , Ben locked Rolund inside a room and secured a detonator on the door . He then demanded that Rhondi take him beyond shadows to see Luke . Fearing for her brother ’ s safety , Rhondi complied . While the Skywalkers were beyond shadows , a Sith strike team from Kesh arrived at Sinkhole Station with the intention of killing the two Skywalkers . Luke , Ben , and Rhondi returned from beyond shadows , but before Ben could free Rolund the invading Sith accidentally set off the detonator that Ben had placed on the door of the room in which Rolund was trapped . Biography . Early life . Rolund Tremaine was born in the Maw on a colony established by Admiral Natasi Daala . At a young age , Tremaine and his sister , Rhondi , were disallowed from military service because of their Force - sensitivity , and the two siblings were instead employed as spies for the colony . The Tremaines were given a wide variety of assignments , including gathering information and stealing ships for the Maw Irregular Fleet , an armada created by Daala . Due to the success of Tremaine and the other espionage personnel , the colony was able to flourish . The Tremaines served Daala for a decade until the middle of the Second Galactic Civil War . After the destruction of Centerpoint Station in 40 ABY , the Tremaines and other Force - sensitives serving in the Irregular Fleet began to experience strong longings to return to the Maw . The Tremaine siblings requested to leave the fleet , and when their appeal was denied they began to become paranoid . The paranoia eventually grew to the point that they believed entire war was just a plot to expose them . Many of the fleet ' s Force - sensitives , including the Tremaines , began to desert in masses , stealing ships in order to reach their destination . Rolund and his sister were led to Sinkhole Station , a small space station similar in appearance to Centerpoint which was home to a group of Force - sensitives called the Mind Walkers . The Tremaines joined the Mind Walkers and learned from them how to separate their minds from their physical bodies in order to enter a realm of the Force known as beyond shadows . Aiding the Skywalkers . Two years after joining the Mind Walkers , Rolund encountered exiled Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker and his son , Ben , when they arrived at Sinkhole Station during their journey to discover why Jacen Solo had fallen to the dark side of the Force . Along with Seek Ryontarr and Feryl , the Tremaines were the first Mind Walkers with whom the Skywalkers spoke . Ryontarr and Feryl agreed to take Luke beyond shadows , and while Luke was there Tremaine and his sister often visited Ben in the Skywalkers ' ship , the " Jade Shadow " . The siblings took food from the " Shadow " stores in hopes of starving Ben to make him go beyond shadows . During one of their visits , Ben told the pair that Luke ' s hydration tube kept falling from his mouth . However , the Tremaines knew that in reality it was being removed by one of the Mind Walkers . Realizing this , Ben demanded to know the reason , and Rhondi explained that Luke did not need food while beyond shadows , as the Force would sustain him . This caused Ben to come to the conclusion that the Mind Walkers were trying to kill him and his father . He sealed Rolund inside a room along the outside of the station and secured a detonator on the door . He decided that he would need to go beyond shadows to get his father to come back , however , he was afraid that the Tremaines would allow him to die while traveling beyond shadows , as there was no way to accurately tell time while in the realm . To resolve this , Ben locked Rolund in a room on the outside of the station and secured a detonator on the door . He then demanded that Rhondi take him beyond shadows and shackled her to the floor with a pair of stun cuffs , so that if he died while beyond shadows she would be unable to save her brother . Fearing for her Rolund ' s life , Rhondi agreed . After Rhondi and the Skywalkers returned from beyond shadows , a Sith strike team from the Lost Tribe of Sith on Kesh boarded the space station with the intent of killing the two Skywalkers . While the Skywalkers spoke with Rhondi , the invading Sith accidentally set off the detonator to the room in which Rolund was kept . Behind the scenes . Rolund Tremaine was created by author Troy Denning for " " , the third novel in the nine - part " " series .