Rikkar - Du Rikkar - Du was a male clan chief of the four - armed Codru - Ji species and native of the planet Munto Codru . At some point he was kidnapped by a rival clan , and eventually married Tassa , the daughter of that clan ' s chief . Their marriage united their two clans , and the couple conceived a son , Jassar . In 137 ABY , Rikkar - Du was approached by the Sith Lord Darth Kruhl , who proposed that the clan leader ally with Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire , and , in return , the Empire would ensure that he would lead all of Munto Codru ' s clans . Rikkar - Du refused the offer and instead attempted to unite the clans against the Empire , but he was killed by Kruhl before he could form an alliance . Biography . Clan leader . Born and raised on the planet Munto Codru , the male Codru - Ji Rikkar - Du became the chief of his clan sometime during his adult life . At some point he was kidnapped and imprisoned by a rival clan , and , during his incarceration , he met his future wife , Tassa , who was the daughter of the clan ' s chief . The two fell in love , and they eventually married , which united their rival clans and gave Rikkar - Du a high position among the Codru - Ji . During their marriage Rikkar - Du and Tassa had a son , Jassar . In 137 ABY , Rikkar - Du was approached by a Sith Lord of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire , Darth Kruhl . Kruhl had been sent to annex Munto Codru for the Empire , and attempted to negotiate for it peacefully with Rikkar - Du , due to his revered status among his species . Kruhl offered to give Rikkar - Du command of all of the Codru - Ji clans if he allowed the Empire to build a base on the planet . Although the uniting of two clans through Rikkar - Du ' s wedding had given him a vision of all the Codru - Ji clans uniting , Rikkar - Du was unwilling to allow the Empire to subjugate his homeworld to achieve it . He resolved to attempt to unite the clans against Kruhl and the Sith . Rikkar - Du decided to call a meeting for all of the clan leaders to discuss a possible defense against the Sith . After revealing his meeting with Kruhl and the Sith ' s intentions , Rikkar - Du proposed a plan to the clan leaders to let the Empire take the planet , and then abduct their key personnel , using the Codru - Ji ' s well - known and time - honored strategies of staging coups , plotting , and kidnapping . Some of the clan leaders agreed with him , and others pointed out that no matter which decision they chose , Rikkar - Du would still lead the combined clans . Rikkar - Du stated that he would lead if the clans decided he should , but that he was willing to let another take command as long as they united and opposed the Sith . Nothing was done by the meeting ' s end , however . Rikkar - Du told the clan leaders there to discuss his plan with the elders in their respective clans , and he called for another meeting the next day . Afterward , Rikkar - Du met with Tassa and Jassar , though he decided to leave and walk around a temple after a conversation with his wife . Death . After hearing of Rikkar - Du ' s plans to oppose the Sith , Kruhl returned to Munto Codru and met with him in the same temple . Knowing that Kruhl was going to kill him for his actions against the Sith , Rikkar - Du decided to defend himself using two security droids . Unknown to Rikkar - Du , Kruhl had discovered the Codru - Ji ' s intention and destroyed the droids before entering the temple . Rikkar - Du was surprised to see Kruhl reveal that he deactivated them by using the Force to levitate their severed cranial units and deposit them at the Codru - Ji ' s feet . Prepared to die , Rikkar - Du drew out four knives , one for each arm he possessed , and attacked the Sith Lord . In defense , Kruhl used his lightsaber to defeat Rikkar - Du by severing one of his hands . While Rikkar - Du was dying , Jassar arrived and tried to attack Kruhl to protect his father , though he was struck down with ease by Kruhl . After explaining that resistance to the Empire was futile , Kruhl turned his blade on Rikkar - Du and proceeded to kill him . Shortly after Rikkar - Du ' s death , Kruhl was met by Kassek - Ka , another clan leader who had attended Rikkar - Du ' s meeting . Kassek - Ka informed Kruhl that he had killed Tassa and that he was ready to let the Sith take control of Munto Codru . With Rikkar - Du ' s death , Munto Codru fell to Sith control . Personality and traits . Rikkar - Du was a member of the four - armed Codru - Ji species . He had light skin , brown hair , and green eyes . He wore a bandanna on his head , which was adorned with beads and braids , as well as a simple tunic with a fabric belt around his waist . Four knives were attached to the belt , one for each of Rikkar - Du ' s hands , and he was able to wield all four simultaneously in battle . First and foremost a warrior , Rikkar - Du cared deeply for his planet and was ready to die to stop the Sith ' s takeover of Munto Codru . He was an adept leader who worked willingly with other clans to unite them , and while he was willing to serve as the leader of the combined clans , he had no compunctions about letting another command as long as they opposed the Sith . Rikkar - Du was devoted to his wife and child , and was devastated when he saw Darth Kruhl kill Jassar , his only son . Behind the scenes . Rikkar - Du appeared for the first and last time in " " , published by Dark Horse in 2007 . The comic was written by John Ostrander and penciled by Colin Wilson . His character is used to further the character of Darth Kruhl , who is featured in the issue . Although the comic never specifies whether the letter " D " in Rikkar - Du ' s name is capitalized , it is written as uppercase in the 2008 reference book " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , in which the character has an entry .