Zekka Thyne Zekka Thyne , known to some as " Patches " due to the blue mottling of his skin , was a half - Human , half - alien , who was regarded as one of the most vicious associates in the Black Sun criminal organization . Thyne was an intelligent and murderous criminal being groomed as Prince Xizor ' s chief associate on Corellia shortly after Black Sun started gaining power there in 7 BBY . Although rumored to be the heir - apparent to Xizor ' s criminal empire , he was also secretly serving as a spy to Imperial agent Kirtan Loor at the time . In 2 ABY , Thyne was captured by Corran and Hal Horn and imprisoned on Kessel , through a plan conceived by Darth Vader and arranged by Grand Admiral Thrawn in an attempt to harm Black Sun and Xizor . He was released by the New Republic in 6 . 5 ABY , however , in a plot to unleash dangerous Black Sun officers into Coruscant to disrupt the Imperial presence during a covert Rogue Squadron mission in the months prior to the planet ' s liberation . On Coruscant , Thyne was captured by Kirtan Loor and returned to service as an Imperial spy . He arranged for Imperial forces to ambush Rogue Squadron during a covert mission , after which he attempted to personally kill Corran Horn . Thyne was shot to death by Inyri Forge , his lover from Kessel , before he was able to kill Horn . Biography . Black Sun associate on Corellia . Rising Black Sun criminal . Zekka Thyne spent the early stages of his life as little more than a youthful drifter before becoming recruited into The Skulls , an infamous swoop gang . Thyne proved himself as a capable and violent criminal who began building a particularly brutal reputation . Eventually , Thyne drifted into the Corellian system , where he started working for local loan sharks and again gained notoriety as a relentless and dangerous thug . He soon joined the Black Sun syndicate which , due to the rise of the Galactic Empire , had shed the loose sense of honor the organization once possessed . Black Sun began utilizing more devastating tactics , such as using bomb s in crowded cantinas to eliminate single targets . Thyne thrived in this environment ; during his time in the syndicate , he was responsible for the murders of dozens of people , all of whom were rivals of Black Sun . This gave Thyne a reputation as a psychopath and a loose cannon , making him a wanted man by CorSec and resulting in several bounties being placed on his head . It also won him the favor of Prince Xizor , the leader of Black Sun , who began grooming him as the heir - apparent to the criminal empire , according to rumors among CorSec officials and Corellian criminals . Appointment to Corellia . In 7 BBY , Fliry Vorru , then a Moff in charge of the Corellian sector , was sent to the prison world of Kessel after being framed by Xizor . With Vorru now powerless to stop him , Xizor was able to establish Thyne as his chief associate on Corellia , which served as a training ground for the rising criminal . During this time , Thyne continued to further his reputation as a brutal and dangerous man ; he was rumored to have murdered a spice courier who confessed to borrowing credits from a payoff , even though she quickly repaid the loan with interest . As his power grew , Thyne developed a strong rivalry with Borbor Crisk , a smaller - scale criminal trying to wrest control of the Corellian underworld from Black Sun . CorSec also issued an outstanding warrant for Thyne ' s arrest . However , he was well protected by the four dozen armed men under his command and his heavily secured fortress . Located east of Coronet City , Thyne ' s fortress featured double - thick walls , double - paned transparisteel windows , full - spectrum surveillance systems , and complete electronic sensor systems , including technology for tapping or jamming transmissions . Mines surrounded the stronghold , and the defensive towers boasted E - web cannons . Thyne ' s personal office also contained a secret escape panel that led to a cave where he kept secret or sensitive cargo . Thyne obtained the deed to the fortress after the previous owner was sent to Kessel on spice smuggling charges ; however , many believed that Xizor and Thyne set the owner up with these charges in order to gain ownership of the building . In addition to his fortress , Thyne also established a network of spies on Corellia disguised as shop owners in Treasure Ship Row , a large , open - air shopping mall in Coronet City ' s notoriously dangerous Blue Sector . One such spy included Sajsh , a supposed curio shop owner of an unknown reptilian species . He also controlled a group of thugs known as the Brommstaad Mercenaries . Spy for Kirtan Loor . During the period prior to the Battle of Hoth , Thyne served as a spy to Kirtan Loor , who was serving as an Imperial liaison officer to CorSec at the time . In the course of a raid on his fortress in 3 ABY , Corran and Hal Horn learned that Thyne enjoyed backdoor Imperial connections that allowed him to ship spice past Corellian customs , but never learned that Loor was behind them . Loor kept his involvement with Thyne a secret , which he used as leverage in 6 . 5 ABY to once again turn Thyne into his spy during Rogue Squadron ' s covert reconnaissance mission on Imperial Center . Imperial scheme and capture . In 2 ABY , Darth Vader collaborated with Grand Admiral Thrawn on a scheme that would harm Xizor , Vader ' s rival , without tracing the plan back to the Empire , since Palpatine had an agreement with the Falleen crime lord . Vader and Thrawn decided to target and eliminate Thyne , thus frustrating Black Sun ' s operations in the Corellian Sector and taking out a high - ranking Black Sun associate . Thrawn concocted a plan that would utilize a small attack by a local garrison , but needed to provide just cause for such an attack . Thrawn captured the " Hopskip " , a smuggler vessel running blasters to Rebels on Derra IV . Disguised as the bounty hunter Jodo Kast , Thrawn traveled with the crew to Corellia , under the guise that they were delivering unknown cargo to Borbor Crisk . Upon arriving at Corellia , Thrawn anonymously informed Colonel Maximilian Veers that a Rebel force was gathering in the forest near Thyne ' s fortress . Thrawn then intentionally sent his de facto partners to make contact with Sajsh , knowing that news of their arrival would reach Thyne . When Thyne learned that the group were looking to contact his rival , he had them captured and taken to his fortress . Posing as his ally , Thrawn was able to infiltrate Thyne ' s fortress , where he presented the captured crew as would - be assassins , thus earning Thyne ' s trust . Thyne agreed to dispatch some of his men to capture the remainder of the " Hopskip " crew , unaware that he was leaving his fortress weakened prior to the imminent Imperial attack . Thrawn ' s original plan was to assassinate Thyne during the Imperial attack ; however , when Thrawn encountered disguised CorSec investigators Corran and Hal Horn , he modified his plan to allow the Horns to capture Thyne . News of the Imperial forces outside his fortress eventually reached Thyne , and when his security system detected the Horns approaching his office , he mistook them for Imperials . As the two CorSec agents entered the room , Thrawn revealed his deception and helped them eliminate Thyne ' s bodyguards . Seeing the situation turning against him , Thyne attempted to flee via the secret panel in his office , but the Horns pursued him . Thyne ambushed Corran and took him as a hostage , but the reflection of Thyne ' s gold eyes proved to be a liability , even in the dark cave . Hal used his rudimentary control of the Force to disable Thyne , accurately firing a stun shot to his eye . By allowing Thyne to be captured instead of killed , Thrawn further distanced Vader and the Empire from the arrest , and created an additional distraction for Xizor by making him wonder whether Thyne was giving up Black Sun secrets in custody . As the Horns were hunting down Thyne , Veers stormed the fortress , believing , based on Thrawn ' s information , Thyne to be harboring Rebel insurgents . Since many of Thyne ' s soldiers were not present at the fortress at the time , having been dispatched to find and kill Crisk , also based on false information provided by Thrawn , the Imperials soon took control of the fortress . Thrawn also had the " Hopskip " traced after its release , leading the Imperials straight to a Rebel Alliance convoy . For his assistance in arranging the capture of Thyne and gathering intelligence that led to the Battle of Derra IV , Vader rewarded Thrawn by giving him command of the Dark Lord ' s Noghri . Imprisonment on Kessel . Thyne was tried and sentenced to the Imperial detention facility on Kessel . Although convicted on smuggling charges , he was not formally charged with the many murders associated with him . Since CorSec was credited with his capture , the Imperial conspiracy to remove him from power was never discovered . Blaming Hal and Corran Horn for his imprisonment , Thyne vowed to kill Corran . Xizor tried to slice files in order to get Thyne off of Kessel , but Loor made this impossible when he accidentally altered the structure of the files with Thyne ' s information . Corran Horn described this error as " the only good thing Loor ever did . " During Thyne ' s time in prison , Xizor was killed by Vader , which crippled Black Sun to an extent from which it never recovered . On Kessel , Thyne met Inyri Forge , daughter of prison rehabilitators Kassar and Myda Forge . Thyne took advantage of the disillusionment she felt from her life on Kessel and the negative connotations outsiders associated with Kessel residents . Although Forge would later admit that she had underlying reservations about Thyne ' s character , she desired the respect that he seemed to give her , and it in turn helped her to respect herself . Thyne and Forge became lovers , and she became his cutter , a spicer term for someone trustworthy enough to handle their spice . Participation with Rogue Squadron . Release from Kessel . After serving more than three years on Kessel , Thyne was released along with fifteen other Black Sun officers as part of the New Republic mission to liberate Coruscant in 6 . 5 ABY . During the Provisional Council ' s planning of the liberation , Borsk Fey ' lya formed a plan to free several Black Sun prisoners from Kessel and release them into Coruscant . Fey ' lya believed they would bring together disparate parts of the criminal organization still remaining on the planet and work to sabotage the Empire . This , he believed , would help Rogue Squadron infiltrate the planet , collect reconnaissance , and bring down the planet ' s shields . Thus , Commander Wedge Antilles made a deal with Moruth Doole , warden of the Kessel facility , to give the New Republic political prisoners in exchange for getting rid of the Black Sun problem prisoners . Antilles would allow the political prisoners to return to galactic life or to join the New Republic , and he would use the problem prisoners in the campaign for Coruscant . Zekka Thyne was second on the list of " bad prisoners , " behind Doole ' s sadistic enforcer Arb Skynxnex . Antilles noted that Doole feared Thyne and was anxious to be rid of him , prompting Antilles to ask for more political prisoners in return . Corran Horn , now serving as a pilot for Rogue Squadron , tried to discourage Antilles from taking Thyne in the first place , arguing that he was too vicious to be released and would challenge Director of Imperial Intelligence Ysanne Isard for control of Coruscant if given the opportunity . Horn suggested slicing files to make it appear that Thyne was dead so that the New Republic would not demand his release . When this request was denied , Horn instead recommended that prisoner Fliry Vorru be pulled off Kessel to keep Thyne in line . Antilles and Vorru agreed to this arrangement . Doole informed them that Inyri Forge , sister of slain Rogue Squadron pilot Lujayne Forge , had insisted on accompanying Thyne . Forge saw this as an escape from Kessel , thus causing her adoration of Thyne to grow . Antilles made an offer to her family to make arrangements so that she would not be permitted to stay with Thyne . Myda wanted to take the offer , yet Kassar insisted that his daughter needed to make her own decision and even expressed hope that she might be able to change Thyne for the better . Presence on Coruscant . During his time working with Rogue Squadron on Coruscant , Thyne repeatedly attempted to psychologically attack Horn , trying to take responsibility for the previous death of Hal Horn years prior . Horn doubted Thyne was involved because the murder took place well into Thyne ' s prison term . Although he did not completely disregard the possibility , Horn did not allow himself to be bothered by Thyne ' s comments . Some time later , Thyne tried to take the opportunity to eliminate him after finding Horn alone in The Headquarters , a cantina in Coruscant ' s Alien Protection Zone , an area the Empire used to segregate aliens from the Human population . With the aid of a Human and a Trandoshan , Thyne tried to trap Horn , but the Corellian twisted away , causing the Human assailant to shoot the Trandoshan , leaving an opening for Horn to disarm the Human and flee the cantina . Thyne attempted to shoot him with a blaster pistol , but Horn escaped , leading to a speeder bike chase that resulted in the deaths of a handful of Black Sun officers working for Thyne . The chase ended when the bikes accidentally interrupted an Imperial raid on the Alien Combine . Several members of Rogue Squadron were present at the time , having been captured by Asyr Sei ' lar , a Combine member who mistook the Rogues for anti - Alien bigots and turned them over for execution . A firefight between the Combine , Rogue Squadron , and Imperial stormtroopers broke out , during which Thyne attempted to flee for his own safety . He did not make any attempt to help or check on Forge , who was rescued by Horn and fellow pilot Gavin Darklighter . Return to Imperial spy status . Thyne was nevertheless captured during the fight by the Empire and brought to Kirtan Loor , who was now serving as an Imperial Intelligence officer . Loor once again recruited Thyne as a spy , establishing him as his " eyes and ears " among Rogue Squadron during their mission on Coruscant . When Thyne resisted , Loor threatened to reveal Thyne ' s previous Imperial spy activities to Black Sun slicers , which would have almost certainly resulted in Thyne ' s death . Loor also gave permission for Thyne to kill Horn if given the opportunity . Although he said this was for Thyne ' s protection and as a reward for his services , Loor actually wanted Horn killed out of fear for his own life , since he had previously released Bossk , the Trandoshan bounty hunter who killed Hal Horn , from prison . Loor ordered a stormtrooper to fire a non - fatal blaster shot into Thyne ' s abdomen so it would appear that he had escaped capture , then ordered Thyne back to Rogue Squadron . Although Thyne continually relayed information to Loor , much of which was useful , he was unable to inform him about a crucial plan Rogue Squadron formed to bring the planetary shields down . Thyne did attend the meeting during which the plan was formed , but as a result of a confrontation he started with Horn , Vorru punched him in the abdomen and smashed his head against the table . As a result , he suffered a concussion and thus did not remember the meeting . Death . Thyne did , however , discover and inform Loor of a Rogue Squadron mission to infiltrate an Imperial warehouse . Thyne was assigned guard duty for the mission , but he abandoned his post because he did not want to risk being shot when the Imperials launched their counter - attack against Rogue Squadron . Although Forge was at the warehouse during the mission , Thyne did not warn her about his betrayal or the imminent Imperial attack . As a result , she was nearly killed when a stormtrooper pursued her airspeeder on a 74 - Y speeder bike . She was only saved by the assistance of Horn and Mirax Terrik , a smuggler assisting Rogue Squadron . Forge then brought Horn and Terrik to a backup location Thyne had provided her . There , Thyne expressed no relief that Forge was alive , and instead pulled a blaster carbine on Horn . Thyne revealed that he was working as an Imperial spy and that he planned to kill Horn and deliver his body to Loor in exchange for safe passage and a new identity on a new world . Before he could kill Horn , however , he was shot in the abdomen by Forge , who finally realized that Thyne only respected her to the point where she was useful to him . In his dying breaths , Thyne once again tried to allude that he was responsible for the death of Horn ' s father , but Horn saw through the ruse . In an attempt to haunt him after his death , Thyne instead told him there was at least one other spy in Rogue Squadron , although he did not know the identity of that spy ; it was , in fact , Erisi Dlarit , one of the Rogue pilots . Horn assured Thyne , however , that this news not only did not haunt him , but also served as a warning to him about an enemy he had not previously realized existed . With this , Thyne died . Post - death . Legacy . Although Thyne did not torment Horn following his death , he unknowingly caused some posthumous trouble for the New Republic and , more specifically , Tycho Celchu , a Rogue pilot under suspicion of serving as an Imperial spy . Thyne ' s dying warnings to Horn about an Imperial spy heightened suspicions he already had about Celchu ' s potential role as a brainwashed Imperial agent . This would result in a confrontation between Horn and Celchu shortly before the Seizure of Coruscant , which was later used as evidence when it appeared Horn was killed during the battle . The confrontation would serve as primary evidence for the prosecution when Celchu , in fact innocent , was arrested and charged with treason and Horn ' s murder . Thyne ' s legacy proved a further problem during Celchu ' s trial when prosecuting attorney Halla Ettyk used Thyne as a way of casting doubt of Wedge Antilles ' ability to identify an Imperial spy , implying that he was also unable to determine whether Celchu was a spy or not . During the outbreak of the Krytos virus , a devastating bioweapon unleashed upon the Coruscanti alien population by Ysanne Isard , Fliry Vorru convinced the Provisional Council to install himself as leader of the Imperial Center People ' s Militia to assert control of the Coruscant underworld . He invoked the name of Zekka Thyne in his proposal , convincing the Council he was regretful for his inability to control the criminal and wished to make amends . The Council believed Vorru and gave him the position , which proved to be a mistake , as Vorru was secretly working for Isard and provided Kirtan Loor with domestic targets to destroy in order to weaken the New Republic . Personality and traits . In temperament , Zekka Thyne was extremely aggressive , often using threats and intimidation to get his way , earning himself a reputation as the most vicious Black Sun criminal . Thyne had a tendency to lash out , especially when surprised , and thus could be very unpredictable , but was quite intelligent despite this apparent lack of self - control . He had excellent vision and reflexes and was very skilled with the use of vibroblades . Thyne held a long grudge against Corran Horn , vowing to kill the former CorSec officer for his role in Thyne ' s imprisonment and making multiple attempts on Horn ' s life after he was released . Thyne ' s flesh pigmentation varied between two shades , with light blue patches of skin that seemed to be layered over another whitish - pink color . This appeared to be a result of the cross - breeding of a Human and an unknown alien species . His skin was mottled and patchy , earning him the nickname " Patches , " although few would dare to call him as such to his face except when he was taunted by enemies . The most dominant of his blotches cut from the bridge of his nose under his cheekbone to his left ear , and then back up to the midline of his skull , which Corran Horn felt gave the impression of one slowly fading , massive black eye . Thyne had a wiry build and appeared to be congenitally hairless ; he was clean - shaven and completely bald . He had sharply pointed ears , similarly serrated pointed teeth , and cat - like red eyes with slender black diamond pupils outlined in gold specks , which reflected slightly in the dark . Thyne had an appreciation for art , although his taste was considered questionable by such people as Horn and Thrawn . The works displayed at his Corellia fortress were mostly excessive nudes and relied heavily on a color scheme of pinks , purples and harsh shades of green . Thyne was known to correct works that did not include this scheme . Relationships . Inyri Forge . Zekka Thyne seldom demonstrated any genuine signs of love or caring for Inyri Forge , whom he became involved with during his time on Kessel . In fact , he abandoned her to possible harm and death on more than one occasion , including the Alien Combine firefight on Coruscant and the Imperial ambush against Rogue Squadron . His relationship with Forge seemed more a matter of convenience than of caring and he often treated her more like a subordinate than a lover , like when he demanded a blaster from her during an encounter with Corran Horn in a Coruscant cantina . He first won Forge not by wooing her but by manipulating her , playing to her disillusionment from her sister ' s death and her insecurity with being negatively associated with Kessel , which made Forge believe he respected her despite the typical stigma of Kesselian heritage . Likewise , Forge stayed with Thyne not from any genuine feelings of affection , but as means of rebelling from her family and expressing her ill feelings . Upon killing Thyne , she acknowledged that she always knew he was not right for her . Behind the scenes . Zekka Thyne was created by Michael A . Stackpole and first appeared in the novel " " . Stackpole is the only author to date to have featured Thyne in writings . Although Thyne was a central character in " Side Trip " , a novella co - written by Timothy Zahn , Thyne himself was only featured in the portions of the story written by Stackpole . Zekka Thyne appears as a Bothan character in " Star Wars Galaxies " , a " Star Wars " massively multiplayer online role - playing game . It can be assumed the " Galaxies " character was intended to be the Thyne from Stackpole ' s novels , but since the game classes him as a Bothan , and his appearance is nothing like the character on which he is based , it cannot be canon ically said that the two are the same . " Galaxies " made a similar error when Chertyl Ruluwoor , a Selonian character , appeared in the game as a Human .