Dev Sibwarra Dev Sibwarra was a Human boy who was born on Chandrila . His mother , Ydra , was a Padawan who had left the Jedi Order before her training was completed ; as such , she survived Order 66 and the early stages of the Great Jedi Purge . Prior to 2 BBY , Dev and his family moved to the Outer Rim colony world of G ' rho to escape detection from the Galactic Empire . Shortly afterwards , G ' rho was attacked by the Ssi - ruu k — a saurian species who ruled a sizeable interstellar empire in the far reaches of the Unknown Regions . Dev survived the invasion though his parents were killed during the fighting . He was found by a Ssi - ruuk scouting party who noted that the boy possessed strange powers . This saved Dev from being consigned to entechment — a means of electronically transferring the life - energy of a person into a power source for a mechanical construct . Such was the fate of the other surviving captives , whom the Ssi - ruuk regarded as inferior and expendable lesser beings . Sibwarra was taken to the Ssi - ruuvi capital world of Lwhekk where he was brainwashed and indoctrinated by Elder Sh ' tk ' ith . Over time , he came to regard Sh ' tk ' ith and the Entechment Master Firwirrung as " family " despite their abuses . Following the death of Emperor Palpatine during the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , Dev was part of a Ssi - ruuvi expeditionary force which invaded the remote Outer Rim world of Bakura . During the invasion , he was put to work calming the Human captives slated for entechment onboard the flagship " Shriwirr " . When an Alliance task force under the Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker arrived , Dev sensed his presence and power . Following a joint Alliance - Imperial attack which forced the Ssi - ruuvi into a temporary retreat , Sibwarra informed his masters of the Jedi ' s arrival . Hoping to use Skywalker as a means of enteching more sentients from a far distance , the Ssi - ruuvi contacted the Imperial Governor Wilek Nereus who agreed to handover Skywalker in exchange for a full retreat . Later , Sibwarra and a Ssi - ruuvi team succeeded in capturing the Jedi on Bakura but not before Skywalker ministered and healed Dev of his indoctrination through the Force . Having captured Skywalker , the Ssi - ruuk then launched a second attack on Bakura but were fiercely resisted by the Alliance and Imperial starships . On the " Shriwirr " , the Ssi - ruuk attempted to entech Skywalker but were thwarted by Dev who had overcome his indoctrination . With the help of Luke , the two Force - sensitive individuals fought their way through the ship ; forcing the Ssi - ruuk into a retreat due to their religious fear of dying on an " unconsecrated world " . Skywalker sensed Dev ' s potential as a member of his new Jedi Order . However , this was tragically cut short when Sibwarra was fatally wounded when the " Shriwirr " was bombarded by the Imperial cruiser " Dominant " . Despite medical treatment by an Imperial medic onboard the freighter " Millennium Falcon " , Sibwarra died due to the severe nature of his wounds . Biography . Early childhood . In 11 BBY , Dev Sibwarra was born on the Core world of Chandrila to Ydra Kilwallen Sibwarra and a man named Sibwarra during the early years of the Imperial era . Ydra was a former Jedi Padawan who had left the Order before her training was complete during the last years of the Galactic Republic . Despite her lack of mastery over the Force , Ydra taught Dev the rudiments of Jedi training when she noticed his abilities , and planned on apprenticing him to a surviving Jedi . One ability she was able to teach him was life web . Around 2 BBY , Dev was ten - years old when his family emigrated to G ' rho — a small Human colony world in the Outer Rim Territories — to escape detection by the anti - Jedi Galactic Empire . Shortly afterwards , Sibwarra witnessed the invasion of G ' rho by the Ssi - ruu k — a saurian species from a distant starcluster in the Unknown Regions . | During the invasion , his parents were killed and he felt his mother ' s Force sense vanish . Earlier , the Ssi - ruuvi ' s supreme ruler — the Shreeftut — received visions through the Force of a hooded Human who revealed himself to be Emperor Palpatine , ruler of the galaxy . The Ssi - ruuvi Imperium powered their technology through an obscure process called entechment , a means of electronically transferring the life - energy of a person into a power source for a mechanical construct . Thus , Palpatine offered the Ssi - ruuvi dozens of worlds and millions of Humans to entech , in exchange for the use of their technology . Due to their secret agreement with the Ssi - ruuk , the Imperial leadership covered up the incident and blamed the Alliance to Restore the Republic for the attack . Dev was found huddled in an eroded ravine by Ssi - ruuvi scouts who took pity on him and gave him refreshments . Since he possessed strange powers to sense others , the Ssi - ruuk spared him from the entechment rig and instead shipped him to their capital world of Lwhekk in the remote Ssi - ruuk Star Cluster . There , he was brainwashed through mind manipulation techniques and hypospray treatments by a blue - scaled Elder named Sh ' tk ' ith or Bluescale . He was subsequently “ adopted ” by Bluescale and his colleagues Admiral Ivpikkis and Master Firwirrung ; whom he came to regard reluctantly as family . It was from this boy that the Ssi - ruuvi Imperium discovered that Humans were the galaxy ' s dominant species . They also discovered that humanoids had longer containment time when enteched and could last longer as power sources than most other species . Due to Sibwarra ' s Force abilities and his ability to communicate with his fellow Humans , the Ssi - ruuk used Dev Sibwarra to calm the subjects being enteched rather than enteching him . The Bakura Incident . However in 4 ABY , Emperor Palpatine was killed during the Battle of Endor onboard the Second Death Star . Due to his Force powers , Dev sensed this disturbance in the Force and told the Ssi - ruuk . With the Emperor unable to fulfill his promise , the Ssi - ruuvi launched an invasion of the edge of the known Galaxy . An expeditionary fleet including at least one Ssi - ruuvi assault carrier and numerous battle droids under Admiral Ivpikkis conquered Cattamascar and attacked Bakura . As the protege of the Ssi - ruuvi commander Ivpikkis , Dev served aboard the flagship " Shriwirr " during this campaign . By taking Bakura , the Ssi - ruuk would have seized a major Human world and thus enteched its population . Millions of Bakuran citizens would be enteched and used to power more battle droids and ship components . Bakura ' s raw metals would be utilized to manufacture entechment rig s and starships . With more resources , the Ssi - ruuk planned to " invade " the 12 , 000 terrestrial worlds of the known Galaxy particularly the heavily - populated Core Worlds — the center of galactic civilization and wealth . Following a sizeable naval engagement with Imperial elements ; the numerically - superior Ssi - ruuvi fleet destroyed half the Imperial fleet . The Ssi - ruuk then quickly captured all outsytem planetary outposts . An outpost in the sixth planet of the Bakuran system was utterly destroyed and a command signal for Ssi - ruuk droids established in its vicinity . The Ssi - ruuvi fleet then blockaded the space around Bakura . To fulfill the demands of entechment , all bodies including those wounded or captured alive were taken back onboard to the entechment labs onboard the Ssi - ruuvi capital ships . This practice baffled the local Bakuran and Imperial recovery crew who would later learn to their horror that these unfortunate prisoners had been captured by the reptilian Ssi - ruuk and subjected to entechment . Due to his ability to communicate with the predominantly human prisoners in their native language , Dev was pressed into service at the entechment rig on Deck 16 throughout the night shift . Accompanied by Master Firwirrung , Dev played an active role in " calming " the entechment subjects while Firwirrung carried out the mechanical process of " transferring " life sources . These life sources would be used to power battle droids . Among those enteched was a wounded male Imperial officer who attempted to persuade Dev to not carry out the procedure . Brainwashed into believing the benefits of entechment , he merely brushed aside the man ' s pleadings . Later , a female prisoner was killed during an escape attempted . Indoctrinated , Dev sighed at the loss . An outpost in the sixth planet of the Bakuran system was utterly destroyed and a command signal for Ssi - ruuk droids established in its vicinity . The Ssi - ruuvi fleet then blockaded the space around Bakura . In an attempt to persuade the Bakurans to capitulate , the Ssi - ruuk transmitted a holo - recording from Dev Sibwarra who told them of the fate they would soon experience — that of entechment — and although Sibwarra described it as an eternal release , the Bakurans knew that was a lie . In response to heavy casualties , the Imperial governor Wilek Nereus sent an antique Message Droid to the forest moon of Endor after failing to contact Imperial Center and the Death Star II , to contact his Imperial superiors and ask for assistance to fend off the invasion force . Endor was the nearest world with a sizeable Imperial presence to Bakura as the site of the Second Death Star . Enter the Alliance . Governor Nereus dispatched an Elegance message drone to the Imperial presence in the Endor system , hoping to alert Palpatine . However , the Imperials had been defeated during the pivotal Battle of Endor which saw the destruction of the Second Death Star and the death of Sith Lord Palpatine . Instead , the message was received by members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic which dispatched a task force to neutralize a hostile threat and to secure a potential ally . A small Alliance task force was quickly scrambled under the command of Luke Skywalker . It also included an Alliance delegation led by Leia Organa . Arriving in the Bakura system , the Alliance made contact with the Imperial Commander Pter Thanas , who agreed to cooperate even though a formal truce had not been settled . One of their first joint military actions was to deploy Alliance ships including the " Flurry " into the gap between the Ssi - ruuvi ' s three main cruisers to counter the enemy advance . Several Ssi - ruuvi picket ships and fighters were destroyed by Alliance starships . Meanwhile , Sibwarra sensed the arrival of a powerful Force - strong Jedi among the new arrivals — later revealed to be Skywalker . Privately , Sibwarra was fascinated with powers and skills of the extinct Jedi Knights and desired to meet one . However , he refrained from telling his superior Bluescale since it meant confessing a guilty " secret habit " . Publicly , he pretended to lament the loss of human souls onboard the destroyed battle droids which prompted Bluescale to arrange for a " renewal service " later . Already , the Ssi - ruuk had sustained considerable losses including a cruiser and several drone fighters from attacks by the Alliance ships , which led to a temporarily withdrawal into hyperspace . This was the second time that the Ssi - ruuvi fleet had been on an emergency orient since their conquest of Cattamascar . This unexpected changed forced the Ssi - ruuvi leadership to analyze the newcomers ' different tactics , starships and command style . Having helped beat off the Ssi - ruu attack on the system , the Alliance ships were holding position near the planet . Following the Ssi - ruuk withdrawal , Leia Organa contacted the planetary government and was able to arrange a meeting between the Rebel Alliance delegation and Governor Nereus , as well as the Bakuran Senate . Arriving at the capital Salis D ' aar , Alliance delegates informed their Imperial and Bakuran counterparts of the recent developments on Endor and attended a special session at the Senate . There , Imperials , Bakurans and Rebels alike were shown a recording sent by the Ssi - ruuk by Sibwarra and were horrified to see how entechment worked ; the individual ' s life energy was sapped from his body and used to power war machinery . This was received with much outrage and horror from most of the assembled delegates . Some including Commander Thanas denounced Dev as a collaborator with the enemy . This sparked a wave of paranoia among the populace who feared the terror of entechment and had a prejudice against aliens . The Alliance party then iterated that they were there to help Bakura and offered an official truce , which Nereus said would be discussed . That evening , Alliance and Imperial delegates settled a formal truce during a dinner organized by the Bakuran Prime Minister Yeorg Captison . However , the Imperial Governor Nereus still bore resentment towards his Alliance counterparts and sort to undermine them by any means necessary including collaborating with the Ssi - ruuk . The " Outsider " . Following the Alliance attack and the brief jump into hyperspace , the flagship " Shriwirr " had been left in state of chaos with the galley swamped with blobs of spilled food . Dev had voluntarily joined the P ' w ' eck slave crew in cleaning up the mess with galleyvac units . Following an hour , Dev reported for a " renewal service " at Elder Sh ' tk ' ith ' s work station on the battle - droid deck . Sensing that Sibwarra was hiding something since sharp Ssi - ruuvi nose - tongues were able to notice subtle changes in sweat , Bluescale ordered him into a sealed cage and interrogated him . Dev tried to deflect attention by talking about his translation project but Bluescale brought him to the topic by bluntly reminded him of his inferior place in Ssi - ruuvi society . A tearful Sibwarra then revealed to Sh ' tk ' ith of the presence of another Force user among the newcomers . According to Dev , this " Outsider " had introduced new and successful tactics to the planet ' s defenders . Having extracted the necessary information , Sh ' tk ' ith subjected Dev to a hypnotic hypospray treatment which induced him into a sleep . Dev awoke to find himself on the command bridge and quickly learnt that Sh ' tk ' ith had reported the information to other leaders of the expeditionary force including Ivpikkis and Firwirrung . Recalling how Dev had sensed Palpatine ' s death in the Force many light - years away , Sh ' tk ' ith suggested that the Force powers of the " Outsider " could be used to conduct entechment from a far distance . The entechment master Firwirrung suggested modifying the entechment rig to keep this being alive in a fully magnetized state drain the life energies of millions of sentients from light years away . Ivpikkis welcomed the idea and saw it as a means of enteching all sentients within the vicinity of known space . They then compelled Sibwarra to tap his mind into the " unseen universe " or the Force in order to discover the identity and whereabouts of this Force - strong being . Dev complied with their order provided they promised not to entech him when he was no longer needed . To allow him to tap into the Force , Sibwarra was induced into a trance by a hypospray . Through the Force , Dev discovered that the Outsider was Luke Skywalker and that he was in the Bakuran capital Salis D ' aar . The feelings of power from Skywalker were enough to give Dev some remembrance of his past . Satisfied , the Ssi - ruuvi leadership openly praised his efforts . However , Dev was personally torn between loving his " adopted family " and hating them for the way they had exploited him . The commander Ivpikkis stoked Dev ' s hatred by derogatorily referring to him as the " pet " of Firwirrung . Feeling guilty , Sibwarra initiated some sort of telepathic contact with Skywalker , warning him of the Ssi - ruuvi intent on capturing the Jedi , as well as giving him a vision of how dangerous the Ssi - ruuk could be to the larger galaxy if left unchecked . Due to their losses in the recent Alliance - Imperial attack , Admiral Ivpikkis decided to prevent further losses by making a covert deal with Governor Nereus . The Ssi - ruuk agreed to withdraw from Bakura in exchange for the handover of the Force - strong " Outsider " — Skywalker . Given that their physiology made them incapable of communicating directly with Nereus , Sibwarra was woken from his bed pit in the night by Firwirrung to initiate contact with Nereus . The Ssi - ruuk ' s devious scheme led Sibwarra to question the motives of his " family " . Earlier , the saurians had captured several operational Imperial starships during their campaign which allowed them to access HoloNet . In the early hours of the morning , Wilek Nereus received a HoloNet transmission from the Ssi - ruuk requesting negotiations at the Imperial headquarters . Dev presented the Ssi - ruuvi terms of a full withdrawal in exchange for the handover of Skywalker . Nereus accepted the offer ; given his hatred of the Rebels and as part of his secret plan to stab his Rebel colleagues in the back . He told them to contact him within a day while he made the sufficient arrangements for Skywalker . However , Nereus had no intentions of allowing the Ssi - ruuk to survive , and decided to double - cross the aliens . He would infect Skywalker with parasitic olabrian trichoid larvae , which would eat into Skywalker ' s body upon hatching . Nereus ' s plan was to allow the Ssi - ruuk to capture Skywalker , only to have the trichoids hatch and begin multiplying and killing the Ssi - ruuk . An avid collector of alien dentition , Nereus planned to add the alien ' s jaw bones to his personal collection of bones . A Willing Pawn . However , the Ssi - ruuk had also planned to double - cross the Imperials after obtaining Skywalker by launching a second offensive , targeting the orbital space station first . To supplement this operation , more P ' w ' eck slaves including immature ones from the other vessels in the fleet were enteched . While they could not last as long as Humans , they were needed to power the drone fighters for the impending attack . Meanwhile , Firwirrung set to work on the " Skywalker operation " and arranged for a special reclining entechment bed to be built . This was equipped with locking arms , leg bands and twin tubes which would pump both magsol and nutrients into the individual ' s bloodstream , pacifying his nervous system for the bed ' s catchment circuits . A nutrient flow allowed the Ssi - ruuk to leave the subject on the entechment bed for several days . The reptilian aliens also developed a mind - control drug that would force a human subject to entech subjects many light - years away against their will in an excruciatingly painful process . Three new chairs were also constructed to supplement the increased energy flow . This bed was successfully tested on Dev , who enteched a few human prisoners a few meters away from him . For this operation , Sibwarra was bound to the bed and was temporarily paralyzed by having magsol and nutrients injected into his blood . The mind - control drug was also tested on Dev who willingly stabbed both his own palms at the orders of Firwirrung . Due to the influence of the drug and his indoctrination , he obeyed these orders regardless of the harm to his own well - being . Having fulfilled his duty , he was ordered to take a bath to recover from his experience . Meanwhile , Nereus put his plans into operation by secretly planting three olabrian trichoid eggs into Skywalker ' s lunch . However , Skywalker shared the meal with a prominent Bakuran senator Gaeriel Captison . Later , he was lured to a local cantina near the spaceport by Nereus . At the same time , the droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 had intercepted Ssi - ruuk communiqués , and learned that not only did the Ssi - ruuk plan on capturing Skywalker , but also intended on attacking Bakura an hour later . They also learned the precise location and time when the Ssi - ruu planned on seizing the Jedi . Having made the necessary arrangements , Nereus agreed to provide a " Lambda " - class shuttle for the Ssi - ruuk party and to lower the orbital net to allow passage through on official business . A Ssi - ruuk party including Firwirrung and Bluescale along with Dev would be allowed to land near the cantina . By the time Captison and R2 - D2 arrived to alert Skywalker , the Ssi - ruuk party and a group of Imperial stormtroopers had also arrived . Upon meeting him , Dev announced that the Ssi - ruuk commander Ivpikkis had invited Skywalker aboard the flagship " Shriwirr " for talks , which the Jedi accepted . However , when the Ssi - ruuk tried to take Captison with him , Skywalker drew his lightsaber in defense . In response , Dev ordered the Stormtroopers to stun the pair and a fight erupted in the cantina . The Ssi - ruuk also produced their paddle beamers and took on the Jedi Knight . In the ensuing struggle , Skywalker slew one of the saurian aliens and knocked out the rest of the party . Dev tried to shoot him with blaster but was also immobilized . Sensing Sibwarra ' s plight , Skywalker attempted to heal him of the brainwashing he had undergone . However , this distracted him , and Luke was rendered unconscious by a swift swipe to the head from Bluescale . However , Skywalker ' s efforts were not in vain since his ministrations with the Force on Sibwarra ' s mind had successfully broken the mental bonds enslaving the other man , who resolved to aid the Jedi however he could . Furthermore , Gaeriel , though stunned , was not taken . Instead , Artoo helped her out of the cantina , and she received medical attention at the Imperial garrison . The Ssi - ruuk returned to their shuttle at Pad 12 with Skywalker . The Jedi ' s ever - loyal astromech droid R2 - D2 tried to climb aboard the ramp to rescue his master but was thrown out by the P ' w ' eck guards . Having achieved their goals , they returned to the Ssi - ruuk flagship " Shriwirr " to commence their entechment operation . Meanwhile , the Ssi - ruuk commenced a full - scale attack , striking at the orbital station that hovered over Bakura . Redemption . The shuttle ascended into space in the midst of a space battle between the Imperium and the combined strength of the Alliance and Empire . After docking at the hangar bay , an unconscious Skywalker was carried by Sibwarra to the designated entechment laboratory . Still unconscious , Skywalker was bound to the modified entechment chair . However now that Sibwarra had outlived his usefulness , his Ssi - ruuvi masters planned to entech him , breaking an earlier promise they had made with him . Firwirrung himself promised to lower the catchment arc and inject the solutions . Having put up with much abuse by his Ssi - ruuvi " family " for so long , Sibwarra was most outraged and refused to abide . With nothing more to lose , Dev rushed to free Skywalker . At that moment , all lights in the laboratory went out and everything unfolded . Skywalker had actually regained consciousness and used the Force to manipulate a P ' w ' eck slave into smashing the control board , plunging the room into darkness . Amidst the chaos , Skywalker ignited his lightsaber and killed two Ssi - ruuk before destroying three security droids . During a brief conversation , Sibwarra related to Luke of the existence of thirty other entechment labs aboard the vessels . Skywalker noted the strong presence of the dark side due to the numerous sentients murdered and enteched on the vessel . Making their way to the engineering room on the eighteenth deck , the two traversed across the stun trap - littered corridors of the battle cruiser . While Firwirrung and his P ' w ' eck crew worked on a second entechment chair , Elder Sh ' tk ' ith and three gangs of P ' w ' ecks confronted Skywalker and Dev at Deck 16 . The two Force - strong individuals proved more than a match for Sh ' tk ' ith ' s reinforcements . In the ensuing confrontation , Bluescale was killed by Dev with a shot to the head . However , Skywalker began to succumb to the effects on the olabrian parasites in his bronchi . They proceeded to the hangars to make an escape but discovered that most of the Ssi - ruuk had fled . Fearful of dying on an unconsecrated world , Ivpikkis and other Ssi - ruuvi officers had fled on lifeboats and were recovered by the other warships . Every ship in the fleet fled for the safety of Ssi - ruuvi home space except the flagship " Shriwirr " . For a moment , it seemed that victory would be achieved with the vanquishing of the Ssi - ruuvi threat . In the engineering deck , the pair were ambushed by Firwirrung and four P ' w ' ecks . With his lightsaber , Skywalker quickly neutralized these threats but expressed his disapproval when Dev killed a wounded P ' w ' eck survivor . At that moment , Luke felt a disturbance through the Force . With the vanquishing of the Ssi - ruuvi , Nereus then hatched his secret plan of back - stabbing his enemies by ordering Thanas to turn his flagship " Dominant " on the Alliance flagship " Flurry " ; destroying it along with several Rebel starfighters ; effectively ending the truce . The remaining Alliance ships were trapped in a bottleneck between Bakura and the Imperial fleet . It seemed the only way for the Alliance ships to escape was for a suicide run on the " Dominant " . However , Luke Skywalker had used the Force to persuade the Thanas to come on their side by sending feelings of peace and serenity . Admiring the heroism of his former foes and seeing the underlining flaws in his superior Nereus , Thanas ordered his ship to break formation and open fire on the " Shriwirr " ; as a gesture of cooperation with the Alliance . Unfortunately , Dev was mortally wounded during the bombardment of the " Shriwirr " and sustained severe burns across his body . Sensing the presence of the Olabrian trichoid larvae in his body , Skywalker used the Force to eliminate the parasites by drawing them out into oxygen which was poisonous to them . Luke then contacted Thanas to request a boarding crew to rescue him and the mortally wounded Sibwarra . As a goodwill gesture , the Imperial commander agreed to come in person . Thanas also agreed to surrender himself and the " Dominant " to the Alliance authorities in exchange that his men be sent to a neutral pickup point and allowed to return home , and that Sibwarra be put on trial . When the local Imperial Security Bureau operative among the bridge crew tried to intervene , Thanas quickly stunned the man . Thanas dispatched a two - man evacuation pod with medical equipment and placed Captain Dren Jamer in de - facto command of the vessel . Luke and a wounded Dev were rescued from the " Shriwirr " and taken on board the " Millennium Falcon " . With Sibwarra in a Jedi healing trance , the Imperial medical corpsman assessed that Sibwarra had little chance of surviving his energy - blast wounds due to severe damage to internal organs . Despite regaining consciousness and a brief exchange of words with Skywalker , Sibwarra ' s wounds were too severe and he died despite the efforts to resuscitate him . Legacy . A grieving Skywalker was left to contemplate the loss of a potential apprentice who would have played a role in his new Jedi Order . Following the cessation of hostilities between the Imperials and the Alliance , Skywalker ensured that he was given a burial in space . In orbit aboard the " Millennium Falcon " , Luke Skywalker and other members of the so - called " Heroes of Yavin " released his corpse to fall through the atmosphere of Bakura during a solemn ceremony . To honor his role in the Bakura Incident , the New Republic renamed the captured Ssi - ruuvi flagship " Sibwarra " after the late Dev Sibwarra . Following the Incident , Luke Skywalker freed all the captive human energies aboard the cruiser to purge it of the strong dark side presence . This cruiser took part in a brief punitive expedition into the Ssi - ruuk Star Cluster prior to the Battle of Clak ' dor VII . Personality and traits . As a child , Dev held the Jedi in high regard due to his mother being a Jedi . Following his adoption and " indoctrination " by the Ssi - ruuk , he adopted many of the norms of his masters ' culture . He was brainwashed into believing that entechment was a high honor and thus looked forward to undergoing the process himself . Due to his proficiency in Galactic Basic Standard , Sibwarra was used by his saurian masters as an intermediary and also to calm Human entechment subjects . He also learned to understand the complicated Ssi - ruuvi tongue which could not be reproduced by Humans due to physiological differences . Other aspects of Ssi - ruuvi culture included a complete ignorance of clothes and their sharp scent of smell which prompted Dev to adopt the practice of bathing several times a day . However , Sibwarra also developed a prejudice against the P ' w ' eck s , a lowly slave species that had been subjugated earlier by the Ssi - ruuk . Due to his impressionable age and the abuses of his Ssi - ruuvi " family " , Sibwarra was receptive to Skywalker ' s attempts to minister on his mind and heal him of his indoctrination . This proved essential during a revolt against the Ssi - ruuk in the closing stages of the Bakuran Incident . Behind the scenes . Dev Sibwarra first appeared as a point - of - view character in Kathy Tyers ' s 1994 novel " The Truce at Bakura " ; marking his only appearance in the Expanded Universe . When writing the book , Tyers said in an interview with Ilene Rosenberg for " Star Wars Adventure Journal 4 " that her original intention was for Sibwarra to survive , and stated that his death was one of the unpleasant parts of " The Truce at Bakura " for her . Tyers also said that her characterization behind Sibwarra was to portray him as an abuse victim . Later , he was first referenced and illustrated in the 1995 " The Essential Guide to Characters " by Andy Mangels and Michael Butkus respectively . Further information on the character was published in West End Games ' " The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook " in 1996 . In April 2000 , Kevin J . Anderson and Daniel Wallace referenced Sibwarra in their " The Essential Chronology " and its revised edition " The New Essential Chronology " , which was published in October 2005 .