Schurk - Heren Schurk - Heren was a Yarkora smuggler , and captain of the vessel " Uhumele " . Biography . Captain of the " Uhumele " . After a failed hijacking attempt on the " Uhumele " by Dass Jennir and Bomo Greenbark , Schurk - Heren took the two on as passengers , following their escape from the Battle of Half - Axe Pass . He was carrying Dreypa ' s Oubliette aboard the ship . Once they left they proceeded to Orvax IV where they searched for Greenbark ' s family . After learning that Greenbark ' s wife had been killed they discovered that his daughter had been sold to a man named Dezono Qua . He accompanied the rest of the " Uhumele " crew as they broke into Qua ' s estate to discover that Bomo ' s daughter was dead . After that he set up a meeting with his old friend Haka Hai in Mimban in an attempt to sell the oubliette . However , Haka double - crossed them and attempted to steal the oubliette from Heren . However , Haka ' s second in command , Lumbra , had plans of his own and took what he believed to be the oubliette . Haka , soon discovered that Heren had not actually brought the oubliette with him , and the actual oubliette was still at large . Haka had Heren tortured to discover the whereabouts of the oubliette , but Greenbark managed to break free and release Heren and the rest of the crew from Haka ' s estate . Encounter with Vader . Soon after escaping from Haka , Heren attempted once more to get rid of the oubliette . At this point , however , Bomo did not trust Heren to be able to sell the package . Once they reached an unidentified planet , Darth Vader and a group of clone troopers surrounded the crew and took the oubliette from them . Once they were tied up , Vader proceeded to open the oubliette and discovered ancient Jedi Celeste Morne inside . When she awoke she discovered that the Sith had conquered the galaxy and began dueling Vader . During that time Heren managed to break free and released the rest of the crew and ran towards the " Uhumele " attempting to escape before Vader noticed they were gone . However , just as they were about to reach the " Uhumele " , fellow crew member Crys Taanzer became infected with the rakghoul disease and soon turned into a rakghoul . Heren was forced to kill his fellow crew member and friend . Search for Dass Jennir . After these exertions , the crew moved back to Kidron onboard the " Uhumele " . The surviving crew members were mourning to their pilot Crys and Heren was to blame for all the chaos that they had raided in recent months , as it had been his profits intentions . All crew members , including Bomo , who had his pain at the loss of his family still does not eliminate entirely , now voted to go on a search for Dass Jennir . On Kidron , the " Uhumele " crew encountered another survivor of the Jedi Purge , Beyghor Sahdett . First , they did not trust him , but after the Verpine was taken by an Imperial patrol , the crew were able to rescue him and revealed their intention to seek Jennir . Together , they all flew to Telerath , where a lot of rumors at this time were circulating about a Jedi . As they made the acquaintance of the local militia , Heren was more or less convinced of their peaceful intent . There , he met a man named Fish , who assured them that Jennir was in fact here and added that the Jedi was now in the company of a woman named Ember Chankeli . Heren and his crew had no choice but to follow the new track to find the Jedi . According to Imperial records that Beyghor , Bomo , Meekerdin and Vakier recovered from a broadcast center , Heren found out that Jennir and his companions were on Prine , where they crashed their ship during an attack from the " Harvester " . Heren and his crew had no choice to land on the planet where they later succeeded in rescuing Jennir and Ember before the assassin Falco Sang could kill them .