Unidentified Keshiri Sith A female Keshiri Sith was a member of the Lost Tribe of Sith from the planet Kesh . She was chosen to be a member of the Sith strike team sent to hunt down Ship , a Sith Meditation Sphere , and kill Luke Skywalker in 43 ABY . After the strike team recovered Ship from a planet in the Maw , the Meditation Sphere transported the strike team to Sinkhole Station , where the group of Sith ambushed Skywalker and his son , Jedi Knight Ben Skywalker . After breaking into the station ' s control room , the female Keshiri attacked Luke , but Ben quickly sliced off her hand with his lightsaber . She attempted to attack Ben with her own lightsaber , but Ben used the Force to pull her onto his lightsaber blade , killing her . Biography . A Force - sensitive female Keshiri Sith was born on the Wild Space world of Kesh . She was trained in the ways of the dark side of the Force with the Lost Tribe of Sith — descendants of a group of Sith who had crash - landed on Kesh during the days of the Sith Empire . In 41 ABY , Ship , a Sith Meditation Sphere , arrived on Kesh and began to help them form a new armada . Two years later , after the members of the Tribe felt Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker ' s presence in the Force when he touched an Aing - Tii relic , the Codex , Ship abruptly left Kesh to follow a call through the Force . The female Keshiri was chosen by Grand Lord Darish Vol and Lady Olaris Rhea to be a member of Rhea ' s strike team sent to recover Ship and eliminate Skywalker . Aboard the captured warship " Eternal Crusader " , the Keshiri Sith served under Rhea as the strike team tracked Ship to a planet in the Maw . There , the team encountered Abeloth , a being who was very strong in the Force and controlled the world ' s deadly plant - life . Still , many of the strike team ' s members were killed before Ship returned to them , but the female Sith was among the approximately fifteen survivors . Meanwhile , Abeloth had discovered Skywalker and his son , Jedi Knight Ben Skywalker , at Sinkhole Station , a space station in the Maw . Ship transported the female Keshiri and the other Sith to Sinkhole Station , where they ambushed the Skywalkers . The Keshiri Sith was part of the initial attack group who cut into the station ' s control room , where the Skywalkers had just returned from going beyond shadows — the state of being Force - sensitives entered after separating their minds from their bodies . As the team broke into the control room , the Keshiri Sith threw her parang at Luke , who , with warning from his son , managed to dodge the blade . She tried to pull the weapon back to her with the Force but also sensed Ben moving to attack her , and attempted to counter him while still catching the parang . The complex move failed , and Ben quickly cut off her hand with his lightsaber . She then slashed her own lightsaber at Ben ' s neck , but he used the Force to pull her body onto his blade , killing her . Personality and traits . The Keshiri Sith was strong - willed , as that was one of the criteria for being chosen as a member of the Lost Tribe ' s strike team . Powers and abilities . The female Keshiri was Force - sensitive , and she trained in the ways of the Sith with the Lost Tribe on Kesh . In battle she utilized a lightsaber , as well as a parang . She was also the first Sith in the strike team to attack Skywalker during the battle ; however , the Jedi ' s son was able to overcome her defenses instantly , slicing off her hand and stabbing her . Behind the scenes . The female Keshiri Sith appeared briefly as an unnamed character in the 2009 novel " " , Troy Denning ' s first installment — and the third novel overall — in the " " series .