Boyle Marcom Boyle Marcom was a Human male navigation officer who served for decades as part of the Sith Empire ' s navy during the time of the Great Hyperspace War . In 5000 BBY , the then - aged and physically frail Marcom was selected as the helmsman for a Lignan crystal mining and transport mission by Yaru Korsin , the son of Eldrak Korsin , an admiral under whom Marcom had served in the past . However , a Jedi attack nudged Marcom ' s ship , the " Omen " , off course as it jumped to hyperspace . The " Omen " crashed on an uncharted planet , and the blame was laid squarely at Marcom ' s feet by some of the ship ' s crew . After surviving the crash , Marcom was confronted and killed by miner Devore Korsin , Yaru Korsin ' s brother . Biography . A Human male , Boyle Marcom served in the navy of the Sith Empire as a helmsman in the years before and during the Great Hyperspace War . Marcom began navigating Sith starships during the middle of Dark Lord of the Sith Marka Ragnos ' s reign , and continued under Ragnos ' s successor , Naga Sadow . In 5000 BBY , Sadow led an invasion of the galaxy at large — the Great Hyperspace War — and Boyle Marcom served as part of the Sith fleet . That year , Marcom joined the crew of the Sith dreadnaught " Omen " , serving as the navigation officer for a mission to mine and transport Lignan crystal s from the planet Phaegon III ' s largest moon . The mission was commanded by Yaru Korsin , the son of Eldrak Korsin , an admiral under whom Marcom had previously served . Although Marcom had not been at his best in years , his relationship with the elder Korsin was what drove Yaru to select him as helmsman for the Lignan expedition . However , as the " Omen " was about to depart Phaegon III to deliver the crystals to the planet Kirrek , the Jedi attacked the " Omen " and its sister ship , the " Harbinger " . During the skirmish , one of the Jedi , apprentice Drev Hassin , suicidally crashed his starfighter into the " Harbinger " . Although Marcom was able to get the " Omen " to hyperspace , the " Harbinger " nudged the ship off - course . The " Omen " was badly damaged by a gravity well in hyperspace , which pulled the ship back into realspace near an uncharted planet . As Marcom fiddled with his controls , trying to fix the problem , he was confronted by a furious member of the mining team , Yaru Korsin ' s brother , Devore Korsin . Devore was stopped before he could do any harm to Marcom , and the " Omen " drifted into the planet ' s atmosphere , where the frail Marcom was thrown about the bridge by rushing winds . Injured but not dead , Marcom survived the " Omen " crash in a mountain range and the treacherous journey from the ship ' s wreckage to the valley below . Although they had gotten through the ordeal , Devore ' s rage at Marcom did not diminish . Korsin gathered several of his miners and confronted Marcom , blaming him for the ship ' s crash while the miners held the helmsman back . Marcom tried to defend himself , but to no avail — the furious and high - on - spice Korsin ignited his lightsaber and killed him , his own lightsaber rolling harmlessly to Yaru Korsin ' s feet . Personality and traits . Boyle Marcom was mild - mannered and timid by Sith standards , and he was physically frail by the time of the Great Hyperspace War . Marcom became frustrated when arguing with a being he saw as intractable or irrational , as was the case with Devore Korsin . He owned a lightsaber , which could imply he was also a force - sensitive . Moments before his death , at the hands of Devore Korsin , he was accused of using it to attack first . Behind the scenes . Boyle Marcom first appeared in " " , a 2009 eBook written by John Jackson Miller . So far , it is his only appearance in " Star Wars " canon .