Kendrel Kendrel was a male Human who lived on the planet Nal Hutta during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the resurgent Sith Empire . Kendrel was Force - sensitive and trained on the planet Korriban to become Sith , however he failed his trials . To avoid the death that awaited most failed Sith acolytes , Kendrel fled the planet . He ended up on Nal Hutta , where he took up work doing menial tasks for a Hutt . He married a woman named Gianna with whom he had a Force - sensitive son named Zi ' am . When Gianna discovered her son ' s ability , she wished for him to be trained on Korriban to become Sith so that he could succeed where his father had failed . Kendrel , however , did not want his son to travel to the Sith world and attempted to flee Hutta with the boy , traveling to the spaceport in the town of Jiguuna . Having learned of her husband ' s plan , Gianna asked an Imperial - aligned individual to bring back her son . The individual accepted and found Kendrel and Zi ' am in the spaceport . When the failed Sith refused to hand over the boy , the individual killed him . After his father ' s death , Zi ' am returned to his mother , who sent him to Korriban . Biography . Kendrel was a male Force - sensitive Human who lived during the Cold War . Some time before 3643 BBY , Kendrel trained on the planet Korriban to become Sith . He failed his trials and fled before he could be killed , as was the fate of most failed acolytes . He then came to live on the planet Nal Hutta , where he served a Hutt , performing various errands . Kendrel also married a woman named Gianna and had a son with her named Zi ' am prior to 3643 BBY . When they discovered the boy was Force - sensitive like his father , Gianna wanted to send him to Korriban so he too could train to serve the Empire as a Sith . Kendrel , however , refused to allow his son to go through the same terrible experience he had training as a Sith and so took the boy and attempted to flee Nal Hutta . The pair reached the spaceport in the industrial town of Jiguuna , where they arranged to travel off - planet . However , a comm officer named Mekks , who worked at the spaceport , recognized the pair and informed the boy ' s mother since he owed her a favor . Gianna eventually sent an Imperial - aligned individual to retrieve her son . The individual found Mekks in the spaceport and the comm officer beckoned over Kendrel and Zi ' am . Once the individual explained why they were there , Kendrel refused to hand over the boy , as he didn ' t want to risk his son ' s death at the hands of the Sith . He asked that the individual let them flee and tell Gianna they had gone to Korriban so she wouldn ' t search for them . The individual refused and shot Kendrel , killing him before before he could react . After his father ' s death , Zi ' am fled home to his mother , visibly upset . Gianna then sent Zi ' am to Korriban , as she had planned to , where he came under the tutelage of a Sith overseer named Harkun . Personality and traits . Kendrel , at the time of his Sith trials , was not able enough to complete them , however he was wise enough to work out that he needed to escape if he wished to survive . Knowing how evil the Sith were , he cared deeply for his son Zi ' am and was willing to give his life to try and prevent his son ' s potential death on Korriban . Kendrel ' s wife , however , believed he was a fool and a coward . At the time Kendrel attempted to flee with their son , Gianna felt their marriage had been dead for years . Behind the scenes . Kendrel first appeared in the video game " " , which was released by BioWare and LucasArts in 2011 . He is involved in the quest " Dreams of Korriban " on Hutta , where his wife asks the player to retrieve her son from Kendrel . The player has a choice to either allow Kendrel and Zi ' am to flee once they reach the spaceport ( light side ) or to kill Kendrel ( dark side ) . If the player chooses to allow the pair to flee , the only options when returning to Gianna are to lie , saying that her son was taken to Korriban . This article assumes that the player chose to take the " dark side " option and kill Kendrel due to the fact that only Imperial characters of the Bounty Hunter or Imperial Agent class can undertake this quest . This is due to its location on Nal Hutta , which Republic players cannot access . If the player kills Kendrel , they will receive a message from an overseer on Korriban named Harkun , informing them that Zi ' am is now training there , and rewards the player with 13 credits . If the player spares Kendrel , then he instead will send the player a message , thanking them and explaining that he will train Zi ' am himself , away from the Jedi and the Sith .