Relik Relik was a Human male captain in the Arkinnea Militia during the early years of the Empire ' s reign . In 19 BBY he served as the leader of a militia unit that slaughtered the off - world refugees , and for this had trouble with the fugitive Jedi Master K ' Kruhk and his younglings . He was later sanctioned by the Empire . Biography . By the year 19 BBY , shortly after the end of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , the male Human Relik held the position of Captain in the militia of his homeworld Arkinnea . During the war , Arkinnea suffered greatly at the hands of the Separatist Droid Army which lead to the natives , including Relik , greatly resenting the Confederacy . Once the war ended refugees from both sides of the conflict began to arrive seeking shelter on Arkinnea , which the Galactic Empire , the successor state of the Republic , offered them as they were all now considered its citizens . Relik greatly resented the refugees , treating them all as Separatists and believing they should leave the planet , as did many other militia members . He became part of a scheme in which the militia used transports designed for carrying ore to ferry refugees from the holding center s where they were initially housed and then dump them out in the wilds , where they were killed by the fall . The Imperials and refugees were led to believe those the militia transported away were being taken to free land in the north where they might set up new lives . In 19 BBY , he was sent with a squad of other militia members to the site where a starship had crashed after ignoring Arkinnea control ' s orders to not land on the planet . Upon reaching the ship he and his men ready their weapons to attack the ships crew , but found them to be the Whiphid K ' Kruhk , his young helper Chase Piru , and a group of children which the Whiphid claimed were orphans . Realizing the group were refugees Relik threatened them but was interrupted by the arrival of a group of Imperials , lead by Commander Teron . When Teron questioned Relik , the captain informed him he was simply planning on taking the refugees to a holding center , which he and his men then did . Once at the center Relik made clear to Teron that he was unhappy about the number of refugees on Arkinnea and stated he wanted them gone , reminding Teron of the war . The following day Relik greeted the latest group of refugees to be transported north , making sure they all boarded the carrier . As the group boarded , another militia member reported that K ' kruhk and his group hadn ' t arrived to board the carrier despite being called . One of the other refugees then informed Relik that she had seen the Whiphid and the children packing and leaving the previous night , causing Relik to order the final passengers to board and then demanding his men find the missing refugees . Hearing the commotion , Teron approached Relik asking what had happened , and the captain informed him there was no issue and that the missing group was probably just still asleep . As soon as Teron was gone , a militia member reported to Relik over a comm - unit that the group had escaped through a hole they created in the perimeter wall . Angered at the escape , the captain then called for a search of the surrounding area . After four days without any evidence of the missing group , Relik called off the search , deciding his men needed to return to the task of killing the remaining refugees . Another group of refugees was picked up and dumped in the wilderness , but the act was witnessed by K ' Kruhk and his charges , whom the militia crew of the carrier spotted . Lieutenant Makos of the militia informed Relik of the sighting but failed to kill the escapees . Relik then gathered a squad of men to hunt down the group , but was spotted leaving by Teron . The captain lied to the commander , telling him that the men were simply on a surprise routine drill . Upon arriving at the location where the crew of ore carrier had spotted the refugees , Relik witnessed the ore carrier destroyed as it crash into the ground , controlled by K ' Kruhk using the Force as the Whiphid was in fact a Jedi Master . Not understanding how the Jedi had destroyed the carrier , Relik ordered his men to land and then find and kill all of the escaped refugees , wanting to count their bodies to make sure none escaped again and revealed their plan . He split his men into two groups , as there were two groups of lifeforms nearby according to his ships sensors , and the took to the air in the ship to follow his men ' s movements from above . One of these groups located and attacked the Jedi to the north of Relik ' s position and the captain ordered all men to converge on that point . Upon receiving reports that his men were encountering resistance he order the ship to land , though upon landing he received no further reports from the ground troops as they had been killed by one of the children with K ' Kruhk , whom had used the force to crush them with a boulder . Before Relik could take further action , a large Imperial force , including the Star Destroyer " Tenacious " , arrived in the skies above the militia forces . Teron , along with Denimoor the captain of the " Tenacious " and a number of clone troopers landed at the captains location , and arrested him , having seen the refugees killed by him and his men . Teron informed Relik that his crime was the murder of Imperial citizens , to which the captain protested that Arkinnea had never asked to house the refugees . The commander explained that Arkinnea was part of the Empire and so had the duty of justly treating all of the Empires citizens , and that Relik ' s actions had brought shame on his homeworld which would face justice for the militias work . According to Teron however , Relik was unlikely to live long enough to see this happen . Personality and traits . Relik was a Human male with brown eyes and hair , although some turned silver as he aged . After the Separatists actions on Arkinnea during the Clone Wars he greatly resented the group ; a hatred he extended to all war refugees following the conflict . Relik felt that his homeworld had never invited those fleeing the war and as such they had no right to settle there . His hatred of refugees he was willing to take part in a scheme to trick and kill huge numbers of refugees and leave their bodies in the wild . Upon finding K ' Kruhk ' s group of refugees he threatened to kill the unarmed refugees but was stopped by Teron ' s arrival . Relik made sure he and his men kept the scheme secret from Teron , lying to the captain on several occasions as not to arouse his suspicions . Upon discovering that K ' Kruhk and the children with him had escaped and witnessed his scheme in action he order all of their deaths . He protested when arrested but did not attempt to fight back none the less . Behind the scenes . Relik first appeared in the comic book series " " in which he served as the main antagonist of the " " story arc . The arc was written by Randy Stradley and Gabriel Guzman , with the first issue being released in February 2013 and the remaining issues , all of which Relik appeared in , coming out throughout the rest of that year .