Ermon Parrah Ermon Parrah was a Human male relief navigator for the Sith dreadnaught " Omen " during the Great Hyperspace War . In 5000 BBY , after being knocked off - course during a hyperspace jump , the " Omen " crash - landed on the secluded planet Kesh . Parrah survived the disaster , and lived long enough to see the Sith worshiped as gods by the planet ' s natives , the Keshiri species . By 4985 BBY , Parrah had become the main science advisor to the Sith leader , Captain Yaru Korsin . At some point prior to 4975 BBY , Ermon proposed to repair the " Omen " and return to the stars but this was denied by the current Grand Lord . In response , Ermon started a revolt and tried to steal the starship . However , he was defeated by the Grand Lord ' s forces . Following the failed uprising , Parrah ' s conspirators and their families were enslaved and banished to the port town of Eorm . Meanwhile , Parrah and his descendants were forced to spin a cord that " would reach into space . " Due to the physical impossibilities of such a task , Parrah ' s descendants were reduced to the status of paupers for millennia . They became known as the Spinner family due to their work as tailors and seamstresses . One of his descendants was Parlan Spinner who lived around 2974 BBY . Biography . During the Great Hyperspace War , Ermon Parrah , a Human male , served the Sith Empire as the relief navigator on the Sith dreadnaught " Omen " . In 5000 BBY , Parrah was aboard the " Omen " when it was knocked off course as it jumped to hyperspace during a skirmish with Jedi above the moon Phaegon III , where the " Omen " was stationed for a mining mission . The damaged starship came out of hyperspace near an uncharted planet , Kesh — the " Omen " was forced to crash - land in a large mountain range . Parrah survived the crash , and eventually the Sith came to be worshiped as gods by the planet ' s Keshiri natives . By 4985 BBY , Ermon Parrah had become the main science advisor for the remaining Sith , led by Captain Yaru Korsin . That year , the Houk gunner Gloyd , still hoping to find a way off Kesh , proposed that the Sith use the " Omen " surviving boring lasers to fire signals into space . Parrah shot down the idea , knowing that the lasers would only dissipate into cosmic background noise before ever being noticed by anybody . Ermon Parrah later participated during the Red Sith Purge on the side of Yaru Korsin . At some point prior to Seelah and Jariad Korsin ' s failed coup d ' état against Korsin in 4975 BBY , he led a failed attempt to steal the crippled " Omen " and return to the stars . However , the uprising was crushed by the Tribe ' s forces . As punishment , Parrah ' s supporters were enslaved and became the first Human slaves on Kesh . Meanwhile , Parrah and all his descendants were forced to spin a cord that would reach the stars . Since this task was physically impossible , Parrah and his descendants were condemned to millennia of slavery and became known as the Spinner family . For generations , the Spinner family worked as tailors and weavers in Eorm , a port town that was home to exiled Sith and Keshiri slaves . The Spinner family continued spinning the cord even during the Time of the Rot , which saw a breakdown of law and order in Keshtah Minor , the Tribe ' s domain . One of Ermon Parrah ' s descendants was the Sith criminal Parlan Spinner , who was the only person in the family line to rebel against this servitude . Following a failed attempt to assassinate the ruling Grand Lord Varner Hilts in 2974 BBY , Spinner awakened the ancient Sith Lord Remulus Dreypa and together the two Sith instigated an uprising against the Tribe . However , he turned against Dreypa after the latter unleashed leviathans , reptilian Sithspawn , that were capable of draining the souls of sentient beings . In the end , Spinner fulfilled his ancestor ' s ambition to " ascend " to the stars when he discovered an ancient Jedi starship beneath the Sith capital Tahv ' s Circle Eternal plaza . Ultimately , Spinner became the savior of the Tribe when he defeated Dreypa at the cost of destroying the Jedi starship ; setting back the Tribe ' s ambitions of reaching the stars until 41 . 5 ABY . Personality and traits . Parrah was very knowledgeable in matters of cosmic science , enough so that he was made chief science advisor for the Sith on Kesh . However , when speaking to people who were not as well versed as he was , he could be somewhat condescending . Throughout his life , Parrah harbored the ambition of returning to the stars . This led him to lead a failed attempt to steal the " Omen " from the Sith Temple . However , he was defeated . As punishment for his brazenness , he and his descendants were condemned to generations of slavery . Behind the scenes . Ermon Parrah made his first appearance in the " Star Wars " canon in John Jackson Miller ' s 2010 eBook " " . He later appeared in Miller ' s 2012 comic sequel " Lost Tribe of the Sith — Spiral 3 " . His legacy was continued by Parlan Spinner . According to an with Miller dating back to October 20 2013 , Miller confirmed that the relief navigator Parrah and the Sith rebel Ermon Parrah were in fact the same person . He also clarified that Parrah ' s rebellion had occurred between the events of the two eBooks " " and " " , since the comic " Spiral 3 " depicted the Kesh Sith Temple , which was sealed off after the events of " Savior " . Miller has argued that the Lost Tribe of Sith did not kill Parrah because the Tribe was running out of Humans by that time . According to Miller , the script for " Spiral 3 " had initially conceptualized Parrah fighting an older Yaru Korsin . However , Miller and his team opted not to name Parrah ' s opponent since he did not resemble the of the character in Pablo Hidalgo ' s " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " , which was released on August 21 , 2012 . Thus , Miller has speculated that Parrah ' s opponent was actually one of Korsin ' s allies .