Star Wars : Lost Tribe of the Sith : Spiral Star Wars : Lost Tribe of the Sith — Spiral is a stand - alone comic series within John Jackson Miller ' s " Lost Tribe of the Sith " franchise . The story occurred around 2974 BBY approximately one year or less after the events of the ebook " " . " Spiral " is set on the remote planet Kesh , which was home to a stranded group of Human Sith known as the Lost Tribe of Sith . The story arc focuses on the adventures and experiences of the young Tribal outcast Parlan Spinner and his former enemy – turned – companion Takara Hilts , a Sith princess and the daughter of Grand Lord Varner Hilts . A large element on the plot deals with the threat posed to the Lost Tribe by the ancient Dark Jedi Baron Remulus Dreypa , who had been freed from his oubliette by Parlan . " Spiral " was first released on August 8 , 2012 and ran until December 12 , 2012 . It consists of five issues and its script was developed by Miller , who had also co - authored the " Lost Tribe of the Sith " short story series . Randy Stradley has also announced on the Dark Horse message boards that the series would end after the fifth comic issue . Plot summary . " Spiral " occurred a few months following the events of John Jackson Miller ' s novella " " which ended with the Lost Tribe of Sith ' s annexation of Alanciar , another continent on the planet Kesh . During the festivities commemorating the arrival of the Lost Tribe ' s ancestors nearly three thousand years ago , the Human Sith outcast Parlan Spinner and his gang known as Spinner ' s Web disrupted the parade . Spinner also tried to assassinate Grand Lord Varner Hilts but was thwarted by his daughter Sith princess Takara Hilts who apprehended him . While Spinner faced the death penalty , Grand Lord Hilts decided to spare the life of the youth and gave him a second chance , sensing the youth ' s Force talents . Spinner was put to work as a sailor aboard the Keshiri captain Chegg ' s mariner " Southern Star . " Takara also stowed aboard the " Southern Star " , intending to hitch a ride to Alanciar where she had hope to start afresh in new frontiers . However , the ship was actually heading to Eshkrene , the planet ' s South Pole , for an exploratory and surveying mission . Spinner and Takara are put to work by Chegg manning sails . After the ship lands on Eshkrene , the pair attempt to desert Chegg ' s crew but are pursued by Chegg and his crew , who are intent on killing them . They were however saved by a group of cloaked strangers known as the Doomed , who promptly killed Chegg and the other pursuers with arrows . Spinner and Takara , along with the surviving crew , were taken captive and brough to the Doomed ' s settlement . The S ' kytri Kaliska , leader of the Doomed , related the history of the Doomed to their Sith captives Spinner and Takara . The Doomed were the descendants of ancient Jedi and Dark Jedi who became stranded on Kesh following the Hundred - Year Darkness . After fighting , the two Force orders made peace with the Dark Jedi agreeing to seal away their " greatest weapon " within an oubliette . The Force - users then migrated to Kesh ' s South Pole where they maintained a protective vigil over the Keshiri and sought to find a balance in the Force . Takara develops a friendship with Kaliska , who taught the Sith princess about the Force ability animal friendship . Meanwhile , Spinner was imprisoned for expressing his interest in the " Great Weapon . " However , he and the Keshiri crew stole the oubliette and escaped Eshkrene aboard the " Southern Star . " Kaliska and Takara pursue Spinner and his followers . However , Spinner breaks open the casket and releases the Sith Lord Remulus Dreypa , one of the survivors of the Battle of Corbos who was subsequently exiled to the Stygian Caldera . Spinner and his crew quickly aligned themselves with Dreypa while Takara and Kaliska are imprisoned below deck . The " Southern Star " sailed back to the main continent of Keshtah Minor and lands at the port of Eorm , Spinner ' s hometown . Dreypa used his dark side powers to kill the tyrannical Lord Galathos and the local Sith garrison . Dreypa ' s display of Dark Side powers awes the local inhabitants who rally around the Sith Lord . Despite his goals of reaching the stars again , Dreypa reluctantly agreed to lead a rebellion against the Lost Tribe with Spinner acting as his lieutenant . Meanwhile , Takara and Kaliska managed to escape from their captors and return to Eshkrene , bringing the entire town ' s herd of uvak s , winged reptilian beasts , with them . Dreypa ' s rebel army marched into the Marisota Floodplain and fought with the Lost Tribe ' s forces , under the command of Lord Hilt ' s wife Grand Consort Iliana Hilts . The Lost Tribe ' s forces inflict heavy losses on Dreypa ' s forces , who retreated to Sessal Spire , a volcanic caldera overlooking the Southern Ocean . Iliana ' s Sith forces caught up with Dreypa and Spinner , and attempted to execute them . However , Dreypa uses his talisman to summon up Leviathans from beneath the crater . Leviathans were massive Sithspawn created during the Hundred - Year Darkness that were capable of draining the life energies of sentient beings . Dreypa ' s Leviathans devour friend and foe alike . At that point , Kaliska and the Doomed attack Dreypa and his Leviathans , who fight back against the newcomers . Spinner also fought with Takara . However , their duel was interrupted when Takara ' s mother Iliana was attacked by one of the Leviathans . Spinner killed the beast and saved Iliana ' s life , thus gaining his former enemy ' s trust . Spinner and Takara escape the fighting with the debilitated Iliana , riding on an uvak . They are rejoined by Kaliska who revealed that the Jedi ancestors of the Doomed had hidden a starship beneath the Sith capital Tahv . Aware of Dreypa ' s ambitions of reaching the stars , Kaliska convinced Spinner and Takara to destroy the ship . However , Dreypa and his Leviathans caught up with them , having devoured all of their opponents including the Doomed forces . Spinner and Iliana managed to escape but Kaliska was captured and killed by one of Dreypa ' s Leviathans . In an attempt to delay Dreypa , Takara took the Dark Jedi on a duel but was unable to match his Force powers , and was taken captive . Meanwhile , Spinner and Iliana arrived back at Tahv . A debilitated Iliana was reunited with her elderly husband Varner . However , Spinner reneged on his promise to destroy the " Last Hope " and instead took it on a joyride above Kesh ' s atmosphere . Before Spinner could explore the wider galaxy , he was contacted by Dreypa who issued the young man with an ultimatum . Aware of Spinner ' s new - found love for Takara , he threatened to kill Takara unless Spinner handed the " Last Hope " over to him . Dreypa and his leviathans then laid waste to Tahv while Iliana ' s forces prepared to make a final stand . Spinner used the " Last Hope " ' s turbolaser cannons to kill most of the Leviathans . Meanwhile , Takara managed to break free of the last remaining Leviathan and kill the creature with Force lightning . In the ensuing chaos , she and Dreypa ended on up the hull of the " Last Hope " . Spinner flew the starship to the shores of the Southern Ocean where he " handed " the vessel to Dreypa , before jumping into the sea with Takara . Dreypa claimed ownership of the vessel only to discover that Spinner had set its engines for a one - way journey into Sessal Spire . Dreypa was killed in the ensuing explosion , which deprived Kesh of its last known remaining hyperspace - capable vessel and prevented any information about Kesh and the Lost Tribe from leaking into the galaxy until centuries later . Following the defeat of Dreypa , the Sith begin rebuilding Tahv and the former outcast Spinner became a hero of the Tribe . Grand Lord Varner Hilts appointed the young man as one of his Hands and Spinner also developed a romantic relationship with his former enemy Takara .