Rhoden Madam Rhoden , also Herr Rhoden , was the wife of Clode Rhoden , the ruler of Yorn Skot . Dissatisfied with her husband , she began an affair with her personal trainer Buck , a member of an the eco - terrorist group Green Forge . With Buck ' s assistance , Madam Rhoden smuggled a core bomb on board the " Aurorient Express " cruise liner as part of a plot to kill her husband . However , Clode Rhoden was aware of her scheme , and had the bomb stolen from her quarters . Due to the combination of a plot by pressure pirates , an apparent failure in navigation , and the discovery that a core bomb was somewhere aboard , the " Aurorient Express " was evacuated . Madam Rhoden was intercepted on the way to her life pod by Saul Moegantz , a creditor of her husband , who made her a proposal . She joined him in his own life pod to discuss it , narrowly escaping her husband ' s revenge ; Clode Rhoden had planted the core bomb in the life pod his wife was supposed to use . Surviving this attempt on her life , Madam Rhoden joined forces with Moegantz to ruin her husband completely . In a confrontation with Clode aboard one of the evacuation vessels , she declared that she would divorce him and take a sizable part of his assets , while Moegantz would take over Clode ' s Yorn Skot mining station to settle the debt he was owed . Biography . The dangerous affair . Madam Rhoden ' s husband , Clode Rhoden , was the leader of the planet Yorn Skot . Yorn Skot was a tibanna gas - producing planet outside the jurisdiction of the Galactic Republic . In addition to tibanna gas mining on the mining station , the planet also supported a luxury cruise industry . Clode ' s mining activities were controversial , and part of the agenda of the eco - terrorist group Green Forge was to force him to close down the mining operation . In order to advance their cause , Buck , a member of Green Forge , found employment as Madam Rhoden ' s personal trainer , and seduced her . Rhoden was the latest of a series of businessmen ' s wives that Buck had seduced to aid in the assassination of their husbands . Under Buck ' s influence , Madam Rhoden agreed to help him with his plot to kill Clode Rhoden . Together , the two of them smuggled a core bomb aboard the " Aurorient Express " cruise liner , planning to use it to destroy the Yorn Skot Mining Station with Clode aboard . Madam Rhoden would then collect the lucrative insurance policy on the station and share her wealth with Buck . A Jedi complication . The core bomb was stored in a suitcase in Madam Rhoden ' s quarters on the Tiffany Deck . Paranoid about discovery , she told the captain of the vessel that nobody was to be allowed in her room . When someone came in to bring her room service , she was irate and went to confront the captain personally . However , she was interrupted mid - argument by Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn and his Padawan Obi - Wan Kenobi . The " Aurorient Express " was sinking into the depths of the gas giant and not responding to outside hails . The two Jedi had broken into the cruise liner through the dining hall window to investigate . The captain of the vessel gave a false excuse for the liner ' s plight : he was well aware of the course change , although he was not aware of the swarm of " Fastlatch " - class defense droids crawling over the outside of the vessel , which were now eating through the hull of the ship . Madam Rhoden turned on the Jedi intruders and demanded to know what they were doing there , since her husband had forbidden Jedi from traveling on the vessel . Qui - Gon Jinn emphatically suggested that she go enjoy a drink by the ship ' s pool , and she decided to do so . Before she left , she told the captain to contact her once he heard from her husband . On the way to the pool , she was passed by the two Jedi running through the corridors . Shaking off the compulsion she was under , she tasked Buck with discovering what the two Jedi were up to . Buck followed the Jedi to one of the hull breaches , where the Jedi and some other crew members were having a confrontation with Podlong Foahl , a Givin crew member . Foahl had pledged his loyalty to a group of pressure pirates and had smuggled the " Fastlatch " security droids aboard in Lot 44C . While Foahl was arguing with the Jedi , Buck spotted a core bomb detonator in his hand , and shouted " Core bomb ! " Hearing Buck ' s exclamation , Chief Purser Waverton shot Foahl , who fell out of the hull breach into the depths of Yorn Skot . The Jedi questioned Buck about what he had seen , and Buck maintained he had seen a core bomb detonator . Further questioning by Obi - Wan Kenobi uncovered his affiliation to Green Forge . Madam Rhoden was present , as was wealthy passenger Saul Moegantz , whose shipment of survapierre in Lot 44C had been secretly replaced by the security droids . When the Jedi wondered why a group of pirates would want to blow up the vessel , Moegantz suggested insurance fraud as a possible motive , and asked Madam Rhoden to comment . She told him that she left business matters to her husband . Moegantz then mentioned to Madam Rhoden that he was going to take over the Yorn Skot Mining Station as collateral for a debt , and propositioned her . She scornfully turned him down . Theft , discovery , and escape . Back in their quarters , Madam Rhoden scolded Buck for revealing too much . Buck reassured her that the Jedi would find the other bomb , and they ' d be safe . Meanwhile , the Jedi used the ship ' s vapor sampler s to search the ship for traces of accellerite and magnopium ferrocongregate to find the core bomb . The highest readings came from Madam Rhoden ' s quarters . Because of the unaccounted for core bomb and the ship ' s continued loss of altitude , an evacuation was ordered . Madam Rhoden and Buck were still packing her extensive wardrobe when the Jedi and ship security arrived to search her room . Panicked , Rhoden ordered Buck to attack , but he was easily stunned by a blow from Obi - Wan Kenobi . The two Jedi found the suitcase where Buck ' s core bomb had been stored , but the core bomb itself was missing . The ship ' s security staff escorted Madam Rhoden to her life pod . While boarding , she encountered Saul Moegantz , and accused him of trying to destroy the ship . He denied the accusation , and pointed out that she was missing the most lucrative solution to both their problems . Rhoden agreed to hear him out , and boarded Moegantz ' s life pod , accompanied by Buck . Unbeknownst to her , her husband Clode was the one who had arranged to have the core bomb stolen from her room . He had ordered the captain of the Aurorient Express to plant it aboard her life pod , and had programmed the life pod to collide with the Yorn Skot Mining Station . Aware of his wife ' s affair , he planned to both kill her and take the insurance money from the station ' s destruction to pay off his debt to Moegantz . However , the captain was unwilling to be complicit in the deaths of thousands aboard the station and detonated the bomb aboard the life pod prematurely . Denouement . Clode Rhoden was annoyed that the mining station had not been destroyed , but pleased with his wife ' s apparent death . He and the Jedi joined the rest of the " Aurorient Express " passengers on evacuation ships . Clode was unimpressed by the attempt of the Jedi to bring him to account for his plot to destroy the Yorn Skot Mining Station , saying that he would write his own pardon and go back to his cornflakes . However , he was shocked when his wife appeared with Saul Moegantz in tow . Madam Rhoden and Moegantz unveiled their plan : Moegantz would seize the Yorn Skot Mining Station to cover Clode ' s debts , while Madam Rhoden would divorce Clode and take the rest of his assets . Panicked , Clode Rhoden demanded to know what would happen to the " Aurorient Express " , as the ship was still his . At that point , the group of pressure pirates who had been plotting to steal " Aurorient Express " arrived and began to board it . As the Rhodens and the other passengers and crew of the " Aurorient Express " watched from the evacuation ships and argued furiously , the second core bomb aboard " Aurorient Express " exploded , destroying both it and the pirate vessel . Personality and traits . Madam Rhoden was an individual who sought wealth and luxury above all else . Her marriage with Clode Rhoden was loveless , and she was happy to plot his death when a younger , more handsome suitor showed up . She was not particularly concerned about the thousands of deaths that would have taken place if her plot to destroy the Yorn Skot Mining Station had succeeded . Madam Rhoden was particularly attached to her possessions , such as her chaughaine sweater . Her personal quarters were luxuriantly decked out according to her taste . She also treated everything owned by her husband as her own personal possession , including the " Aurorient Express " and the Yorn Skot Mining Station . She had little real attachment to her lover Buck , casting him aside when the opportunity arose to attach herself to the more affluent Saul Moegantz . Even though she personally disliked Moegantz , she was happy to take his money . Behind the scenes . Madam Rhoden was created by Mike Kennedy for the 2002 Dark Horse comic " " .