Rebirth The Rebirth was the personal worldcraft of Imperial Procurator of Justice Hethrir . Emperor Palpatine presented it to him as a reward for the cleansing of Firrerre . History . Following the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , Hethrir constructed a compound where he established a so - called " school " for Force - sensitive children he had kidnapped or captured . Those with potential were ensconced on " Rebirth " for indoctrination . Hethrir , with an ability to dampen others ' Force abilities , would often prevent Non - Humans from demonstrating any Force - ability , consigning them to be sold as slaves . This was done in line with the Humanocentric policies of the Galactic Empire . Those Humans with Force - potential moved up the ranks of the Helpers , Proctors and Empire Youth . Many of Hethrir ' s trainees were taken to the temple of the Waru on Crseih Station to be " purified . " Waru was posing there as a healer , but occasionally killed beings brought for healing , sucking in their strength . Many of the Empire Youth that survived the purification were sent out to infiltrate the New Republic , working covertly to undermine it . In 14 ABY , Hethrir arranged for his Proctors to kidnap the New Republic Chief of State Leia Organa Solo ' s three children Jaina , Jacen and Anakin while she was on an official state visit on Munto Codru in the Outer Rim . Temporarily blocking Leia ' s ability to sense her children , and using a pressure bomb to incapacitate the children ' s minders — the Wookiee Chewbacca and a local page — Anakin , Jacen , and Jaina Solo as well as the Munto Codru chamberlain ' s wyrwulf were captured and whisked away by skiff . They were shipped off planet to Hethrir ' s worldcraft , while Leia was still being advised to wait for a ransom request . On his worldcraft , Hethrir told the children their parents were dead and that he would look after them from now on as their hold - father . The children were suspicious , however , and proved remarkably resistant to the " programming " at the school . Hethrir assigned his own son , Tigris , to look after Anakin , and put the twins in with the rest of the imprisoned children , including a Chironian girl , Lusa . The kidnapped children caused much trouble at the station , using the Force to harass the young Proctors . Though held in separate cells , the Solo twins managed to escape their cells , taking a number of the other children with them . With the aid of a female sand dragon that Jacen communicated with , they escaped the entire compound and hid from the Proctors and Helpers in a swamp . Just as all this was happening , Leia along with Hethrir ' s former mate Rillao and Chewbacca arrived on their transport " Alderaan " and rescued the children while detaining the ill - prepared Proctors with the help of the sand dragon . However , they were too late to rescue Anakin though , for Hethrir had already departed for Crseih Station with a phalanx of Proctors , intending to relaunch the Empire Reborn and sacrifice Anakin in the temple of the Waru . Following close on his heels , the two mothers left the children in the care of Chewbacca , R2 - D2 and the worldcraft ' s Veubg cook Grake . R2 - D2 also programmed Hethrir ' s worldcraft to make a jump into the Codru system where it was captured by the New Republic and local Munto Codru forces . The worldcraft was then sent to a classified safe system where a team of New Republic scientists ( including Bevel Lemelisk ) was sent to examine the captured worldcraft of Hethrir in detail , researching to learn more about techniques for engineering and energy management . Some of this research led to technological advances behind the New Class starships of the New Republic Space Navy .