Dashade The Dashade were tall , reptilian humanoids notable for their resistance to the powers of the Force . Biology and appearance . Dashade were tall reptilians with dark skin , lamprey - like mouths , and powerful claws . In addition to their partial Force resistance , they were resistant to radiation . They also had an ability to dissipate heat , which made them hard to detect using standard life - form sensors . Society and culture . Thanks to their Force immunity , Dashade warriors easily found employment as combat instructors for the Jedi and assassins for the Sith . They also used their natural abilities to their advantage as elite assassins , mercenaries , and among similar professions . Some common Dashade names were Alaris Koth , Nos Kellex , Tel Sorath , and Tessun Kel . History . The Dashade homeworld , Urkupp , was destroyed when the Cron Drift supernova exploded during the Great Sith War , wiping out the vast majority of the Dashade . Though they were rendered nearly extinct , remnant populations were seen sporadically for millennia . One survivor of the destruction of Urkupp was Snar Extruct , a warrior who befriended the Jedi Master Skarch Vaunk . Extruct moved to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , becoming the sparring partner of Vaunk . Thirty - eight Dashade Shadow Killer s , retainers of a Falleen royal house , were among the off - world survivors . In order to preserve these elite warriors , they were placed in , to be revived one at a time when needed for special assignments . The Dashade Khem Val , a former servant of the ancient Dark Lord of the Sith Tulak Hord survived on Korriban during the Cold War . By the time of the Galactic Civil War , only one known Dashade remained , Ket Maliss . Prince Xizor , a descendant of the royals who had passed the Dashade down over the generations , inherited this warrior and made him an assassin for Black Sun . Around 3632 BBY , a Dashade known as Ak ' ghal Usar was released on Yavin 4 by the Outlander . After being subdued , Usar revealed that he had come to the moon in hopes of destroying Exar Kun , who was believed to have destroyed Urkupp and its Dashade population . However , Usar ' s mission was prevented when he was captured by a being known as the " black - eyed Sith , " whose real identity was that of Valkorion . After learning that neither Valkorion nor Kun possessed a physical body to attack , Usar offered his services to the Outlander , which were either accepted or rejected . There was also evidence that Dashade mercenaries participated in the Great Jedi Purge . Some believed that the Dashade may have founded colonies before Urkupp ' s destruction . New Republic Security became concerned that these lost colonies may have started working for the Imperial Remnant and in the criminal underworld . To assuage their fears , they dispatched a number of spacers to scout uninhabited star systems close to novas , supernovas , highly charged gas clouds , and even tide - locked worlds from binary star systems . They supplied ships and a mobile HoloNet transceiver to aid them . It is unclear what discoveries were made from these endeavors . Behind the scenes . Decipher , the creators of " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game , claim they took their picture of Ket Maliss from the cantina scene in " " . However , the original Databank claimed that Maliss only appears in the " Holiday Specials cantina scene , and that a photo was digitally manipulated for his card to make him appear to be in " A New Hopes cantina scene .