Acolytes of the Beyond The Acolytes of the Beyond were a group of dark side fanatics who existed during the Galactic Civil War . After the death of Darth Vader during the battle of Endor , the Acolytes of the Beyond purchased what they believed was the fallen Dark Lord of the Sith ' s lightsaber , intending to return it to him in death . Two months after purchasing the lightsaber , the Acolytes staged a revolution in Coronet City on Corellia . Prior to the Battle of Jakku , Acolyte cells throughout the galaxy launched a series of coordinated attacks against New Republic enclaves and outposts on various worlds including Devaron . Description . The Acolytes of the Beyond consisted of non - Force - sensitive individuals who called themselves shadows . The shadows regarded themselves and all other living things as slaves to the Force , which they perceived as a river of power . They believed that only Force - users who wielded the dark side of the Force were capable of changing those currents . They regarded the Sith as riverbreakers who did not succumb to fate . The Acolytes worshiped fallen Sith , who had gone beyond the veil . Many Acolytes also received dreams from fallen Sith . The Acolytes were led by masters such as Yupe Tashu , who communicated with fallen Sith specters . They also revered various Sith artifacts including lightsaber s and helmets since they were imbued with the power of the dark side . While the Acolytes initially stole lightsabers in order to sacrifice to the Sith " beyond " , they began to keep the ancient weapons following the rise of the New Republic . As Sith devotees , the Acolytes opposed the new order brought by the New Republic . During the last stage of the Galactic Civil War , the Acolytes embarked on a campaign of armed resistance against the new government . History . During the Battle of Endor , the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader was killed after sacrificing his life to kill his Sith Master : Darth Sidious , the Emperor of the Galactic Empire . Several months later , the group known as the Acolytes of the Beyond came in contact with a Kubaz junk dealer named Ooblamon on the planet Taris , who claimed to possess the red - bladed lightsaber that had belonged to the Dark Lord . Three Acolytes of the Beyond purchased the lightsaber from Ooblamon , intending to destroy it and return it to Vader in death . Ooblamon was unsure if it was Vader ' s lightsaber , but the transaction was carried out nonetheless . During a revolution in Coronet City on the planet Corellia , another Acolyte , a boy who called himself Oblivion , was arrested . He was taken to a nearby station where he was freed by the Pantoran Kiza , a secret member of the organization . Together they killed all but one of the detective s in the station , cutting off his hand . While the other Acolytes rampaged through the streets of Coronet City , Kiza and Remi infiltrated the archives underneath the station and stole a Sith lightsaber . Remi became the owner of the Sith lightsaber and was influenced by the dark side presence inside the object . While the Acolytes had initially stolen Sith lightsabers to sacrifice to the Sith beyond , they began to keep them as the group began to embark on a policy of armed resistance against the New Republic , the successor to the Rebel Alliance . By 5 ABY , the Acolytes of the Beyond had developed into a network of cells across the galaxy . They were led by several masters including Darth Sidious ' former adviser Yupe Tashu , who worshiped fallen Sith . In the period leading up to the Battle of Jakku , the Acolytes launched a series of coordinated strikes against New Republic outposts and enclaves on various worlds . Tashu led a 24 - member cell on the planet Devaron during an attack on a small New Republic outpost . Prior to the attack , Tashu gifted the mask of Viceroy Exim Panshard to the Pantoran girl Kiza of Corellia . When Remi demanded the mask for himself , Tashu chastised him and handed his lightsaber to Kiza . During the attack on the New Republic outpost , the Acolytes brandished various weapons including clubs , machine shop blades , and chop - axes , which were all painted red . Kiza was possessed by the dark side presence inside her mask . When Remi tried to reclaim his lightsaber , Kiza killed him . Behind the scenes . The Acolytes of the Beyond first appeared in an interlude in the 2015 novel " Aftermath " by Chuck Wendig . More members of the Acolytes would make their appearance in " " and " " .