Sidney Shortfang Sidney Shortfang was a Pada pacifist and miner in the Sil ' Lume asteroid belt . He was friends with Gideon Smith , a fellow miner , and was a devotee of the peaceful resistance movement led by Erling Tredway . Biography . In 0 ABY , Sidney Shortfang was working in the Sil ' Lume asteroid belt when he encountered Luke Skywalker who had come to the Sil ' Lume system to investigate the location for a possible Rebel base there . After witnessing the capture of Erling Tredway by Imperial troops led by Governor - General Sebastian Parnell , Sidney joined Gideon Smith in his ship , " Rockcan " to fly to 24 Tredway to warn Tredway ' s family of his capture . However , they arrived too late , and the asteroid had been attacked by the Empire , and the workers there massacred . Alongside Skywalker , the group explored 24 Tredway , but during the investigation , Shortfang was forced to kill Imperial soldiers in self - defense , a fact that greatly haunted him , as his species held a strict pacifist worldview . Despite this , Shortfang continued alongside Skywalker to warn any survivor ' s of Tredway ' s capture . Working together , the group located Erling ' s sister , Dena Tredway , who had been badly injured in the attack but was able to survive thanks to the help of droid workers at the facility . Using Shortfang and Smith ' s experience as miners , Skywalker was able to bring the badly injured Dena out of the mines and loaded her into the " Rockcan " . The group then dropped her off at a nearby asteroid inhabited by Doctor Ire Eleazari , Dena ' s friend . As Eleazari healed Dena , Shortfang and his allies headed for Tol Ado , a prison planet where Erling had been taken following his arrest . The group infiltrated the base by posing as Imperial prisoners after Skywalker donned an Imperial uniform . Working together , the group was able to locate Erling ' s cell in the Deathblock and convince him to escape . However , after learning that his home and family had been massacred by the Empire , Erling was filled with rage for the perpetrators , abandoning his doctrine of peaceful resistance . This fact greatly distressed Shortfang , who had hoped that Erling would reaffirm his faith in peaceful resistance . During their escape , Erling instigated a firefight with the Imperials which resulted in the death of Gideon Smith and caused Shortfang to confront his hero about his hypocrisy . As the three Rebels made their way through Tol Ado ' s sub - facility in order to find an escape route , they encountered the Wookiee Warburton ' s resistance group . Shortfang , Skywalker , and Tredway were forced to defend the sub - facility from attack to prove that they were not spies . During the attack , Sidney saved Erling from being killed , but was badly injured . A Quarren resistance member pulled him from the battlefield and brought him back to their base to tend to his wounds . Leaving Shortfang behind , Skywalker and Tredway were eventually able to escape Tol Ado . Behind the scenes . Sidney Shortfang was created by Troy Denning and appeared in one of the role - playing strands of the 1990 West End Games role - playing supplement " Jedi ' s Honor " . During the scenario , the outcome of the adventure is dependent on the reader ' s choices . Skywalker can choose to abandon Sidney and Gideon to work on finding a Rebel base , leaving the two miners two their own devices , but this action results in a failure of the scenario . The outcome of the battle in the sub - facility directly impacts the fate of Sidney Shortfang . If Skywalker allows Tredway to botch the ambush , the attack does not fully defeat the Imperials , and Sidney dives in front of Tredway , absorbing the blasterfire meant for Erling and sacrificing his life to defend his hero . If Skywalker stops Tredway from botching the ambush , the Imperials are soundly defeated but Sidney is injured when he pushes Tredway out of the way of a blaster attack . In both scenarios , Skywalker and Tredway escape Tol Ado without Sidney .