Guerra Derida Guerra Derida , a self - described " freedom fighter who steals , " was a male Phindian , the brother of Paxxi and Terra Derida and the son of Duenna Derida . At some stage in his life , Guerra was enslaved and sent to work in the mines of the planet Bandomeer . After three years in the mines Guerra met aspiring Jedi Padawan Obi - Wan Kenobi and he managed to help Obi - Wan escape with the help of Jedi Knight Qui - Gon Jinn . The two Jedi then managed to free Guerra and the rest of the mine workers . After these events Guerra stowed away on his brother Paxxi Derida ' s ship as Qui - Gon and Obi - Wan boarded on their way to Gala . Paxxi , however , dumped fuel in order to force a detour to the planet Phindar and have the Jedi help bring down the Syndicat . Eventually , Guerra and the other rebels alerted the other Phindians of the fake shortages and ultimately finished the Syndicat . Biography . Mining on Bandomeer . After over three years of work in the deep - sea mines , Guerra was assigned the task of outfitting the recently captured Obi - Wan Kenobi for work . Over the next two days , the two became close friends despite Guerra ' s distrust of others . Obi - Wan persuaded Guerra to help investigate certain crates imprinted with the Offworld broken circle logo in the explosives room of the facility . However , Obi - Wan ' s entrance into the room triggered a silent alarm , and Guerra " betrayed " Obi - Wan to the approaching Imbat guards . The next morning , when the guard ' s threw Obi - Wan overboard Guerra positioned a spun carbon tarp on the support struts of the platform . With the help of Qui - Gon Jinn , who had come to the deep - sea mines when as soon as he learned that Obi - Wan was imprisoned there , Obi - Wan landed on the tarp , and Guerra pulled him to safety . When Qui - Gon reached the pair , he deactivated the electro - collar that had been placed on Obi - Wan . However , before he could do the same for Guerra ' s , the two Jedi were forced to fight off more guards . During the firefight , Guerra was grazed by blaster fire and he was forced to hide ; Obi - Wan promised him that after reaching land he would find a way to deactivate the collars , Guerra noting that he trusted that Obi - Wan would keep his word . After the miners collars were deactivated , Guerra led them in revolt , abandoned the mine , and hid on his brother ' s transport , bound for the planet Phindar . Defeating the Syndicat . Guerra played an important part in liberating his homeworld of Phindar from the criminal organization named the Syndicat . He and his brother Paxxi , invented an anti - register device that Qui - Gon and Obi - Wan used to break into the leader of the Syndicat , Baftu ' s vault . Eventually , Obi - wan made contact with Qui - gon via the Force , and together they started the Phindian revolution and in the battle that followed the anti - register was destroyed . As Baftu attempted to escape on the Prince ' s ship , Guerra pointed out Baftu ' s cowardice to his guards . The guards then detained Baftu , and Guerra arrested him in the name of the Phindian people . After Baftu ' s defeat , the two Jedi left Phindar for their original mission to Gala . Knowing that Phindar needed no more thieves , Guerra and Paxxi were left arguing over who would run for the new position of governor . Eventually , both Guerra and Paxxi became heads of large families on Phindar . Personality and traits . Guerra ' s personality was depicted as that of a lying thief , often uttering the words " Not so , I lie " . Guerra was identical to his brother . Family meant a lot to Phindians , who were known to hug people , squeezing three times to show intense affection for each other . Although he had an initially uncertain relationship with Obi - Wan Kenobi when they first met , he later stated that he regarded Obi - Wan as one of the few people he trusted , and was greatly grieved at the discovery that Obi - Wan ' s mind had been wiped . Yet he felt relieved when he saw that Obi - Wan had resisted the memory wipe all along . Skills and abilities . Despite being used to avoid a fight , Guerra did have an unusual skill with how to handle a blaster . He could fight with a regular blaster in one hand and a bowcaster in the other . Behind the scenes . Guerra was created by Jude Watson for the " Jedi Apprentice " series of young reader novels .