Sh ' tk ' ith Sh ' tk ' ith was a Ssi - ruu who , along with Firwirrung , was responsible for studying the captured Dev Sibwarra . Sh ' tk ' ith was a hypnotist who kept Sibwarra submissive to the Ssi - ruuk . As a member of the blue - scaled ruling class , Sh ' tk ' ith ' s scales were a vibrant blue ; hence , Sibwarra ' s nickname of him , Bluescale . He was killed by Dev Sibwarra aboard the " Shriwirr " during the Bakura Incident . Biography . Background . Being born into the influential blue - scaled caste which dominated Ssi - ruuvi society , Elder Sh ' tk ' ith exercised considerable power on the Ssi - ruuvi homeworld of Lwhekk in the remote Ssi - ruuk Star Cluster deep in the Unknown Regions . In 2 BBY , a Ssi - ruuvi expeditionary fleet had attacked the small Human colony of G ' rho in the Outer Rim Territories following a secret agreement with Emperor and Sith Lord Palpatine who had offered the Ssi - ruuvi dozens of worlds and millions of Humans to entech , in exchange for the use of their technology . The Ssi - ruuvi Imperium powered their technology through an esoteric process called entechment , a means of electronically transferring the life - energy of a person into a power source for a mechanical construct . Traditionally , the main source of entechment stock were their saurian cousins — the subservient P ' w ' eck slave species . However , it was learnt that containment of these souls for long periods would result in madness and that P ' w ' ecks did not last that long as energy sources ; requiring frequent replenishing . This put a drain on resources in their isolated region of space and it was decided that the Imperium needed to expand . The Ssi - ruuk forces easily overcame the meek defenses of the colony world and proceeded to entech their captives . Due to their secret agreement with the Ssi - ruuk , the Imperial leadership covered up the incident and blamed the Alliance to Restore the Republic for the attack . Among their captives was a Human boy named Dev Sibwarra who possessed strange powers to sense others . Fascinated and astounded by his powers , the Ssi - ruuk spared him from the entechment rig and instead shipped him to their capital world of Lwhekk . Dev came under the wardship of Bluescale who brainwashed him through mind manipulation techniques including sleep - inducing hypospray s . Due to his indoctrination , the boy came to regard Bluescale and his colleague Entechment Master Firwirrung as his family albeit reluctantly . It was from this boy that Ssi - ruuk discovered that Humans were the galaxy ' s dominant species . They also discovered that humanoids had longer containment time when enteched and could last longer than most other species . The Bakura Incident . However in 4 ABY , Emperor Palpatine was killed during the Battle of Endor onboard the Second Death Star . Due to his Force powers , Dev sensed this disturbance in the Force and told the Ssi - ruuk . With the Emperor unable to fulfill his promise , the Ssi - ruuvi launched an invasion of the edge of the known Galaxy . An expeditionary fleet including at least one Ssi - ruuvi assault carrier and numerous battle droids under Admiral Ivpikkis attacked Bakura after capturing Cattamascar . By taking Bakura , the Ssi - ruuk would have seized a major Human world and thus enteched its population . Millions of Bakuran citizens would be enteched and used to power more battle droids and ship components . Bakura ' s raw metals would be utilized to manufacture entechment rig s and starships . With more resources , the Ssi - ruuk planned to " invade " the 12 , 000 terrestrial worlds of the known Galaxy particularly the heavily - populated Core Worlds — the center of galactic civilization and wealth . Following a sizeable naval engagement with Imperial elements ; the numerically - superior Ssi - ruuvi fleet destroyed half the Imperial fleet . The Ssi - ruuvi fleet then blockaded the space around Bakura . To fulfill the demands of entechment , all bodies including those wounded or captured alive were taken back onboard to the entechment labs onboard the Ssi - ruuvi capital ships . This practice baffled the local Bakuran and Imperial recovery crew who would later learn to their horror that these unfortunate prisoners had been captured by the reptilian Ssi - ruuk and subjected to entechment . In response to heavy casualties , the Imperial governor Wilek Nereus sent an antique Message Droid to the forest moon of Endor after failing to contact Imperial Center and the Death Star II , to contact his Imperial superiors and ask for assistance to fend off the invasion force . Endor was the nearest world with a sizeable Imperial presence to Bakura as the site of the Second Death Star . However , the Imperials had been defeated during the pivotal Battle of Endor which saw the destruction of the Second Death Star and the death of Sith Lord Palpatine . Instead , the message was received by members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic which dispatched a task force to neutralize a hostile threat and to secure a potential ally . A small Alliance task force was quickly scrambled under the command of Luke Skywalker . It also included an Alliance delegation led by Leia Organa . Arriving in the Bakura system , the Alliance made contact with the Imperial Commander Pter Thanas , who agreed to cooperate even though a formal truce had not been settled . Sustaining heavy forces including a cruiser and several fighters , the Ssi - ruuk were forced into a retreat . This was the second time that the Ssi - ruuvi fleet had been on an emergency orient since their conquest of Cattamascar . This unexpected changed forced the Ssi - ruuvi leadership to analyze the newcomers ' different tactics , starships and command style . Meanwhile , his protégé Sibwarra sensed the arrival of a powerful Force - strong Jedi among the new arrivals — later revealed to be Skywalker . Privately , Sibwarra was fascinated with powers and skills of the extinct Jedi Knights and desired to meet one . However , he refrained from telling his superior Bluescale since it meant confessing a guilty " secret habit " . Publicly , he pretended to lament the loss of human souls onboard the destroyed battle droids which prompted Bluesacle to arrange for a " renewal service " later . The " Outsider " . Following the Alliance attack and the brief jump into hyperspace , the flagship " Shriwirr " had been left in state of chaos with the galley swamped with blobs of spilled food . Dev had voluntarily joined the P ' w ' eck slave crew in cleaning up the mess with galleyvac units . Following an hour , Dev reported for a " renewal service " at Elder Sh ' tk ' ith ' s work station on the battle - droid deck . Sensing that Sibwarra was hiding something since sharp Ssi - ruuvi nose - tongues were able to notice subtle changes in sweat , Bluescale ordered him into a sealed cage and interrogated him . Dev tried to deflect attention by talking about his translation project but Bluescale brought him to the topic by bluntly reminding him of his inferior place in Ssi - ruuvi society . A tearful Sibwarra then revealed to Sh ' tk ' ith of the presence of another Force user among the newcomers . According to Dev , this " Outsider " had introduced new and successful tactics to the planet ' s defenders . Having extracted the necessary information , Sh ' tk ' ith subjected Dev to a hypnotic hypospray treatment which induced him into a sleep . Dev awoke to find himself on the command bridge and quickly learnt that Sh ' tk ' ith had reported the information to other leaders of the expeditionary force including Ivpikkis and Firwirrung . Recalling how Dev had sensed Palpatine ' s death in the Force many light - years away , Sh ' tk ' ith suggested that the Force powers of the " Outsider " could be used to conduct entechment from a far distance . The entechment master Firwirrung suggested modifying the entechment rig to keep this being alive in a fully magnetized state and drain the life energies of millions of sentients from light years away . Ivpikkis welcomed the idea and saw it as a means of enteching all sentients within the vicinity of known space . They then compelled Sibwarra to tap his mind into the " unseen universe " or the Force in order to discover the identity and whereabouts of this Force - strong being . Dev complied with their order provided they promised not to entech him when he was no longer needed . To allow him to tap into the Force , Sibwarra was induced into a trance by a hypospray . Through the Force , Dev discovered that the Outsider was Luke Skywalker and that he was in the Bakuran capital Salis D ' aar . The feelings of power from Skywalker were enough to give Dev some remembrance of his past . Satisfied , the Ssi - ruuvi leadership openly praised his efforts . However , Dev was personally torn between loving his " adopted family " and hating them for the way they had exploited him . The commander Ivpikkis stoked Dev ' s hatred by derogatively referring to him as the " pet " of Firwirrung . Feeling guilty , Sibwarra initiated some sort of telepathic contact with Skywalker , warning him of the Ssi - ruuvi intent on capturing the Jedi , as well as giving him a vision of how dangerous the Ssi - ruuk could be to the larger galaxy if left unchecked . Due to their losses in the recent Alliance - Imperial attack , Admiral Ivpikkis decided to prevent further losses by making a covert deal with Governor Nereus . The Ssi - ruuk agreed to withdraw from Bakura in exchange for the handover of the Force - strong " Outsider " — Skywalker . Given that their physiology made them incapable of communicating directly with Nereus , Sibwarra was woken from his bed pit in the night by Firwirrung to initiate contact with Nereus . The Ssi - ruuk ' s devious scheme led Sibwarra to question the motives of his " family " . Earlier , the saurians had captured several operational Imperial starships during their campaign which allowed them to access HoloNet . In the early hours of the morning , Wilek Nereus received a HoloNet transmission from the Ssi - ruuk requesting negotiations at the Imperial headquarters . Dev presented the Ssi - ruuvi terms of a full withdrawal in exchange for the handover of Skywalker . Nereus accepted the offer ; given his hatred of the Rebels and as part of his secret plan to stab his Rebel colleagues in the back . He told them to contact him within a day while he made the sufficient arrangements for Skywalker . However , Nereus had no intentions of allowing the Ssi - ruuk to survive , and decided to double - cross the aliens . He would infect Skywalker with parasitic olabrian trichoid larvae , which would eat into Skywalker ' s body upon hatching . Nereus ' s plan was to allow the Ssi - ruuk to capture Skywalker , only to have the trichoids hatch and begin multiplying and killing the Ssi - ruuk .