Sidon Ithano Sidon Ithano , nicknamed the " Crimson Corsair " , the " Blood Buccaneer " , and the " Red Raider " , was a male Delphidian pirate who lived in the Outer Rim Territories in the decades following the conclusion of the Galactic Civil War . Ithano , who wore a distinctive red Kaleesh mask , led a crew of pirates and gained a reputation as the best pirate in the region . He and his crew discovered the remains of the downed " Obrexta III " , a ship which had been in service to the Confederacy of Independent Systems exactly 50 standard year s prior during the Clone Wars , and raided it under the assumption that they would find valuable kyber crystal s that once belonged to Count Dooku , but instead they found a Galactic Republic clone trooper named Kix who had been frozen in stasis — along with the location of former Separatist bases . Biography . Early life . Sidon Ithano was a male Delphidian who lived as a pirate in the Outer Rim Territories region of the galaxy during the years leading into the conflict between the First Order and the Resistance . During this time , Ithano became the most notorious thief of his species , and he earned the title of the " Crimson Corsair " due to his choice in garb : he wore crimson robes that covered most of his body and a red plasteel mask that resembled that of the reptilian Kaleesh species . Ithano served alongside the Weequay pirate Scorza aboard the " New Gilliland " , an Outer Rim - centered cruiser , for several years . However , the " New Gilliland " was destroyed by the Hutt syndicate after Scorza betrayed Ithano and others to the Hutt s . The Corsair managed to survive the attack and even gained enough credit s to finance his own crew — though he did not invite Scorza to join him , as Scorza had betrayed him ; a decision that Scorza took personally and vowed to have revenge against Ithano for . Ithano ' s crew of pirates headquartered on the Corsair ' s starship , the " Meson Martinet " , which he captain ed , and in a cantina on an Outer Rim desert planet , Ponemah Terminal . The Corsair and his crew fought in several battles over the years , including at Adratharpe 7 , where Ithano won much renown : he was the fiercest fighter at the battle . Ithano was also the first pirate to ever sail the Lost Clusters , a treacherous location located beyond the Outer Rim . Ithano rarely spoke , relying instead on his loyal crew to know his orders by their brotherly bond or through hand gestures — which only furthered his reputation as a legendary pirate . The lost treasure of Count Dooku . At the mark of 50 standard year s after the Clone Wars , Ithano ' s crew consisted of Quiggold , an amphibious Gabdorin — who was also Ithano ' s first mate — the Ishi Tib Pendewqell , an Arcona , Reeg Brosna , Reveth , a female red - skinned Twi ' lek , and a porcine Gamorrean who went by the name of Squeaky . While waiting out the day in the Ponemah cantina one day , Ithano and his six crew members received a transmission that dated back to the Clone Wars . The message was relayed from B1 - CC14 , a B1 battle droid that was stationed aboard Confederacy of Independent Systems cruiser , the " Obrexta III " , that had crash - landed on Ponemah during the Clone Wars with the treasure of Count Dooku , the political leader of the Separatist party , aboard . Pendewqell persuaded his captain and the crew to seek out the crashed cruiser and claim the treasure before other pirates claimed it their own , so Ithano and his crew quickly set out to the southern region of the planet , known as the Sea of Sand , which was plagued by lightning storms , magma geysers , and 15 - meter waves of caustic sand that acted as Penohma ' s sea . Consequently , starships could not fly under those conditions ; so , Ithano and his crew took off in their sail barge , the custom red - painted " Shrike " . While journeying , Ithano ' s crew came to the conclusion that Dooku ' s treasure was the collection of Jedi lightsaber kyber crystal s that the Count had collected during the Clone Wars , which were worth a massive fortune on the black market . However , unknown to the Corsair and his crew at the time , several other criminal gangs had taken pursuit of the " Shrike " , including Scorza and his gang , the Gray Gundarks , a swoop biker gang . The Corsair ' s sail barge soon entered the Sea of Sand , but a massive sandstorm - tornado pulled the " Shrike " off - course . Ithano gestured to Quiggold , who translated the message to fire a kinetic disruptor torpedo into the tornado and thereby freeze the storm and allow them to continue on their journey . Brosna and Quiggold fired the torpedo as ordered , though it had a delayed trigger and did not immediately detonate . Scorza , however , had caught up to the " Shrike " and fired his skiff ' s laser cannon s at Ithano ' s vessel , which knocked Brosna overboard and did significant damage to the barge . The Corsair launched tow cable ' s onto Scorza ' s skiff so Scorza would have to pull them away from the tornado . However , the Gray Gundark s interrupted with their attack ; firing and boarding both vessels indiscriminately . As the battle raged , a geyser of lava erupted and set many of the bikers ablaze , as well as both pirate vessels . Ithano dueled the bikers with his vibro - sword , until Scorza confronted him to have his revenge , shooting the two bikers with a blaster and taunting the captain with his tale of revenge . The Corsair , however , spoke , telling Scorza that he did not recognize the old Weequay pirate ; Ithano had met a lot of Weequay pirates in his life . Scorza , infuriated , attacked his former friend with his sword . Ithano quickly gained the upper hand and kicked the Weequay over the railing of the " Shrike " just as the kinetic disruptor detonated , freezing the vortex in place like a statue . The wreckage of the " Obrexta III " was just on the other side of the vortex , and Ithano and his crew raced towards it , leaving their enemies to die in the flames . The Corsair and his crew reached an airlock to the cruiser soon thereafter , though Ithano ' s crew was not the first to reach the wreckage : the bodies of the members of the Fangs of the Hutt lay dead inside the Separatist ship , poison ed by durilliam gases that had been leaking for over five decades . Ithano and his crew had come prepared , unlike the other criminals ; the Corsair and his crew donned rebreather s and entered the wreckage . The cruiser was cluttered with deactivated battle droid s and corroded metal , so they stepped carefully through the maze of a ship until the reached the bridge of the battleship . A ion storm had swept the region months before , which was causing the ship and battle droids aboard to slowly reactivate . The Corsair expressed his worriment about the danger the droids posed to Quiggold , so Quiggold questioned Pendewqell , respectively if he was an idiot for bringing the crew there — it had been Pendewqell ' s idea to begin the endeavor in the first place . Ithano and his companions raced through the ship to find and claim the lost treasure before the droids could pose a threat . Soon after , the crew located the ship ' s vault and surgically opened it with blaster fire and explosives . What they found within surprised even the Corsair : A cryo - cycle stasis pod with a sleep ing being within — not lightsaber kyber crystals . Pendewqell reasoned that even though it wasn ' t the crystals , it had to be valuable because it was in the vault . Ithano agreed and gestured for his crew to awaken the pod . They did so , and a Galactic Republic clone trooper emerged . The trooper had learned of a Sith plot to destroy the Jedi Order during the Clone War , but had been captured and put in stasis by Dooku before he could save the Jedi and the Republic . The trooper , CT - 6116 , or " Kix , " was a medic , and he feverishly explained that he needed to save the Republic by reporting what he had learned to Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker . Before Ithano could further question the clone , Kix fell into unconsciousness . Quiggold berated Pendewqell for leading them on the foolhardy treasure hunt that had led to a discovery that did not matter anymore . Pendewqell fled fearing the Corsair would punish him greatly for endangering their lives on a worthless hunt . Ithano was upset and Pendewqell ' s hasty departure , but told his crew to carry the unconscious clone and run for back to the " Shrike " as the " Obrexta III " began to fall apart , and the droids reactivated around them . However , Scorza emerged and pointed a blaster at the pirates , demanding they stop . Quiggold , like Ithano , did not recognize Scorza , but watched in contempt as a squad of B2 super battle droid s walked up behind Scorza and shot him ; allowing Ithano and his crew to escape once more . They reached the airlock from where they had entered just in time to watch a massive sand worm devour the " Shrike " . The Corsair was becoming exasperated at the turn of events , and at losing his sail barge . So at Quiggold ' s suggestion , they headed for the " Obrexta III ' s " escape pod s . Only one escape pod remained active , and not everyone could fit in the pod , so Ithano selflessly stayed behind in the damned ship , and sent his crew to safety in the pod , just as a sand worm tore through the wreck , causing it to explode . Ithano survived , however , and retrieved the " Obrexta III " s memory core , which contained the locations of every base and droid factory the Separatists ever operated . The Corsair eventually escaped the wreckage and the Sand of Sea : three weeks after awakening Kix , the Corsair made it back to their cantina — much to the shock of everyone , though Quiggold had faithfully refused to accept that his friend had been killed . Ithano gave Kix the memory core , who assured everyone that they would be rich if they plundered the forgotten bases . Kix then joined Ithano ' s crew as their guide , because he was an expert in Clone Wars - era military technology . Quiggold , however , inquired as to how the Crimson Corsair had escaped the fire , sand , sand worms , and droids . Ithano decided to speak , saying only that he was Sidon Ithano ; and that he would not die that easily . With Kix having joined Ithano ' s crew , the proceeded to raid more Separatist holdouts . One was located in a misty swamp , where Ithano , Reveth and Kix were ambushed by B1 battle droids , which were unearthing themselves from the ground , trying to reach the crew . C - 3PO later told this story to some visitors and described it as " spooky . " Maz Kanata ' s Castle . Sometime later , Ithano and Quiggold would visit Maz Kanata ' s castle 30 years after the Battle of Endor where a fugitive First Order defector named Finn offered to join their crew in exchange for safe passage into the Outer Rim , away from the First Order ' s reach . However , before Finn made his way on board the " Meson Martinet " , the pirates ' departure was interrupted by the destruction of the Hosnian System , which could be seen in the skies above Takodana . Equipment . Sidon Ithano carried a blaster rifle proudly captured from a Kanjiklub ber . He also wore an armorweave cape as well as a red Kaleesh helmet Behind the scenes . Sidon Ithano was first pictured in a article released May 4 , 2015 , which included a group photo of characters in Maz Kanata ' s castle . The character later appeared in a video shown at Comic - Con , and he made his first in - universe appearance in " The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku , " a short story by Landry Q . Walker , which was published as an eBook on November 29 . Ithano was portrayed by Cavin Cornwall in " . " Cornwall was not given credit to his role , but rather was credited as a " creature and droid performer " .