First " First " was the name given to a female Human by Sith apprentice Vestara Khai . Once a slave from B ' nish , the girl stowed away aboard a Damorian s18 light freighter around 41 . 5 ABY . However , the starship fell under attack by the Sith Meditation Sphere Ship and was forced to make an emergency landing on a nearby planet . On the surface , the girl encountered Sith apprentice Vestara Khai , who killed the girl with her parang . When Ship told Khai to name the girl , Khai chose the name " First , " as Khai hoped the girl would be the first of many kills . Biography . A female Human girl was a slave from B ' nish for some time , acquiring several scars at a young age . When a Damorian s18 light freighter came to B ' nish around 41 . 5 ABY , the girl seized her chance and , with the help of the starship ' s pilots , stowed away aboard the vessel , wearing just a single tattered garment covering her from her shoulders to her knees . After departing the planet of Eriadu , however , the ship fell under attack by the Lost Tribe of Sith from the planet Kesh and their Sith Meditation Sphere , Ship . The sphere opened fire with its weapons , and the freighter , heavily damaged , was forced to crash - land on a nearby planet for repairs . In the rough landing , the girl suffered a wound on her head and was knocked unconscious . When she awoke , she encountered Vestara Khai , an apprentice of the Lost Tribe . The girl , seeing an activated lightsaber in the apprentice ' s hand , begged for her life , and offered Khai the cargo aboard the ship , promising that nobody would ever know if Khai allowed her to escape , as her name was not on any crew roster . Khai , however , told the girl that she would have to kill her and offered her a painless death if the girl knelt in cooperation . The girl broke into tears and declared that her life was her own , and that she was no longer anybody ' s servant . She attempted to escape , but Khai threw her glass parang at the fleeing girl , killing her instantly . As Khai approached the girl , wondering what her name might have been , Ship told Khai to name the girl herself . After a moment ' s thought , Khai named the girl " First , " as she was the first of many whose lives the Sith apprentice hoped to take . Personality and traits . Though a slave , the blue - eyed girl " First " had an affection for life . She longed to live a life of her choosing , in which she would not have to respond to the orders of others . When the Sith Vestara Khai threatened the girl with her lightsaber , First offered Khai the cargo from the freighter and begged the Sith to spare her life . While frightened to the point of tears by the knowledge that she was about to die , First showed the strength and resolve to live her last moments as a free being , refusing to kneel when instructed to do so . Instead , the girl ran , and while Khai killed her , the disturbance her death triggered in the Force was enough to stop the Sith ' s breath , as the girl held a passion for life that Khai had never before encountered . Behind the scenes . First , whose actual name has not yet been canon ically provided , was indirectly mentioned in Christie Golden ' s 2010 novel , " " , the fifth novel in the " " series . She later appeared in Golden ' s short story " First Blood , " which was published in the 125th issue of the " Star Wars Insider " magazine . The short story , illustrated by Brian Rood , contains an image depicting Khai standing over First ' s corpse . While First claims that she was from B ' nish , and the ship carrying First had departed Eriadu , neither " Allies " nor " First Blood " confirms the name of the planet on which First ' s ship was forced to land .