Banu Hydia Banu Hydia was a male Duros scout circa 3700 BBY , for whom the Hydian Way was named . He encountered Freia Kallea as she was charting her way through space , initially as a rival , but eventually alongside her . Biography . Hydia became involved in the Kallea story when he was hired by the Neimoidians Thoax and Farge Osaax to eliminate her , but he refused . He met with Kallea in a cantina on Denon while she was looking for a shortcut between the Corellian Run and the Rimma Trade Route . They discussed the perils of the Itani Nebula and the black holes of the Tyus Cluster . Though Hydia cautioned Kallea of the dangers involved , she ignored them and went on to chart the route regardless . Kallea was successful in finding her route , but the Osaaxes hired Gran thugs to imprison her on Malastare . Hydia intervened and freed Kallea , while giving the Gran a warning from the powers in Brentaal , as well as Kallea insight into her new enemies . Soon after returning to Brentaal , Kallea ' s interest in extending the route surged . She returned to Malastare despite Hydia ' s warning and was shot down onto the world of Nuvar . Six years passed before Hydia was able to locate Kallea on the planet . While he was swore to secrecy , she returned to Brentaal where Kallea disguised herself as a Bureau of Ships and Services agent to see if her family still mourned her , and then found that during her captivity , her route had been blazed to the Rimma Trade Route . Hydia joined Kallea in charting the last segments of the route , from the Rimma to the Corellian Trade Spine . They both pushed through the clouds of the Tosste system and found the planet of Terminus . Hydia believed the journey to believe over , but Kallea desired revenge on the Neimoidians . While Kallea lured the Osaaxes to Imynusoph , a treasure world with a purported peaceful species of natives , Hydia traveled to Brentaal to notify her benefactor Sival Brentioch that she was still alive . The Osaaxes took the bait and arrived for a banquet in their name at a temple on the planet , however were horrified to find Kallea there with control of the Imyni . The Neimoidians alerted their Gran and Dug guards to protect them from the natives , but then saw the fleet from Brentaal as it arrived with Sival and Hydian . In the battle that followed , Hydian saved Kallea , but became mortally wounded himself . As he laid dying on the temple floor , Sival revealed himself to Kallea , and Hydia urged them to go . After Hydia died , the Neimoidians were arrested , and Kallea and Sival took his body to Brentaal where it was buried . The route that Kallea charted would be named the " Hydian Way " in his honor . Legacy . Hydia ' s involvement with Freia Kallea was immortalized in the Brentaalian opera " The Kallea Cycle " , where Hydia was portrayed by Amaro Fonteen . Much controversy was created when the role was given to a Human versus the traditional choice of a Duros double - bass vocalist . In the centuries after his death , differing theories on Hydia ' s contribution to the Hydian Way appeared , especially during the age of the Galactic Empire . Imperial archivists had claimed that his role was exaggerated .