Rianna Saren Rianna Saren was a female Twi ' lek slave escapee who became a criminal and , afterward , a Rebel Alliance heroine . Early in her life , Saren was sold into Imperial slavery to the Zabrak Zarien Kheev , only to escape on the planet Coruscant to follow a criminal path . In 0 BBY , she was contacted by the mercenary Kyle Katarn , who introduced her to the Rebellion . Saren undertook several missions for the Rebellion that included the theft of an Imperial shipment from a Black Sun warehouse on Coruscant , the destruction of an agricultural research vessel captured by Black Sun in order to test new kinds of drugs , and the destruction of the Imperial Mirkanite Mining Facility on the planet Mustafar . During these missions , Saren met an Arakyd Industries security droid named Zeeo , who became her only companion . She had also discovered the whereabouts of her former slave master , Kheev , and decided to exact her revenge , but he soon captured her . Saren was sent to the prison world of Despayre , the construction site of the first Death Star , an Imperial superweapon capable of destroying entire planets . She managed to escape from Despayre just before the Empire destroyed the planet in a test of the Death Star ' s capabilities , before infiltrating the battlestation itself . Saren was present at a conversation between Kheev and Darth Vader , who was overseeing the Death Star project , during which she learned about the Death Star plans on the planet Danuta and realized that the Empire was her true enemy . Her report on Despayre ' s destruction provided valuable information about the battlestation ' s firepower to the Rebellion . Saren later escaped the Death Star and arrived on Danuta , where she killed Kheev and secured updated plans to the Death Star . Thanks to her actions , the Rebellion received the complete schematics of the Death Star and eventually destroyed the Imperial superweapon . Biography . Early life . Rianna Saren was a female Twi ' lek born around 22 BBY . Early in her life , she was sold into slavery to Zarien Kheev , a ruthless Zabrak slave master , who was working for the Galactic Empire and kept Saren as a personal servant . As a teenager , Saren attempted to escape , but Kheev caught her and — displaying his legendary ruthlessness — cut off her right head - tail , which she eventually replaced with a prosthetic . However , Saren escaped on her second attempt on the galactic capital of Coruscant , where she started working as a criminal and mercenary , hoping to exact her revenge on Kheev and the Empire that had once enslaved her . Working for the Rebellion . In 0 BBY , Saren was contacted by the recently defected stormtrooper Kyle Katarn , who offered her a job . Her mission was to infiltrate a Black Sun warehouse on Coruscant and steal a shipment marked for Imperial delivery . After successfully breaching the warehouse , Saren continued with her assignment until she was captured by a Black Sun smuggler and imprisoned . However , a shot from her blaster accidentally powered up an Arakyd Industries security droid , Z - 58 - 0 , who rescued her and expressed his desire to join her . Saren was at first reluctant to let Z - 58 - 0 accompany her , but , seeing the droid ' s determination to help and his ability to single - handedly dispatch a guard , she allowed him to tag along , nicknaming him " Zeeo " and removing his restraining bolt . Working together , they stole the shipment and tried to escape from the warehouse . They had nearly done so when they were cornered at the exit by a group of smugglers . Zeeo , however , was outfitted with a repulsorlift that allowed him to constantly hover in mid - air and even fly . Saren clung to the droid , and they escaped from their pursuers , flying through the heavy Coruscant traffic to a rendezvous point with Katarn . The latter introduced them to Princess Leia Organa , an influential figure of the Rebel Alliance . Though she had heard about the Rebellion before , Saren was not sure whether it truly existed , and during the meeting with Organa she finally discovered that it did . Organa offered the Twi ' lek a chance to double her reward , and after Saren realized that staying on Coruscant after her infiltration of the warehouse was too dangerous , she accepted the offer . Saren ' s next mission was to investigate strange activity on the planet Alderaan , where a Black Sun Vigo had hijacked an agricultural research vessel . With Zeeo ' s help , Saren infiltrated the vessel . Inside it , in addition to various Black Sun thugs , she encountered IG - series assassin droids several times but managed to survive each hostile engagement . The two eventually reached the vessel ' s main computer . After slicing it , Saren and Zeeo discovered that the vessel was being used to test a new kind of organic drug on scientists . Saren then planted explosive charges in the vessel ' s laboratory and warehouse before she saw Slak Sagar , the Vigo who had hijacked the ship , contacting Saren ' s former master , Zarien Kheev . Saren listened as Kheev ordered Sagar to shut down the operation because of her intrusion and deliver the last shipment to the planet Mustafar . Saren planted her last charge on that final shipment and killed Sagar . She also contacted Organa , who informed her about the purpose of the drug , which was used on Mustafar to increase the slave production of mirkanite , a material used in construction of heavy turbolasers . Organa wanted to dispatch Katarn to Mustafar to destroy the Mirkanite Mining Facility there , but Saren convinced the princess to send her instead of Katarn , although her real intent was to find Kheev and finally get her revenge . Once on Mustafar , Saren infiltrated the facility by flying there on Zeeo above the planet ' s rivers of lava . Inside , she found a group of Wookiee slaves , who gave her the access codes to the facility ' s main drilling shaft . After telling the Wookiees to get all of the facility ' s other slaves to safety , she reached the main shaft . Saren ' s hopes of finding Kheev on Mustafar were lost , however , when she saw his hologram talking to the bounty hunter Boba Fett and witnessed Kheev himself departing Mustafar , heading for the planet Tatooine . Nevertheless , she continued her mission , vowing to pursue Kheev afterward . Using the codes , Zeeo set the drilling shaft on overdrive , and the facility exploded soon after Saren and Zeeo escaped from it on Saren ' s ship . However , when they reached space above Mustafar , they were attacked by swarms of Imperial TIE Fighters ; in addition , an " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer was blocking the way off - planet . Manning her ship ' s laser cannon , Saren managed to fend off the TIE Fighter attack and successfully made her escape . Her mission completed , Saren decided that her time with the Rebellion was over , and she followed Kheev to Tatooine . Seeking vengeance . After reaching Tatooine , Saren was attacked by Boba Fett in his ship , " Slave I " . Fett shot down Saren ' s own ship , causing it to crash - land in Tatooine ' s Dune Sea . However , Saren and Zeeo managed to evacuate the ship before it exploded . After reaching the Mos Eisley spaceport , one of Tatooine ' s settlements , Saren spotted Fett talking to Sedriss , an assistant of Kheev ' s . Realizing that Sedriss would likely know Kheev ' s location , Saren ignored Zeeo ' s warnings to pursue him . She confronted him and learned the location of Kheev ' s slave camp in Mos Eisley but angrily killed him after Sedriss derided her as the " broken one . " Once reaching the slave camp , Saren spotted Kheev under a stormtrooper escort . She and Zeeo deactivated the camp ' s detection and alarm systems and infiltrated the underground levels of the compound . There , Saren met a group of Wookiee slaves who were being held in cells and promised to liberate them if they told her how to get to Kheev . One of the Wookiees advised her to deactivate the main security generator , which would allow Saren to reach the tower where Kheev resided . Saren liberated the prisoners , deactivated the generator , and made her way to a large cavernous arena where she met Kheev for the first time since her escape from him . The slave master , however , was ready for her arrival . He released a rancor and remained to watch from a safe spot at a balcony above the arena as Saren fought the beast . After Saren defeated the creature , Kheev retreated further into the compound , and Saren continued after him . When Saren caught up with him again in another part of the facility , Kheev was backed by several stormtroopers . She was captured by the stormtroopers and taken to the Imperial prison planet Despayre on Kheev ' s orders . A change of heart . After Saren arrived at Despayre and was convoyed to the planet ' s slave quarters , she killed her guards with her secret weapon , a spring - knife called the Thorn of Ryloth , and discovered Zeeo , who had also been transported to the planet . Saren soon found another Twi ' lek slave , who informed her about an air duct leading outside . Knowing that it was her only way to escape the slave quarters , Saren proceeded to it , but not before destroying a probe droid along the way . Using the duct , she reached the surface of Despayre , where she saw the Empire ' s new superweapon , the Death Star battlestation , orbiting the planet — Despayre served as the Death Star ' s construction site , and the Empire used many of the planet ' s slaves as the battlestation ' s labor force . After stealing a speeder bike , Saren noticed a landing pad , but when she reached it , she once again found Kheev , who shot Zeeo and departed the planet on a shuttle . However , Saren and Zeeo managed to hide in a shipping crate that was picked up by another shuttle and brought to the Death Star . Once aboard the battlestation , Saren continued the search for her former master and eventually found Kheev talking to the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader , just as the Death Star fired its massive superlaser to destroy Despayre as a test of its functionality . Hiding in the shadows , Saren overheard Kheev ' s conversation with Vader concerning architects on the planet Danuta who had requested updated schematics to the Death Star . After witnessing the battlestation ' s destructive capabilities , Saren realized that the Empire was her true enemy and decided to warn the Rebellion about the new weapon . After reaching the Death Star ' s communication center , she contacted Organa and informed her of Despayre ' s fate and of the plans on Danuta . Saren also asked Organa to send her to Danuta in addition to Katarn and his team , who were already being dispatched there to secure the Death Star plans . Saren later downloaded a set of flight codes , deactivated the battlestation ' s tractor beam , stole a VT - 49 Decimator Imperial transport , and escaped the Death Star . She was followed by TIE Fighters and TIE interceptors , but after a skirmish in the midst of Despayre ' s debris , she was able to escape to Danuta . By the time of Saren ' s arrival on Danuta , Katarn had already stolen one set of plans being held there . Nevertheless , Saren infiltrated the Danuta research facility and soon found another set of plans protected by a barrier of force fields , which were powered by three memory matrices in different parts of the facility . She deactivated the matrices and went back to retrieve the plans , only to witness Kheev taking them and retreating further into the facility . Saren followed him and confronted Kheev at a landing pad . Kheev was in his personal battle armor and was very surprised that Saren had come for the plans and not for him . He attacked her , but , with the help of her droid companion , Saren defeated him . Before dying , Kheev took a final shot at Saren , but Zeeo blocked the blast . After taking the plans from Kheev and contacting Organa via the damaged but still operational Zeeo , Saren departed Danuta . The plans that she obtained were later combined with other sets stolen through the efforts of Rebel agents Kyle Katarn , Bria Tharen , Havet Storm , and others to reconstruct the complete outline of the Death Star , allowing the aspiring Jedi Luke Skywalker to destroy the station shortly thereafter during the Battle of Yavin . Personality and traits . Rianna Saren was arrogant and self - reliant , preferring to operate alone . She found it difficult to trust others — traits she had acquired in response to the emotional scars left over from the painful past she endured at Zarien Kheev ' s hands . However , her attitude changed when she met the droid Zeeo . Though she was reluctant to let him join her at first , their relationship soon evolved into a deep friendship , even leading Zeeo to save Saren ' s life by taking a blaster bolt intended for her . They worked well together as a formidable team , and Zeeo ' s experiences with the Empire ' s slave ring proved valuable to Saren , since the droid possessed a large database of information on the Imperial network systems . Throughout her life as a criminal , Saren was obsessed with killing Kheev , mostly to avenge the fact that she was shunned by her own people because of her prosthetic lekku , but when she witnessed the destruction of Despayre , she let go of her anger toward him and decided to fight against the Empire instead . During her mercenary career in the service of the Rebel Alliance , Saren gained some level of notoriety within the Empire as a Rebel spy . Physically , Saren was highly athletic and agile , able to pull off acrobatic maneuvers with considerable grace . During her missions , she mastered several martial art moves . She could perform the Hammer of Ryloth — a move that involved gripping an enemy by the throat with her foot and slamming him to the ground by making an overhead somersault while Zeeo pushed the foe from behind — and the Winds of Mustafar , in which she jumped on Zeeo and , while standing on her hands , spun , hitting all nearby enemies with her feet . Still , Saren frequently used her spring - knife as a lethal weapon . She was capable of understanding the Binary and Shyriiwook languages and could speak both Huttese and Basic . Saren had orange skin and green eyes . Equipment . Saren wielded a small arsenal of weapons on missions . Her spring - knife , called the Thorn of Ryloth , which she wore on the upper side of her left wrist , complemented her martial arts well in hand - to - hand combat . She also wielded several blasters , including her own modified DL - 44 heavy blaster pistol , capable of firing thermal detonators ; a heavy blaster pistol she took from the dead body of Slak Sagar , which could fire three shots at a time when fully charged ; a modified E - 11 blaster rifle she obtained after killing Sedriss on Tatooine ; a sniper rifle provided by the Rebel Alliance ; and a powerful weapon called the Dual Cannon , installed in Zeeo . Zeeo could also project an energy shield , and Saren took advantage of this ability , protecting herself from blaster bolts and even deflecting them back at her opponents . Utilizing the droid ' s flying abilities , Saren could cling to him and fly to the point of her destination . Zeeo could also use his holoprojecting abilities to disguise Saren , making her appear as a stormtrooper or even as a protocol droid ; Zeeo himself could pose as an IT - 0 interrogation droid . By jumping on Zeeo and slamming him to the ground , Saren could create localized earthquakes that knocked nearby enemies off their feet . Behind the scenes . Rianna Saren was the feature character in the 2006 video game " " , in which she was voiced by Julianne Buescher , the same voice actress who provided the voice of Aeron Azzameen in the 1999 PC game " " . The Saren character was first mentioned in an advertisement article for " Lethal Alliance " published in " Star Wars Insider " 90 . She was again mentioned in the online game " Death Star Designer " , a precursor supplement to " Lethal Alliance " , and in 2008 , she received an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , compiled by Steve Sansweet and Pablo Hidalgo . In 2009 , a card depicting Saren was included in the " Agents of Deception " expansion set of " Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game " . In " Death Star Designer " , Saren was briefly mentioned in an introductory message from Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin , which explains that the Empire has increased security at the Maw Installation due to Saren ' s presence in the system . This implies that Saren had infiltrated the Kessel system , where the Maw was located . In " Lethal Alliance " , however , Saren infiltrates the Death Star while the battlestation is orbiting Despayre , in the Horuz system . " Lethal Alliance " console differences . The PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo DS versions of " Lethal Alliance " differ in a number of ways . This article tries to incorporate information from both versions , noting elements exclusive to one edition or the other . However , there are several plot points that are contradictory in their two depictions . In the Nintendo DS version of the game , it is an accidental shot from Saren ' s blaster that powers up Zeeo . In the PlayStation Portable edition , however , the droid is activated after Saren destroys an energy generator while trying to open a door . There are also minor differences in the depiction of Saren ' s meeting with Kheev on Tatooine . In the Nintendo DS order of events , she meets Kheev , who releases a rancor , and after the beast has been killed , he retreats further into the slave compound . Saren pursues him and gets captured . In the PSP version , Saren defeats the rancor but does not find Kheev at first . She is determined to head back to help the slaves , but Kheev suddenly appears behind Saren , backed by stormtroopers , calling her by name . Despite Zeeo ' s warnings that this is a trap , Saren turns back and confronts him . A blast door separates her from her droid companion , and stormtroopers seize her . Additionally , in the DS edition , Saren acquires the heavy blaster pistol after killing Slak Sagar , while on the PSP , the blaster is provided by the Rebel Alliance prior to her mission to Alderaan . Also , in the DS version , Saren contacts Organa on Alderaan after she has killed Sagar , while in the PSP edition the order of events is reversed . Saren actually sees a hologram of Kheev talking to Boba Fett and leaving Mustafar in the DS version , but in the other edition of the game , she is only informed of his departure by Zeeo . Saren ' s escape from Despayre in the PlayStation Portable version is completely different from the Nintendo DS version ' s that is presented in the article . In the PSP version , Saren does not use her knife to kill her guards and is thrown into a cell . The cell ' s force field soon shuts down , deactivated by Zeeo . After Saren has met her droid , they escape from the prison facility and make their way through Despayre ' s dense forest to the Death Star ' s construction site and later to a hangar , defeating a force of AT - RT and AT - ST walkers along the way . In this version , she does not encounter Kheev on the surface of the planet . In the DS version , it is implied that the architects on Danuta have requested the updated Death Star plans and that Kheev is delivering them there . However , in the PSP version , the architects have updated the plans by themselves , and Kheev ' s reason to go to Danuta is unspecified . Also in this version , during the final confrontation with Kheev , Saren uses Zeeo ' s shield ability to deflect Kheev ' s laser beam from his suit back at him . Kheev ' s suit explodes , and Zeeo is engulfed in the blast that damages him .