Parrah ' s rebellion Parrah ' s rebellion occurred at some point between the Red Sith Purge in 4985 BBY and Seelah and Jariad Korsin ' s attempted coup d ' état in 4975 BBY . During the rebellion , the Lost Tribe ' s former navigator and chief science officer Ermon Parrah led a failed attempt to steal the crippled starship " Omen " , the starship which had brought the Tribe ' s ancestors to Kesh , so that they could leave the planet and return to the wider galaxy . However , they were defeated by the Lost Tribe ' s leadership who enslaved most of the surviving rebels . Meanwhile , Parrah and his family were reduced to a state of permanent servitude and were ordered to spin a cord that would reach the stars . Since this task was physically impossible , Parrah and his descendants were unable to reach the stars and improve their social standing . For millennia , Parrah ' s descendants worked as tailors and weavers in the port town of Eorm . Due to their occupation , they became known as the Spinner family . Due to the strong stigma attached to their punishment , Parrah ' s descendants adhered to this ancient edict even during the anarchic Time of the Rot . Following the Hilts Restoration , the Sith anarchist Parlan Spinner became the first in his family line to rebel against this edict . He became the leader of a gang of outlaws known as " Spinner ' s Web " . Spinner ' s actions eventually attracted the attention of the Sith authorities and he was apprehended in 2974 BBY . However , the ruling Grand Lord Varner Hilts decided to give Spinner a second chance working as a crew aboard the sailing ship " Southern Star . " Spinner would set in motion a chain of events that led to the return and defeat of the ancient Sith Lord Remulus Dreypa . Due to his role in the Siege of Tahv , Spinner became regarded by the Tribe as a hero and joined the Tribe as a Grand Lord ' s Hand . It is unknown if other members of the Spinner family had their social status improved . Behind the scenes . Parrah ' s rebellion was used as a plot element in John Jackson Miller ' s 2012 stand - alone comic " " . It appeared in the third issue of that comic , which was released on October 10 , 2012 . According to an with Miller that was dated back to October 20 2013 , Ermon Parrah was the same Parrah who was the relief navigator and main science advisor aboard the starship " Omen " . He also clarified that Parrah ' s rebellion had occurred at some point between the events of the two eBooks " " and " " , since the comic " Spiral 3 " depicted the Kesh Sith Temple , which was sealed off after the events of " Savior " . Miller has also argued that the Lost Tribe of Sith did not kill Parrah because the Tribe was running out of Humans by that time . According to Miller , the script for " Spiral 3 " had initially conceptualized Parrah ' s older opponent as being an older Yaru Korsin . Ultimately , Miller and his team opted not to name him on the page since he did not resemble the of the character in Pablo Hidalgo ' s " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " , which was released on August 21 , 2012 . Thus , Miller speculates that the man fighting Parrah was actually one of Korsin ' s allies .