Celot Ratua Dil Celot Ratua Dil was a male Zelosian smuggler . Sentenced to a life of hard labor on the prison planet Despayre for theft , he managed to escape to the Death Star , which at the time was being built above the planet . He lived there for nearly two years , falling in love with the Twi ' lek Memah Roothes . After the destruction of Alderaan , he joined a group of beings aboard the battlestation who planned to defect to the Rebel Alliance . They managed to escape just before the Battle of Yavin , where the Death Star was destroyed . Biography . Criminal life . Celot Ratua Dil , a Force - sensitive Zelosian male , was the son of Nagat Keris Ratua and Feelah Derin , a rich family who ran a large real estate business on Coruscant . His parents owned properties such as Coruscant ' s Netaluma Tower . However , Ratua was not fond of property management , and so he left to become a smuggler . Several years before 0 BBY , Ratua was arrested by authorities on Trigalis , along with a pirate gang . Although he was not a member of the gang , he had been associating with them at the time , attempting to sell stolen meelweekian silk . Though he insisted he was innocent , the presiding judge refused to allow him to undergo a truth - scan , saving the cost to taxpayers , and Ratua was convicted and transported to the Slashtown Prison Colony on Despayre , an Imperial prison planet . Above Despayre , a battlestation known as the Death Star was being constructed . As such , there was a great deal of Imperial activity in the sector , and the superweapon was guarded by a number of Imperial ships while undergoing construction . As the planet was home to many ruthless killers , there were a large number of Imperial guards stationed on the surface . Though he was considered a criminal , Ratua was only a smuggler and was occasionally victim to bullying by other prisoners . However , he managed to largely avoid this due to his keen business sense and ability to find useful items , trading them to others and making a profit . Ratua also survived partly due to his ability to move much faster than other beings , using this talent to avoid predators and to intimidate potential enemies during the martial arts demonstrations . Through this talent , and his ability to avoid danger , he made friends with some other beings on the planet , including the guard Nova Stihl . Stihl taught a Teräs Käsi class , which Ratua frequently attended . Ratua had very quick reflexes , and was able to use his ability to make contact marks on Stihl with a practice knife , using his speed . Between 2 and 1 BBY , Ratua was able to escape with the assistance of a fellow prisoner named Brun . Brun , who was guarding the docking bay , allowed him to sneak aboard a supply craft , which he rode to a Machine Tool Storage Unit in orbit near the Death Star . From there he reprogrammed a service droid to include the crate he was in on the next cargo transport run to the Death Star . On the Death Star . Once aboard the Death Star , Ratua assumed the alias of " Teh Roxxor " and hid in plain sight . Pretending to be a civilian contractor who built garbage bins , he created a makeshift home for himself in an unused trash compactor . Thanks once again to his scavenging skills , he collected items that he could trade , often to unsuspecting Imperial stormtroopers . He later met the Twi ' lek Memah Roothes in the Hard Heart Cantina , located in Deck 69 of the Death Star ' s Sector N - One and owned by Roothes . Ratua was immediately attracted to her , and as time passed , she found herself falling for him . After nearly two years of living a simple yet pleasant life aboard the Death Star , during which time Ratua spent much of his time at the Hard Heart , he spotted Nova Stihl in the cantina . Unaware that he had been transferred to the station , he fled from Stihl , fearing the guard would turn him in . Around this time , Ratua developed a scheme that would allow anyone on the station to view normally restricted entertainment programming such as smashball . Through this , he and Roothes were watching Despayre when the Death Star destroyed it . This act of , in their opinion , cruelty , by the Empire left a lasting impression on the two . Shortly afterward , Ratua once again encountered Stihl in the Hard Heart , who recognized him as an escaped prisoner . Although Ratua admitted to being a fugitive , Stihl did not turn him in , as he felt he did not owe anything to the Empire anymore due to the horror he felt at learning of Despayre ' s destruction . After the destruction of Alderaan a short time later , Ratua met Stihl , Doctor Kornell Divini , pilot Villian Dance , architect Teela Kaarz , cantina bouncer Rodo , and archivist Atour Riten in the cantina along with Roothes . All had come to the opinion that the Empire was evil , and they planned to escape from the Death Star soon . The group , aided by codes illegally acquired by Riten , would take an E - 2T medical shuttle to freedom . They launched their plan during the Battle of Yavin . However , the plans were changed when Riten was forced to stay behind to allow the shuttle clearance to leave , and they were confronted by stormtroopers in the docking bay . Stihl and Rodo , both masters of Teräs Käsi , decided to stay behind and fight the Imperials , giving the others time to escape . During the fight , Ratua saved both of their lives by using his speed to attack a trooper armed with a blaster . Though the shuttle was able to leave the Death Star during the battle , it did not get far before it was confronted by Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader in his TIE Advanced x1 . Vader sensed that the shuttle carried deserters and ordered them back to the station . To ensure they followed his orders , he flew over to their shuttle . However , Dance was able to escape with a simple maneuver . Before Vader could pursue them , he was called back to the battle . The shuttle was free , only to be captured by a tractor beam immediately afterward . Seconds after the shuttle was caught , the Death Star exploded , destroyed by a Rebel pilot . The ship was freed and fled to escape the shock wave from the explosion . Afterward , the rest of the group decided to join the Rebellion . Ratua suggested going back home to his family and asked Roothes to go with him , revealing to her his affluent origins . While angry at him for not informing her of his wealthy status earlier , Roothes agreed to go and meet his family . Personality and traits . Despite the fact that he was a criminal , Ratua was a kind being . He was able to get Memah Roothes to fall in love with him while he fell in love with her due to his benevolent nature . Ratua was attracted to her and was not afraid to show his feelings . Though he originally did not care one way or the other about the Empire , he changed his mind after the destruction of Despayre . This led him to begin to come to the conclusion that the Empire was evil . When Alderaan , a planet full of innocent civilians was destroyed , Ratua became disgusted with the Empire , and then developed a desire to escape the station , and when he found a group of beings who felt the same way , he did not hesitate to agree to the plan , dangerous though it was . Ratua was also an excellent scavenger and trader , something he used to help him survive on Despayre and later the Death Star . Ratua sought his own path in life , which was why he left his family to become a smuggler , despite the fact that they were very rich . Ratua had very quick reflexes . He often participated in Stihl ' s Teräs Käsi classes on Despayre , where he was able to best even Stihl , a veteran in the arts of fighting , thanks to his exceptional speed . Behind the scenes . Ratua ' s only appearance to date is the 2007 novel " Death Star " by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry , where he serves as one of the story ' s primary protagonists . Though this novel hints at the fact that Ratua is Force - sensitive , it was not explicitly revealed until the release of " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " in 2008 . Ratua was first pictured in the 2012 " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " , but he was erroneously depicted as fair - skinned . Ratua ' s alias of Teh Roxxor is identical to the " Teh Roxxor , " which has the meaning of " excellent . "