Dor Gal - ram Dor Gal - ram was a Sith Lord in the years leading up to the Great Hyperspace War , 5 , 000 years before the Battle of Yavin . A member of the Sith species , Gal - ram was native to an area of space known as the Sith Empire . After the death of Dark Lord of the Sith Marka Ragnos , Gal - ram sided with one of the contenders for the title , Ludo Kressh . Kressh ' s main rival was Naga Sadow , a progressive Sith Lord with expansionist ambitions . In 5 , 000 BBY , Sadow staged an attack on the Sith Empire , meant to appear like a Galactic Republic assault , and used this opportunity to declare himself the new Dark Lord of the Sith . This led to a schism between Sadow and Kressh , with Gal - ram siding with Kressh . Sadow then staged another raid , this time leaving evidence that he was actually complicit ; upon seeing this evidence , an angered Kressh ordered Gal - ram and a fellow supporter , Horak - mul , to gather their forces to attack Sadow . In the ensuing clash at Khar Delba , Gal - ram and his allies were outwitted and defeated by Sadow . Gal - ram , along with Horak - mul , was killed in the battle when Sadow ordered the crew of Gal - ram ' s flagship to betray and kill him . Biography . Dor Gal - ram was a male of the Sith species and a Sith Lord in the years leading up to the Great Hyperspace War of 5000 BBY . He was native to a region of space in the galaxy known as the Sith Empire . Sometime during his life , Gal - ram created a number of tablets alongside fellow Sith Horak - mul . In 5 , 000 BBY , Dark Lord of the Sith Marka Ragnos died after a century of iron - handed rule . After Ragnos ' death , two Sith Lords , Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh , stepped in to try and fill the power vacuum . Gal - ram supported Kressh , the more conservative Sith Lord , over Sadow , a progressive with expansionist ambitions . Around this time , the arrival of two Humans in the Sith Empire from the Galactic Republic , Gav and Jori Daragon , opened up a conflict between Sadow and Kressh , who disagreed on how to deal with the Daragons . Finally , Sadow staged an attack on the Sith Empire , which was made to look like a Republic assault , riling the Sith into a frenzy . During a meeting on the planet of Ziost after the raid , Sadow declared himself the new Dark Lord of the Sith . Gal - ram watched on in silence as the majority of other Sith Lords voiced their support of Sadow . An outraged Kressh called his remaining supporters to rally around him , and Gal - ram left the meeting with the Sith Lord . After the meeting , Sadow staged another false Republic attack on a hangar on Ziost , which contained the Daragons ' ship , the " Starbreaker 12 " , and stole the vessel . Upon arriving at the hangar , Kressh , found Sadow ' s emblem amidst the carnage . Shocked and angry , Kressh summoned Gal - ram and another of his supporters , the one - eyed Sith Lord Horak - mul , to his chambers on Rhelg to confer on these developments . There , Kressh informed them of Sadow ' s complicity in the attack and ordered Gal - ram and Horak - mul to gather their fleets so as to stage a surprise attack on Sadow . Gal - ram did as he was told , massing his forces and joining Kressh ' s and Horak - mul ' s fleets at Khar Delba , the site of Sadow ' s citadel . They commenced their attack , launching a rain of laser fire onto Sadow ' s base . However , Sadow had prepared for the battle and had hidden his fleet in orbit around Khar Delba ' s moon , Khar Shian . Sadow ' s fleet attacked and caught Gal - ram and his allies off - guard , and Sadow then moved on to the next stage of his plan : ordering the Massassi crew of Gal - ram ' s flagship — who were , in reality , double agents under his own command — to kill him . Gal - ram was preoccupied with the battle and the Massassi crew caught him unawares , murdering him . Horak - mul was killed in the same manner , and Kressh was defeated in the Battle of Khar Delba . Personality and traits . Dor Gal - ram was a staunch supporter of Ludo Kressh over Naga Sadow , but , knowing the dangers of speaking out against the new Dark Lord of the Sith , he kept his alignment secret . Gal - ram feared that meeting with Kressh on Rhelg following Sadow ' s theft of the Daragons ' starship was an unnecessary risk , but he still rallied with Kressh against Sadow . Behind the scenes . Dor Gal - ram first appeared in " " , a story arc of the " " comic series , which was written by Kevin J . Anderson and released in 1996 . Gal - ram first appeared in a non - speaking role in the arc ' s third issue , " " . His role would later be expanded in the fourth issue , " " , and the fifth issue , " " . in which his character was killed . In these appearances , Gal - ram was illustrated by Dario Carrasco , Jr . In 2008 , Gal - ram was given an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .