Ooblamon Ooblamon was a Kubaz male thief who , alongside his apprentice Vermia , met with several Acolytes of the Beyond on the planet Taris in a business transaction , in which he sold them a lightsaber that he claimed had belonged to the Sith Lord Darth Vader , sometime after the Battle of Endor . He demonstrated the weapon ' s abilities to the buyers by killing an assassin - spider with it and then refused to hand it over till he received his payment . Once paid , he asked the Acolytes a few questions and then gave them the weapon . When the buyers were gone , the Kubaz revealed to Vermia that he had no idea if Vader had ever really owned the blade . Biography . The Kubaz Ooblamon worked as a thief alongside his rat - faced apprentice and cohort , Vermia . At some point after the Battle of Endor , he and Vermia met with a group of three women in an abandoned tenement on the planet Taris in order to sell them a red - bladed lightsaber , which he claimed had once belonged to the Sith Lord Darth Vader . In the ruined tenement , with the curtains drawn , Ooblamon demonstrated the blade ' s abilities to the buyers by bisecting a fat assassin - spider . As Vermia drew back the curtains to shed light on the deal , the woman asked to view and then hold the saber , but Ooblamon refused to hand it over until they offered up the credit s they had promised . The three women then demanded to know if it was truly Vader ' s blade , to which Ooblamon responded that he could not prove it , but that it was the color they wanted . After an argument amongst themselves , the buyers then each produced a small box marked with strange sigils and offered them to the Kubaz , who refused to take them , allowing Vermia to do so instead . As his apprentice counted the credits , Ooblamon questioned the three women on who they were , learning that they called themselves the Acolytes of the Beyond . Once Vermia confirmed that they had received full payment , he then made to hand over the weapon , but first revealed a blaster on his belt , promising that he would use it if they tried to attack him or Vermia with the saber . As the acolytes took the blade and left , Ooblamon called out one final question to them , asking what they planned on doing with the weapon . The woman revealed that they planned on destroying it so that it might return to its master in death . Once they were gone , Vermia questioned Ooblamon on the authenticity of the blade , and he revealed that he neither knew or cared if the weapon had really belonged to Vader . Personality and traits . Ooblamon was an unkind individual , whose heart warmed at the sound of rattling credits . He neither knew nor cared if the weapon he sold on Taris was authentic , and laughed when he learned that its buyers planned on destroying it . He was a long - snouted male Kubaz who spoke in his native tongue , allowing Vermia to translate for him . Equipment . Ooblamon wore goggles with gold - lenses and kept his head wrapped in red scarves . He wore a brown , grungy robe , underneath which he concealed a blaster . Behind the scenes . Ooblamon first appeared in one of the interludes in the novel " Aftermath " , which was written by Chuck Wendig and released in 2015 .