Tikin Tikin was a male Quarren who , after the Sith genocide on his homeworld , became a slave of a gang of pirates that took control of the Mon Calamari Shipyards . Here , Tikin and his Mon Calamari friend Luen met Ania Solo , and with her they were launched in an escape pod on poisoned Dac ' s oceans . In the end , Tikin betrayed his companions to the pirate and their Sith leader , but was however killed by the Sith . However , his death sparked a slave revolt among the Quarren and Mon Calamari slave workers who revolted against the pirates . In the end , the pirates were defeated and captured by a joint Galactic Alliance and Imperial Knight s force , who liberated the slaves . Tikin ' s son Tilin was adopted by his Mon Calamari friend Luen , who settled in the now - flooded Shipyards . Biography . Enslavement . Tikin was a Quarren man who lived during the time of the Second Imperial Civil War . In 137 ABY , the One Sith poisoned the planet Dac ' s oceans with viral spore s , which had killed all life on the planet within week . Tikin and his son Tilin survived the Sith Genocide on Dac by escaping offworld but his wife perished on Dac . Following the defeat of the One Sith and the establishment of a new galactic government known as the Galactic Federation Triumvirate in 138 ABY , Tikin and his son , along with a large number of Quarren and Mon Calamari were lured back to Dac with the promise of a renewed homeworld . However , this was actually a slave - trafficking operation created by the rogue Sith Darth Luft and his pirate associates to create a slave labor force . Once they had arrived , the Quarren and Mon Calamari were enslaved by the One Sith and forced to build a fleet of starships in the abandoned Mon Calamari Shipyards . Tikin ' s son Tilin , along with a large number of other Quarren and Mon Calamari dependents and elderly , were imprisoned by the pirates as hostages to ensure the cooperation of their relatives . Unwanted Rescuers . During his enslavement at the hands of Darth Luft , Tikin and the other Quarren and Mon Calamari slaves were frequently beaten and abused by their captors . In 138 ABY , the Imperial Knight Jao Assam and the junk dealer Ania Solo stumbled on Darth Luft ' s slaving operation in the Mon Calamari Shipyards while on their quest to hunt down another rogue Sith Darth Wredd , who had launched an insurgency against the One Sith with the aim of creating a new Sith order based on the Rule of Two . Disguised as pirates , Jao and Ania cornered Tikin and a female Mon Calamari captive named Luen . Believing that they were going to be mistreated , Luen pulled a dagger despite Tikin ' s advise . However , Ania was able to defuse the confrontation by pointing out that Jao was an Imperial Knight and assuring Tikin and Luen that they were not here to harm them . After resolving their misunderstanding , Luen and Tikin related the story of their enslavement to Jao and Ania . While Luen explained that they had been lured back to Dac under false pretenses of a renewed Dac , Tikin revealed that the pirates were holding their children and elderly hostage and expressed his fear of losing his son Tilin . Jao then used his Imperial communications droid to send an encrypted Imperial signal reporting the presence of the pirates and their slaving operation to Galactic Empress Marasiah Fel . Shortly later , they were discovered on the bridge by a group of armed pirates . However , Jao used his lightsaber to slice the bridge in half , throwing the pirates to the floor below . Tikin , Luen , and their liberators then fled through the assembly yards . However , they were stopped dead in their tracks by the rogue Sith Darth Luft , who had them thrown down a trapdoor into an escape pod . The escape pod was then jettisoned into the poisoned oceans of Dac , where one drop was enough to kill a sentient being . The ocean was littered with the corpses of many dead sentient beings and animals . As their escape pod dived deeper into the poisoned depths of Dac ' s oceans , Luen commented that they had a slim chance of survival since their escape pod was only designed to withstand atmosphere pressures . In response to Luen ' s pessimism , a despondent Tikin told her to keep quiet . Jao ' s Imperial comm droid managed to reconfigure his antennae to transmit a distress signal to Ania ' s friends , the assassin droid AG - 37 and the Mon Calamari engineer Sauk , who quickly traveled in their freighter to Dac . Ania attempted to take control of the escape pod ' s directional thrusters . However , Tikin revealed that the pirates had forced them to strip all propulsion systems from the pods for use in their new fleet . The Spark of Rebellion . Tikin and his companions were rescued by Sauk and AG - 37 who plucked their escape pod from Dac ' s oceans . AG - 37 ' s freighter towed the escape pod into an abandoned section of the Mon Calamari Shipyards . Tikin met Ania ' s companions the assassin droid AG - 37 and the Mon Calamari Sauk . When Luen commented that the shipyards where the Mon Calamari and Quarren slaves had been forced to work in were awful , Tikin added that the shipyards were a living hell , describing Luen as a " master of understatement . " A disagreement quickly broke out between Jao Assam and Ania Solo over how to deal with the threat posed by the pirates and Darth Luft . While Jao wanted to take the fight to the rogue Sith immediately , Ania insisted that they depart and wait for reinforcements to arrive . Tikin refused to abandon his son Tilin to the depredations of the pirates and strongly objected to Jao ' s plan on the grounds that his son could get killed in the process . He explained that the pirates punished recalcitrant slaves by harming their family members . Worried about his son and unwilling to risk provoking Darth Luft , Tikin left his newly - found companions and returned to the shipyards . Unable to resolve their differences , Ania and Jao Assam parted company . Ania and her companions including Sauk departed aboard AG - 37 ' s freighter while Jao traveled into the depths of the shipyard to confront Darth Luft . Meanwhile , Tikin managed to obtain an audience with Darth Luft at his office on a multi - level building in the shipyards . During his meeting with the Sith Lord , Tikin informed Darth Luft about the presence of the Imperial Knight Jao and explained that he had never been part of the conspiracy . He attempted to secure the release of his son Tilin in return for providing this information . However , Darth Luft callously used the Force to throw Tikin out of the window . Tikin plummeted several storeys to the ground floor and was killed by the impact . At that point , Darth Luft looked out the window and caught side of Jao Assam . Legacy . Unfortunately for Darth Luft , his callous murder of Tikin sparked a slave uprising among the Quarren and Mon Calamari slaves . Reinvigorated by the presence of the Imperial Knight Jao , the slaves attacked their captors . Jao was narrowly saved from being shot by a Weequay pirate by a friend of Tikin , who strangled the pirate and announced that Tikin was his friend . Jao concurred and rushed to fight Darth Luft , who had ordered his pirates to kill all of the slaves and their families . In the end , Darth Luft and the pirates were defeated by the arrival of a combined Galactic Alliance and Fel Empire task force . The Triumvirate forces flooded the shipyards with water , overwhelming the pirates and allowing the Quarren and Mon Calamari slaves to gain the upper hand over their captors . The surviving pirates were then apprehended by a force of seatroopers and Imperial Knights led by Jao ' s friend and mentor , Master Yalta Val . Following a protracted lightsaber duel , Darth Luft was killed by Jao Assam , bringing an end to the slave shipbuilding operation . Fortunately for Tikin , his son Tilin survived the fighting which engulfed the Mon Calamari Shipyards . During the fighting , the pirates had exposed the family detention bays to zero gravity space in an attempt to kill their prisoners . However , Ania and her companions managed to close the doors , saving the lives of countless Quarren and Mon Calamari . Following the liberation of the Mon Calamari Shipyards , the newly - liberated Quarren and Mon Calamari slaves settled in the flooded chambers and hangar bays . Tilin was adopted by Tikin ' s one – time friend Aunt Luen as a gesture of honor to the late Tikin . Thus , the Mon Calamari Shipyards would become home to many Quarren , Mon Calamari and Whaladon refugees . Personality and traits . As with many Quarren and Mon Calamari , Tikin was a skilled shipbuilder . Having narrowly escaped death at the cost of losing his spouse during the Mon Calamari Genocide , Tikin was a fearful and anxious individual . As a captive and forced labourer of the rogue Sith Darth Luft , Tikin was concerned with the paternal urge to protect his son Tilin , the last known surviving member of his family . Thus , Tikin took every precaution to avoid antagonizing his Sith and pirate captors during his enslavement in the Mon Calamari Shipyards . Ultimately , his overriding concern for his son ' s well – being led him to spurn his rescuers and to report their presence to Darth Luft . However , Darth Luft viewed all his captives as expendable and murdered Tikin . Thus , Tikin ' s devotion to his son ultimately casted him his life . However , Tikin ' s death provided a sparked for a slave uprising which ended Darth Luft ' s criminal enterprise . Behind the scenes . Tikin first appeared as a supporting character in Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman ' s " " comic series , which is part of the Star Wars Legacy universe . He first appeared in the second story arc " " , which ran from August 28 to December 18 2013 . He was drawn by Brian Albert Thies , colored by Rachelle Rosenberg , and designed by Jimmy Presler .