Yils Yils was a Human male who served the noble House Alde as a guard captain during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire . A native of the planet Alderaan , Yils was assigned to the Alde embassy on the grounds of Castle Organa , the palace of fellow Galactic Republic ally House of Organa , but he failed to prevent the death of Count Alde in the embassy when the noble was targeted by the superweapon known as the Death Mark laser . Yils attempted to arrest the bystanders , a Jedi Knight and a Mirialan woman named Aleyna Hark , but was convinced to allow the Jedi to depart . Biography . A Human male from the planet Alderaan , Yils served the noble House Alde as a guard captain by the year 3643 BBY , during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire . Yils was stationed at the Alde embassy on the grounds of Castle Organa , the ancestral home of the House of Organa , a family that House Alde had supported for centuries . Count Alde himself was present at the embassy when a Mirialan woman named Aleyna Hark arrived , claiming that she had come from the Mensaav Military Laboratory , where the Death Mark laser project was being developed using funds supplied by both the Republic and House Alde . Hark and Count Alde were discussing how the Sith had captured the Death Mark research facility when a young Jedi Knight and a companion arrived at the embassy , having just restored the damaged communications relays in the surrounding area that forces of the Imperial - aligned House of Thul had sabotaged as part of the ongoing civil war . However , Hark , in actuality an Imperial spy , tagged the unknowing Count Alde using the Death Mark ' s targeting device , and the laser murdered Alde partway through the conversation . Yils and his men rushed into the room to find the count dead on the floor , and he immediately moved to arrest the Knight , Hark , and the Knight ' s companion . Ignoring the Jedi ' s assertion that the count had not been killed by a lightsaber , Yils ordered the three to back up against the wall of the room and raise their hands . When Hark protested that he was attempting to arrest a Jedi Knight , Yils stated that they would verify the three ' s identities and alibis over the next few days . However , the three convinced Yils to allow the Jedi to leave . Personality and traits . Dark - skinned with brown eyes and black hair , Yils was brusque and efficient as a police officer , taking note of the situation in the embassy and immediately acting to ensure that the suspects did not escape . Equipment . Yils wore blue - and - white armor and carried a blaster rifle . Behind the scenes . Yils first appeared in " " , a 2011 video game released by BioWare and LucasArts . He is featured in the Jedi Knight - class mission " The Death Mark " and is the focus of a conversation choice with three options when he attempts to arrest the Knight . The neutral option of asking to be let go causes Hark to offer herself in the Knight ' s place , and the player later learns that Hark killed Yils and the other guards before escaping the castle grounds . The dark - side option sees the player killing the other guards and defeating Yils before Hark steps in and also results in Yils ' death at Hark ' s hands . However , the third option , which is also neutral , allows players to Force - persuade Yils to release both the player and Hark , and as a result , Hark does not kill Yils . As a Republic character , the Jedi Knight is assumed to only choose the light - side options , so this article ignores the dark - side option of attacking but leaves the player ' s choice and Yils ' fate open for the reader to decide .