Rachi Sitra Rachi Sitra was a female Twi ' lek Jedi Knight . Biography . Early life . Sitra was rescued from Ryloth by a Jedi posing as a slave trader and afterward became a skilled warrior and an archaeologist . She began learning the ways of the Force and eventually attained the rank of a Jedi Knight after completing her trials . The construction of her own lightsaber was a turning point for Rachi that gave her life new meaning and direction . Sitra somehow survived Order 66 and the Great Jedi Purge , living long enough to witness the rise of the rebellion and the Galactic Civil War . Sometime after the destruction of the first Death Star , Sitra finally emerged from exile . Battle of Talus and Confronting Darth Vader . During the Galactic Civil War Sitra aided the Rebel Alliance from a hidden Rebel base on Talus she helped in organizing strikes against the Galactic Empire . However , the base ' s safety was compromised when the Imperial Special Forces established a base on nearby Corellia , preparing to launch an attack on the Rebel base . Sitra realized that the facility could not be properly defended and evacuation of personnel was the only reliable option . However , the Battle of Talus forced Rebels into a defense of the base anyway when the Imperial attack came earlier than expected . Imperial troops disembarked and immediately engaged the Rebel defenders , but were caught by surprise when a group of Jedi , led by Rachi Sitra , joined the fight . Sitra took command of the situation and wielded her lightsaber with authority . The combined troops of the Rebel Alliance and their Jedi supporters had successfully defended their base on Talus , and the Imperials were forced to retreat back to the Imperial outpost . The next day saw the second Imperial assault , with a larger better organized attack force although by that time the evacuation was already at its final stage . Sitra was evacuated along with other base personnel on " Spirit of Corellia " , a SoroSuub transport . However , the transport was shot down and was forced to land at a remote part of Corellia . Very soon , Imperial forces arrived to investigate the crash site , led by none other than Darth Vader himself . Sitra decided to distract Vader and buy others time for escape . She rushed the Dark Lord , her lightsaber ignited , but the Sith simply struck her down with the Force , rendering her unconscious . Vader ' s forces engaged the Rebels and the fight was fierce and brutal , with heavy casualties for both sides . Finally regaining consciousness , Sitra moved against Vader again . At that moment , the surviving Rebels concentrated their blaster fire on Vader and , while he was busy deflecting it , Sitra and her troopers retreated from the battle into the wilderness . Within a few hours they reached a local spaceport and reunited with the main Alliance forces . Capture . Following the Battle of Talus , Sitra was put onto the Emperor ' s Most Wanted , a list which contained high - pay bounties on critical Alliance leaders . Sitra was selected as a target by none other than Boba Fett himself , who has been tracking her movements for weeks before commencing an attack . Sitra was on her way to Dathomir with a diplomatic mission , and upon entering the Dathomir space , her shuttle was ambushed by " Slave I " from behind an asteroid . With a precise shot from a heavy blaster cannon , Fett neutralized the shuttle ' s hyperdrive and commenced boarding actions . When the airlock was forced open , Sitra ignited her lightsaber and prepared to defend herself , but Fett fired a rocket from his wrist launcher , which knocked the lightsaber out of her hands . Bruised and battered , the Jedi had no choice but to surrender herself to the bounty hunter ; Fett locked energy binders on her hands and prepared to deliver her to the Imperial authorities . The temporary holding place for the captured Rebels was the Imperial prison facility in a rough mountain area just outside of Bestine on Tatooine . Sitra was handed over to the Imperial authorities , but the Rebel agents managed to learn the location of the facility and launched a bold raid in an attempt to rescue the prisoners . Despite heavy resistance from the Imperial forces , the Rebels were able to gain the upper hand and evacuate the rescued prisoners , including Sitra , to safety . Confrontation with Jeffren Brek . At some point , Rachi had discovered an Imperial spy Jeffren Brek during her mission . She tried to subdue him , but Brek launched a grenade at her , buying himself time to escape and ending the confrontation . Brek continued his mission and when Sitra found him again , she made him pay dearly by cutting off his entire left arm with her lightsaber . Search for the Nightsister on Hoth . While on a mission on Dathomir , Sitra was told by Augwynne Djo , the leader of the Singing Mountain Clan of Dathomiri Witches , of a dangerous Nightsister Kyrisa , who had mastered the power of Animal friendship . So dangerous was she , that her own clan had sent her away from the planet . Knowing that a Dark Jedi Namman Cha was intending to recruit Kyrisa to serve the Emperor , Sitra decided to find her first . Learning that the Nightsister had crashed on a remote Outer Rim planet known as Hoth , Sitra established contact with an Alliance Special Forces unit , that had just began establishing a small outpost on the planet . Asking a Rebel agent to help her in search , she traveled to Hoth , where the two decided to keep a strict search protocol and stay in touch with each other . Several hours into her search Sitra , after dispatching a local Hoth hog , was confronted by one of the Imperial agents looking for Kyrisa . Rachi eventually was reluctant to fight him , but after the Imperial announced his intent to bring the Nightsister to the Emperor , she decided to neutralize him . However , her opponent proved agile in the fight and once there was a lull in the combat , Rachi offered him to simply part and go separate ways . Having found an agreement , she escaped into the snow . She was soon contacted by her companion , who discovered that Namman Cha was too involved in the search . As her companion was no match for a trained Force - sensitive , Rachi sent him to help the Rebel at the outpost and continued her search alone . Her combat skills helped her , when she came under attack by one of Hoth ' s native wampas . Her quest ultimately failed , because Cha had found the Nightsister and was able to persuade her to join him . However , her presence still proved useful when the Imperials attacked the small Alliance outpost . Sitra helped the Rebels defend it and managed to cripple an AT - PT walker during the battle . Powers and abilities . Rachi Sitra was highly skilled in lightsaber combat and favored the Niman combat style but was also trained in the use of Shien . In addition to her skill with a single blade , Sitra was also skilled in the use of Jar ' Kai . Her dueling abilities were so great that she was even capable of the very advanced Kai - kan technique . She also had considerable telekinetic prowess being able to manipulate her lightsaber in order to form a Saber barrier .