Rinnrivin Di Rinnrivin Di was a Kajain ' sa ' Nikto crime lord who operated a powerful and dangerous cartel , operating from the planet Bastatha in 28 ABY . Di ' s cartel targeted the commercial shipping lanes around Ryloth , and was considered to be a rival to even the greatest Hutt crime organizations at their peak — their targeting of Twi ' lek shipments and merchants forced Ryloth to appeal to the Galactic Senate for help . After an investigation led by Leia Organa , Di was killed in an armed confrontation with Organa on the planet Sibensko . Biography . Background . The Kajain ' sa ' Nikto Rinnrivin Di was a lowly spice dealer working for the Hutt s who lived during the Age of the Empire . Due to the entrenched xenophobia of the Old Empire , Rinnrivin had few prospects for career advancement and instead chose a career in crime . Seven years before the " Napkin Bombing " , Rinnrivin was leader of a minor cartel who received billions of Credit s in start - up investment capital from the Amaxine warriors , a paramilitary group who acted as proxies for the First Order , a remnant of the Old Empire . Due to this capital injection , Rinnrivin ' s cartel quickly became a major crime syndicate overnight . Rinnrivin channeled the revenue from his smuggling and gambling operations to the First Order through shadow corporations in the Outer Rim Territories and Centrist sources . The First Order used this revenue to rebuild the old Imperial fleet . Over the next seven years , Rinnrivin ' s cartel came to establish a dominance over the Gaulus sector , crippling Ryloth ' s offworld trade . Rinnrivin operated from a base on the Outer Rim planet Bastatha , which had an economy based on casinos and gambling . Eventually , the Ryloth government dispatched Emissary Yendor to petition the New Republic for help . The Galactic Senate dispatched Senator s Leia Organa and Ransolm Casterfo to investigate Rinnrivin ' s activities on Bastatha . Meeting the Huttslayer . Rinnrivin learnt about Senator Organa ' s visit and sent his henchmen to kidnap her . Disguised as " businessmen " , the gangsters kidnapped Leia and spirited her away on a hoversled to Rinnrivin ' s headquarters , which lay in the deep caverns of Bastatha . Rinnrivin wanted to bribe the senator into convincing the New Republic to ease its restrictions on the trade of " hard " spice . In an attempt to win over the Senator , he offered her Toniray wine and a holocube of Leia killing Jabba Desilijic Tiure ; telling her that the Niktos admired her as " Huttslayer " for her role in bringing down the Hutt crime lord . While recognizing Rinnrivin ' s charisma and intelligence , Senator Organa was unwilling to be bribed and condemned Rinnrivin ' s criminal practices . Too her surprise , Rinnrivin did not deny these allegations but argued that rules set on Hosnian Prime often failed to reach the other New Republic worlds . He pointed out that Leia had used lawlessness as a weapon during her time in the Rebel Alliance . Leia however stressed that she had since devoted her life to restoring law and order to the Galaxy . Rinnrivin then tried to reason with Leia by pointing out that she had married a smuggler . Their meeting was interrupted by the arrival of Senator Casterfo , who had tracked Leia using a tracking device planted in her cloak . Casterfo fought with Rinnrivin ' s guards and rescued Leia . Not expecting the armed assault , a bemused Rinnrivin expressed his desire to meet again . While Leia and Casterfo escaped Rinnrivin ' s den in a stolen hoversled , the crime lord and his henchmen fled offworld since their base had been exposed . Rinnrivin also sent his henchmen after them but the Republic senators managed to escape and alert the Bastatha security forces . Following Rinnrivin ' s escape , Leia ' s team managed to download information from the droid ' s that the crime lord had left behind in his base . They discovered that Rinnrivin ' s network rivalled the Hutts and that he was chanelling funds into shadow corporations on various Outer Rim worlds . Leia ' s starfighter pilot s Greer Sonnel and Joph Seastriker later discovered Rinnrivin ' s connection to the Amaxines during a trip to Pamarthe . While visiting the Ryloth archives , Leia and her team found information about Rinnrivin ' s sudden rise to power as a major crime lord . After hacking into one of Rinnrivin ' s spy satellites above Ryloth , C - 3PO learned that Rinnrivin was hiding on the watery planet of Sibensko in the Expansion Region ; which was the headquarters of the Amaxines . Second meeting . While monitoring the satellites , C - 3PO detected that Rinnrivin was visiting the commercial and cultural hub of Harloff Minor , which was near Coruscant . Leia wanted to investigate his linkages to the Amaxine Warriors and arranged to meet the crime lord for dinner . Rinnrivin and Organa met at a comfortable restaurant in one of Harloff Minor ' s equatorial cities that served Nikto cuisine . During the meeting , Rinnrivin expressed relief that the Senator had not been harmed during the Napkin Bombing , which damaged the New Republic senatorial complex on Hosnian Prime . He denounced the bombing as a " reckless , childish act " and speculated that the bombers were misguided in attempting to seize power by destroying the Senate . Leia also reassured Rinnrivin that she had no idea of Ransolm ' s rescue plan . The crime lord believed her explanation and described Casterfo as a reckless glory - seeker . While drinking Corellian brandy , Rinnrivin likened himself to a risk - taker who was not afraid of taking an opportunities to get rich . Taking care to hide his connections to the Amaxines , Rinnrivin also sought to portray himself as a self - made man and expressed a desire to work with Leia . When Leia reiterated that she did not take bribes , he spoke approvingly of her being a worthy candidate for First Senator . When Rinnrivin asked how she had discovered his location , Leia complimented him as a man of refined preferences . She then took the opportunity to return the " Huttslayer " holocube that Rinnrivin had earlier presented to her . She explained that she did not need to be reminded of her past . Rinnrivin expressed his admiration for Leia and remarked that thoughtfulness was the sign of a good ally . Leia concurred but still regarded him as an enemy . In secret , Leia had refitted the holocube with a tracking device that would allow her to track Rinnrivin ' s moments . Leia and Casterfo then made preparations to visit Sibensko but this was delayed by a political scandal stemming from revelations about Leia ' s true parentage as the daughter of Darth Vader . An untimely demise . Rinnrivin and his henchmen later discovered that Leia and her team had infiltrated the underwater city of Sibensko which housed the Amaxine Warriors ' main base . While Leia was able to track his movements with the holocube , she and C - 3PO were preoccupied with downloading banking records from a computer in a local cantina . These records revealed that the Amaxine Warriors were financing Rinnrivin ' s cartel . However , C - 3PO was unable to access data levels which implicated the First Order as the financiers behind both groups . Despite Leia ' s veil , he and his two bodyguards recognized the senator . Upon seeing him , Leia threw back her hood and veil and expressed regret that they were meeting under such unfortunate circumstances . Rinnrivin replied that he had sensors which enabled him to detect her tracking device . When Leia replied that he was a fool for not checking that she had fitted a tracking device in the first place , he snarled and prepared to order his men to kill her . However , Leia had brought a blaster and managed to shoot one of Rinnrivin ' s guards . Following a short heated exchange , Leia fired her blaster at the central strut supporting the water tunnel directly overhead . The tunnel collapse , crushing Rinnrivin and his remaining bodyguard to death . With Rinnrivin ' s death and the destruction of the main Amaxine base , many in the New Republic government and media believed that no more threats to the Republic remained . However , Leia disagreed and established the Resistance to maintain a vigil over the Republic . Personality and traits . Rinnrivin Di was a short Nikto man with leathery red skin . He like to dress in elegant clothes , collect ornate furniture , and drank rare vintage beverages like the Alderaanian wine Toniray . Unlike most other crime lords , Rinnrivin sought to cultivate the image of a respected intellectual . Leia thought that Rinnrivin shared the same intelligence and charisma as the late Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin and would have occupied a similar position in the " Old Empire " had he been born human . Still , Rinnrivin was not above using ruthless and criminal means to advance his own ambitions and agenda . While Rinnrivin was merely a lowly spice dealer who had been elevated to great power due to a monetary injection by the Amaxine warriors , Rinnrivin saw himself as a self - made businessman who was willing to take risks to succeed . His concern with accumulating wealth and power led him to ignore the negative effects of his criminal activities including spice smuggling and disrupting legitimate commercial traffic . Rinnrivin admired Leia for her role in killing the Hutt crime lord Jabba and sought to cultivate her as a political ally . Despite his smooth - talking and sophisticated demeanour , he failed to sway the straight - dealing Senator whose single - minded resolve was protecting the New Republic from all threats . Behind the scenes . Rinnrivin first appeared as a minor antagonist in Claudia Gray ' s 2016 novel " Bloodline " , which was centered around Leia Organa . His lines are told through Leia ' s point - of - view .