Kiza Kiza was a Pantoran female member of the Acolytes of the Beyond . During the Coronet City revolution on Corellia in the months following the Battle of Endor , Kiza freed a fellow acolyte , Remi , from the Peace and Security station in the city . After freeing the boy , they killed all but one of the detective s in the station . Kiza later took part in an attack on a New Republic outpost on Devaron . During that attack , she wore the mask of Viceroy Exim Panshard . Consumed by the dark side of the Force , she killed her lover Remi . Biography . The Coronet City revolution . Kiza grew up in a lowborn Pantoran family in the impoverished parts of Coronet City on the planet Corellia . Throughout her life , Kiza harbored rage at her perceived " oppressors " : the peace officer s who hassled her , the chits - and - debits office that pursued her family ' s debts , and the highborn Corellian s who looked down on her lowborn origins . During her adolescence , Kiza began to experience Force vision s . Following the Battle of Endor , she was recruited by a man from the Acolytes of the Beyond , a cult of non - Force - sensitive individuals that revered the Sith and the dark side of the Force . Building her way up the ranks , Kiza initially started off tagging walls with the Darth Vader mask sigil and the warning " VADER LIVES " . She also stole credit s and tithed them to the cause . Kiza also scouted locations for dead - drops of safe meetings . In the months after the Battle of Endor , Kiza developed romantic feelings for a youth named Remi , who shared her passion for the dark side . Prior to the Coronet City revolution , the Acolytes assigned Kiza with the task of infiltrating the local Peace and Security station . They created a false identity which allowed her to pose as secretary . During the Coronet City revolution , Kiza killed several Corellian peace officers with a blaster . When the detective Erno demanded to know what was going on , she told him that she was no longer his doll . Meanwhile , Remi retrieved a Sith lightsaber from the archives beneath the station . Before Erno could subdue Kiza , Remi cut off his blaster hand with the lightsaber . Kiza then clubbed Erno on the head and told him that Vader lived . She spared his life so that he could warn the others that the Acolytes were coming . Attack on the Devaron outpost . Prior to the Battle of Jakku , Kiza and her fellow Acolytes regrouped on the Colonies world of Devaron . They took part in an attack on a New Republic outpost in the Karatokai Mountains . This attack was part of a coordinate series of attacks on New Republic outposts throughout the galaxy . Her cell group was led by Yupe Tashu , a former Adviser to the late Emperor Palpatine . During that time , Kiza came to doubt whether she was strong as Remi , who had become besotted with the Sith lightsaber he had obtained on Corellia . After communing with the spirits of fallen Sith , Tashu gifted the mask of Viceroy Exim Panshard to Kiza . When Remi expressed jealousy and demanded the mask , Tashu chastised him for angering the specters . As punishment , he confiscated the lightsaber from Remi . The Acolytes then launched a surprise attack on the New Republic outpost . During the assault , Kiza struck down several New Republic personnel with her lightsaber , including slicing the legs off a fleeing woman . Kiza also allowed the dark side influence within the mask to consume her mind and body . Remi took advantage of the chaos to try and recover his lightsaber . He managed to knock her to the ground , causing her to drop her lightsaber . While struggling against Remi , Kiza managed to find the blade and jammed the unignited blade against Remi ' s temple . She then ignited the blade through his skull , killing him . After adjusting her mask , Kiza rejoined the attack on the New Republic outpost , now fully consumed by the dark side . Personality and traits . Kiza endured poverty and humiliation during her childhood . This fueled her anger and hatred . Despite not being Force - sensitive , Kiza experienced Force visions of the Sith . Kiza later joined a dark side sect called the Acolytes of the Beyond , who revered the Sith . As an Acolyte , Kiza learned to channel her hatred and anger . Her initial contributions to the group included tagging walls with the Vader mask sigil and the message " VADER LIVES . " As she rose through the ranks , Kiza took part in killing enemies of the Acolytes including peace officers . As a Pantoran , Kiza was regarded as attractive by humans like Erno . Following the Coronet City revolution , Kiza was chosen by fallen Sith spectres to bear the mask of Viceroy Exim Panshard and Remi ' s stolen lightsaber . Giving in completely to the dark side , she slew numerous New Republic personnel . When Remi tried to reclaim his blade , Kiza slew him in a fit of rage and hatred . Behind the scenes . Kiza first appeared as a tertiary character in Chuck Wendig ' s 2016 novel " " . She was given a brief point - of - view chapter in the novel ' s 2017 sequel " " .