Elli Stark Elli Stark was a female Human , the daughter of Arris Rossum and a man other than her husband . Arris was married to Iaco Stark and Stark raised her as his daughter , with Elli not knowing the truth of her parentage . Iaclyn Stark was her half - brother . Biography . Elli Stark was the daughter of Arris Rossum and Iaco Stark , though he was not her biological father . Her mother was having an extramarital affair at the time of her conception . Elli grew up in the shadow of her brother , Iaclyn Stark , who was their father ' s favorite . Nevertheless , they both got along very well during their childhood until they were forced to be separated in the later years . After her father was presumed to be killed in 5 BBY , Elli and her stepmother , Dah ' lis , had a small portion of the inheritance while Iaclyn took the majority . He planned to have his sister marry a influential and wealthy suitor , which she refused to do . In 3 BBY , she met a secret Imperial Agent named Jahan Cross at a ceremony at the Imperial embassy on Etti IV . Cross noticed she was being harassed by a man named Verpel so he introduced himself as her fiancé which caused the man to leave . Elli was appreciative for Cross ' s assistance and talked to him about her family and situation . When she saw her brother coming over , she excused herself and went back to her quarters at the Stark Compound . Cross later returned to the Compound with Dah ' lis and was present when she was murdered . As he was being escorted away by Espos , he came across Elli in the hallway . He attempted to talk to Stark but was assaulted by the Espos . When he retaliated and disabled his escort , Stark suggested he head to the garage to get away . Cross stole a speeder and was forced to try to escape through the house . When Myrsk attempted to shoot him down , Stark stopped him , warning him of the cost of the damages if he was successful . After faking his death to evade the pursuing Espos , Cross returned to Stark ' s bedroom in the compound and told her he didn ' t kill her stepmother . She believed him and helped him find out information about the Iron Eclipse project . Unknown to them , Iaclyn ' s droid Majordomo was observing them and reported back to his master . Iaclyn ordered the droid to kill Cross but to not injure Elli . Cross was able to destroy the droid and arranged transport on the " Millennium Falcon " to the Eclipse space station so he could further investigate . Once they boarded the freighter , Elli expressed her doubts whether the ship was even spaceworthy . Solo assured her it was ok . Once they left Etti IV , Cross and Stark retired to one of the ships cabins so she could attend to his wounds from his encounter with Majordomo . Cross revealed his history to Elli , explaining his devotion to the Empire . They then shared a kiss . Upon reaching the space station , Stark attempted to authorize their landing but was denied , causing the Falcon to be attacked by Vulture droid starfighters . Cross managed to find a landing bay and he and Stark departed the Falcon allowing it to escape and draw off the droid starfighters . She and Cross confronted Iaclyn but were subdued by droids under control of the Iron Eclipse virus . Iaclyn explained to Elli that she put herself in danger by coming to the space station . He revealed that she was not the daughter of Iaco Stark , but rather the result of an affair Arris Rossum had . Therefore , Iaco Stark felt no connection for her and would not hesitate to kill her . Iaclyn explained that his attempts to arrange a marriage were to get Elli safely away from the Starks . Elli witnessed the murder of her brother when Iaco appeared behind Iaclyn and stabbed him through the chest . Iaco greeted her and told her he owed her nothing and was going to kill her . Elli managed to grab a blaster and retreated with Cross to the exit of the room where they were confronted by a reprogrammed IN - GA . Elli was restrained by droids while Iaco watched Cross and IN - GA battle . When IN - GA left to disable the repulsorlift generators , Iaco ordered all the droids to stop here which freed Elli . She fled to the landing pad on Cross ' s orders and attempted to contact the " Millennium Falcon " for retrieval . After Cross disabled Iaco , he and Elli leapt from the sinking space station onto the top of the Falcon where they entered through the dorsal hatch . Elli made her way to the cockpit and asked to jump to hyperspace , but Solo informed here they had to clear the planet ' s gravity well first . When IN - GA contacted the Falcon and explained she was trapped on the dying space station , Elli asked if they could go back and retrieve her . Solo stated that they couldn ' t for safety reasons , but there might be a chance to rescue the droid by using the ship ' s tractor beams . When Cross rejected that plan , stating it was too dangerous , Elli tried to sentimentally persuade Cross . He responded that Inga was " simply a droid . A machine . " Once free of Reltooine , Elli and Cross retired to one of the cabins in the Falcon . She reaffirmed Cross ' s promise to get her out of the Corporate Sector and suggested that she might like to go to Coruscant and become a spy like Cross . They then shared an intimate kiss .