Viun Gaalan

Vius Gaalan was a male Keshiri Lord of the Lost Tribe of Sith who was tall, lean, and broad of shoulders, and who was admired by others for his physical beauty. In 43 ABY he traveled to the planet Dathomir as part of a convoy of shuttles sent from Kesh to rendezvous with the Sith apprentice Vestara Khai. Khai was the sole survivor of a strike team that had been sent to the Maw to kill the Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, but emerged the sole survior following a skirmish with Skywalker and his son Ben. After fleeing from the Skywalkers to Dathomir, Khai made contact with her tribe and arranged for them to come and collect a group of Nightsisters to take back to Kesh.

A group of Nightsisters and twenty-four Rancors approached the shuttles' landing area in a meadow, expecting to be greeted exclusively by female Sith. Upon seeing Gaalan's face, their leader Dresdema ordered an attack. A dark-haired female companion of Gaalan's immediately attacked Dresdema with Force lightning, while Gaalan decapitated a Rancor with his lightsaber. Six other Sith had placed themselves behind the Nightsisters, and aided Gaalan in quickly killing every Rancor and knocking every Nightsister unconscious with Force lightning and with unarmed blows.

After the witches were shackled and brought aboard the shuttles, every shuttle save for Gaalan's departed the planet. Khai soon approached Gaalan and brought news of an additional Nightsister that she had incapacitated. He joked with Khai about her odor, and then offered the apprentice a test by asking whether she would retrieve the final captive. Khai handed him a datapad with coordinates to the Maw, where she had encountered a mysterious dark power, and left to retrieve the captive, only to be replaced by Luke and Ben Skywalker and their companion Dyon Stadd. Vaalan calmly greeted them before attacking the elder Skywalker with his lightsaber, while three of his Sith companions battled Ben and Stadd. Gaalan nearly proved a match for Skywalker, but when Ben and Stadd killed his companions, he backflipped into his shuttle, closed the hatch, and piloted the vehicle away, leaving Khai in the hands of the Skywalkers. Gaalan exerted telekinesis to counter an attempt by Skywalker to hold the shuttle in place, and fled the planet, intending to bring the captive Nightsisters to Kesh.

Appearances

 * Backlash