Sedriss

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Sedriss
Star Wars character

Position	Dark side adept, Military Executor
Homeworld	Unknown
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Height	1.8 meters
Affiliation	Galactic Empire, Dark Side Elite
Portrayed by	N/A

Sedriss is a fictional character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, featured in the graphic novels Dark Empire II and Empire's End. He was one of the series' supporting villains, a Dark Side Adept and Military Executor to the reborn Emperor Palpatine.

[edit] Biography

Sedriss was originally a mercenary hired by Imperial Intelligence. Imperial Intelligence had once tried to enroll him into their ranks, but it eventually condemned him to death after he killed a few of their agents. The Inquisitorius discovered that he was Force-sensitive, and halted the order. Sedriss was brought before Emperor Palpatine. By simply asking him "Would you like to kill me?", made him a deal: if Sedriss could kill him, he was free to go; but if Sedriss admitted defeat, he would have to serve the Emperor for the rest of his life. Sedriss eagerly agreed — and then immediately collapsed to the floor after Palpatine used the Force to crush his ribs. Palpatine nearly killed him, relenting only when Sedriss begged to join the Sith Lord's service. When Sedriss could stand up, he bowed before Palpatine. The Emperor sent him to Byss, where he was extensively trained in the dark side and advanced in the Imperial ranks, overseeing Byss's defense. After Palpatine's death at the Battle of Endor, Sedriss helped his master recuperate after his rebirth into a clone body.

After the Battle of Pinnacle Base, he was rewarded for his faithful service by a promotion to Military Executor (Darth Vader's former rank). Sedriss took charge of Operation Shadow Hand, and protection of the clone vats. The Emperor perished again thanks to Luke Skywalker, aboard his Eclipse-class Star Destroyer, the Eclipse. While awaiting the Emperor's rebirth, Sedriss led an assault on Balmorra, but was defeated by the new war-droids Balmorra had developed, and had to agree to a truce. This angered two of the Emperor's high ranking officials, Nefta and Saadi, who then called for his execution. Sedriss later found them destroying the remaining clones of the Emperor, and cut both down with his lightsaber. At that moment, Palpatine entered the room in another young clone body (one of the batch that had been contamimated at Carnor Jax and Sarcev Quest's behest), and Sedriss again pledged his service.

Later, Sedriss sent a droid assassin after Luke Skywalker and Kam Solusar, when they landed on the planet Ossus, but was warned by the Emperor to capture them himself. He and fellow Dark Jedi Goir attempted to defeat the planet's natives, but their armies were defeated. Goir died by Kam's hand, and Luke hurled Sedriss bhack with the Force.

Serdriss then grabbed a Ysanna native named Jem, and held her hostage against a tree. However, this "tree" was actually a stationary Jedi Master named Ood Bnar. Bnar stopped Sedriss by using the Force to gather strength from Ossus' core, while Sedriss called out power from electricity in the atmosphere. The two combatants annihilated each other.

He was replaced as Military Executor by Xecr Nist.

[edit] References

Dark Empire II, trade paperback, 1st edition, 1995. Tom Veitch, ISBN 1-56971-119-4
The Dark Side sourcebook, Wizards of the Coast, 1st printing, 2001. Bill Slavicsek, J. D. Wiker, ISBN 0-7869-1849-7
The New Essential Guide to Characters, 1st edition, 2002. Daniel Wallace, Michael Sutfin, ISBN 0-345-44900-2