Lumiya is a major antagonist in the Star Wars Legends franchise, serving as the main antagonist of the Marvel Star Wars 1977 comic series and the overarching antagonist of the Crimson Empire and Star Wars Legacy series. She is a former Imperial assassin and spy turned Dark Lady of the Sith who continually resurfaces as a threat to the New Jedi Order and New Republic. She is the former lover turned archenemy of Luke Skywalker.
Her Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Her Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- Heavily implied to be the one to have switched her training lasers to real guns, causing her to kill 6 of her fellow students at the Pilot Academy.
- Murders one person who offered to buy her and her friend a drink after they graduated.
- Infiltrates the Rebel Alliance by posing as a refugee from the city of Chinshassa on the planet Shalyvane, quickly rising through the ranks and manipulating Luke who had feelings for her.
- Killed dozens of Em’ily warriors from her fake homeworld Shalyvane and due to her fake backstory, she made Luke and some rebels kill several innocent Em’ily warriors who were just defending their homeworld.
- Maneuvred her disguised TIE fighter in Luke’s line of fire which led him to destroy her fighter and seemingly kill her to frame Luke as her murderer. This led to Luke being stripped of his rank and put on trial.
- She despised Luke Skywalker for severely injuring her and causing her to be rebuilt as a cyborg which she viewed as hideous. Even though she was the one who literally wanted this to happen and brought her “tragedy” onto herself.
- Became an assassin and Emperor’s hand, faithfully serving Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine until their deaths
- Proclaimed herself Dark Lady of the Sith immediately after Darth Vader and Palpatine’s deaths and amassed a large fleet under her command. She would purposefully suppress information about how the Empire actually fell so that her henchmen would remain completely loyal to her, proving that her “loyalty” to Vader and Palpatine was self-serving and an admiration of their ideology not genuine care for them.
- She agreed to help the Nagai conquer the galaxy just to get revenge on Luke and destroy the New Republic
- She conquered the planet Herdessa and sold millions of lower-class citizens into slavery
- She rounded up all the Herdessa rebels and even captured Chief of State Mon Mothma, announcing that she would execute them all unless Leia turn herself over
- Tries to kill Leia and vows revenge on her when she gets defeated and her slave trade is dissolved
- Reorganize the Sith Order under her image while keeping the Rule of Two intact
- Confronts another former apprentice of Vader called Flint and defeats him, forcing him to become her apprentice and corrupting him even further
- Had Flint conquer the entire Phelleem sector in preparation for the Nagai invasion, resulting in the deaths of millions
- Established an underground base with her Nagai attache Den Siva.
- Massacred the entire Alliance 20-person scouting party save for one person who she tortured
- Brutally attacked Rebel agents Dani and Kiro, kidnapping the former and leaving the latter for dead by smashing his breathing helmet to draw Luke out.
- Defeated Luke Skywalker and severely injured him, capturing and imprisoning him
- Led the Second Battle of Endor to capture the Alliance’s new headquarters, killing hundreds and nearly succeeding had the Rebels not discovered the spy in their ranks.
- Once the Nagai redeemed themselves and joined the New Republic, she ended her partnership with them and joined their sworn enemies known as the Tof
- Nearly killed Nagai leader Knife and turned her wrath on Leia when Leia came to Knife’s defense
- Although she made a deal with the de facto leader of the empire, Ysanne Isard, for a fleet, it was purely pragmatic and a win-win for Lumiya, as Ysanne requested that she wipe out the entire New Republic army on the Epsilon Nine which Lumiya sadistically and gladly agreed to, killing thousands without a single casualty to her fleet.
- Corrupted former Royal Guard member Carnor Jax and made him her new apprentice after Flint’s redemption
- Used the Dark Jedi Azrakel to help her and Jax wipe out the Prophet’s of the Dark Side simply for being another dark side organization other than the Sith
- Ordered Carnor Jax to infiltrate the Empire and rise to the top and weed out any threats to her Sith Order.
- Tried to corrupt Mara Jade back into the Empire and tried to kill her when she refused.
- Sabotaged Palpatine’s cloning facilities to ensure his death and the survival of her Sith Order
- Murdered her redeemed apprentice Flint
- Retreated from the galaxy for decades after the death of Emperor Carnor Jax and the fall of his Crimson Empire.
- Infiltrated an Imperial Remnant facility on Yaga Minor to get Bafforr pollen that was lethal to the Yuuzhan Vong to make sure they din’t interfere with her plans
- Met the Jedi turned Sith named Vergere, completing her Sith training and fully becoming a Dark Lady of the Sith.
- Conspired with Vergere to corrupt a member of the New Jedi Order to become their apprentice who would overthrow the Galactic Alliance (successor to the New Republic) and rule the galaxy as a “benign” dictator.
- Once they settled on Jacen Solo, the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, as the Jedi to corrupt, she began her plans to corrupt her which were delayed when Vergere sacrificed herself to save Jacen’s life from the Yuuzhan Vong leaving her all alone to initiate the Sith plan.
- Once she realized that the best way to corrupt Jacen was to destabilize the galaxy, she incited chaos in the Galactic Alliance by sowing the seeds of secession. She drove Galactic Alliance admiral Matric Klauskin by making him hallucinate his dead wife and caused him to besiege Corellia which riled up he already secessionist leaning planet and divided the Skywalker/Solo family on political lines.
- After Klauskin’s failed siege of Corellia, she made him attack Tralus which failed disastrously and riled up Corellia and the Five Worlds confederation even more like Lumiya wanted.
- Enticed Corellia leader Thrackan Sal-Solo to give her 20 commandos to sabotage the Galactic Alliance-Five Worlds peace process and seduced the Captain of security at he talks to her side, killing him once he gave her what she wanted.
- Sabotages the peace attempt between the Galactic Alliance and the Five Worlds, killing the leader of Five Worlds, Aidel Saxan, along with dozens of security officials. The peace talks would fail and the war would soon start as Lumiya desired.
- She stole a ship and killed the pilot, taking the fake name of Brisha Syo and she lead Jacen to the planet Lorrd to begin corrupting Jacen to the dark side.
- Incite random acts of terrorism on Lorrd city, driving a man insane and having him threaten to use missiles to wipe out the most populated area of the city along with several other incidents to keep Solo on the planet
- Willingly got arrested under her disguise Brisha Syo and refused to diverge any information to Jacen, his young cousin Ben Skywalker, or the Jedi Nelani Dinn unless they travel to her home with her which they reluctantly agreed to.
- Separated Jacen from Ben and Nelani, and sent force phantoms to attack and distract those two so she could corrupt Jacen.
- Corrupted Jacen by telling him tales of supposedly benevolent Sith Lords and encouraging him to view the dark side as a tool that can be used justly. She tells him that she opposed Vader and Palpatine (although she conveniently left out the fact about serving the Empire faithfully since birth). Just as Nelani came in to stop her, Jacen fully turned to the dark side and killed Nelani, making him Lumiya’s apprentice.
- She hacked into the Galactic Alliance’s most secure databanks, discovering the plans to invade Commenor which held Five Worlds sympathies. She planned to use this to further incite the flames of conflict and manipulate both sides unbeknownst to her apprentice Jacen.
- Engineered the rise of authoritarian admiral Cha Niathal to becoming leader of the Galactic Alliance military to further erode democracy and fan the flames for conflict.
- Encouraged Jacen to court martial his own sister for refusing to fire on a civilian aircraft which Jacen did himself.
- Corrupted Solo further by telling him not to seek the approval of Ben after Ben saw Solo kill an unarmed prisoner. Instead she told Solo to do more extreme actions like that.
- Told Solo that in order to become a Sith Lord, he must kill a loved just to cause himself and family pain. This is especially evil considering Lumiya never killed a loved one or friend and yet she still was a Sith Lord.
- Spied on Jacen talking with his friend known as the World Brain
- Murdered three people who tried to stop her from spying on Jacen
- Met the unstable Dark Jedi named Alema Rar, and together they murdered Jedi master Tresina Lobi before she could reveal Jacen to the Jedi Council. Lumiya cut off Lobi’s legs before Rar beheaded her
- Convinced Rar to join her side and had her assassinate a list of Bothan ambassadors to further increase tensions between the Five Worlds and Galactic Alliance.
- Planned a trap with Rar to ensure Ben Skywalker would not go off the path of becoming Jacen’s future Sith apprentice by rigging the Roqoo Depot where Ben was to meet with his parents, Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker. Instead of Ben being at the cantina, Lumiya and Rar were there and engaged the two Jedi masters to kill them.
- Maimed and killed two civilians and promised to kill everyone else unless the Skywalker’s reveal themselves. She later used these civilians as human shields to prevent Luke Skywalker from attacking her.
- Cut off Luke Skywalker’s hand and nearly killed him
- Detonated the depot, killing dozens of civilians just to try and kill Luke and Mara
- Convinced Solo to “test” Ben’s eligibility as a Sith apprentice by hiring someone to steal a Sith artifact and have Ben recover the artifact on the notorious Sith world called Ziost.
- Disguised herself as a Hapan woman and confederate sympathizer who met with Bothan Deputy Intelligence leader Tathak T’roylan to provide them with Galactic Alliance intelligence which allowed them to bypass the GA blockade. She also told T’roylan that Jacen Solo ordered the assassination of Bothan diplomats even though she was the one who carried it out. She did all of this to agitate the situation and push for war behind Jacen’s back.
- Provided Commenor with the plan the Galactic Alliance was going to use to invade Commenor and Corellian fleet plans so Commenor and Corellia could cooperate to defeat and humiliate the Galactic Alliance.
- Brainwashed and enslaved a sleeping Quarren female to provide her with new clothes and documentation for a new disguise
- Took advantage of the now former GA admiral Matric Klauski’s insanity to convince to return to his homeworld Commenor to fight for the Five Worlds.
- She successfully instigated the Battle of Corellia which resulted in the victory of the Five Worlds which became the Confederation and the humiliation of the Galactic Alliance and the end of their blockade . This resulted in the Galactic Alliance officially declaring war on the Confederation and the beginning of the Second Galactic Civil War.
- Dueled Luke Skywalker in a resort satellite while Alema Rar dueled Leia
- Although she supposedly let go of her hatred of Luke and offered a hand to settle their differences, this was really just a distraction so Jacen could escape the satellite. Once Jacen escaped, she blew a hole in the satellite to escape and left Luke to die
- Threatened to kill Alema Rar for offering to “help” Jacen Solo
- Had Alema Rar spy on Jacen in his ship
- Brainwashed the Galactic Alliance Senate into approving Jacen’s and Cha’s amendment that effectively made them military dictators.
- Once she deemed Ben Skywalker unfit to be a true Sith apprentice, she framed the 13 year old as a Sith apprentice solely to cause him and his family pain and antagonism
- Dueled Mara Jade and tries to kill her.
- Watched over Cha Niathal after Niathal and Jacen officially overthrew Head of State Cal Omas and became the official leaders of the Galactic Alliance to ensure Niathal didn’t interfere with the Sith plan
- She was disgusted to find out Jacen had a secret lover and child, viewing love as a weakness
- Shot down Mara Jade’s starfighter to stop her from killing Jacen. Jacen would then kill his aunt, officially making the sacrifice of killing a loved one.
- Officially declared Jacen Solo to be Darth Caedus, the new Dark Lord of the Sith
- Framed herself as Mara Jade’s killer which made Luke furiously track her down and brutally murder her. With that she successfully hid Darth Caedus’ Sith allegiance and brought Luke Skywalker himself closer to the dark side.
- Responsible for all of Darth Caedus/Jacen Solo’s atrocities as a Sith apprentice and Sith Lord like establishing the fascist secret police known as the Galactic Alliance Guard, turning the Galactic Alliance into a totalitarian dictatorship, holding the Jedi academy and younglings before ordering the younglings to be massacred, killing his own aunt, torturing his 13 year old cousin, trying to kill his own parents, orchestrating the death of former Head of State Cal Omas, bombarding the Wookie planet Kashyyyk which killed thousands and destroyed the planet's forests, kidnapping and threatening to kill his own 5 year old daughter, trying to capture Centerpoint Station to use the weapon to wipe out enemy worlds, bombed Fondor to oblivion to kill millions, assassinating legendary heroic Imperial leader Gilad Pellaeon, used a nanovirus to commit a genocide on the Verpine Soldier caste, and trying go kill his own sister. Lumiya turned Jacen into the monster he became and was the one who truly incited the Second Galactic Civil War behind Jacen’s back.
- In almost all of her appearances, she is just one person and although initially had access to a fleet, it was destroyed early in her career. This makes her cross the heinous standard with flying colors.
What Prevents Her from Being Pure Evil?[]
- After being trained by Vergere, Lumiya became somewhat of an extremist. Although she did genuinely believe that a dictatorship was the best way to bring about peace in the galaxy and what she was doing is right, her reasoning is hypocritical and false as she believes the Galactic Alliance is weak and unstable even though it was at it’s most peaceful stage and she deliberately caused a war to destabilize it and turn into a totalitarian dictatorship which led to billions of deaths. That being said she did genuinely believe that and sacrificed herself for Jacen so he could fulfill “the greater good” by becoming a Sith lord (although it was her fault that Jacen killed Mara so taking the fall for it and dying is a just punishment) and there is never any indication that she did all this for her selfish gain although her sacrifice/ideology are not portrayed sympathetically.
- She did have a genuine friendship with Vergere and was unusually affable to Darth Krayt who was building a separate Sith Order that rejected the Rule of Two, sending representatives to cordially debate the Rule of Two with him.
- She does have some standards as the main reason she chose Jacen Solo to be her apprentice is because he refused to use the Centerpoint Station to commit a genocide against the Yuuzhan Vong despite the Vong being genocidal creatures themselves. That being said she has no problem committing genocide against the Prophets of the Dark Side so she seems to only have problems with certain types of genocide making it a minor prevention
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 Near Pure Evils
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