Viceroy Exim Panshard is a minor antagonist in the epic space opera franchise Star Wars, appearing as a minor antagonist in the 2017 novel Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire's End and as the main antagonist of the 2022 novel Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith.
Exim Panshard was a Lord of the Sith who ruled tyrannically over a planet in ancient times. His spirit was contained within an ominous mask, which allowed him to influence its wearer. Millennia after his demise, he came into conflict with Jedi Master Luke Skywalker while in pursuit of Exegol, a hidden world of the Sith in which he intended to create a new base of power.
Equipment[]
- Lightsaber: As was typical for members of the Sith Order, Exim Panshard's weapon of choice was a lightsaber. A lightsaber was a melee weapon which consisted of a handheld hilt that emitted a controlled blade of plasma when activated. Lightsaber blades were powerful enough to pierce or slice through almost everything, save for other lightsaber blades and a small selection of alloys. Lightsabers were powered by kyber crystals, a type of sentient Force-attuned crystal that were housed in the hilt. Sith traditionally performed a process called "bleeding" in which they poured the power of their dark side into their kyber crystal to corrupt it, turning it red in color. Exim Panshard's lightsaber had an unordinary sickle-shaped red blade, reminiscent of a scimitar.
