During the era of the Galactic Republic, a female Ugnaught named Korin Pers, a [scholar](/article/scholar], served as a sava at the University of Bar'leth, located in the Core Worlds. Her expertise lay in antiquities, and she authored numerous publications throughout the Republic. However, she eventually departed from the university. At one point, she collaborated with the smuggler Lando Calrissian, an endeavor that resulted in the loss of her left eye. This forced her to acquire a cybernetic replacement. Despite Calrissian's promise to compensate her for the injury at some point, she harbored a strong dislike for him.
Despite her negative feelings towards Calrissian, she consented to assist him in stealing an Imperial pleasure craft, potentially filled with antiques, for the crime lord Papa Toren. This heist, however, drew the attention of Emperor Palpatine, who was determined to prevent his yacht from falling into the wrong hands. During their adventure, Korin and her companions discovered that the Imperialis contained Sith artifacts capable of corrupting sentient beings. After being corrupted by a Sith helmet once belonging to the Sith Lord Darth Momin, Korin betrayed Calrissian, only to be killed by Aleksin, a corrupted alien warrior and a rogue member of Lando's crew.
Korin Pers, a sava at the University of Bar'leth in the Core Worlds, dedicated her time to studying antiquities and ancient cultures, including the Jedi, during the era of the Galactic Republic. Her writings were widely published throughout the Republic. Her extensive research yielded only fragments pertaining to the Sith. She encountered accounts of the Sith's connection to corruption, which she acknowledged were actively suppressed by the Jedi, potentially as anti-Sith propaganda.
Following the Great Jedi Purge and the establishment of the Galactic Empire, Pers lost her position and fell from grace when the study of the Jedi and their history became forbidden. Consequently, she sought employment with smugglers and other criminals.
Prior to the theft of the Imperialis, Pers accepted a job with Lando Calrissian that led to the loss of her left eye, which was then replaced with a cybernetic replacement. Despite Calrissian's promise to compensate her, Pers maintained a strong dislike for him.
When Lando Calrissian and his associate Lobot were tasked by crime lord Papa Toren with stealing the Imperialis, Calrissian sought Pers's assistance to identify any antiquities on board. Despite aiming a blaster at Calrissian and asserting her reluctance to work with him, Pers agreed to join Calrissian upon seeing the datapad containing information about the job. Calrissian revealed that their objective was to steal an Imperial pleasure craft filled with potentially rare and valuable antiquities. While Toren would receive the ship, the group was entitled to keep anything found inside the starship. She then assisted Calrissian, Lobot, Aleksin, and Pavol in stealing the Imperialis. The group utilized stealth suits provided by Toren to successfully infiltrate Sienar Fleet Systems Orbital Shipyard CC-24, where the ship was undergoing refitting, and steal it.
In the Castell system near Orbital Shipyard CC-24, the Imperialis came under attack by three Imperial Star Destroyers while Pers surveyed the ship. Sensing the Imperialis vibrate as its automatic defense system destroyed the gravity-based mines deployed by the Star Destroyers, Pers, Aleksin, and Pavol entered the cockpit, where Calrissian and Lobot were present. Spotting a Star Destroyer through the viewport, Pers criticized Calrissian for endangering their lives. Calrissian piloted the Imperialis away from the Star Destroyers. Once safely in deep space, Pers declared that the ship was filled with treasures, including a Gungan fertility totem. While guiding the group through the ship, Pers suggested that the Imperialis was a unique work of art, custom-built by Raith Sienar, who supposedly reserved his unique technology for favored clients. She then pointed out the central chamber, which was heavily secured. Using his implants, Lobot opened the chamber, only to be stabbed by an Imperial Royal Guard on the other side.
While Aleksin and Pavol dealt with the two Royal Guards, Pers assisted Calrissian in taking the injured Lobot to the medical bay and placing him in a bacta tank that she had discovered earlier during her survey. Pers identified the ship as belonging to Emperor Palpatine and reprimanded Calrissian for the impending doom that the smuggler had brought upon them all. After visiting the armory, Pers and Calrissian returned to assist the twins, only to find that they had killed the Royal Guards. Pers proceeded to take the helmet off one of the dead guards, revealing the guard's corrupted face. Discarding the helmet, Pers continued into the central chamber to find what the guards were protecting. In the central chamber, Pers identified the numerous antiquities as priceless Sith artifacts.
Meanwhile, Chanath Cha, a bounty hunter serving Emperor Palpatine, boarded the Imperialis in an attempt to recover the starship for the Emperor. After identifying the artifacts as creations of the Sith sculptor Darth Momin, Pers informed Calrissian that the artifacts could fetch enough credits to purchase a moon or two from the right buyer. However, the mask of Lord Momin corrupted Aleksin, who seized a red lightsaber and attacked Pavol. Calrissian and Pers escaped Aleksin and sealed off the central chamber. Reflecting on her past research into the Sith, Pers suggested that proximity to the Sith artifacts might have corrupted the Royal Guards and Aleksin. Pers decided to locate an escape pod, advising Calrissian and Lobot to do the same.
However, Chanath Cha had deactivated the escape pods. While heading to the bridge to reactivate the escape pods, Pers was captured at gunpoint by Cha and refused to disclose information about the other members of her crew. Although Calrissian failed to rescue Pers, the bounty hunter recognized Calrissian and lowered her blasters. Cha told the two that she would help them escape and proceeded to self-destruct the ship despite the pleas of Pers and Calrissian for assistance in stealing the artifacts. Once Calrissian brought up Lobot, Cha stopped inputting the self-destruct codes. Suddenly, Aleksin and Pavol appeared and provided Pers the opportunity to join their side. After being handed the helmet artifact, Pers decided to join the twins and kill the others. Aleksin then stabbed Pers through the chest with a red lightsaber.
Korin Pers was a female Ugnaught. She lost an eye and had it replaced with a cybernetic one while helping the smuggler Lando Calrissian on one of his jobs. Korin Pers was once the respected Sava at the University of Bar'leth who specialized in the study of ancient antiquities including Jedi and Sith relics. After losing her position, Pers took a job with Calrissian. She disliked Calrissian after losing her left eye during that job. Despite her hostility, she agreed to work with Calrissian after learning that he and his associates plan to steal a luxurious Imperial yacht.
Pers regarded Palpatine's luxury yacht, the Imperialis, as a work of art and believed that the ship's Sith relics would make them rich. After discovering that the Sith artifacts had corrupted the Royal Guards aboard and Aleksin and Pavol, she recommended fleeing the ship. When captured by the bounty hunter Chanath Cha, Pers refused to betray her fellow crew. Due to her academic interest in artifacts and history, Pers objected to Chanath's plan to destroy the ship. Pers was corrupted by the dark side influence inside the Sith helmet aboard the Imperialis and decided to join the twins and kill the others. However, Aleksin killed her with a red lightsaber.
Korin Pers was the respected Sava who was a reputable expert on ancient antiquities during the last decades of the Galactic Republic. After research into Jedi artifacts fell out of favor, Pers was forced to ply her skills to helping smugglers like Lando Calrissian steal artifacts in order to survive.
Korin Pers first appeared as a secondary character Star Wars: Lando, a comic book published in 2015 which was written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Alex Maleev.