darth momin (momin) was a male dark lord of sith, as well as a sculptor, who was imprisoned at a young age for ideas and aspirations. he was eventually rescued by a woman named shaa, who trained him in the dark side of the force and whom he eventually killed after believing that he had become more powerful than his master. momin then built a superweapon to destroy an entire city and perished when the jedi intervened to stop him, losing control over the energy he wielded and causing his physical body to be destroyed, leaving only his mask with his consciousness inside. years later, the mask would be retrieved from the jedi archive vault by darth sidious, who gave it to his apprentice darth vader as a gift for his journey to mustafar, which vader sought to make his personal stronghold. after momin's mask killed some of his personnel, vader examined it and learned of momin's past, before letting him possess the body of a mustafarian and build his fortress for him. shortly after momin finished the build of the fortress, vader was distracted by an invasion of mustafarians, which momin took advantage of to open the door to the dark side and resurrect himself. however, after challenging vader to a duel, momin would soon meet his demise by being crashed against the wall with a giant rock. despite momin's death, his dark essence would remain in the mask for years to come and at one point the mask was located aboard the imperial yacht "imperialis", where it possessed the bodies of two thieves who attempted to rob the ship, forcing the others to abandon them and destroy the ship. darth momin appeared in the novel series "", as well as the 4th issue of "lando".