Pfilbee Jhorn Pfilbee Jhorn was a sergeant in the Imperial Navy who served as the records officer for Emperor Palpatine ' s second expedition to the forest moon of Endor . Unhappy with the superficial reports of the initial survey , the Emperor sent Jhorn and nine others to the moon in an attempt to learn more about it before the construction of the shield generator for the second Death Star . Jhorn had filed many memos stating he was unfit for the job , but they never reached their intended recipients , and he was sent on the trek regardless . This , coupled with his Humanocentric nature , made for a very bitter report . The expedition , despite the lack of suitable equipment , proved a great success , with several new intelligent species being discovered , including the Teeks , Goraxes , Yuzzum and Sanyassan s . This was , however , at the cost of six of the members ' lives . After the expedition , Jhorn was assigned to several backwater worlds , eventually taking up the role of custodian in Fort Bestine on Tatooine . There , he was given the duty of exterminating the local vermin , a job which he detested . In 1 ABY , he met with a spacer , and had the individual perform several exterminating jobs . Biography . Expedition to Endor . Arrival . Jhorn was a sergeant in the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War , and several years before the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , he was chosen to be the records officer for the Empire ' s second expedition to the forest moon of Endor , despite his lack of qualifications . The first expedition had been sent in order to learn about Endor , where Emperor Palpatine planned to build the shield generator for his second Death Star , though the Emperor was displeased with the initial survey and its extreme lack of detail . He commissioned a second team , led by Jhorn , to travel to Endor , though kept the purpose of their expedition from them . Jhorn , however , did not want a job studying what he saw as a primitive world , and sent several memos to the Empire insisting he was unsuitable and unqualified to carry out the work . The memos , however , were misfiled , and never reached the sergeant ' s superiors . This , coupled with his Humanocentrism , explained the bitterness of his report . Although it was a relatively important excursion , the Empire left Jhorn and his team — made up of Pfilbee , three other Imperial Naval personnel and five escort stormtroopers — few resources , and from the start the mission was destined to be at the very least uncomfortable for the scouts . As Endor was extremely remote , the ships they traveled on had to perform several complex hyperspace maneuvers , though Jhorn was quick to display his authority , and began ordering around the captains of the Imperial ships they stayed on . One captain replied angrily to Jhorn ' s orders , though the Imperial sergeant left the captain ' s name and service number in his report , hoping someone would take disciplinary action against the man who questioned him . They eventually arrived on Endor , though the equipment they were left with appalled Jhorn . The expeditionary team was tasked with traveling and reporting on the whole moon in four damaged two - seater All Terrain Scout Transports , while Jhorn commented that their food rations were likely leftovers from the Clone Wars of over a dozen years earlier . Despite being so poorly equipped , Jhorn and his team continued with their survey — the sergeant had sworn to duty , and was not one to disobey an order . Eventually , Jhorn ' s team got their AT - STs up and running , though he himself did no work , remarking that he was sent to Endor only to observe . Survey . The team began to journey through the forests of Endor , though their transports had difficultly navigating the undergrowth , and they had to stop and make repairs many times . Their repair kits were next to useless , so the squad had to use stones to bang things back into shape in several cases . Jhorn held an immediate dislike of the world and , despite their poor rations , did not bother to check if any of the game was edible , preferring to eat his tasteless military rations over stringy rodent meat . The first new life - form they encountered was the tempter , named as such due to its habit of hiding in hollow tree stumps and using its furry tongue as a decoy . The first injury to the team was caused by a tempter , who bit the hand of one the scouts , making him next to useless for Jhorn ' s purposes . They saw to their injured comrade , though not before killing and dissecting the creature responsible . The next , and most prominent , species they encountered was the Ewoks , small furry beings who lived in great wooden villages built among the trees . Jhorn particularly despised the Ewoks , though one of his fellow scouts was fascinated by the species and their cultures , and wrote a detailed and praising report on them , which sickened the squad leader ; Jhorn reprimanded the man severely for his " time wasting . " Knowing it would be of some use to the Emperor , Jhorn included it in his report , though he altered it slightly to give it a far less positive view on the Ewoks . Jhorn found the Ewoks laughable and pathetic , and noted that it would be entertaining to watch a skirmish — and subsequent Ewok slaughter — between the furry creatures and the army of the Empire . Jhorn told Palpatine that he had nothing to fear from the Ewoks , and felt that their primitive weapons would barely scratch the armor of Imperial stormtroopers . They eventually left the Ewok villages and continued traveling , though they met a species of creature that Jhorn detested even more than the Ewoks — Teeks , small rodent beings with the ability to run extremely quickly . The Teeks had a fondness of various shiny trinkets and tokens , which they stole from animal nests and Ewok villages , though Teeks always returned something that they felt was of similar value . They had a peculiar sense of value , however , and the owners of their stolen objects were usually left disgruntled . They raided Jhorn ' s camp one evening , replacing the Imperials ' sophisticated scanners and tools with dried seedpots and polished beetle shells , to the Imperial sergeant ' s fury . Jhorn attempted to shoot one of the creatures for examination , though due to their immense speed , the Teeks were able to evade the shots , and fled . Departure . The team continued their search , though their vehicles became less and less reliable , and when all four ceased functioning simultaneously , Jhorn ordered his team to leave them behind — they would continue their trek on foot . Sick of the forest , Jhorn traveled to the barren Yawari Cliffs , where they discovered another native of the moon , great beasts called condor dragons , who inhabited the caves of the cliff - face . Jhorn encountered one , though the squad ' s stormtroopers managed to stun it , and Jhorn included a detailed description of the animal ' s anatomy in his official report . Another of the species missed by the initial survey was the Goraxes , huge behemoths who frequented the Desert of Salma . Predators , the Goraxes hunted Ewoks and other forest - dwellers , which greatly impressed Sergeant Jhorn . His feelings toward the creatures changed , however , when a Gorax captured their entire party during the night , taking them to its cave dwelling . Interested in the shiny white armor of the five Imperial stormtroopers , the Gorax killed each of its new " pets " attempting to break away this outer shell . Jhorn , as well as the three remaining party members , managed to escape from his cage in the catacombs and flee to the network of caverns on the cliff - side . As the few remaining team - members exited , they encountered a massive rearing spider , though it was in no mood to battle , and they escaped , putting great distance between themselves and the carnivorous beasts . With no real protection , Jhorn decided to trek less deadly areas , and encountered several more previously unknown species , including the sentient Yuzzum , another furry species for whom Jhorn held a great dislike . The Yuzzum were unable to properly communicate with other species , so Jhorn and his men ignored them , and within days the herds of Yuzzum had stopped plaguing the Imperial sergeant . Eventually , with their expedition nearing a close , Jhorn and his men encountered the first life - forms that he could relate with — the uncouth Sanyassan marauders who resided in a massive castle situated in the center of a large plain . There were several hundred Sanyassans living on Endor ; fierce warriors , Jhorn suggested a possible alliance between them and the Empire in his report . The team received a hostile welcome from the Sanyassans , led by King Terak , and one of their number was tortured to death in Terak ' s dungeons . Charal , a Dathomiri Nightsister who had been stranded on Endor with the Marauders , helped the team to escape , as long as they promised to take her with them . Terak soon learned of her treachery and imprisoned her , before sending his troops in pursuit of the team . Completely weaponless , the three remaining members eventually reached the Imperial retrieval ship , which scared away the Marauders by firing a few shots at them . With his report complete , Jhorn hoped never to have to return to the forest moon again . Later life . Jhorn ' s report eventually reached Palpatine , and several years after the expedition , the Empire built a shield generator there for the second Death Star . It was unknown what sort of impact the report had on Palpatine ' s preparations , though the Imperial garrison on Endor paid little heed to the native wildlife — something Jhorn advised them to do . However , after delivering the report , Jhorn ' s career went steeply downhill . Palpatine , though pleased with the thoroughness of Jhorn ' s report in comparison to its predecessor , did not overlook its bitter , resentful tone . Soon after leaving Endor for good , Jhorn was transferred to a lengthy term of manning the solar focusing mirrors in orbit around Coruscant , before being once again relocated to the planet Tatooine , where he served as a custodian in Fort Bestine . Jhorn hated the fact he had been demoted , and would vent his rage at it to anyone who would listen , though he made sure to ignore any Rebel Alliance sympathizers who stumbled upon the fort . In 1 ABY , an Imperial - aligned spacer visited the fort looking for work — Jhorn told the individual of his troubles , and eventually offered to pay the spacer handsomely in exchange for the removal of the womp rats which lived in and around the fort . The spacer performed well , and Jhorn paid the individual 2 , 000 credits . Impressed with how the spacer ridded him of the rats , Jhorn tasked the spacer with killing a pack of mynocks at their lair , which was several hundred meters away from the fort . The spacer once again exceeded the custodian ' s expectations , and was paid 3 , 000 credits by Pfilbee . Jhorn then had the spacer take out several dragonet s , which had been rooting in the trash compactors and annoying the garrison stationed at Fort Bestine . When the spacer returned , Jhorn transferred 4 , 000 credits to the being ' s account , thinking of the terror the dragonets might have caused if he let them loose in an Ewok village . The spacer had performed well , so Jhorn had the individual perform one final task . A group of dune lizards had killed an Imperial officer in the desert , and Jhorn was given the responsibility of having them exterminated . When the spacer returned successful , Jhorn had no money left to pay the being , but made do with a painting of Endor which he had kept since the expedition . Like practically every aspect of the forest moon , Jhorn hated the painting , and was glad to be rid of it . The Empire ' s operations on Endor proved to be a debacle , with the Ewoks — which Jhorn , as well as the leading officers of the expedition sent before him , felt would stand no chance against the stormtroopers — aiding the Rebel Alliance on the surface , while the " Millennium Falcon " , piloted by Lando Calrissian , destroyed the Death Star in space . Jhorn ' s report was the only detailed analysis of Endor ' s inhabitants for some years even after the moon became well known ; in 12 ABY , Professor Mankuskett of the University of Sanbra conducted another , more detailed study , discovering intelligent species such as the Phlog s , Duloks and Jinda s , all of whom Jhorn and his underlings had missed . Personality and traits . Pfilbee Jhorn was a bitter man , and resented the majority of his surroundings and superiors , at both the height of his career and during his lonely time in Fort Bestine . He complained at having to perform tasks during his stay on Endor , and left most of the work to his crew , yet during his later years on Tatooine he moaned about having nothing to do . Jhorn also made many sarcastic comments in his report on Endor — he hinted many times at the ineptitude of the Empire , and did not hide his anger at being kept out of the loop about the reasons behind the expedition . Yet Jhorn was still fiercely loyal to the Empire , and despite feeling he did not hold sufficient qualifications , he performed his duty . Although the report was riddled with negative comments directed towards the Empire and how it operated , Jhorn put great work into it , and did his best to include a broad description of the moon , despite the difficulties of not knowing what purpose his superiors had with it . His efforts were not rewarded , however , and he was assigned a series of unpleasant roles after the expedition . Jhorn was extremely Humanocentric , and detested any form of alien species , particularly unintelligent creatures . He expressed his pleasure in the idea of Ewoks being massacred by Imperial stormtroopers , and wanted to let various breeds of carnivores loose on the tree dwellers . Most peaceful species sickened the Imperial man , though he was impressed by many of the moon ' s predators , including the Goraxes , condor dragons , and the stranded Sanyassan marauders . Jhorn cared little for any species ' culture or way of living , preferring to dissect them and study their anatomy . Although Jhorn told everyone he hated his days on Endor , he was in truth nostalgic for them , and missed the planet during his service on Tatooine . Behind the scenes . Pfilbee Jhorn was created by " Star Wars " author Kevin J . Anderson for " The Illustrated Star Wars Universe " , where he acted as the in - universe author of the Endor chapter . Before the release of " The Illustrated Star Wars Universe " , Jhorn was indirectly referenced in an interview with Anderson for the " Star Wars Insider 26 " article " The Write Stuff " . Jhorn later reappeared in " Star Wars Galaxies " , the " Official Star Wars Fact File " , " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , and " Galactic Hunters " , part of the " Star Wars Galaxies " Trading Card Game . He is also indirectly mentioned as the leader of the Endor expedition in the article " Castaways of Endor " . He is erroneously referred to as Phibee Jhorn several times in " Star Wars Galaxies " .