Cholly Cholly was a thief and friend of Weez and Tup . Biography . Early life . Cholly was a humanoid male who lived on the planet Simpla - 12 and — along with his associates Weez and Tup — was a friend of Ren S ' orn . Around 44 BBY , S ' orn — who was Force - sensitive — told the trio that he had been contacted by scientist Jenna Zan Arbor , who had asked him to participate in an experiment involving the Force . Cholly , Weez , and Tup all told him that it was a great idea , but they were wrong ; Zan Arbor had S ' orn killed shortly thereafter . Soon afterward , the three friends approached Ren ' s mother , Senator Uta S ' orn of Belasco , and asked for his personal belongings , claiming it was because they had been best friends . However , before he had been killed , Ren had told them that the laboratory that he had been in for the experiment had contained large stockpiles of various medicines . The real reason they wanted Ren ' s possessions was so that they could steal the medicines , since they knew that Ren had put the location of the lab somewhere in his belongings . The senator refused the request , though , saying that they were all that was left of her son . Meeting the Jedi . In 43 BBY , the threesome was kicked out of the 12 Tavern on Simpla - 12 after Tup called someone ' s mother a Kowakian monkey - lizard . Outside , they found Astri Oddo and Jedi Padawan Obi - Wan Kenobi waiting for them . The two were attempting to locate Kenobi ' s Master , Qui - Gon Jinn , who had been kidnapped by bounty hunter Ona Nobis , and believed that information regarding Ren S ' orn ' s last days could be key to finding Jinn , as well as the medicine needed to treat Astri ' s father , Didi Oddo , who had been shot by Nobis . The trio informed them of the experiment and suggested to them that perhaps Tino — Ren ' s former roommate — might know more . Later , Cholly , Weez , and Tup traveled to Coruscant , figuring that Astri and Kenobi would request Ren ' s belongings from his mother in an attempt to find the lab . The three associates trailed them to Didi ' s Café , a restaurant owned by Didi . Cholly looked through the kitchen window but was caught by surprise when Kenobi — believing him to be Ona Nobis — leaped out a second - floor window to attack him . Screaming , Cholly tried to move out of the way , but the Jedi recognized Cholly in mid - air and adjusted as well . As a result , Kenobi partially landed on top of Cholly . Astri came out the kitchen window ready to attack , but immediately recognized Cholly and his cohorts — who were nearby — and demanded to know why they were on Coruscant . After a brief argument , the three informed them about Ren ' s property — which Astri and Kenobi had indeed obtained from his mother — and told them that the location of the laboratory was in Ren ' s belongings . Cholly offered to help search his things for the lab ' s address , saying that they might be able to notice a clue that Astri and Kenobi might miss since they knew Ren better . The Jedi and his companion accepted the offer , and they went inside . Once in the building , Kenobi showed the trio Ren ' s property . After looking through them , they recognized that although the deck of sabacc cards included in the belongings was marked , the marks didn ' t make sense for cheating at sabacc . Recognizing that the marks were a code , Cholly arranged the marked cards in order and , on a durasheet , wrote out what they stood for : " L1Q2BU3SP12 " . After a short discussion , Kenobi recognized that the " SP12 " at the end was the astrogation shorthand for Simpla - 12 and decoded the rest as an address on that planet . The Jedi decided that he needed to return to Simpla - 12 , and Cholly , Weez , and Tup — along with Astri — followed him . Rescuing Qui - Gon Jinn . Back on Simpla - 12 , Kenobi sent the trio to obtain a disguise for Astri . After doing so , they met Kenobi and Astri near the address that the Jedi had decoded from the sabacc cards , which Kenobi felt was indeed Zan Arbor ' s lab . The Padawan ' s plan was to infiltrate the lab by pretending to be the prisoner of Astri , who would be disguised as Nobis . The potential flaw in the plan , however , was if the real Ona Nobis showed up . To that end , Kenobi asked Cholly , Weez , and Tup to watch for the bounty hunter and to try to keep her out of the building if she did show up . The trio was also given contact information for the Jedi Temple and was asked to contact the Temple and have additional Jedi sent to Simpla - 12 if neither one was out of the building in ten minutes ; they agreed to do so . Shortly after Astri and Kenobi entered the lab , the real Nobis did indeed show up . The trio failed to keep her out , but followed her when she exited the building . They trailed her to her ship and watched her leave the planet . Also , they contacted the Temple for reinforcements as requested when Kenobi and Astri were slow to come out . Soon afterward , the threesome got a job selling assassin droids to Zan Arbor . The Jedi reinforcement team — consisting of Jedi Master Adi Gallia and her Padawan , Siri Tachi — learned of this and — together with Kenobi , who had been unable to release his Master — approached them , proposing that the Jedi be allowed to hide in the droid shipment in order to infiltrate Zan Arbor ' s lab . Initially , they didn ' t want to do it , feeling that it would be too dangerous for them , but Kenobi talked the trio into letting the three Jedi conceal themselves in the shipment . The threesome had only a gravsled for transport , but had fitted it with a secret smuggling compartment which Gallia and the two Padawans were able to squeeze into , albeit with some difficulty . The location of the compartment , however , meant that the droids would have to be unloaded before the Jedi could get out , so Gallia asked them to try to prevent Zan Arbor from activating the droids so that they would not have to fight them . Cholly agreed to do so , and after the droids were loaded , they headed to the lab . Inside , Cholly attempted to program the droids himself so that he could sabotage them , but Zan Arbor insisted on doing it herself before the droids were unloaded . After she did so , Cholly , Weez , and Tup began unloading the droids , arguing as they did so . Tup accidentally hid the lever that opened the secret compartment , and the Jedi were dumped onto the floor in the middle of the droids . Zan Arbor ordered the droids to attack , and — as the three Jedi began fighting the droids — Cholly , Weez , and Tup went into hiding . After the Jedi had defeated the droids and rescued Jinn , Gallia thanked the threesome , and they left the lab . Zan Arbor , however , had escaped . Tracking Ona Nobis . The trio then headed to Sorrus and met up with Astri , who was now searching for Nobis in an attempt to capture her . The group approached spacer Donny Buc and requested transport to the planet ' s Arra Desert , where Astri knew the bounty hunter had a secret hideout in a cave . Buc , however was unable to do so as he was waiting on some repairs . At Buc ' s suggestion , the group took an air taxi to the desert . Sometime after they arrived , all four were captured by Nobis , who took them to her hideout . Cholly , Weez , Tup , and Astri were all tied up by Nobis , and gags were placed in their mouths . Before leaving , the bounty hunter set a trap at the entrance to the cave — if anyone entered the cave , they would trip a lever that would cause the cave entrance to collapse after a delay , sealing the cave . Soon after , Kenobi and Tachi — who were searching for Astri after realizing that she had likely been captured by Nobis — reached the hideout . Seeing the two Jedi crawling into the cave , Cholly and Astri tried to warn them not to come in to the cave because of the trap , but were unable to do so effectively due to being gagged . Kenobi misinterpreted the warning as a plea for immediate help and moved toward them faster . Reaching Astri , he removed the gag and she immediately said , " Trap ! " , but it was too late as the cave entrance collapsed , sealing everyone inside despite Kenobi ' s effort to stop the rockslide . Meanwhile , Cholly , Weez , and Tup were untied by Tachi . An attempt by the Jedi to cut through the rocks with their lightsabers failed , and the group considered other options . Tachi came up with the idea of cutting down a couple of the metal support poles that braced the walls of the cave and trying to push them through the jumble of rocks to signal the outside . Cholly pointed out that there was nothing outside except desert , but Astri knew that a tribe of locals scavenged nearby . After a brief discussion , everyone agreed to try it . The first rod hit a large rock and snapped when Tachi tried to force it through , but the two Jedi were able to get the second pole through with the help of the Force . Several hours later , the local tribe spotted the end of the pole and dug the group out . Kenobi and Astri quickly learned from the tribe leader that Nobis was headed to the planet of Belasco . After the two Padawans discussed the situation with their Masters , they decided to head to Belasco themselves , and the rest of the group — Astri , Cholly , Weez , and Tup — followed them . On Belasco , the Jedi discovered that the planet was in the midst of a crisis — bacteria had invaded the world ' s drinking water , causing many residents to fall ill or die . Suspecting that the now - retired Senator S ' orn may be in danger from Nobis — or even be involved in the planet ' s problems — Jinn asked Cholly , Weez , and Tup — along with Astri — to watch S ' orn . Jinn figured that Nobis would stay away from the retired politician if she knew that others were watching . Knowing that S ' orn was staying in the royal palace , Cholly volunteered in the palace kitchens as cover , helping to prepare meals . After the Jedi captured Zan Arbor and S ' orn — who had in fact assisted Zan Arbor in sabotaging Belasco ' s water — and killed Nobis , Cholly , Weez , and Tup were present at the reopening of Didi ' s Café .