Tam Elgrin Tam Elgrin was a male Human , and the holocam operator for holodocumentarian Wolam Tser . In 27 ABY , after the Battle of Coruscant , Elgrin was stranded on the world , armed with only his camera . Elgrin took footage of post - battle Coruscant , but soon , was captured by the Yuuzhan Vong , and forced to serve as a spy and saboteur for them . The Yuuzhan Vong ordered him to plant various surveillance biot s in the New Republic garrison on Borleias and capture New Republic pilot and Jedi Jaina Solo . Specifically , he was ordered to gather information about the Starlancer Project , a New Republic project to build a superweapon that was rumored to be deadly to Yuuzhan Vong organic craft . His spying was foiled by scientist Danni Quee , who determined that he had been captured by the Yuuzhan Vong on Coruscant . Finally , when he had his chance to capture the Jedi Solo , he decided not to comply with his orders to capture her , and revealed himself as a spy . He nearly died after the Yuuzhan Vong tried to kill him for his transgression , but was saved , freed from slavery , and healed by Jedi Master Cilghal . While recovering in the medbay , he met a young boy named Dab Hantaq , who was brought to Borleias after the treasonous Senator Viqi Shesh tried to disguise him as the Jedi Anakin Solo , Jaina ' s brother . Elgrin took a liking to the boy , and allowed him to help film a documentary on daily life in the Borleias garrison . He helped defeat the Yuuzhan Vong in the Battle of Borleias by attacking a Yuuzhan Vong warrior in order to save the life of a Bothan technician , and later departed to parts unknown with Wolam Tser and his protege Hantaq . Biography . Yuuzhan Vong agent . Tam Elgrin was born in 1 ABY , and at some point he met holodocumentarian Wolam Tser . Tser took Elgrin into his employ as his holocam operator , and the two eventually journeyed to Coruscant during the Yuuzhan Vong War . When the Yuuzhan Vong invaded Coruscant , Elgrin was on the planet with Tser . Elgrin shot a hologram showing the terraforming of Coruscant , and a Yuuzhan Vong patrol in hot pursuit of him . During the latter recording , Elgrin was alone in the lower levels of Coruscant when he was noticed by a Yuuzhan Vong patrol , which began pursuit . However , Elgrin tripped and fell , and was subsequently captured and forced into slavery by the Yuuzhan Vong . The Yuuzhan Vong also gave him a villip communications device , which Elgrin later claimed was a souvenir from the planet Corellia , along with several other collections of insects and bugs for him to use in his espionage missions for them . Elgrin ' s loyalty to the Yuuzhan Vong was insured by a form of conditioning they gave him that inflicted severe headaches upon him if he failed to do his utmost to aid the Yuuzhan Vong . After the escape from Coruscant , Elgrin and Tser went to the recently reclaimed New Republic garrison on Borleias , where his holorecording was watched by Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and several other New Republic officers at the New Republic garrison . However , little did Skywalker , Tser , and the others stationed on Borleias know that Elgrin was also spying for the Yuuzhan Vong . To hide his forced allegiance to the extragalactic invaders , Elgrin gave the explanation that he was with a group of refugees on Coruscant during the recording of the pursuit , but after encountering the Vong , switched off his holocam and escaped . Elgrin later protested to Yuuzhan Vong warrior Denua Ku and New Republic traitor Viqi Shesh , via his villip , that he was not in a position to discover any secrets about the Starlancer Project , a plan to create a superweapon derived from Yuuzhan Vong lambent crystal biotechnology , which he was ordered to uncover . Shesh viewed his claims dubiously and ordered him to become friendly with New Republic scientist Danni Quee , to gain the trust of those around him , and then sabotage the Borleias fortress from within . To accomplish this , he was told to plant recording devices in machines that would be placed in critical locations and leave false evidence implicating other people within the Borleias command structure , in an attempt to confound the New Republic Intelligence staff on Borleias . Soon , Quee closely reviewed Elgrin ' s tape of post - Battle Coruscant , noticing several inconsistencies with the tape and Elgrin ' s story , particularly the fact that no other Humans were visible or audible in the tape . Her viewing of the tape revealed to her the fact that Elgrin had fabricated his story all along . During the Battle of Borleias , Elgrin was assigned by his Yuuzhan Vong masters to plant a tracking bug on Jedi and Rogue Squadron pilot Jaina Solo ' s X - wing starfighter . The bug involved a Yuuzhan Vong plot to capture Solo , whom the Yuuzhan Vong believed was an avatar of their Trickster goddess . However , Solo eluded the initial Yuuzhan Vong attempt to capture her , with the aid of her wingmen Kyp Durron and Jagged Fel . Forty - seven days after the Yuuzhan Vong occupation of Borleias , Elgrin sneaked into Danni Quee ' s office , hoping to acquire secrets regarding the Starlancer Project while Quee slept . Elgrin , after reading and recording information off the screens in her room , saw Quee , an enemy of the Yuuzhan Vong , asleep and defenseless . Elgrin considered taking the initiative and killing her to placate his Yuuzhan Vong masters . By placing a razor bug , which he had in his possession , on her body , he knew he could kill her . However , Elgrin had second thoughts about murdering the woman and turned away , leaving her room in a great pain due to his refusal to kill the scientist . Unbeknownst to him , Quee was feigning sleep the whole time , confirming her suspicions that Elgrin was collaborating with the Yuuzhan Vong . Later , after his incident in Quee ' s room , Elgrin encountered Jaina Solo , the very person that he was assigned to capture . By then , Elgrin was suffering great pain from his conditioning , was unable to walk correctly , and was bleeding from his nose . Elgrin confessed to Solo that he was a spy , and that he was assigned to capture her . Elgrin also told her that he had planted the tracking bug on her X - wing , but he had removed it . Elgrin thought that Solo did not believe him , thinking that he was likely just another shell - shocked refugee . Before Solo left for her X - wing , she summoned medical personnel to help him . They were able to save him , though Elgrin had prepared a datacard with instructions and confessions in the event of his death , as he collapsed shortly after his conversation with Solo . A freed man . While in medical care , Elgrin was healed by Jedi Master Cilghal . Cilghal was able to dull the effects of the Yuuzhan Vong conditioning , using a helmet - like apparatus that would interfere electronically with the pain receptors in Elgrin ' s brain , reducing or eliminating the pain . Also , Cilghal informed him that New Republic General Wedge Antilles , who was in charge of the Borleias garrison , would not punish him for his spying ; in fact , Antilles would commend him . While in medical care , Elgrin met a young boy named Dab Hantaq , who , like Elgrin , had been used by the Yuuzhan Vong in one of their plots . Hantaq resembled the late Anakin Solo and was taken by Yuuzhan Vong collaborator Viqi Shesh , who planned to take them to the Solo family , distracting them , and allowing Shesh to capitalize on their diverted attention in order to kidnap Luke Skywalker ' s baby son Ben . Hantaq had fallen under the care of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo , and was residing at the Borleias garrison . Elgrin took a liking to the boy and even allowed Hantaq to experience a day as a holocam operator for Wolam Tser , taking him with him on one of Tser ' s recording sessions . Hantaq and Elgrin went to Tser , and he assigned them to chronicle the daily lives of the defenders of Borleias . While Elgrin and Tser reviewed the footage , they noticed something out of place : a strange reflective light above the doorway of one of the biotics building ' s basement hallways . Investigating the scene , Elgrin discovered a Yuuzhan Vong device there , and found a Yuuzhan Vong tunnel below . He descended into it despite Tser ' s objections , and saw a Yuuzhan Vong spy and a Bothan prisoner . Leaving his holocam in the tunnel and activating it as a distraction , Elgrin was able to free the Bothan , but the Yuuzhan Vong warrior destroyed the holocam and returned . Elgrin then tried to attack the warrior with a vibroblade , but the Yuuzhan Vong defeated him in melee combat . However , after Elgrin was disarmed , the warrior was shot and killed by Iella Wessiri Antilles and a team of security officers , who had been summoned by Tser . Elgrin passed out , and woke up once more in a medical care bed . Iella Wessiri Antilles informed him that by stopping the Yuuzhan Vong in the tunnel , he prevented the spy from getting away with critical information . Elgrin then realized that the Starlancer Project was fake and nothing more than something to fool the Yuuzhan Vong . He later left Borleias in a private yacht with Wolam Tser , wishing to stay away from the Yuuzhan Vong forever . Along with the two journalists was young Hantaq , who willingly accompanied Elgrin after the man spoke to his temporary guardians , the Solos , and obtained their permission to look after the boy . Personality and traits . Elgrin was an awkward man , which resulted in his enslavement by the Yuuzhan Vong after he stumbled while fleeing Yuuzhan Vong warriors on Coruscant . Initially , Elgrin was too frightened to oppose the Yuuzhan Vong , though he was opposed to their objectives . However , despite his conditioning , he was rebellious enough to oppose his Yuuzhan Vong masters . When he did have a chance at capturing Jaina Solo , he finally refused to follow his orders and confessed his duplicity at considerable personal cost . His disobedience of his orders nearly cost him his life , but he was tough enough to return to holofilming a short time later , after being freed from the grip of the Yuuzhan Vong . Elgrin was very uncomfortable around crowds and women he found beautiful , such as Danni Quee , who he was enamored with , but his feelings for her were unrequited . His employer , Tser , would often try to set Elgrin up with women , but to no avail , because Elgrin did not want to be viewed as shallow . Elgrin was troubled by his self - fabricated reputation as a traitor , and his lack of material possessions or wealth , as his savings and possessions were located on the now - decimated Coruscant . According to Tser , Elgrin ' s failing was that he did not seize the initiative or act on opportunities given to him , such as going out for a night of fun with people his own age , and that Elgrin ' s reputation as a " traitor " was completely untrue . However , Elgrin still allowed it to eat at him , particularly when others expressed a low opinion of him for having served the Yuuzhan Vong . Tser also stated that Elgrin was capable of confronting and dealing with significant challenges quietly and in his own way , noting how Elgrin overcame Yuuzhan Vong conditioning . Once Elgrin met the young orphan Dab Hantaq , he took a liking to the precocious child , and he allowed him to accompany him on filming tasks , along with teaching the boy to use a holocamera . However , Elgrin , concerned for the boy , maintained that the young Hantaq did not belong in the perilous Borleias situation . Elgrin would later boldly attack a Yuuzhan Vong spy in an underground tunnel over Tser ' s objections , and saved the Borleias facility from a security breach . After the ordeal in the tunnel and towards the end of his stay on Borleias , he grew weary of being involved with the ongoing war with the Yuuzhan Vong . Having endured Yuuzhan Vong slavery , he just wished to get away from the Yuuzhan Vong , and left Borleias with Tser and Hantaq . Behind the scenes . The character of Tam Elgrin first appeared in the Enemy Lines Duology by author Aaron Allston for series . So far , those two books are his only appearances in " Star Wars " canon .