Hantor Loftus Captain Hantor Loftus was a Human male from the planet Tatooine who lived in Mos Entha during the Galactic Civil War . He operated as a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic , with significant interactions with smugglers sympathetic to the Alliance . In the period following the Battle of Yavin , Loftus was responsible for derailing Project Lasercutter , an Inquisitorius - led initiative aimed at capturing Rebel - aligned smugglers . Captain Loftus later joined the New Republic Intelligence Service , still based on Tatooine . In 12 ABY , Loftus led a recovery and incarceration team to recover survivors from a raid by New Republic agent Kyle Katarn on an Imperial Remnant recruiting base on the planet . Loftus reported directly to N . R . I . official Mon Mothma on the outcome of the mission , requesting that Katarn stay out of future N . R . I . intelligence - gathering missions due to his aggressive techniques . Biography . Rebel Alliance . Hantor Loftus was a Human male and a resident of the desert planet Tatooine , located in the Arkanis sector of the Outer Rim Territories . At some point after the Battle of Yavin , during the Galactic Civil War , Loftus was an agent for the Alliance to Restore the Republic , holding the rank of captain . He became aware of an Imperial initiative named Project Lasercutter , which aimed to capture smugglers sympathetic to the Rebel Alliance in order to undermine Rebel supply lines . Setting up a temporary base of operations in a hotel complex in the settlement of Mos Entha , Loftus ordered a number of missions designed to foil this project . Initially , he recruited a spacer to intercept and kill an Imperial agent targeting a smuggler on Tatooine . Shortly afterward , Loftus received word that the Imperials were targeting Jaxa Lian , one of his most reliable smugglers . Enlisting the spacer a second time , Loftus paid for Lian to be escorted back to his base of operations . With the safe return of Lian , Loftus focused on uncovering the source of the Empire ' s accurate information . Eventually , Loftus discovered a spy placed in the Alliance recruiting program , a native of Naboo known as Lidek Baws . Baws was to meet his Imperial overseers out in the desert , prompting Loftus to send the spacer after him . The spacer directly confronted Baws and killed him and the other Imperials . Until then , Loftus had believed the Imperial Security Bureau was responsible for Project Lasercutter ; however , he then discovered that it was actually directed by members of the Inquisitorius , a top - secret division of Imperial Intelligence . Loftus knew that if they could kill the Project ' s lead Inquisitor , the loss would set Project Lasercutter back by months , if not permanently derailing it . Therefore , he sent the spacer on another mission to kill the lead Inquisitor , after warning the spacer that the Inquisitors were deadly opponents and rumored to be able to use the Force . With these warnings in mind , the spacer was able to kill the Inquisitor . New Republic . After the Rebel Alliance transitioned into the New Republic , Loftus became a member of the New Republic Intelligence Service , the successor to earlier Rebel spy networks and the Senate Planetary Intelligence Network . By 12 ABY , Loftus held the rank of captain in this service . That year , New Republic agent Kyle Katarn raided an Imperial Remnant headquarters on Tatooine , which had been recruiting from amongst the populace . Katarn routed the Imperials and also killed the ringleader , who claimed to be " Reborn . " Loftus liaised with the recovery and incarceration team sent to Tatooine as a follow up to Katarn ' s mission ; however , they discovered only one Imperial survivor , who was left terrified from the encounter with Katarn . Loftus sent the prisoner on to Coruscant for furthering interrogation , along with a preliminary report on the mission that was directed to Mon Mothma , a former New Republic Chief of State now working for N . R . I . In the report , Loftus requested that Katarn be sent on no more " intelligence - gathering missions , " criticizing what he saw as an overzealous approach . Personality and traits . Captain Hantor Loftus was a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic , a revolutionary organization aimed at overthrowing the Galactic Empire . In this capacity , Loftus organized a number of missions aimed at killing Imperial personnel . He continued in service under the New Republic with the same rank . On at least one occasion , he reported directly to Mon Mothma , a highly - placed official within New Republic Intelligence . In this situation , Loftus was prepared to " humbly request " that agent Kyle Katarn cease working on intelligence - gathering missions , knowing that the recommendation might overstep professional bounds . Loftus had light skin , brown hair , and brown eyes . Equipment . By the time he was operating in Mos Entha , Hantor Loftus had acquired pirate weapons for his personal use . Behind the scenes . Loftus was first named in the " N . R . I . Reports " , a series of weekly in - universe updates published on the LucasArts website in the build - up to the release of the 2002 video game " " . These reports were later included in the README file of the computer game . Loftus later made an appearance as a in the MMORPG " Star Wars Galaxies " , produced by Sony Online Entertainment . Known as Captain Loftus in the game and in associated Prima Games strategy guides , he was also given the first name Hantor in the game itself . In " Star Wars Galaxies " , Loftus gave out four quests to player - characters , staging from Mos Entha . He was removed from the game following the New Game Enhancements made in 2005 . In " " , Loftus ' statistics listed him as a level 10 NPC , with 356 experience points .