Laser Flits The Laser Flits or Laserflits were a swoop gang which operated out of a bunker on the edge of Mos Espa , a city located on the Outer Rim world of Tatooine during the time of the Galactic Civil War . Dressed in distinctive purple colored clothing , the armed gang of teenagers was responsible for occasional mischief . Sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY , the Laser Flits ambushed a delivery of swoop parts . This prompted Rodian W . Wald of Wald ' s Parts to hire a spacer to attack the Laser Flits and recover the stolen parts for a customer of his , a Human named Qord D ' Baelor . History . During the time of the Galactic Civil War , a relatively new gang of swooper s began operations out of a bunker on the edge of Mos Espa , a city on the Outer Rim world of Tatooine . The gang , known as either the Laser Flits or Laserflits , shared a name with the flit , an aggressive species of flying reptiles native to the world of Lok . From their hangout in Mos Espa , the Laser Flits were known to engage in general mayhem . Sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY , the Laser Flits ambushed a delivery of swoop parts . This resulted in a considerable amount of woe for W . Wald , the Rodian proprietor of Wald ' s Parts , a Mos Espa junk shop formerly under the ownership of Watto the Toydarian . When Wald learned of the theft of his shipment , he tasked a spacer under his employ with entering the Laser Flit Hangout , and forcibly recovering all ten of the stolen swoop parts . The spacer succeeded in recovering the parts , but not without killing at least ten gang members during a violent blaster fight . Nevertheless , with the parts recovered , the delivery was finally completed when the spacer brought the shipment to Qord D ' Baelor , a Human customer who frequented the bar inside Mos Espa Starport . Members . The Laser Flits primarily comprised of teenagers , including a mix of male and female Humans , female Aqualish , and male Ishi Tib . All members of the gang wore some form of purple colored clothing , sometimes mixed with shades of blue or gray . Different styles of their clothing included tactical skinsuits worn beneath sleeveless or rugged jackets , muscle shirts worn with reinforced pants and cold weather jackets , or transport flight suits . Others wore more military - like garments , including basic camouflage pants and flex - form shirts worn beneath casual jackets with cargo pockets . Stylish dress uniform jackets worn with large pocket pants were another common dress combination . For protection , Laser Flits would often make use of padded armor boots and composite armor or Mabari armorweave gloves . The majority of the Human Laser Flit gang members sported avant - garde hairstyles , with most dyeing their hair purple . Members of the gang were armed with multiple types of blaster pistols and slugthrowers , including DL - 18 Blaster Pistol s , FWG - 5 flechette pistol s , Striker projectile pistol s , and SE - 14 blaster pistol s . Behind the scenes . The Laser Flits appeared in the 2003 video game " Star Wars Galaxies : An Empire Divided " , a massively multiplayer online role - playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts , prior to its closure on December 15 , 2011 . They were added as part of a quest titled " Wald ' s Woes " with the release of Chapter 2 : " The Talus Incident " , on August 1 , 2006 . Players who performed the quest were tasked with entering the Laser Flit Hangout and killing Laser Flit gang members until recovering ten stolen swoop parts . While W . Wald referred to the gang as " Laser Flits " with a space between the two words , there were instances within the game where the gang was referred to as " Laserflits " without the space . For example , targeting or examining members of the gang identified them " Laserflit gang members . "