Lynaliskar K ' ra Snyffulnimatta Lynaliskar K ' ra Snyffulnimatta , also known simply as Sniffles , was an Elomin male who served as the navigator on board the vessel " Uhumele " , guiding the starship alongside the pilot , Crys Taanzer . He and the rest of the crew were grounded by Imperial forces on the planet New Plympto shortly after the declaration of the New Order in 19 BBY . After the " Uhumele " took aboard two fugitives seeking to escape the Empire — the Human Dass Jennir and Nosaurian resistance fighter Bomo Greenbark — the crew put together a plan to escape with the pair ' s help , and Snyffulnimatta successfully navigated the ship off - world when the plan came to fruition . After their escape , Snyffulnimatta and the rest of the crew agreed to help Greenbark rescue his wife and daughter , who had been captured and sold into slavery . The group traveled first to the slave world of Orvax IV , where they learned of the death of Greenbark ' s wife and the location of his daughter on the planet Esseles , to which they next traveled . On Esseles , the group attacked the villa belonging to Dezono Qua , the man who had bought Greenbark ' s daughter , only to discover she too was dead . After Qua was killed , Greenbark revealed to the group that Jennir was a Jedi , and Snyffulnimatta was amongst those in the ship ' s crew who believed that having Jedi with them would be a bad idea . The group eventually agreed to continue without the Jedi . The crew of the " Uhumele " later decided to sell Dreypa ' s Oubliette , a valuable piece of cargo that they possessed . The buyer for the cargo was Haka Hai , an old acquaintance of the " Uhumele " captain , Schurk - Heren , who operated in the swamps of the world of Mimban . Upon meeting with Hai , though , the group became involved in a firefight when Hai betrayed them and attempted to steal the cargo . One of Hai ' s men then betrayed him in an attempt to claim the Oubliette . During the fight , Snyffulnimatta was killed while trying to save Taanzer , jumping between her and an incoming blaster bolt . Biography . Trapped on New Plympto . By the year 19 BBY , the Elomin male Lynaliskar K ' ra Snyffulnimatta had come to serve as the navigator on board the Maka - Eekai L4000 transport " Uhumele " . On the vessel , he served under the Yarkora Captain Schurk - Heren beside the Human Crys Taanzer , who piloted the ship and gave the Elomin the nickname " Sniffles . " Snyffulnimatta and Taanzer worked together to keep the ship on time during its regular transport runs . One month after the Declaration of a New Order — the political regime of the newly formed Galactic Empire — the " Uhumele " and its crew were visiting the planet New Plympto , landing their ship in a spaceport built in an area known as Cadgel Meadows . While the vessel was in the spaceport , all ships present were grounded by Imperial forces stationed in the area , who were engaged in a conflict with the native Nosaurian population . Schurk - Heren ' s crew wished to avoid Imperials searching their ship at all costs , but while trapped , Snyffulnimatta and the rest of the crew came to mistrust the crew of another grounded ship , the " Valance " , whom the navigator believed would inform the Imperials if any other ship attempted to leave Cadgel Meadows . One night during the grounding , the " Uhumele " was boarded by a pair of survivors from the New Plympto resistance who had escaped from a recent battle in an area known as Half - Axe Pass . The pair , seeking to avoid Imperial attention , jumped upon Taanzer after seeing her standing in the open hatch of the " Uhumele " , hoping to prevent her from calling out . However as soon as the pair entered the ship , the rest of the crew , including Snyffulnimatta , held the boarders at blasterpoint , causing them to release the pilot , who punched one of the boarders before the Elomin pulled her away . Schurk - Heren then introduced the crew , identifying Snyffulnimatta by his nickname , much to the Elomin ' s annoyance , and explained to the boarders that they too wanted to avoid Imperial attention . The boarders then identified themselves , the Human as Dass Jennir and the Nosaurian as Bomo Greenbark , and explained that they had come to the spaceport seeking the latter ' s family , who had evacuated to the area during the recent battle . Snyffulnimatta , however , chose to leave with Taanzer at this point instead of remaining for further introductions . Hunt for the Greenbarks . Jennir and Greenbark were allowed to stay on the ship after the crew learned that Greenbark ' s family had been captured and enslaved , and the next day , the pair joined the crew in planning a way to escape the area . When Jennir suggested that they try to persuade all the grounded vessels to take off at once to avoid any individual ship being immediately shot down , Snyffulnimatta interjected that the " Valance " would reveal the plan when contacted about it , to which Taanzer agreed . This led to a new plan in which Jennir instead stole a set of clone trooper armor and then an Alpha - 3 " Nimbus " - class V - wing starfighter , which he used to fire on the grounded " Valance " . As Jennir attacked , Schurk - Heren announced over an open comlink that the Imperials were attacking all grounded vessels , which led to every other vessel in the spaceport taking off to escape damage . Snyffulnimatta then successfully navigated the " Uhumele " off - world despite it coming under attack from V - wings , which Jennir , still in his stolen V - Wing , and Ko Vakier , another member of the crew on the " Uhumele " turret , destroyed with their ship ' s weapons . Having escaped the immediate threat , the group agreed to travel to Orvax IV , where Greenbark ' s family had been sold as slaves . Once on Orvax , Snyffulnimatta remained on the " Uhumele " while Jennir , Greenbark , and Vakier , along with two other crew members — the Togorian Mezgraf and the Tintinna Meekerdin - maa — searched the slave markets for Greenbark ' s wife and daughter . The group returned without success , having found other Nosaurian women and children sold as slaves , but also having learned that Mesa Greenbark , Bomo ' s wife , had been killed trying to prevent their daughter Resa from being sold . Jennir , alone , then tracked down Orso Meeto , the Chagrian slaver who had sold Resa , while Snyffulnimatta and the rest of the crew stayed put , keeping Greenbark from escaping and causing trouble due to his grief . Jennir then returned and informed the group that their next destination was the planet Esseles , where a wealthy heir named Dezono Qua had Resa . On Esseles , Snyffulnimatta joined the crew in enjoying a good quality meal in the capital city of Calamar while waiting for Jennir to gather information on Qua . Having learned that the slave owner lived in his family ' s isolated fortress - like villa , Jennir told the group that he didn ' t expect them to help him and Greenbark any further due to the danger involved , but the crew of the " Uhumele " refused to let the pair go alone . Snyffulnimatta and Taanzer brought the ship to Qua ' s villa and dropped off the rest of the crew , before landing the ship securely . By the time they left the ship , Qua ' s army of droids had been destroyed or disabled . As they attempted to find the rest of the group , they heard the sound of Jennir , having learned that Qua had eaten Resa , shooting the wealthy man . The pair reached the crew just in time to hear Greenbark berate Jennir for taking a kill that was rightfully his and then revealing that Jennir was in fact a Jedi Master . Having learned this new information , Snyffulnimatta was among the crew members who , due to the bounty on all Jedi , wanted Jennir out of the crew . The Jedi Master obliged , remaining behind at Qua ' s home while the " Uhumele " left . With Jennir gone , the crew traveled to the world of Pizkoss to pick up supplies , but while there , they were chased by Imperials . Snyffulnimatta and Taanzer managed to hastily get the " Uhumele " off - world , but one member of the crew , the Phindian assistant mechanic and cook Janks , was captured . While on Pizkoss , however , Captain Schurk - Heren had finalized a deal to sell the Uhumele ' s most valuable piece of cargo , which was unbeknownst to them the Sith artifact named Dreypa ' s Oubliette , to Haka Hai , an old Ishi Tib colleague of Schurk - Heren ' s who had come to control a gang on the planet Mimban . Death on Mimban . The " Uhumele " retrieved their valuable cargo from an asteroid field where it was hidden and traveled to Mimban to make their sale . Schurk - Heren , however , did not trust Hai and so instead brought a fake crate , rigged to explode if opened , with the plan to provide the location of the real crate once he ' d been paid . The entire crew then transported the cargo through the swamps of Mimban before arriving at Hai ' s compound . Once there , Schurk - Heren ' s mistrust of Hai proved correct , as after greeting the crew , the Ishi Tib ordered his men to aim their blasters at Schurk - Heren and his crew . Outnumbered three to one , the crew had no chance of fighting back , and Schurk - Heren agreed to simply leave his old friend the cargo in exchange for their lives . Hai refused , but before he could give the order to shoot , one of his men , a Gotal named Lumbra , revealed that he and a large group of Hai ' s men were betraying him and taking the cargo for themselves . A battle quickly broke out between the two factions of Hai ' s men , and the " Uhumele " crew saw their chance to escape . As he attempted to flee for the exit , however , Snyffulnimatta saw one of Hai ' s men take aim at Taanzer . The Elomin flung himself between Taanzer and the shooter , taking the blaster shot in the back and sustaining a fatal wound . As Taanzer crouched over her dying savior , Snyffulnimatta complained that his one act of charity had cost him so much before dying in the pilot ' s arms . Shortly after his death , Hai ' s surviving men captured the rest of the " Uhumele " crew , and the Ishi Tib had them put to work or thrown into the dungeons to be tortured for the location of the Oubliette , while Snyffulnimatta ' s body was tossed into the swamps . Personality and traits . Lynaliskar K ' ra Snyffulnimatta was a male Elomin with crimson skin and white eyes . He was an able navigator and managed to work together with Crys Taanzer to get the " Uhumele " out of several difficult situations . Snyffulnimatta greatly disliked the nickname of " Sniffles , " which the rest of the crew gave to him , and complained whenever they used it . Quite pessimistic in nature , he assumed the worst outcome would occur from many of the situations in which the " Uhumele " found itself , believing that if the ship tried to escape the spaceport in Cadgel Meadows , they would be betrayed by the crew of the " Valance " . Likewise , he was among the crew members of the " Uhumele " who wanted to be rid of Dass Jennir after discovering he was a Jedi , claiming that one bounty on the crew ' s head was enough and that Jennir would only make matters worse . Despite his dour nature , Snyffulnimatta was reasonably fond of his crew mate Taanzer , shielding her from Jennir and Bomo Greenbark when they first encountered the pair as strangers . He also chose to take a fatal blaster bolt for her ; although he complained as he lay dying that his first act of charity had cost him his life , he claimed he had expected something like that would occur . After the Elomin ' s death , the crew of the " Uhumele " mourned Snyffulnimatta ' s loss , with Taanzer becoming particularly upset . Equipment . Whilst a crew member of the " Uhumele " Snyffulnimatta generally wore an open green jacket with yellow lining , bracelets , and green pants . When dining on the planet Esseles , he wore blue robes instead . In combat , he used a blaster . Behind the scenes . Lynaliskar K ' ra Snyffulnimatta first appeared in " " , the first issue of the " " series of comic books and its " " story arc . The issue , released in 2006 , was written by Randy Stradley under the name Mick Harrison and illustrated by Douglas Wheatley . He then appeared as a recurring character throughout the rest of the story arc , as well as in the following arc , " " , which was illustrated by Dave Ross and Lui Antonio , and in which he was killed . Snyffulnimatta received mentions in a number of later issues of the " Dark Times " series , and also received an entry in the 2008 sourcebook " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .