Ziton Moj Ziton Moj was a male Falleen who worked for the Black Sun during the Clone Wars . He became a member of Darth Maul ' s Shadow Collective after Savage Opress , Maul ' s brother , killed the leaders of Black Sun for refusing to join Maul ' s cause . As a member of the Shadow Collective , Moj fought during the Death Watch coup on Mandalore , as well as a battle on Ord Mantell against the Confederacy of Independent Systems , before pulling Black Sun out of the Collective during the second battle of Dathomir . As a leader of Black Sun , Ziton attempted to force the Pyke Syndicate ' s leader Marg Krim to merge their two syndicates . When Krim refused , Ziton kidnapped Krim ' s family in an effort to force Krim to reconsider his decision . Ziton kept Krim ' s wife Tezzka Krim and their children Vram and Laalee hostage at the Black Sun fortress on Mustafar . However , the bounty hunters Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos rescued Krim ' s family and returned them to their father . In retaliation , the Black Sun sent a fleet to attack the Pyke Syndicate ' s stronghold on Oba Diah . Biography . The Pykes and bounty hunters . During the second year of the Clone Wars , Ziton contacted Marg Krim , the leader of the Pyke Syndicate , and offered to merge their two crime syndicates . Wanting to protect his business and unwilling to lose face with his syndicate , Krim rejected the offer . Zim responded by kidnapping Krim ' s wife Tezzka and their two children Vram and Laalee . He imprisoned them at the Black Sun fortress on Mustafar , a volcanic planet in the Outer Rim Territories . During their captivity , Ziton ordered that Tezzka be forcibly separated from her children and brought to his palace quarters . However , Krim hired two bounty hunter s — the Dathomirian Nightsister Asajj Ventress and the undercover Jedi Master Quinlan Vos to rescue his family . The two Force - sensitive bounty hunters managed to infiltrate the fortress and rescue Vram and Laalee . An unhappy Ziton learned about the rescue twenty minutes later and gave orders to his aide Kurg Utal to execute Tezzka in order to send a " message " to her husband . Before they could carry out the execution , Ziton received a visit from Ventress , who posed as a Pyke Syndicate " envoy " . When the " envoy " demanded to see Krim ' s wife and children , Ziton responded that he could show them Tezzka but that the children would have to wait . Ziton then secretly ordered Kurg to bring the wife so that he could execute her in the envoy ' s presence . After Kurg had left , he confronted Ventress , recognizing her as one of the intruders who had rescued the children . Shortly later , Tezzka entered the room accompanied by Quinlan , a man sporting a " strange yellow tattoo " across his face . Recognizing Vos as an intruder , Ziton attempted to reach for his blaster but Ventress shot it out of his hand . Vos and Ventress quickly overpowered Ziton ' s Falleen guards . Ziton attempted to fight against Ventress with his combat arts skills but the Force - sensitive woman bested him and also Force choke d him . Before leaving , she warned him not to harm the Krim family again and hurled him against his own throne . The hunters and Tezzka then took the opportunity to escape the palace in Ventress ' ship " Banshee " . Ziton ordered his remaining guards to pursue them but the intruders managed to escape with their hostages back to the Pyke stronghold of Oba Diah . In retaliation , Black Sun sent a fleet of starfighter s and " Interceptor " - class frigates to " teach Krim a lesson . " Personality and traits . Ziton Moj sought to expand the Black Sun ' s crime empire . He was displeased when Marg Krim , the leader of the Pyke Syndicate , rejected what he termed as a " very lucrative offer " to combine the Pyke Syndicate with the Black Sun . Moj ' s desire to gain control of the Pyke Syndicate ' s spice distribution operations led him to kidnap Krim ' s family . Ziton was even willing to kill his hostages in order to force Marg to capitulate to his demands . Moj was infuriated and embarrassed when Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos successfully rescued Krim ' s family . This attack led the Black Sun to launch a retaliatory strike on the Pykes . Skills and abilities . Ziton Maj was well versed in several different types of martial arts . He also specialized in mixing styles in a way that made it hard for his enemies to predict his next move . Despite his combat skills , he was no match for the Force powers of Ventress . Behind the scenes . Ziton Moj first appeared as a minor antagonist in " Eminence " , the fourteenth episode of the of the television series " " . Despite the cancellation of " The Clone Wars " TV series in March 2014 , Ziton ' s story was expanded in two " The Clone Wars Legacy " projects : Jeremy Barlow ' s 2014 comic story " " and Christie Golden ' s " Dark Disciple " novel ; which were both based on unproduced " Clone Wars " episodes . Ziton has a brief point - of - view passage in Christie ' s " Dark Disciple " .