Kleb Zellock Kleb Zellock was a male Dirconite crime lord who lived on the mining world of Tyne ' s Horky . He claimed ownership to numerous local businesses in the planet ' s eponymous town and ran his criminal empire out of the popular Doodnik ' s Café dining establishment . Kleb also operated the largest keschel - ore mine on the entire planet . Biography . Several years before the Battle of Yavin , Kleb Zellock met with a Tammuz - an named Sollag Den at Doodnik ' s Café . Den wanted to hire Zellock to find a lost member of the Tammuz - an royal family named Mon Julpa . He offered the bounty hunter 40 , 000 keshel s if he could locate Julpa before the other bounty hunter , IG - 88 , had a chance to find him . Zellock accepted the offer and sent his assistant bounty hunter , Yorpo Mog , into the streets to begin investigating . Mog eventually discovered Mon Julpa masquerading as an android at a local auction block . After several misadventures with Julpa ’ s new friends Jann Tosh , C - 3PO and R2 - D2 , they finally managed to capture him . Julpa and the others were sent to work in Kleb ’ s keschel mines . During this time , Mog discovered that the mines were rich with a raw element known as Nergon - 14 . Recognizing the elements use in the construction of proton torpedoes , Kleb decided to smuggle sell his stock of Nergon - 14 to the Galactic Empire . As Jann Tosh and the others continued working in the mines , they discovered pockets of flammable gas that could possibly cause the Nergon 14 to explode . They escaped from slavery and managed to corner Zellock in his office , who was preparing to escape from the mines before the Nergon - 14 had a chance to explode . Gathering as much money as he could carry , he decided to leave Mog behind and board his own custom sport skiff to escape . Thanks to a dysfunctional leg , C - 3PO managed to kick Kleb Zellock ' s mini - stunner in Mog ' s hands and he , angered at his boss ' betrayal , shot Kleb , knocking him out . After which , they and their friends escaped the mines just before the Nergon - 14 exploded , dumping all of Kleb ' s money along the way and promptly turned him into the nearest security station , leaving him seemingly broke . Personality and traits . Kleb Zellock was a corpulent male , alien with jaundiced , yellow skin and small , sharpened teeth . He dressed in attire common to many spacers throughout the galaxy . Like many gangsters , Kleb was a greedy and ruthless individual . He was willing to enter into almost any financial engagement so long as there was a promise of great profit involved . This included the arena of bounty hunting as well . Active between the years of 10 BBY and 5 BBY , Kleb ’ s only true allegiance was to Kleb himself , and it was common for him to betray his own servants , as well as clients , so long as it suited his purpose . Kleb had the ability to emit a shrill , ear - piercing siren wail that caused great pain to those within close proximity . Behind the scenes . An action figure of Kleb Zellock was produced in 1985 as part of Kenner ' s " " line . These action figures were size - compatible with the other Kenner " Star Wars " action figures , but design - wise , they represented a completely different toy line . Unfortunately , Kleb ’ s action figure was one of several from both the " " and " " series that was never released .