Neg Neg was a male captain who was active in 32 BBY . Neg lived in a house in the Tatooine city of Mos Espa , where he kept a deadly beast . Around the time of the Invasion of Naboo , he captured an Ithorian boy named Tomo , whom Neg forced to work without respite for months . However , while the captain was hunting banthas in the Dune Sea , Tomo ' s mother met Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn , who agreed to help free her son . Jinn infiltrated Neg ' s house , killed Neg ' s beast when it attacked him , and freed Tomo from captivity . Biography . Captain . Captain Neg was a male individual who lived in the city of Mos Espa on the planet Tatooine . He resided in a house there , which was guarded by a model Dz5 security door equipped with artificial intelligence . The building also housed a red - plated protocol droid , as well as several thugs armed with blaster pistols . In addition , Neg owned a furry , violent beast , which he kept in a cage in the backyard of his house . Circa 32 BBY , Neg captured a young Ithorian boy named Tomo , whom he forced to become his servant while making false promises that he would one day free the boy . A visit by a Jedi . Many months later , during the Invasion of Naboo , Neg went to the Dune Sea for approximately a week to hunt banthas and had Tomo placed inside a cage next to his beast . Meanwhile , Tomo ' s Force - sensitive mother , who was desperate to save her son , placed herself near Neg ' s house in the hopes of finding an individual who could help her . Help arrived in the form of Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn , who was looking for a T - 14 hyperdrive generator on the planet . When the Jedi walked past the Ithorian mother , she sensed that the Force was strong with him and begged for his assistance . Agreeing to speak with Neg , Jinn went to request an audience with Neg , but he was refused entry by the captain ' s security door system . After finding another way into the house , Jinn encountered several of Neg ' s thugs , but he quickly dispatched his opponents . Jinn also fought and killed Neg ' s beast after it broke free from its cage and attacked him . The Jedi Master then freed Tomo from his cage and , after discovering that Neg would not be back for a week , left the house with the boy . Personality and traits . Captain Neg was not above capturing a young boy to work for him . He often promised that Tomo would one day be free , but Tomo ' s mother had reason to believe that Neg was lying and that the captain would keep Tomo in captivity indefinitely . Neg longed to hunt banthas and was ready to take time away from home to hunt them . Behind the scenes . Neg was only mentioned in the . In the video game ' s sixth level , after Jinn — who is controlled by the player — rescues Tomo , the Ithorian ' s mother will reward the Jedi with a repulse booster , which is needed to complete the level by trading it for another item . However , a simpler way to obtain the booster is for Jinn to murder Tomo ' s mother and forcibly take it , leaving Tomo behind . Due to this alternative path , whether or not Jinn ' s rescue of Tomo canon ically took place is ambiguous . This article assumes 100 % game completion with no " dark side " options , however , describing the events as if Jinn chose to free Tomo instead of killing the Ithorian mother .