Gilas Gilas was a male Trandoshan big game hunter who was a member of a hunting guild helmed by the Trandoshan Garnac during the year 20 BBY . The guild ' s prey at times consisted of sentient prey kidnapped from around the galaxy which were then taken to the moon of Wasskah . There , the prey was mercilessly hunted by the Trandoshan guild . However , one capture , the Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano , managed to form a small resistance movement with other captured individuals and brought the fight back to the Trandoshans . Gilas investigated a starship the Padawan ' s group managed to crash , and later partook in the defense of Garnac ' s floating fortress . Although Gilas and the other hunters managed to briefly subdue Tano and her allies , they received unexpected help from Wookiee soldier s . Gilas was killed by the Wookiee leader General Tarfful in the ensuing firefight , which overall ended with a Wookiee victory . Biography . Garnac ' s hunting guild . A Trandoshan male , Gilas was a member of a hunting guild led by fellow Trandoshan Garnac . Based on the moon of Wasskah , the guild kidnapped sentient beings and brought them back to Wasskah where they were hunted by the guild for sport . During the year 20 BBY , Garnac ' s son Dar had reached the age where he would be allowed to partake in the guild ' s hunting trips . Gilas partook in a hunt the day of Dar ' s initiation ceremony , which featured brand new prey that included a Jedi Padawan , the Togruta Ahsoka Tano . Alongside the other Trandoshan hunters , Gilas took up arms upon Garnac ' s endorsement of the hunt and pilot ed a hover pod to Wasskah ' s Island Four alongside the hunter Ramy . Later that night , Gilas was present for Dar ' s induction ceremony on the guild ' s floating fortress base . Along with the other hunters , Gilas chanted Dar ' s name as the young Trandoshan ' s father accepted him into the guild . However , Dar was killed the very next day by Tano when Dar attempted to kill her and another stranded Jedi . The Jedi strike back . A few days later , Tano joined forces with two other Jedi youngling s , O - Mer and Jinx , and together they forced a Trandoshan drop ship to crash on Island Four ' s beach , freeing the sole Wookiee prisoner , Chewbacca . Gilas and the other Trandoshans found the freighter the following day . While Gilas patrolled the area in a hover pod , it was discovered that the freighter pilots Clutch and Goron had been killed during the altercation . Gilas later returned to the floating fortress . Tano ' s survivors captured the hunter Smug the next day and forced him to call for another hover pod to pick him up . Once the hover pod arrived , Tano ' s group hijacked it and flew it to the fortress in order to mount an attack . Their initial ambush saw the death of the hunter Lagon , which caused Ramy to call for backup . Gilas , who had been standing by alongside Ratter , quickly joined the fray . Gilas and Ratter opened fire on the attackers , but were forced to take cover when the Jedi used the Force the throw a hover pod at them . While Ratter brawled Chewbacca in hand - to - hand combat , Gilas attempted to shoot the Jedi attackers with his blaster pistol . Tano used the Force to throw off his aim which forced Gilas into a melee brawl with her and Jinx . The Jedi overcame Gilas and pinned him to the ground . Meanwhile , O - Mer , who had been flying the stolen hover pod , was shot down by Garnac , which threw off the attacker ' s momentum . Gilas , now free , turned his blaster on the defeated O - Mer and Chewbacca . With the Jedi team at his men ' s mercy , Garnac applauded their efforts . Before he could eliminate them , though , Wookiee reinforcements arrived thanks to a transmitter Chewbacca had built earlier . The battle renewed and Gilas refocused his fire on the attacking Wookiee soldier s . The Wookiees ' leader , General Tarfful , jumped between Gilas and Ramy to fight them personally . After throwing Ramy off the side of the floating fortress , Tarfful knocked Gilas to the ground and used his foot to stomp on Gilas ' head and kill the Trandoshan hunter . The Wookiees secured total victory over the hunting guild when Tano killed Garnac in combat , ending the guild ' s bloody agenda . Personality and traits . Gilas was a stocky Trandoshan with brown and white - colored scales and orange eye s . Gilas quickly jumped into the fight against Tano ' s team upon Ramy ' s call for backup and fought Jedi and Wookiees alike in hand - to - hand combat , although he lost both of his direct duels with them . The prospect of a new hunt excited Gilas , and while preparing for the hunt before Dar ' s initiation , Gilas celebrated by roaring . During Dar ' s initiation ceremony , Gilas chanted the young hunter ' s name with the others in anticipation of Dar ' s induction , and celebrated as it happened . Equipment . During his final activities on Wasskah , Gilas clothing consisted of a turquoise shirt covered by a brown vest . Gilas also wore a belt with pouches and had dark colored pants with lashes of a dull orange . In addition , Gilas wore two electronic gauntlets , one on each wrist . Gilas also carried two identical blaster pistols during the Jedi / Wookiee skirmish , one of which he lost after his skirmish with Jinx and Tano . He was relieved of the second pistol when he battled General Tarfful . Gilas was also known to utilize one of the guild ' s three hover pods for various occasions . Behind the scenes . Created for the , Gilas first appeared as a background character in the episode " Padawan Lost " before having a slightly expanded role in the subsequent episode " Wookiee Hunt . " Both episodes were aired on April 1 , 2011 , serving as the show ' s finale . Outside of some growling , Gilas does not speak in either episode , nor is he named on onscreen . However , Gilas was identified by name in " Padawan Lost " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s episode guide . Like all of the Trandoshans , Gilas was designed by concept artist Pat Presley . Gilas ' stocky build was a result of of creating more varied body types for the Trandoshans to make them all physically unique from the more iconic Bossk , a Trandoshan that appeared earlier in the series . Coined by series lead Dave Filoni , Gilas ' name is derived from two sources , the first being Angilas — more commonly known as Anguirus — , a character from the Godzilla franchise ; and the second being the 1959 film " The Giant Gila Monster " .