Toren Toren , known as Papa Toren , was a male crime lord who operated on the planet Castell . After Lando Calrissian recovered one of his trinkets , Toren coerced the smuggler into stealing the Emperor Palpatine ' s personal yacht " Imperialis " in order to pay off the rest of his debt . By the time of the New Republic , Toren and his elves were imprisoned at Megalox prison on the planet Megalox Beta . In an unsuccessful bid to escape the prison , Toren agreed to help the First Order Agent Terex to kill the Resistance pilot Poe Dameron and his Black Squadron and to storm Grakkus the Hutt ' s fortress . This plot failed and Terex abandoned Toren and his fellow gangsters to die under the weight of Megalox Beta ' s heavy atmosphere . Biography . Age of the Empire . When the Galactic Empire arrived on Castell , a trinket of Toren ' s was stolen by Moff Ssaria . Toren then got the smuggler Lando Calrissian to recover the trinket from Ssaria as a means of repaying his debt . Toren however reneged on his deal and told Calrissian that only ten percent of his debt had been eliminated . To repay the rest of the debt , Toren hired Calrissian to steal the " Imperialis " , the Emperor Palpatine ' s pleasure craft . Toren told Calrissian that all he wanted was the craft and that Calrissian could keep the craft ' s contents . During the meeting , Toren was aided by an elf , who acted as a translator between him and Calrissian . Lando agreed and recruited Lobot , the Ugnaught scholar Korin Pers , and the alien clones Aleksin and Pavol to aid with the heist . Using stealth suit s provided by Toren , they infiltrated the Sienar Fleet Systems Orbital Shipyard CC - 24 and stole the yacht . After being pursued by a squadron of Imperial Star Destroyers , Lando and his crew discovered the ship ' s true identity and its Sith treasures . . Aleksin and Pavol were corrupted by a Sith mask aboard the ship and turned on the other crew . Aleksin killed Korin but Lando and Lobot managed to escape with the help of the bounty hunter Chanath Cha . After killing Aleksin and Pavol , Chanath destroyed the ship and the three escaped in escape pod s . First Order - Resistance conflict . By 34 ABY , Toren and his elves were prisoners on the planet Megalox Beta ' s prison , which was considered to be one of the New Republic ' s worst prisons for the worst criminals . Toren became a criminal boss and commanded a gang . During the search for Lor San Tekka , Toren and the other crime bosses Kan Be and Isin met with the First Order Security Bureau agent Terex . Grakkus the Hutt , the most powerful mob boss in the prison , had broken his deal with Terex to disclose information about Lor San Tekka . During the meeting , Toren asked Terex through one of his elf translators what the First Order agent wanted . Seeking revenge against Grakkus , Terex hired Toren and the other mob bosses to attack Grakkus ' fortress and to kill the Resistance pilot Poe Dameron and his Black Squadron associates . In return , Terex promised Toren and his fellow crime bosses the opportunity to escape Megalox on his ship " Carrion Spike " . Putting their plan into action , the mob bosses attacked the fortress but had to contend with Black Squadron and the Hutt guards . Ultimately , the assault failed because Poe ' s astromech droid BB - 8 and the squadron ' s droids managed to disable the gravity field protecting the prison from Megalox Beta ' s high gravity . Toren and the other gangsters and Terex were overwhelmed by the planet ' s high gravity . One of Toren ' s elves was killed by the high force of the gravity . When the other elf asked Toren about his comrade , Toren realized that his companion had died and began weeping . Terex escaped aboard the " Carrion Spike " and abandoned Toren and the other criminals to die . Personality and traits . Papa Toren was a male member of an unidentified alien species . He could not speak Galactic Basic and spoke in a tongue inaudible to Lando Calrissian and Terex . When dealing with human s , Toren hired several small , winged elves as associates and translators . Toren was known as an exploitative employer who tricked Calrissian into recovering his trinket under the pretext of wiping out his debt . He kept Calrissian indebted in order to coerce the smuggler into stealing the Emperor ' s yacht " Imperialis " . As a mob boss , Toren commanded a gang in Megalox prison . His desire to escape the harsh prison led him to participate in Terex ' s plan to attack Grakkus and Black Squadron . Despite his exploitative nature , Toren loved and respected his elves . When one of them was crushed to death by Megalox ' s high gravity , he was heard weeping by his fellow gangsters Kan Be and Isin . Behind the scenes . Toren first appeared in the Marvel Comics comic book " Lando , Part I " , which was written by Charles Soule , illustrated by Alex Maleev and released in 2015 . Toren later reappeared in the fifth and sixth issues of the Marvel Comics series " " . He was written by Soule and illustrated by Phil Noto .