Sarco Plank Sarco Plank , also known as the Scavenger , was a male Melitto who made a living off of retrieving valuable artifacts for clients , while also displaying a sadistic side in luring individuals to their deaths in the process . Shortly after the Battle of Yavin , Plank guided Jedi - in - training Luke Skywalker to the Temple of Eedit on the planet Devaron , hoping to use the Jedi to unlock the temple , which Plank believed harbored a considerable amount of treasures in its sub levels . Plank revealed his true intentions to Luke after the latter outlived his usefulness and brandished an electrostaff against the Jedi trainee atop the temple . Luke fought back with his father ' s lightsaber and cast Plank into the depths of the temple , though Luke sensed Plank ' s continued survival through the Force . Plank was later active as far as 30 years after the Battle of Endor . Biography . The outcast guide . Sarco Plank grew up in the settlement of Tikaroo on the planet Devaron , but was never popular with the town folk and came to consider the surrounding jungle his home , only returning to civilization when necessary . He was alive at a time when the Jedi Order was still active on Devaron prior to their destruction during Order 66 , and was aware of the Jedi Temple of Eedit located near Tikaroo . For years he hoped to enter the temple and loot the treasures he imagined were inside , but he was stopped by the Galactic Empire , who banned entry to the location and protected it with sensor s . He became commonly known as " the Scavenger " , a nickname he hated , but earned by seeking out valuable objects and finding clients to purchase them . He also sometimes worked as a guide , and was free to operate as he pleased since he owned both his own gear and mount , whereas most local guides rented their equipment from a local depot owner named Porst . On some occasions , Plank would guide his clients to a gloomy depression carpeted with moss and kill them there , leaving their corpses amongst the dirt and leaves . His victims were normally wealthy and eccentric old hunters who had no one that would report them missing once they were gone . He claimed that the clients met with unfortunate accidents , but some locals came to suspect his involvement . During the early stages of the Galactic Civil War , after the Battle of Yavin but before the Battle of Hoth , the Jedi Padawan Luke Skywalker landed on Devaron to repair his BTL - A4 Y - wing assault starfighter / bomber . Plank learned that the pilot was seeking to visit the Temple of Eedit which had lain abandoned for many years , since it had been destroyed by Savage Opress in the Clone Wars . The local guides who worked in Tikaroo refused to take Skywalker due to the Imperials , but during Skywalker ' s second day on Devaron , Plank waited for him on the porch of Porst ' s depot , where Skywalker was staying . While waiting the scavenger cleaned his blaster rifle , and then sized Skywalker up when he did arrive , offering the boy his services as a guide . Skywalker accepted , and two hours later , Plank met Skywalker outside the depot with two happabore s for them to travel on . He attached howdahs to the mounts ' backs and then aided Skywalker in loading his protocol droid C - 3PO into the howdah on top of the smaller happabore , while the Jedi ' s astromech droid R2 - D2 was strapped onto the beast ' s side . As Plank and Skywalker prepared to leave town , the local Devaronian girl Farnay arrived and tried unsuccessfully to persuade Skywalker not to travel with the Scavenger , warning him about Plank ' s clients that never returned . As the four were traveling through Devaron ' s jungles , Skywalker sensed a number of pikhron nearby and stopped Plank , who assumed his client wanted to hunt the beasts and handed him a rifle . Skywalker refused the weapon and ordered that Plank not kill them , offering to cover whatever price the creature ' s hides would have been worth when the scavenger objected . Skywalker and C - 3PO then questioned Plank about growing up on Devaron and how he had earned his nickname . The scavenger was surprised to learn that Skywalker had once worked as a farmer , having already heard Skywalker ' s cover story that he was a hyperspace scout . He then offered to sell Skywalker ' s starfighter and R2 unit if he was interested , as he knew individuals who would be interested in buying . The Jedi turned the offer down and asked that Plank take him to Eedit , which the Scavenger initially refused . After Skywalker claimed he only wished to see the temple due to an interest in historic sites and artifacts , Plank agreed to take him for an additional fee . Battle at the Temple of Eedit . Plank took Skywalker and his droid s as far as the edge of the large plateau where the temple was located , but refused to go any further due to a number of Imperial sensors dotted around the temple to stop visitors . He instead offered to take Skywalker to the location where he normally killed his clients , refusing to tell the Jedi what he would find there . The Jedi sensed Plank ' s intent through the Force and refused , asking how he could get closer to the temple and if there was a lake nearby , as unbeknown to Plank he had seen one in a Force vision . Puzzled , Plank explained that there was no lake nearby , but mentioned that there was a dam , which Skywalker then demanded he be taken to . At the dam , Plank examined various abandoned gear and droid parts left from the Battle of Devaron during the Clone Wars , but abandoned them as junk . He laughed when Skywalker asked for macrobinoculars to view a nearby cliff , but obliged and was surprised when his client spotted a far off cave entrance to the temple well out of his field of view . Skywalker managed to scale the cliff and reach the cave , then returned and haggled with Plank for the use of his block and tackle in getting R2 and C - 3PO up the cliff . Once the droids were safely up , the Jedi threw down Plank ' s gear and informed him that he would be inside the temple for a few days and would raise the guide on comlink when he wanted to leave . Plank then returned to his beasts and set up a campsite near the cliffs where he waited for Skywalker , making a campfire from branches and leaves . After a day of waiting , Plank saw a group of eight Imperial stormtrooper s and an Imperial officer enter the temple with Farnay as a prisoner . Plank activated his electrostaff and followed the Imperials , commenting on Skywalker ' s use of a lightsaber and then activating an electromagnetic pulse from his belt to disable the Imperials ' communications . One of the trooper s shot at Plank and missed , prompting the alien to spear the Imperial with his staff and stun him . A full battle then broke out between the Imperials , Plank and Skywalker . Skywalker killed the Imperial officer with a deflected blaster bolt , and he and Plank then took down the remaining troopers with their lightsaber and staff respectively . Once the battle was over , Skywalker thanked Plank as the alien began throwing the troopers ' bodies into a collapsed pit at the center of the temple . He explained to Skywalker that hiding the bodies would make it more difficult for the Empire to work out what had happened , and the Jedi aided him in finishing the task . Plank then revealed to Skywalker that he had worked out that the boy was a Jedi , but assumed he was only a Padawan . He then revealed that he had wanted to enter the temple and loot it for years and thanked Skywalker for showing him a way in . The pair then dueled , and Plank soon gained the upper hand after Skywalker discovered that the scavenger ' s electrostaff was able to withstand his lightsaber . After Skywalker managed to nick the back of Plank ' s leg , the alien activated a flash grenade and blinded his foe . Skywalker was saved when Farnay began shooting at Plank , but the scavenger managed to disarm her and threatened to kill her . Skywalker then return to the fight while still blind , and assuming the boy was no threat Plank moved to finish him . He was caught off guard when Skywalker slashed across his torso and screeched in pain , drawing Skywalker ' s blaster pistol to shoot the Jedi . Before he could fire , a herd of pikhron charged from nearby and knocked Plank into the same pit that he had earlier thrown the stormtroopers . The scavenger survived the fall , but was left by Skywalker , who returned to Tikaroo with Farnay and the droids and then left Devaron . Work on Jakku . Plank at some point relocated to the planet Jakku , escaping or possibly hiding from the enemies he ' d made over his dubious career . On Jakku , Plank established himself as an arms dealer and bounty hunter in Niima Outpost . He acted as a fence , buying stolen weaponry , often enhancing it with Trandoshan tripler s and doublers to amplify the firepower of blaster weapons . In a scavenger - based economy like Niima , such weapons were in strong demand . Plank was present when Unkar Plutt asked for a volunteer to plant a flag and claim salvage rights for the Star Destroyer Spectral . Plank narrowly missed getting hit by Rey ' s speeder when she raced past them to snatch the flag and get a head start . Sarco along with a few other inhabitants of Niima Outpost chased after Rey on their respective speeders . < nowiki > < / nowiki > Sarco then monitored Rey ' s progress in finding a way inside the Destroyer via the use of a viewing device . He dismissed a suggestion by one of the two individuals who accompanied him with regards to killing Rey , before noticing that she had indeed found an entrance . Making haste , he and three other individuals hoisted themselves into the ship via the use of a Quadrijet transfer spacetug , but as they were making their descent , the Spectral began to power up , causing one of the individuals accompanying him to fall into the ship . Personality and traits . Plank was a member of a species with no visible mouth or eye s on their head , but instead four chitin plates , with the largest on top . Small bristles which waved slightly filled the gaps between the plates . His forearms were covered with similar plates . When he spoke through the vocoder built into his helmet , Plank ' s voice was deep and low . He had a habit of tilting his head left and right in a vaguely clockwork like fashion when speaking to others . When he entered the Temple of Eedit to fight the Imperials , Plank radiated confidence and malice , a very different persona to the one he had shown when traveling with Skywalker . When encountering Plank for the first time the Jedi Luke Skywalker felt a ripple in the Force which left a bad taste in his mouth , but was forced to hire the guide as he had no other way of reaching the Temple of Eedit . He believed animals were a resource to be exploited , and refused to believe that an entire galaxy ' s worth of them could all be used up by overhunting . He considered the people of Tikaroo ' s practice of living in balance with nature sentimental nonsense . When one of his happabores grunted in protest at a howdah being strapped onto its back , Plank kicked it in the head , causing it to snap its teeth at him . He threatened to destroy C - 3PO while traveling with him when the droid started fretting about the dangers of the jungle . Equipment . The scavenger wore a battered old gray metal helmet which hid all of his head , bar his face and included a vocoder built into the chin . It was capable of extending a shield to entirely cover Plank ' s face when needed . His torso was strapped with two bandolier s covered in bulging pockets , which sat either side of a control box with black tubes extending from it , two of which connected to the cheeks of Plank ' s helmet and two of which ran up and over his shoulders . At least one of the tubes contained a pale green liquid . Mismatched armor covered his left forearm and right shoulder , and a torn cape hung from his right shoulder . Plank ' s belt included a switch which could activate a electromagnetic pulse . He kept a block and tackle on one of his happabores , which he used to hoist the corpses of pikhrons for skinning during hunts . He kept a pair of small , but expensive macrobinoculars in one of the pockets of his bandoleers . In combat , he used an electrostaff , and also owned two long , boxy - looking blaster rifles and at least one flash grenade . On Jakku , Plank wore a simpler outfit , in - keeping with the common forms of dress at Niima Outpost . He wore a layered , hooded robe in dark red tones with a lighter red underlayer . His robes were stained and dirty from the harsh conditions on Jakku . A Nutrient and Fluid Dispenser was mounted on his chestplate and feed into his chitinous mask , but he had dispensed with visible armor and no longer carries the weaponry bandolier . Plank carried a modified SoroSuub JSP - 14 pistol amplified with an exotic Trandoshan tripler and made use of a Quadrijet transfer spacetug . Behind the scenes . The concept art that would become the basis for the character Sarco Plank was produced by senior sculptor Martin Rezard in September 2013 during preproduction of the film . Titled " Sand People Head " , the piece was one of several created while the film ' s creature design team was researching and producing designs for Sand People , and ended up being chosen for development into a full costume . Rezard felt that the character had a - like feel , especially Plank ' s head . Further concept art of Plank was produced in January 2014 by creature concept designer Jake Lunt Davies , this time showing Plank ' s full body and weapon with the title " Outpost Alien C034 " .