Unidentified bounty hunter ( Rimmer ' s Rest cantina ) A Tusken Raider bounty hunter lived in the galaxy during 5 ABY . A member of the Grave Tuskens mercenary group , the bounty hunter was hired by the droid information broker 8t88 on the moon Nar Shaddaa to serve as backup and as a bodyguard to the droid as 8t88 held a meeting with former rebel agent Kyle Katarn . At 8t88 ' s command , the Tusken Raider held Katarn at gunpoint during the rebel ' s meeting with 8t88 . When the droid departed , the Tusken and a Gran bounty hunter prepared to kill Katarn . However , their prey unconsciously called upon the Force to defeat the two bounty hunters . Katarn left them dazed in a cantina as he went to pursue 8t88 . Biography . A Tusken Raider male was one of many Tuskens to leave their homeworld of Tatooine and become a member of the Grave Tuskens , a mercenary group that eventually found service under the Dark Jedi Maw , an enforcer of the Galactic Empire . Led by Rogg , many of the Grave Tuskens pursued Imperial endeavors on the moon Sulon during the year 5 ABY . However , the Tusken Raider opted to take his own path and became a bounty hunter . During 5 ABY , the Tusken was hired by the droid information broker 8t88 to serve as a bodyguard during a meeting with ex - mercenary and former Rebel Alliance agent Kyle Katarn on the moon Nar Shaddaa . 8t88 also hired a Gran bounty hunter for the Tusken to work with . As it happened , the Gran shared a history with Katarn . Regardless , the meeting was set to take place at the Rimmer ' s Rest cantina . 8t88 arrived first and conversed with Katarn , who had sought 8t88 to divulge information surrounding the death of his father . Although late to the confrontation , the Tusken and Gran arrived as 8t88 told Katarn what he knew : a warlord named Jerec had killed Katarn ' s father . At this moment , the Tusken slid behind Katarn and held a DH - 17 blaster pistol to the rebel ' s head as the Tusken confiscated Katarn ' s weapon . 8t88 revealed that he was actually working for Jerec , but promised Katarn freedom if the rebel agreed to now give 8t88 information . Katarn refused , and 8t88 left the cantina , leaving his hirelings to kill Katarn . Before they could , the Gran tried to taunt Katarn , giving the latter enough time to grab the Tusken ' s arm and slam him onto the bar table , which disarmed both bounty hunters . As they gathered their bearings , Katarn unconsciously called upon the Force and grabbed his earlier confiscated blaster and held it on the bounty hunters . The pair was immobilized by Katarn ' s sudden trick , and the agent left them dumbfounded as he went on to pursue 8t88 . Personality and traits . The Tusken Raider had gray - colored skin and black eyes . Like all Grave Tuskens , the Tusken had removed the covering that otherwise concealed his face , allowing the galaxy at large to see him . After Katarn used the Force to grab his Bryar pistol , the Tusken was surprised by the sight , and pointed out to the Gran how the blaster was moving without anyone touching it . According to 8t88 , the Tusken was not as skillful as the bounty hunter Boba Fett . When Katarn voiced his plan to track 8t88 down , the Tusken doubted Katarn ' s ability to do so , as Nar Shaddaa was a maze - like locale . However , Katarn had placed a tracking device on 8t88 ' s leg . Equipment . During the confrontation with Katarn , the Tusken wore brown gloves , a blue chest plate , and grayish - white wraps around his arms parts of his head . He wore a device over his mouth , and carried a DH - 17 blaster pistol . Behind the scenes . The bounty hunter first appeared in the 1997 video game " " . The bounty hunter appeared in the game ' s second cutscene , where only the arm of an actor was visible . When gameplay started right after the cutscene , the bounty hunter was shown to be a Grave Tusken . However , in the novella adaption written by William C . Dietz , " " , the bounty hunter was described as being a Rodian . In addition , while in the novella and game the bounty hunter is knocked unconscious during the encounter , he is only disarmed during the audio drama and is never rendered completely unconscious . A final difference between versions is that in the game , Katarn steals the bounty hunter ' s weapon and aims it at the Gran bounty hunter , whereas in the other two sources he uses his own Bryar pistol . This article treats the events from the novella as the correct depiction of events , but treats the individual ' s species as a Tusken Raider as seen in the game , since the game is the only source too have physically depicted the character . The actor who portrayed the Tusken character in " Dark Forces II " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s live - action cutscenes was uncredited . In the , the bounty hunter and his partner are identified by 8t88 as " goons . " Credited as Goon 2 , as he was the second of the two characters to speak , the character ' s voice was provided by Bill Slichter .