Gilramos Libkath Gilramos Libkath was a conniving male Neimoidian , with an unusually deep voice and wearing a large miter , who served as Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray ' s aide and Contract - Scribe . Libkath was exiled on Tatooine , a sun - scorched world in the Outer Rim Territories . During his time on that arid planet , the Neimoidian built up a small criminal business , using a group of kidnapped children in thefts . At that time , he was known to his young slaves as " the Master . " Libkath ' s criminal activities were brought to an end in 22 BBY , when the crime lord Jabba the Hutt put a price on his head . Two bounty hunters , the Gen ' Dai named Durge and the ten - year - old Boba Fett , were responsible for Gilramos Libkath ' s demise . Biography . Gilramos Libkath was a male Neimoidian , a Near - Duros species that hailed from the planet of Neimoidia in the Colonies Regions of the galaxy . In the last decades of the Galactic Republic , Libkath came to be affiliated with the Trade Federation , a Neimoidian - dominated trade cartel and megacorporation , serving as an assistant and Contract - Scribe to its leader , the Viceroy Nute Gunray . For unspecified reasons , Libkath was exiled from his homeworld and , by 27 BBY , he lived on the desert world of Tatooine in the Outer Rim Territories . Despite his eviction , the Contract - Scribe retained connections with the Federation . On Tatooine , Gilramos Libkath became a minor personality in the underworld of Mos Espa , one of the planet ' s expansive spaceports . The Neimoidian would kidnap younglings and street urchins whom he called his " children . " In exchange for a roof over their heads and protection against the gangsters , " Master Libkath " forced the younglings to steal for him . He kept them under control using devices implanted in their hands that released toxins in the body if the children left the planet . Those who failed Libkath or refused to obey him were sold as slaves or indentured servants . One of its little victims was Ygabba , the daughter of the Tatooinian chef Gab ' borah Hise . Libkath even went as far as to steal weapon and spice shipments from Jabba Desilijic Tiure , the Hutt crime lord of Tatooine , that he would sell to his old friends of the Trade Federation . By that time , the Federation had joined the Separatist Confederacy , an alliance that advocated the secession of worlds from the Galactic Republic . Such bold actions earned Libkath the Hutt ' s hatred . In 22 BBY , intent on getting rid of that Neimoidian busybody , Jabba sicced two bounty hunters on Libkath : a young Human named Boba Fett as well as the Gen ' Dai hunter Durge . " The Master " was well - protected , however , rarely appearing in person and instead communicating with his thieving children via holographic transmissions . He also owned a personal complement of battle droids to take care of potential attackers . The bounty hunters , despite attempting to kill one another every step of the way , managed to discover the Neimoidian ' s hideout . They caught Libkath off guard and cornered him in the hull of a heavily damaged Theed cruiser . Fett then smashed Libkath in the head twice with a brick before swooping in and stealing his miter . When Libkath tried to flee , Durge shot a crate of weapons , provoking an explosion that blew up the Neimoidian ' s lair . " The Master " and all of his attending battle droids perished in the blaze , while Fett successuflly escaped the burning hideout in the derelict Theed cruiser , taking the enslaved children with him . The Neimoidian ' s miter was given to Jabba as a proof that he was dead . Jabba then unceremoniously dropped the miter in a fire , letting the flames destroy the last trace of Gilramos Libkath for good . Personality and traits . Like most Neimoidians , Libkath was tall and thin , a racial trait due to the heavier gravity on their home planet of Neimoidia . He had a long , noseless head and , because of his species ' iron - based sclera pigmentation , he sported orange eyes that reminded the young Boba Fett of Tatooine ' s twin suns . Compared to many of his kind , Libkath had sickly white skin . Those traits , along with his gnarled hands , made him frightening to his young slaves . In order to further enhance his towering height and scary composure , Gilramos Libkath wore a tall , crown - like black miter and a set of deep - blue shimmering robes . He shared many physical traits and tastes in fashion with three other important Neimoidians : Captain Daultay Dofine , Settlement Officer Rune Haako , and a representative of the Confederacy during the Battle of Muunilinst . Libkath had an unusually deep voice sounding like a low , yet smooth hiss . Like all Neimoidians , Gilramos Libkath was extremely vain . He placed huge value on his hat , which was a symbol of power and social prestige . Skills and abilities . For a Neimoidian , Libkath had a firm grip , strong enough to clutch and hold the young Boba Fett . Although Fett was only ten years old at the time , he had received basic Mandalorian training in combat skills . The Neimoidian was also capable of firing bolts of red lightning with his hands . However , it is unknown whether it was a real manifestation of the Force known as Force lightning — in which case Libkath would have been Force - sensitive — or just an elaborate trick , like the one used by the self - proclaimed Emperor Trioculus about thirty years later . While Fett did witness the Neimoidian throwing a salvo of crimson lightnings , he was unable to determine how he had achieved it . Behind the scenes . The character of Gilramos Libkath was originally intended to be the Neimoidian seen with Nute Gunray on Geonosis in " " and in " " in " Star Wars Insider 71 " . He was named after costume supervisor Gillian Libbert and production controller Kathryn Ramos . Libkath was also identified by name in " " . However , the published version of the " Attack of the Clones " script attributed Libkath ' s dialogue lines to Rune Haako , a character who had appeared alongside Gunray in , whereas the movie credits identified him as Senator Lott Dod , another Neimoidian from the previous movie . Still , the Neimoidian shown in " Attack of the Clones " neither resembled or sounded like Haako or even Dod . The official explanation by Lucasfilm Ltd . was that Rune Haako ' s original mask had been lost bewteen the two movies , and his character was attributed Daultay Dofine ' s mask instead . At the end of the day , despite his previous identification as Gilramos Libkath , it has since been firmly established that the Neimoidian with Gunray at Geonosis was indeed Rune Haako . With the release of " " , the mislabeled picture showing the two Neimoidians together was altered to reflect the change . Nonetheless , that retcon did not stop Gilramos Libkath from being established as a different character in " " , the fourth book in a series of young reader novels that chronicled the adventures of a young Boba Fett .