Twi ' lek Dancer The Twi ' lek Dancer was a CEC " Barloz " - class freighter that had a number of owners through the years . Originally known as the Harvest it was owned by an agricultural combine . The ship was later re - named the Venom Sting , customized and used by the Tiss ' shar bounty hunter Xufal D ' uat until his death . The ship was then salvaged by a mining station and sold to a cell of Thalassian slavers , who renamed it Twi ' lek Dancer , re - customized it and used it in their raids . The ship was then requised by pirates and sold to a legitimate trader of used ships . History . This " Barloz " - class freighter built by the Corellian Engineering Corporation was originally bought by an agricultural combine in the Tion Hegemony . The owners called the ship " Harvest " and used it for a time , until they earned enough money to buy an YT - 1300 light freighter . They decided to sell the " Harvest " at this point . The " Harvest " was bought by Xufal D ' uat , a bounty hunter of Tiss ' shar species . D ' uat re - named the ship " Venom Sting " and performed several modifications first on a limited scope and later covering the whole ship , allowing him to fight any intrusion in his headquarters . For three years , D ' uat operated the " Venom Sting " near the planet Elrood . During this time , he found an Imperial officer , Hamaz , who also worked as a gunrunner for the Alliance to Restore the Republic . D ' uat holorecorded a confession from Hamaz and let him go , which allowed the Tiss ' shar to blackmail Hamaz . However , this also earned D ' uat an enemy : Hamaz arranged D ' uat ' s successful murder . After D ' uat ' s death , the " Venom Sting " drifted in space , with the holorecording safely hidden behind the autochef power system in an access panel in the galley . The ship was eventually recovered by a mining station affiliated to Tagge Company The " Venom Sting " was then auctioned and bought by a cell of Thalassian slavers , who re - named the ship " Twi ' lek Dancer . " After discovering D ' uat ' s customizations , the slavers used the " Dancer " as a picket defense ship and assault gunboat in their raids . They also improved sublight engines and shielding systems , and they added three proton torpedo launchers and one tractor beam . Eventually , the slavers were jumped by some pirates , who requised the " Dancer " and , using a false enterprise , sold it to a dealer in used ship . A holojournalist and former slave , mistakenly believing that the " Dancer " was still affiliated with the Thalassians , was trying to track the ship to expose the evil of its owners . Modifications . D ' uat performed several modifications to the ship , commonly starting in only a part of it . For instance , he turned one of the cabins into a magna - seal ed cell with shock - filament s in the floor to administer stun charge s to his prisoners . The cell ' s life support was also filled with null gas canisters to knock down the prisoners . Those customizations were later applied to the whole ship . D ' uat also added specialized technology to detect any intruder in his ship , interior defense system , an onboard fire - fighting matrix and a long - range communication array allowing him to see movement and thermal readings on his ship . He also had a hidden compartment behind an small access panel , behind the autochef power system , in the galley ; D ' uat used it to hide a holorecording allowing him to blackmail Hamaz . No further owner of the ship found this at least until the legitimate dealer with whom the pirates dealt . The Thalassian slavers improved the sublight speed and the shields , as well as adding three torpedo launchers and one tractor beam .