Wam Lufba / Legends Wam Lufba , nicknamed " Blam , " was a freelance vermin exterminator who resided on Tatooine . A Yuzzum native of Endor ' s forest moon , the diminutive Lufba spent his younger days serving as a spotter for rugger hunting parties . Barred from becoming a legitimate hunter because of his size , Lufba actually possessed great natural accuracy with the Yuzzumi spear , but was never exploited by his colleagues . During the Imperial era , Lufba and a group of his fellow Yuzzum were captured by a poacher and taken to Tatooine . There , the poacher intended to give the Yuzzum to the crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure . Jabba was insulted by the offer , and threw the poacher and his quarry into his palace ' s rancor pit . While the other Yuzzum and the poacher were devoured by the beast instantly , Lufba picked up an old Czerka Arms 84 - U hunting rifle that had fallen into the pit , and quickly dispatched three of the Hutt lord ' s guards . Impressed , one of Jabba ' s employees , Pote Snitkin , retrieved Lufba from the pit , and installed the Yuzzum as his henchman . Lufba would serve Snitkin on various smuggling runs , and was essentially freed in 4 ABY when Snitkin , Jabba , and most of the Hutt ' s other associates died in the destruction of the " Khetanna " . After a brief tour of the Outer Rim and the Centrality with fellow Yuzzum Joh Yowza , Lufba settled down and established his extermination business on Tatooine . Biography . Spotter . Wam Lufba grew up on the Forest Moon of Endor . Short in size , he was derided by his fellow Yuzzums and was not allowed to utilize the Yuzzumi spear during rugger hunts . He was , however , given permission to accompany the hunting groups in their expeditions , and would work as a spotter . He pinpointed the small , fluffy ruggers on the moon ' s savanna floors , but although he claimed to possess great accuracy with the Yuzzumi spear , he did not participate in the actual hunting . Capture and employment . On one expedition , several years prior to 4 ABY , Lufba and four other members of his tribe were captured and rendered unconscious . Upon waking , they found themselves inside the cargo hold of a poacher ' s starship . They soon arrived on the arid world of Tatooine , where the poacher took his quarry to Jabba ' s Palace . Lufba and his fellow Yuzzum were placed before the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure , as part of the poacher ' s efforts to pay off his debts to the Hutt . Jabba was insulted by the offer , and threw the Yuzzum and the poacher into his rancor pit . While the poacher and the other Yuzzum were devoured by the rancor , a panicking Lufba found a Czerka Arms 84 - U hunting rifle that had fallen into the pit , ran into the beast ' s holding pen , and killed three of Jabba ' s guards with great accuracy . Before the rancor could round on him , Pote Snitkin , a Skrilling gunrunner in the Hutt ' s employ , retrieved Lufba . Snitkin then pleaded with Jabba , asking him to spare Lufba ' s life so the diminutive Yuzzum could aid him in his line of work . The Hutt agreed , placing Lufba in Snitkin ' s care . Lufba decided to hold on to the 84 - U that had saved his life , and he was rarely seen without it . He soon earned the nickname " Blam " from Snitkin , who consistently took the Yuzzum with him on smuggling runs . Whenever he was at Jabba ' s Palace , Lufba would hunt rodents in the dungeons , or observe Hermi Odle , Snitkin ' s primary competitor . Lufba came to be seen as Snitkin ' s henchman , and Odle , in response to the Yuzzum ' s spying , had the Ugnaught Yoxgit observe the Skrilling and his associate in turn . Another Yuzzum , Joh Yowza , eventually arrived at the palace as well , to Lufba ' s delight . Yowza , a member of the Max Rebo Band , frequently conversed with Lufba in between performances , with the two eventually becoming friends . Exterminator . In 4 ABY , Lufba was present in Jabba ' s throne room when Princess Leia Organa , disguised as a bounty hunter named Boushh , brought the Wookiee Chewbacca before Jabba . The act was part of a ruse to free Han Solo , who was a captive of the crime lord . At one stage in Organa and Jabba ' s banter , the disguised Princess produced a thermal detonator , threatening the crime lord and , by extension , putting the lives of everyone in the room , including Lufba ' s , at risk . The Hutt foiled their plans , however , and sentenced Solo , Chewbacca , Organa , and their friend Luke Skywalker to be executed at the Great Pit of Carkoon . Lufba chose not to go to the execution , since he sympathized with Skywalker , who had recently killed Jabba ' s rancor . News of what had happened at the Pit soon reached Lufba : Jabba was dead , and Snitkin along with him , while the captives had escaped . The Yuzzum realized that he was now free to do whatever he pleased , and left Jabba ' s Palace . He accompanied Yowza on a tour of the Outer Rim Territories and the Centrality before returning to Tatooine and establishing himself as an exterminator of womp rats and other vermin . Personality and traits . Wam Lufba was a persistent Yuzzum , highly skilled in the field of weapon accuracy . He insisted to his peers that he was adept in the use of a Yuzzumi spear , but was judged by his size rather than any real demonstration . These peers were later indirectly proven wrong when Lufba ' s skill with weaponry saved his life in the rancor pit of Jabba ' s Palace . He maintained a degree of loyalty to Snitkin and was even perceived as his henchman by others . Lufba had compassion for those who had suffered ordeals similar to his own and was happy in the company of other members of his species . Lufba had matted brown hair and yellow eyes . He wore no clothing other than a pair of forest boots . Behind the scenes . The character of Wam Lufba originated in , as a background character seen fleetingly . He would later be shown and identified as a Yuzzum by the " Jabba ' s Palace Limited " set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game . Lufba was given identification and a backstory by Tim Veekhoven , writing as " Sompeetalay , " through the StarWars . com feature " What ' s the Story ? " Veekhoven derived the name " Wam " from the , but had originally written the character ' s nickname as " Blast " instead of " Blam , " to which it was changed in the editorial process . Veekhoven , in his entry , made further connections to the ruggers from 2001 ' s " " , the Centrality from 1983 ' s " Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu " , and Czerka Arms from 1990 ' s " Rebel Alliance Sourcebook " , tying Lufba to a wide variety of elements from various sources in the " Star Wars " Legends continuity .