Unidentified black - mustachioed Sanyassan A male Sanyassan with a black mustache was a member of the Marauders , an organization of Sanyassan pirates who were stranded on the forest moon of Endor after crash landing there ninety - six years before the Battle of Yavin . He resided in the Marauders ' Stronghold with his fellow pirates , under the command of King Terak . Together , the Sanyassan Marauders preyed upon the Ewoks , the more peaceful inhabitants of Endor . By 3 . 5 ABY , the moustachioed Sanyassan was assigned to the Stronghold ' s dungeons , along with an elderly colleague . Both were responsible for monitoring detainees when the Ewok Wicket Warrick and his companions came to the rescue of their friend , Cindel Towani , a Human female who had been imprisoned at the instruction of King Terak . With the help of a fast - running being known as Teek , the intruders provoked an argument between the wardens , who shot each other with their blasters and fell on the ground . Biography . By 96 BBY , a male Sanyassan with black hair and a mustache had joined the Marauders , a group of pirates . The Marauders traveled from their homeworld , Sanyassa IV , to the Endor system in a stolen spacecraft . They crash landed on the forest moon of Endor , where many intergalactic travelers had found themselves stranded due to the stellar anomalies surrounding it . For many decades , the Marauders worked together in a military fashion and brought terror to the forest moon ' s native Ewok species . Their leader was the self - proclaimed King Terak , a brutal warlord . Many years later , in 3 . 5 ABY , the mustachioed individual assisted the elder Marauder prison warden in watching Terak ' s prisoners — a group of Ewoks and a young Human female named Cindel Towani . As a way to pass the time during their guard duty , the two Sanyassans played cards , using scraps of metallic objects as chips . Unbeknownst to the card players , a rescue team comprising the Human hermit Noa Briqualon , his companion Teek , and the Ewok Wicket Warrick got into the castle in hopes of freeing the prisoners . Teek , who was extremely quick like all members of his species , scurried in the warden ' s direction to get the cell keys from his belt . Teek moved so swiftly that the mustachioed Marauder did not notice what was happening , so the warden and he continued playing . When the old warden won the next game , a card slipped out of his sleeve . The black - moustachioed Marauder was convinced his opponent had cheated , and he rose up to confront him . Things got heated and , in a fit of rage , both individuals drew their blasters , firing simultaneously . Both were injured and fell to the ground . In fact , it was Teek who had hidden a card in the warden ' s sleeve to provoke an argument between the two Sanyassans . The mustachioed Sanyassan and his colleague did not get up , which allowed the prisoners to be effectively rescued . Personality and traits . According to Cindel Towani ' s friends Wicket and Noa Briqualon , this card player was one of the meanest - looking and ugliest Marauders they had ever seen . He had thick strands of greasy black hair growing from his face , with a cleft chin and an underbite . He also sported a long mustache with vertical extensions grown down the sides of the mouth . The dark - haired Marauder had a quick temper , a trait shared by most members of his species . When he suspected his opponent of cheating , he immediately accused him and was ready to fight . When the quarrel developed into a brawl , he faced the warden with his blaster at the ready . Behind the scenes . This Marauder with a black mustache was a minor character in the 1985 made - for - TV film " " . It is known that the two card players were portrayed by Michael Pritchard and Johnny Weissmuller Jr . , but their roles were only credited as " Card Player # 1 " and " Card Player # 2 " . The movie is unclear as to whether or not the Sanyassan ' s blaster wound was fatal . However , the children ' s book adaptation " " states that he merely " collapsed on the floor . " The Sanyassans are known to have tougher hides than Humans . In the movie , the card - playing Marauders spoke their own language , with no subtitles given , but part of their dialogue was rendered in Galactic Basic Standard in the children ' s book . The physical appearance of this dark - haired Sanyassan is similar to that of the " Marauder of Endor " , a criminal who was featured on a wanted poster in the 1993 book " Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas " . Both characters share the same black forelocks , " mushrooms lining eyebrows , " cleft chin , horseshoe mustache and under bite . Furthermore , the unidentified criminal was also described as a " known associate of Terak " . Even if the " Marauder of Endor " was meant to be the card - player , the book in which he appeared was deemed non - canon ical by Lucasfilm official Leland Chee , who maintains the Holocron continuity database .