Rokko Rokko was a Hutt crime lord who operated on the planet of Coruscant in 19 BBY . A member of the Besadii clan , he operated mainly in the Yaam Sector , trafficking in stolen merchandise . During this time , he had dealings with the Jedi fugitive Jax Pavan , initially hiring him to track down a Cerean named Toh Revo Chryyx for him . However , in the process of attempting to apprehend the Cerean , Chryyx committed suicide , which led to Rokko refusing to pay Pavan . When Pavan used the Force to defend himself against Rokko ' s bodyguards , the Hutt alerted sector police to the fugitive ' s presence , but Pavan was able to defeat the stormtroopers who were sent to arrest him . Pavan later came to Rokko seeking help in locating the droid 10 - 4TO , which supposedly had information important to the group Whiplash , a secret resistance organization opposed to the Empire . Rokko agreed to help Pavan , believing that there would be a sizable reward for him . However , after a Sullustan named Den Dhur arrived at Rokko ' s home with a droid named I - 5YQ , who knew Pavan , Rokko suspected Pavan ' s plea for help was a plot aimed at killing him . Though he had his bodyguards attack the group , he was forced to quickly order them to stand down after I - 5 threatened to destroy his prize possessions , decelerated luminescent image s , rare pictures of Nal Hutta . Pavan and the others were then able to flee from the Hutt . Biography . First encounter with Pavan . Rokko was born approximately 400 BBY on Nal Hutta into the Besadii clan . At some point , Rokko moved to the capital world of Coruscant , where he established a small criminal empire , based in the Yaam Sector of Galactic City . The crime lord dealt mainly in stolen merchandise , and he built up a considerable fortune and made a name for himself on Coruscant . In 19 BBY , Rokko hired the Jedi fugitive Jax Pavan — who was making a living as a bounty hunter — to hunt down a Cerean by the name of Toh Revo Chryyx , promising to pay Pavan 15 , 000 credits for Chryyx . However , the Cerean committed suicide by stopping his heart after Pavan captured him . As the bounty had specified that Chryyx be brought to him alive , Rokko reneged on his word . Pavan met with Rokko and two of his bodyguards in the Blackpit Slums section of the underlevels , where Pavan demanded he be paid , claiming it was not his fault the Cerean had killed himself . Rokko refused to pay the Human , insisting that the bounty had said Chryyx would be accepted alive only . When the Human again insisted that he was owed money , Rokko sent his two bodyguards — a Nikto and a Klatooinian — to attack Pavan . However , Pavan used the Force to disarm the two , though that action revealed him as a Jedi . Now aware of this fact , Rokko contacted the local Imperial sector police after the battle , hoping to collect the bounty on Pavan . Pavan defeated the stormtroopers sent to arrest him , and he suspected Rokko had sent them . Request for help . However , a few days later , Pavan showed up at Rokko ' s home , hoping to speak with the Hutt . Rokko allowed his Aegis - 7 battle droid to admit Pavan and his comrade Laranth Tarak , a female Twi ' lek . Pavan promised to overlook the fact that Rokko had turned him in to the Empire if the Hutt would help them search for the droid 10 - 4TO . The protocol droid was said to contain information valuable to Whiplash , a group resisting the Empire in secret . Pavan tried to convince Rokko that the Empire would be willing to pay a large sum for it , although in reality the Jedi planned to give the droid to Whiplash . Although the Hutt considered turning Pavan in for the bounty on his head , he decided against it and agreed to consider helping the two . While he was mulling over the idea , a Sullustan by the name of Den Dhur arrived at Rokko ' s home . Dhur claimed to have a droid that was an expert at the card game sabacc . Intrigued , Rokko allowed Dhur and the droid , I - 5YQ , to enter . After playing the droid , the Hutt was stunned to find that it was able to beat him . He offered to pay Dhur 500 credits for it , realizing that it would be able to win many games against unsuspecting opponents , making money for the Hutt . After bargaining , the two settled on 1 , 000 credits . Before Dhur left , Rokko asked the droid to fetch Pavan and Laranth . Unknown to the Hutt was that Dhur was not planning on selling I - 5 ; rather , it was a ruse so that the two could find information about Jax Pavan , the son of I - 5 ' s late master . In his dying breath , Lorn Pavan had requested that I - 5 — whose intelligence bordered on sentience — help take care of his son should a need arise . Dhur and I - 5 hoped that Rokko would be able to aid them using his intelligence sources , and so used sabacc as a front . When I - 5 encountered Pavan in Rokko ' s house , he immediately informed the Jedi that he had been looking for him , per a request from Pavan ' s father . Stunned to hear that a droid was going to tell him about his father and how Lorn Pavan had died , Pavan marched away to Rokko ' s throne room . However , after the Hutt realized that the droid knew Pavan , he assumed that it was not mere coincidence — rather , he thought , it was a plot to kill him . He had his bodyguards move to attack them but was quickly forced to call them off . I - 5 had activated his finger - laser and threatened to destroy Rokko ' s most prized possession — his collection of decelerated luminescent image s , works of the Hutt artist Gorgo . These were images frozen in time , as they were made of protium gas exposed to Nal Hutta centuries ago . These were so thick it took light years to shine through , making them essentially " windows to the past " . As Gorgo had died centuries ago , the images were extremely rare ; in fact , Rokko owned the only such images in the galaxy . Due to his prized possessions being threatened , the Hutt immediately called off his bodyguards and allowed the group to leave . However , as soon as they had reached the turbolift , Rokko sent his Aegis - 7 battle droid after them . The group was able to bring the ceiling down on the droid and escaped . Personality and traits . Rokko the Hutt was a greedy , merciless being , with little care for others . Jax Pavan once expressed the opinion that Rokko would sell out his mother for money , no matter the amount . Rokko attempted to turn Pavan over to the Empire simply because there was a bounty , though worth little , on his head . After Pavan came to him later , having survived the Empire ' s attempt to arrest him , Rokko agreed to work with him , as the Human had a business deal in mind . Though Rokko considered selling out Pavan once more , he decided that the effort was not worth it . Rokko was also described by Jax Pavan as cruel and merciless . However , Rokko did have a softer side . He loved art , particularly the works of the Hutt artist Gorgo , and would go to great lengths , even allowing his enemies to escape , in order to protect them . Rokko greatly admired Gorgo and showed genuine sadness that his works were almost extinct . Behind the scenes . Rokko was created by author Michael Reaves and appeared in the 2008 novel " " , the first installment of the " " trilogy .