Ludlo Lebauer Ludlo Lebauer was a Jenet casino owner on Pavo Prime with a brusque demeanor , a flair for the ostentatious , and an appreciation for fine art , beautiful women , and luxurious living . From a wealthy clan that owned both casinos and an underground criminal syndicate known as the Invisible Shell , Lebauer rose through the ranks but could never shake the dominance of his uncle and wanted bacta counterfeiter , Lorimar Lebauer . As the Shell and Ludlo Lebauer secretly competed to obtain battlefield salvage rights from the New Republic , the nephew tipped off Thyferran authorities and had his uncle arrested . Ludlo Lebauer was dutifully appointed head of the Shell ' s board , but the other members refused to grant him more than nominal control . Meanwhile , the organization became enmeshed in a scheme by which they traded priceless works of art for Imperial intelligence . Lebauer wanted to cut out the middlebeings , a trio of Squib s , but they refused to out their contacts . He froze one of them in carbonite to teach them a lesson . The Squibs would prove his undoing , however . When Lebauer invited Leia Organa Solo and Han Solo to Pavo Prime to make an offer for some Alderaanian boasa statues he had obtained , the Jenet expected to come out of the deal with a salvage contract . Instead , he found himself the patsy in the Squibs ' scheme to free their frozen comrade . When the Solos revealed that they knew of his treachery toward his uncle , Lebauer was forced to give up not only boasas but also his favorite Squib work of carbonite " art " , which he had dubbed the " Second Mistake " . Biography . Early life . Ludlo Lebauer was born into a clan of Jenet s who had their paws in a number of casinos on Pavo Prime . He grew up in the shadow of his uncle , Lorimar Lebauer , head of the Invisible Shell , a ruthless criminal organization made up of members of his clan . Ludlo Lebauer maintained his own business interests , gaining ownership of the Pearl Island Casino on Pavo Prime , for instance . He carefully built up a positive reputation on the world , publicly administering the casino and joining the Pavo Prime Visitor ' s Board as a cover for his shadier operations . The casino became his base of operations . Salvage search . Shortly after the Battle of Endor , the Invisible Shell opened negotiations with the nascent New Republic for an exclusive salvage contract to New Republic battle sites . Meanwhile , Ludlo Lebauer secretly opened negotiations of his own . Nevertheless , the new government did not bite . Lorimar Lebauer was a notorious bacta counterfeiter wanted for causing the deaths of thousands with his faulty wares . Ludlo Lebauer quietly tipped off the Thyferran police , who caught up to his uncle and arrested him . In the absence of its founder , the Invisible Shell fell to its board for direction with Ludlo Lebauer its head . Nevertheless , the board never granted their leader ' s nephew any real control over its affairs . Boasa affair . Ludlo Lebauer refused to give up . He hatched a plot to pressure Leia Organa Solo into facilitating the salvage contract he sought . He entered the Shell into an arrangement by which they provided rare artwork to a trio of Squib s named Emala , Grees , and Sligh . In return , the Squibs gave the Shell Imperial secrets . The Shell then sold those secrets to New Republic Intelligence ( NRI ) , and the Squibs supplied the art to an Imperial collector . In the process , the organization made money and improved its reputation with the galactic government . Eventually , Lebauer tried to cut the Squibs out of the arrangement by roughing them up to reveal their source . They refused ( in reality , they had many sources ) , and Lebauer decided he had to teach them a lesson . He froze Grees in carbonite . It was like a work of art . Lebauer named it the " Second Mistake " . He purchased 10 Alderaanian boasa statues from Threkim Horm , the president of the Alderaanian Council . The price was high — Horm was in debt from one end of Pavo Prime to the other — but the statues , which just happened to have been offworld at the time of Alderaan ' s destruction by the Death Star , were a perfect lure to Organa Solo , who wished to preserve them for posterity . With this information leaked to the NRI , Organa Solo arranged a meeting at the Pearl Island Casino . Lebauer ' s good standing with the NRI kept them from revealing his more shady affairs to Organa Solo . Organa Solo came with her husband , Han Solo , the Wookiee Chewbacca , and her droid C - 3PO . She tried to claim that the statues were the cultural heritage of the Alderaanian people and returning them to them would be smart publicity for the casino . Lebauer countered that the Pearl was exclusive and had no need for publicity . Then Organa Solo shocked the Jenet : she asked to buy the " Second Mistake " . Seeing no harm in showing them his favorite piece of art , he took them to its hiding place , where their reactions told him they had had no idea that it was the Squib Grees in carbonite . At any rate , he refused to sell , and the Solos left . He had not expected that , but no worries . He knew they would be back for the boasas . Unfortunately , members of the Invisible Shell made a counteroffer over his head : the statues for the salvage rights the organization had been seeking . Again , the New Republic representatives refused . Lebauer retired to a luxury lounge with his bodyguards and assistants . They were interrupted later by the Solos , their Wookiee , and , strangely , the two Squib associates of the carbonite - frozen Grees , who fought their way past Lebauer ' s bodyguards . Something had evidently changed , as the Solos made a new offer . They revealed that they had learned about the Invisible Shell . Then they unilaterally stated that the salvage contract was off the table ; they had no desire to see New Republic scrap refurbished and sold to the Empire . Instead , they would trade the statues and the " Second Mistake " for their putting pressure on the Thyferrans to release Lorimar Lebauer from prison . The Squib Emala even sweetened the deal with a credit chip worth 10 , 000 credits , while her associate Sligh made a clumsy threat : Ludlo Lebauer probably had no desire to see his uncle released , since he had supposedly helped put him away . Lebauer knew he could not let his uncle free , but he pretended to agree to the offer . When Organa Solo said she would have to return to Coruscant to leverage the Thyferrans , Lebauer knew he could not let that happen . He made a show of giving the artworks to the Solos , even ordering the boasas boxed up for transport to the " Millennium Falcon " . However , he then led the " guests " into an ambush by some blaster rifle - wielding Jenet underlings . The Squibs offered 5 million credits for the " Second Mistake " and their lives , but Lebauer thought even that was too risky — his clan might learn of his treachery if they found the statues around somewhere . Better to melt them down and kill everyone . Then things turned sour . The Solos revealed that Organa Solo had been wearing a comlink , and that her droid had recorded Lebauer ' s orders to kill them . Their droid would release the recording should they be executed . Desperate , Lebauer decided to kill the offworlders himself ; he was dead either way , so he might as well take them out while he had the chance . Organa made one final offer : she would keep the recording private , would make no efforts to free Lorimar Lebauer . In return , Ludlo Lebauer would hand over the boasas and the " Second Mistake " . Lebauer agreed . In the end , Lebauer had the last laugh . The Squibs had apparently convinced the Solos that the Invisible Shell knew the control codes for the Empire ' s MS - 19 . Lebauer revealed that that particular piece of intel was completely false , as the Imperials had been passing along false information for a month after catching on to the Squibs ' scheme . Meanwhile , the Squibs slipped away before anyone could confront them . Lebauer could only warn the Solos to never trust a Squib . Personality and traits . With a bulky build and a taste for the ostentatious , Ludlo Lebauer was a Jenet who made an impression . His large , pink body was covered in thin , white fur . His red eyes stayed perpetually sabacc - faced , offering no hint of what he had in mind — a cold sweat was a better indicator of when he was in distress . Lebauer wore clothes designed to be noticed . When he met Leia Organa Solo in 8 ABY , he wore a gaudy tunic - doublet outfit made of noron and a pinky ring bejeweled with a giant Corusca gem . Under his doublet he stashed a large blaster . Lebauer ' s brusque and harsh demeanor belied his connoisseurship of unique and valuable art . The Jenet collected such pieces and displayed them in his casino to increase the air of elitism enjoyed by its patrons . Like other Jenets , Lebauer had an eidetic memory . Nevertheless , he professed ignorance of the galaxy beyond Pavo Prime , wondering , for example , if Coruscant had trees . Perhaps Lebauer ' s greatest strength was his natural skill at enduring downturns and saving his own skin . When pressed , he denied the existence of the Invisible Shell and his own furtive dealings , insisting on the legitimacy of his operations . The job of a casino boss came with certain trappings . For one , a swarm of bellhops , clerks , dealers , and pit bosses of various species surrounded him . Even more of his coterie were fellow Jenets , the males accoutered to match their boss ' s style and the females in provocative attire . A fair number of these were actually personal bodyguards working incognito so as not to draw undue attention . One of these was a Jenet named Verm . Perhaps his most important " employee " was a culkuda that he kept in the casino ' s power plant to dispose of any uncooperative " clients " . Lebauer spent much of his time lounging in the Pearl ' s luxurious lounges and suites , isolated from the clients who frequented the casino . Behind the scenes . Ludlo Lebauer is the main antagonist of the short story " The Trouble with Squibs " by Troy Denning ( 2003 ) . He is also in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .