Bidlo Kwerve / Legends Bidlo Kwerve was a Corellian pirate and smuggler who served Jabba Desilijic Tiure . A tall , grizzled man with scarred features and a mane of black hair , he was known for his greediness and hot temper , and was quick to respond to any perceived insults . Kwerve and a Twi ' lek named Bib Fortuna competed to become Jabba ' s new majordomo after the Hutt deemed his previous retainer , Naroon Cuthus , too old and incapable of carrying out his duties . Kwerve and Fortuna hated each other with a passion and went to great lengths to prove themselves in Jabba ' s eyes , though Jabba considered each as incompetent as the other . Kwerve disliked Jabba ' s top pilot , Han Solo , and the two often clashed , both in words and with blasters . Around 2 BBY , he considered leaving Jabba ' s employ because of the continual menial tasks that were being asked of him , and though Fortuna encouraged him to quit , he never did . Shortly before the Battle of Yavin , Kwerve discovered a crashed ship in the Tatooinian desert , with a live rancor inside it . Hoping to present the beast to Jabba for his birthday , he begrudgingly sought the aid of Fortuna to help him transport it to Jabba ' s Palace . Jabba was impressed with the initiative shown by his two top lieutenants and offered to make one of them his new majordomo ; the other would be given the " greater honor , " though Jabba did not specify what this was . Ever greedy , Kwerve accepted the " greater honor " — he became the rancor ' s first victim and was devoured in a pit below Jabba ' s court . The uncouth Corellian did get his revenge , posthumously , when Luke Skywalker used Kwerve ' s skull to kill the rancor in 4 ABY . Biography . Jabba ' s lieutenant . Bidlo Kwerve , an uncouth Human male from Corellia , found himself in a life of crime , becoming a pirate and a smuggler . Known as something of a ruffian , and always quick to brandish his blaster , Kwerve had an unkempt mane of black hair , with a thin white stripe running from front to back , and a craggy , scarred face . At some point in his life , Kwerve began to work for Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure on the planet Tatooine , becoming one of his top lieutenants . Kwerve sought to replace Naroon Cuthus , Jabba ' s aging and increasingly inept majordomo , but he had stiff competition in the form of Bib Fortuna , a Twi ' lek slaver who had once held the prestigious position decades earlier , but had been demoted for some frivolous error . It amused Jabba to watch the two fight it out , and he constantly pitted them against each other , knowing that one would eventually triumph over the other and replace the bumbling Naroon Cuthus . The two hated each other to a fault , though Kwerve was almost universally disliked anyway . The Corellian pirate ' s duties varied considerably ; he often acted as a bodyguard for Jabba , helped perform menial tasks such as stocking ships , administered Jabba ' s townhouse in Mos Eisley while the Hutt was elsewhere , and accepted incoming calls to Jabba ' s Palace and referred them to the Hutt . In the race to prove themselves in Jabba ' s eyes , Fortuna edged ahead ; the Twi ' lek had better administration and management skills , he fawned over Jabba more than his opponent , and he could speak and understand Huttese , unlike Kwerve . Competition . As Jabba grew weary of the aging Cuthus , the rivalry between Kwerve and Fortuna heated up . In 2 BBY , Kwerve and Fortuna accompanied Jabba to Space Station Kwenn to meet with his top pilot , Han Solo , and collect a recently smuggled load of spice . Jabba and Solo had agreed to meet alone , but the Hutt decided to bring his two henchmen anyway ; furious , Solo insulted them , and Kwerve had to be restrained by Jabba from attacking him . When Solo insulted him again , Kwerve pulled a blaster on him , though the pilot ' s hidden Wookiee companion , Chewbacca , destroyed the weapon with his bowcaster . Solo departed before things escalated , though Kwerve attempted to persuade his master to kill the Corellian pilot and his Wookiee first mate . Jabba ordered his two lieutenants to stock his ship with the spice ; furious at having to perform such menial duties , Kwerve began wondering how much more of Jabba ' s abuse he could take . He voiced his annoyance to Fortuna , but the Twi ' lek merely encouraged him to leave . Later , en route to Jabba ' s residence on Tatooine , the Hutt remonstrated with his two lieutenants , berating them for not noticing Chewbacca before his appearance . Jabba dismissed the duo , telling them he would contemplate their punishment over dinner , and the two left to continue arguing . During Jabba ' s meal , however , they heard a disturbance and entered to find the Hutt struggling to capture a small Kowakian monkey - lizard . Jabba had found the creature in his food bowl , and Kwerve drew his blaster , hoping to kill it . Salacious B . Crumb , as the creature was called , covered Kwerve and Fortuna in Jabba ' s goo - like food before Kwerve could pull the trigger , rendering the blaster nonfunctional . Jabba was so amused by these events that he sent his two lieutenants away , ultimately hiring Crumb as a court jester . Two years later , Kwerve was temporarily appointed as Jabba ' s majordomo . During this time , he again clashed with Han Solo , after the pilot had dropped a load of valuable spice during an Imperial search . Solo had contacted Jabba ' s Palace to reason with the Hutt , though Kwerve was first to answer the call ; he eventually put Solo through to Jabba , after much gloating . After this , however , his temporary promotion was rescinded . A few days later , Kwerve was presented with an opportunity to edge ahead of Fortuna in the contest to become his master ' s new majordomo . A group of Jawas informed Kwerve that a Bothan ship had crashed in the Tatooinian desert , containing a fearsome creature , and persuaded him to buy the wreckage from them . Intrigued , and hoping to curry favor with Jabba , Kwerve went out to investigate along with several of Jabba ' s Gamorrean guards , claiming he was going womp rat hunting . However , Bib Fortuna — always keeping tabs on his rival — was not far behind him . In the downed ship , Bidlo Kwerve found a hulking , meters - tall beast , which was only subdued when the Corellian pirate threw eight gas grenade s at it . Fortuna arrived on the scene moments later , demanding to know what was going on . Both he and Kwerve knew they would not be able to bring the beast back to Jabba ' s Palace alone and decided that working together — something they had never done before — was the least dangerous option . The duo took the creature to the lower dungeons of the desert citadel , and Fortuna used his contacts to secure the services of Malakili , a beast - handler at Circus Horrificus . Death and legacy . During this time , Jabba was away on business purchasing a cantina in Mos Eisley ; his birthday was in three days , and Fortuna and Malakili hoped to present the creature to him as a gift . Malakili , freshly arrived from Nar Shaddaa , identified the creature as a rancor , a non - sentient species native to Dathomir , though how the rancor ended up on Tatooine eluded him . Kwerve and Fortuna installed a trapdoor in front of Jabba ' s dais , so that the Hutt could pull a lever and those standing over the grating would fall into a special dungeon containing the rancor . Although Jabba ' s spies around the palace had informed him of the newly arrived rancor before his birthday , he was genuinely pleased to see the creature ; Kwerve took this opportunity to claim most of the credit for the beast ' s capture , though Fortuna told Jabba of the administrative duties he had performed . Impressed at the initiative shown by the two beings , Jabba promised to make one of them his new majordomo , while the other would get a greater , unspecified role that would be remembered forever . Fortuna , ever cagey , noted the sinister nature of Jabba ' s latter promise and voiced his contentedness at accepting the lesser honor of becoming the majordomo . Kwerve was satisfied and waited for his great honor ; Jabba and Fortuna spoke in Huttese , and as Kwerve could not understand he began to panic . Eventually , Jabba revealed what the great honor would be : Kwerve would be the first victim of the rancor . The trap door opened and Bidlo Kwerve was devoured by the rancor , despite fighting back with his holdout blaster . Ironically , he would get his revenge — albeit posthumously — on the rancor years later when Jedi Luke Skywalker used Kwerve ' s skull to trigger the closing mechanism of a blast door in the dungeon , killing the rancor . Personality and traits . Bidlo Kwerve was considered a thug , and he had a brash , aggressive nature . Insults against him rarely went unpunished , and he had a cruel sense of humor ; he taunted Han Solo after the pilot had dropped his cargo and earned Jabba ' s wrath . Kwerve was thought to be extremely lucky , a trait many believed was shared by most Corellians , and this was one of the reasons Bib Fortuna loathed him so . He rarely spoke ; Malakili reckoned this was because he had a high , raspy , and whiny voice . Kwerve was thought to be very greedy , always looking out for himself ; unlike Fortuna , he did not have the presence of mind to decline Jabba ' s offer of a " greater honor , " instead claiming it for himself , ultimately to his own detriment . He was also an opportunist ; when he heard about the downed ship in the desert , he traveled there personally to investigate , hoping to turn things to his advantage . His appearance reflected his uncouth nature , with wild , ragged black hair and a face pockmarked with numerous scars and sores , including one long scar from a blaster wound . Behind the scenes . The character of Bidlo Kwerve first appeared in numerous West End Games sourcebooks , in biographies for Bib Fortuna , a minor character from . He first appeared in Bill Slavicsek and Curtis Smith ' s " The Star Wars Sourcebook " , but " " , written by Michael Stern , expanded his backstory . Kevin J . Anderson used this for part of his short story in " Tales from Jabba ' s Palace " , " , " in 1996 , and in the same year , Kwerve was given his first visual appearance in Ryder Windham ' s " This Crumb for Hire " . Decipher ' s " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game retcon ned the skull used by Luke Skywalker to kill the rancor in " Return of the Jedi " as Kwerve ' s , tying in his death in " Tales from Jabba ' s Palace " . The character has since appeared briefly in A . C . Crispin ' s " Rebel Dawn " and the non - canon " Star Wars Tales " comic " Best Birthday Ever " , which tells the story of " A Boy and His Monster " in a more lighthearted way . In it , Kwerve lends his speeder to Bib Fortuna to collect the rancor from the Interstellar Parcel Service , but dies similarly to " A Boy and His Monster . "