Borbig Drob Borbig Drob was a male Houk who worked as a gladiator during the early years of the Galactic Empire ' s reign and was declared champion of the contest known as the Stormblade Bloodfest on nine occasions . He was invited to take part in the event known as Gladiator Night on the planet Lothal , where he faced the Feeorin gladiator Warjak , whom he had agreed to lose to for additional pay . The rigged match was interrupted however , by the arrival of Imperial Security Bureau Lieutenant Jenkes , who was being chased by the bounty hunter Bossk and his companion Ezra Bridger . After Jenkes wounded him , Bossk requested that he fight the two gladiators in bare handed combat , which Drob and Warjak agreed to , only for the bounty hunter to defeat them both . Biography . The male Houk Borbig Drob worked as a gladiator during the early years of the Galactic Empire ' s rule . He participated in the gladiatorial event known as the Stormblade Bloodfest several time s , emerging victorious on nine occasions . Sometime after his ninth victory , Drob was hired by the Imperial Security Bureau Lieutenant Jenkes , who used the alias " the Commissioner " , to take part in an event called Gladiator Night on the planet Lothal . Drob , and his opponent Warjak , were picked up on the planet Nyriaan by a transport , which delivered them to the Capital City spaceport on Lothal in secret , as Jenkes was operating the gladiatorial fights illegally . Once on Lothal , the pair were taken in an unmarked Imperial Troop Transport to Monad Outpost , a mining outpost refurbished for the fight . At Monad Outpost , Drob was armed , before heading into the arena where he was introduced to the waiting crowd by Galdiator Night ' s Pa ' lowick announcer , garnering both cheers and boos from the audience of gambler s watching . Before the fight began , Warjak confirmed with Drob that the Houk would let him win , as the Commissioner had promised them a small fortune if they rigged the fight . The fight then began , but was soon interrupted by the arrival of Jenkes in the arena , who was being chased by the Trandoshan bounty hunter Bossk and a local street urchin named Ezra Bridger . Drob and Warjak failed to notice the trio ' s arrival at first , but realized something was wrong when the cheering of the crowd ceased , causing them to stop fighting . Jenkes , who Drob did not know was the Commissioner , wounded Bossk and then announced that he was only there to kill Bossk and not to stop the fight , after which Bossk announced that if he were to die , it should be in combat against the gladiators . This earned the approval of the crowd , and Drob and Warjak prepared to face the Trandoshan , who asked that the fight be in unarmed combat . The two gladiators obliged and dropped their weapons , after which Bossk immediately launched himself at Drob , headbutting him in the face and driving his knee into the Houk ' s stomach , causing him to collapse . Bossk then also defeated Warjak , before revealing that Jenkes was the Commissioner and that he had planned to steal the bets of every gambler at the arena . Imperial forces then arrived at Monad Outpost , and Jenkes was arrested . Personality and traits . Borbig Drob was a capable gladiator who was able to win the Stormblade Bloodfest on multiple occasions . However , he was willing to lose in a rigged match against Warjak for additional pay . When Bossk challenged he and Warjak to bare handed combat , Drob assumed he could easily defeat the wounded Trandoshan and willingly dropped his weapons , only to be quickly beaten by the bounty hunter . The Houk was heavily muscled , with huge forearms . Equipment . At Monad Outpost , Drob fought bare - chested with a heavy sword and a broad shield . Behind the scenes . Borbig Drob first appeared in " Ezra ' s Gamble " , a junior novel written by Ryder Windham and released in 2014 .