Kelyan Kelyan was a Twi ' lek bounty hunter who worked on a team with Clargod , Dee ' Hars , and Kiimo . In 21 BBY , the group took several contracts from Riboga the Hutt , who was reestablishing his criminal dominance over the Cularin system . These jobs brought them into contact with the so - called Heroes of Cularin , a group who took several missions for Senator Wren . Their first encounter was on neutral terms , but as Riboga suffered setback after setback at the outsiders ' hands , he eventually tasked the bounty hunters with taking out the " Heroes " — and making them suffer in the process . Kelyan and her team set up an elaborate plan . They first forced the targets to crash - land on Holador , a remote world with little in the way of civilization . There , Kelyan befriended a primitive tribe of Squib s and did her best to persuade them that the Cularin " Heroes " were dangerous villains . When the targets arrived at he village , however , they managed to establish their innocence . This was only one setback of many on the job , which ended a complete failure . Kelyan was a beautiful woman and a smooth talker . Unlike the other members of her team , she carried a blaster only as a last resort . Her wiles were much subtler : quick wits and a sharp tongue . History . Target : Nirama ' s associates . At some point , Kelyan joined forces with the the bounty hunters Clargod , Dee ' Hars , and Kiimo . The Twi ' lek woman ' s charm and wiles made a good addition to an otherwise combat - heavy team . In 21 BBY , the team was hired by the Office of Peace and Security ( OPS ) to bring in two associates of a deposed crime lord named Nirama . The targets , named Kerum and Mattenic , also had a bounty on their heads from Riboga the Hutt , a crime lord who was moving in to reclaim Nirama ' s old territory , the Cularin system . The targets were supposed to be hiding out in Gadrin ' s industrial sector on the planet Cularin . The team got into position , Clargod outside and the others in a building across from the targets ' hiding place . They waited for their trap to be sprung . Kerum and Mettenic finally showed themselves and made a run for their speeder bikes . Clargod intercepted them , while Kelyan joined Dee ' Hars and Kiimo in firing over their heads to keep them on that course . The plan was complicated when a group of strangers appeared and seemed intent on intervening . Kelyan moved to address them ; she recognized them as the " Heroes of Cularin , " a group who had been making a name for themselves doing jobs for Senator Wren . The Twi ' lek told the strangers to be careful and not to intervene ; this was a legal capture for the OPS after all . Besides , she and her mates were just following the heroes ' lead in protecting the Cularin system . When the targets reached their speeder bikes , Kiimo ' s booby - trap stun grenade s exploded . The targets went down . The interlopers proved a problem . They were intent on speaking to Kerum and Mettenic about Riboga the Hutt ' s crime empire . Kelyan had to get rid of them . She proposed a trade : the " Heroes " could speak with her mate , Dee ' Hars , instead . He knew just as much about Riboga as the unconscious prisoners did . In exchange , the interlopers would let the bounty hunters turn over their catch to the OPS as the law mandated . The heroes agreed . Kelyan and her team made out handsomely , paid twice for the catch . Target : The " Heroes of Cularin " . Using Dee ' Hars ' s information as a starting point , the Heroes of Cularin began a campaign of discouragement and humiliation against Riboga the Hutt . Kelyan and the others , loosely under Riboga ' s employ as events unfolded , saw firsthand the Hutt ' s operations set back and foiled . At some point , the hunters traveled to the Kemix system as part of Riboga ' s court on his flagship , the " Rightful Dominion " . Here , Kelyan and the others crossed paths with Wren ' s operatives once again in the ship ' s hangar ; the ship was breaking apart as it entered the atmosphere of Kemix . Kelyan and her associates made it off the ship alive , as did Riboga . Nevertheless , the loss of the ship was a huge setback for the Hutt . Riboga was furious and ready for revenge . The Hutt turned to Kelyan and her crew , but this bounty would be different . He did not just want these " Heroes of Cularin " killed ; he wanted them to " suffer " . Kelyan and her colleagues investigated their targets and identified their weaknesses . Dee ' Hars , the team leader , assigned each hunter a specific task and only apprised them of their part of the scheme , the better to keep the targets in the dark should someone be captured . Kelyan was ordered to do what she did best : mire the targets in endless spats and disagreements . The bounty hunters tracked the targets down and booby - trapped their ship with ordnance . The explosives went off on schedule , and the so - called heroes were forced out of hyperspace over an isolated , little - known world called Holador ; within the planet ' s gravity well , it plummeted to the surface . In fact , things turned out better than Kelyan and her mates could have hoped ; the targets were knocked unconscious from the crash landing , and the bounty hunters were able to infiltrate their ship , sedate them , and make off with their weapons , droids , and key starship components . Kelyan set off to ingratiate herself with the inhabitants of Holador . She found a tribe of Squib s , the descendants of a band that had crash - landed on the planet centuries before and who had been forced to adapt a primitive lifestyle to survive . Making friends with them was easy , as she was a fluent speaker of Squibbian . She spun yarns about made - up " Assassin Lords " and their clients , the targets , and she played up the " heroic exploits " of her and her team . Kelyan ' s talents seemed to work for the most part ; over the few days she lived in their village , the Squibs grew more and more agitated . Nevertheless , their elder , Alexem , seemed not to buy in as readily . The " Heroes of Cularin " arrived in the Squib village a few days after Kelyan had gotten there . She taunted them , revealing how she had lied about them to make their reception anything but friendly . She suggested that the new arrivals should bargain for their lives . She even offered to interpret for them . To her chagrin , Alexem revealed that he had a command of Basic , thus negating her linguistic advantage somewhat . Still , a tense back - and - forth ensued , with Kelyan reasserting the strangers ' ill intentions and the newcomers protesting their innocence . Things turned against the Twi ' lek . The targets convinced Alexem of their innocence and of her duplicity . Alexem decreed that , as a guest of the tribe , Kelyan would not be harmed , nor had she broken any tribal laws . Still , the strangers would be free to go , and the village would help them in any way it could . The " Heroes " departed , and Kelyan could do little more than watch them walk away . In the end , the job turned out poorly . The targets escaped , and in the process , they defeated Clargod , Kiimo , and Dee ' Hars . At least Kelyan escaped unscathed . Personality and traits . Kelyan was beautiful Twi ' lek woman with a gift for diplomacy and fast - talk . Although she carried a blaster pistol , her role was as her team ' s " public relations " specialist . When brute force and blasters failed to do the job , she put her golden tongue and bright ideas to the task . Behind the scenes . Kelyan appears in the " For Every Action " trilogy of adventures for the " Living Force " campaign of the " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " from Wizards of the Coast . In the first episode , " Preemptive Strike " , she is part of an encounter in which she and her team get between the player characters and some information they seek . This encounter has several possible resolutions , but one of them is labeled the most likely and is considered canonical . The destruction of the " Rightful Dominion " in " Counterstrike " is optional . However , as this is the best possible scenario for the player characters , completion of this task is considered canonical . Thus , Kelyan and the others encounter the Heroes of Cularin once again . In the third adventure , " Strike III " , Kelyan is the main antagonist of an encounter in which the player characters are expected to rely on roleplaying and non - combat abilities to advance their quest . Instead of fighting , they must contend with Kelyan , who is doing her best to convince Alexem and his tribe that the player characters are dangerous and should not be allowed to leave their village alive . The outcome of the encounter depends on players making good die rolls and thinking of ways to curry favor with Alexem and the Squibs , such as offering technological items , rations , or medical assistance . Should they do poorly , the Squib warriors attack as Kelyan has bidden them . Success means that Alexem and his tribemates decide that the outsiders are in fact harmless and befriend them . As the best possible outcome , this is considered the canonical event .