Holdan Holdan was a denizen of Taris and a henchman for Davik Kang , crime lord of the Exchange , serving as one of his top courier s in the time of the Jedi Civil War . Holdan ' s penchant for alcohol and womanizing antagonized Dia , a waitress at Javyar ' s Cantina , who injured him with a vibroblade . In retaliation for his wounded pride , Holdan placed a bounty on her head , only to relinquish it later under the persuasion of the amnesiac former Sith Lord Revan . Biography . Holdan was once an intergalactic customs agent , a profession in which he learned various tricks used to catch smugglers . This background proved immensely useful when he was afterwards recruited into the Exchange criminal organization and became one of the top courier s for Davik Kang , head of the Exchange on the planet Taris , ferrying packages to other planets and back . Being versed in counter - smuggling strategies ironically helped him conduct successful smuggling operations for the Exchange . Holdan frequented Javyar ' s Cantina in the Lower City of Taris , where he flirted with the women he encountered . This set him up for trouble when he became attracted to the waitress Dia and made advances on her , only to be harshly rebuffed . Incensed and drunk , Holdan forced himself onto her , causing her to feel violated and retaliate with a vibroblade . According to Zax , a Hutt in charge of the bounty office located in the cantina , Holdan was nearly killed in the ensuing scuffle , humiliating him in front of his friends . His pride wounded and left with a scar to remind him of the incident , the furious courier placed a bounty of 300 credits on Dia ' s head while he rested in the medical bay . As soon as he had recovered , Holdan returned to enjoying himself at Javyar ' s Cantina , albeit focused more on Twi ' lek women than Humans given his recent experience . He found that the event had harmed his reputation in the eyes of other female patrons , who largely began to give him the silent treatment . It was at Javyar ' s that he was found by the Galactic Republic soldier Revan — in truth , an amnesiac former Sith Lord — during the Sith quarantine of Taris , a part of the Jedi Civil War in the year 3956 BBY . When asked about the incident with Dia , Holdan gave his perspective , insisting that the waitress had overreacted — much to the derision of Revan ' s friends . The former Sith sympathized with Dia ' s plight and was determined to convince Holdan to withdraw the bounty . Though Holdan was initially reluctant , believing that he must have his payback , he ultimately relented and informed Zax the bounty was to be withdrawn . Personality and traits . As one of Kang ' s henchmen , Holdan , a Human male with fair skin , blue eyes , and dark brown hair , was steadfastly loyal and proud to be serving such a powerful man , believing that it entitled him to unconditional respect from common civilians . To that end , he could little tolerate insults or humiliation from others , as he felt compelled to uphold the intimidating reputation afforded to him by his affiliation . While he bore an inflated ego due to his status , at the roots of this was an inferiority complex : he could not bear to be looked down upon by others such as his friends or the people around him . Holdan was a womanizer who enjoyed visiting the cantina just to mingle with attractive women or to gaze at the alluring Twi ' lek dancers on stage . Despite his fondness for women , he barely valued their worth as people . When he was grievously injured by Dia in the wake of his sexual harassment of her , he cared little for her perspective , determining only that she was a crazy woman who needed to be punished with death . The thought of her death weighed little on him , and he treated it as a casual affair at best , telling himself that he would still have plenty of other women to play with . It was a moot topic to him at the end , even while he expressed mild pity over it . Just as he gave her a death sentence on a whim from his rage , so too did he waive his bounty on her on a whim . Behind the scenes . Holdan appears as a non - player character in a side - quest in the 2003 video game " " . He is responsible for putting a bounty on the head of a woman named Dia , a scenario that can be resolved in a few different ways . If the player chooses the dark side path , he / she kills Dia and accepts the bounty from Zax , worth 300 credits or 400 if the player successfully bargains for more . If the player chooses to save Dia ' s life for the light side course , he / she has to convince Holdan to drop the bounty . Holdan will demand a price of 200 credits to do so , a sum that the impoverished Dia is unable to contribute , and must be handed in all from the player . Holdan will abide by the agreement and withdraw the bounty . Alternatively , if the player has a high enough Persuade skill level , Holdan can be easily convinced to drop the case without any cost , using the argument that it would not be manly of him to hire bounty hunters to murder her . Should the player fail in persuasion due to insufficient skill level and Bastila Shan is present , the Jedi will automatically compel Holdan to acquiesce with Force persuasion . If Mission Vao is in the party when Holdan is describing his version of the story , she will interject with the remark : " Yeah , sure . You were as innocent as a Jawa in a droid chop shop ! " Similarly , if Carth Onasi is in the party , he will interject at the same spot with the remark : " Yeah , right . Sounds to me like she was defending herself . " If both Vao and Onasi are present , Vao ' s comment will supersede that of Onasi . If Bastila Shan is present , she will supersede either with her own comment : " It sounds to me like the woman was defending herself . "