Niai Fieso Niai Fieso was a confidence trickster from Veterned , Troiken . Born into poverty , he roamed the streets of Veterned , not able to hold down a job until he found work in Freon Drevan ' s criminal organization as a factory worker , producing counterfeit Gasgano podracing merchandise . He was also given the opportunity to swindle innocent beings , and the way in which he acquitted himself impressed Drevan to such a degree that the young Fieso soon found himself the most valued member of the organization . Together , Fieso and Drevan entered the smuggling business . Fieso , however , tired of Drevan and set his elder up for a fall , alerting the authorities and leaving Drevan with tax debt . Striking out on his own , Fieso enjoyed success away from Troiken and masqueraded as an agent for Gasgano . He tried his hand at swindling the businesses of the Corporate Sector , but he soon attracted the attention of the Corporate Sector Authority . Chased out of the Corporate Sector by the Security Police , Fieso tried to lay low on the arid world of Tatooine . There , he found work as a vendor at the Mos Espa Grand Arena during the Boonta Eve Classic in 32 BBY . What Fieso did not realize was that Drevan was present in the crowd , and after a very public fight , the pair found themselves in jail , with Fieso transferred to the Corporate Sector Authority ' s custody . Biography . Early life . Hailing from Veterned , the capital city of Troiken , Niai Fieso was born to a poor family . His parents could not afford an education for him , and so the young Xexto spent most of his youth roaming the city streets . He was able to find brief employment in a series of odd - jobs , but his course eventually led him into Veterned ' s criminal world . Fieso found himself working for the confidence trickster Freon Drevan , who ran a bootleg racket selling a variety of merchandise " connected " to a famous son of Troiken , the podracer Gasgano . Fieso ' s initial role in Drevan ' s organization was that of a factory worker , producing the merchandise for Drevan to sell . He was also given the opportunity to fleece unsuspecting citizens , and Drevan was impressed with the way in which Fieso deceived beings with his friendly demeanor . The younger Xexto quickly advanced through the ranks of the organization until he became Drevan ' s most trusted associate . Together , the pair expanded the organization beyond simple bootlegging and into the world of smuggling . Their cargo was , invariably , illegal wares , such as spice . Lone operator . Eventually , Fieso tired of having Drevan as his superior , and he began plotting to be rid of the older Xexto . To begin with , he siphoned profits from their spice smuggling racket , and then tipped off the authorities as to Drevan ' s activities , before fleeing the system . The resulting raid ended with Devan being jailed , his business license revoked , and Fieso free to pursue his own ventures . Drevan was also left with tax debt . Fieso managed to succeed by himself as a confidence trickster , scamming naive beings and businesses for hefty profits . One of the most profitable of his schemes involved posing as Gasgano ' s agent . Taking his business to the Corporate Sector , Fieso managed to lure businesses there into " exclusive sponsorship deals " for Gasgano . The projected profits of the gambit would set up the Xexto for retirement , but his actions attracted the attention of the Corporate Sector Authority . One of the Authority ' s Attorney General s called Fieso ' s bluff , and the Xexto found himself set upon by Security Police . Evading them , Fieso fled the sector with what little he still had to his name . In order to not attract anymore attention , Fieso traveled to Tatooine , where he intended to lay low , as he had very few credits . In the spaceport of Mos Espa , he found work as a food vendor , selling refreshments such as gorgs at the Mos Espa Grand Arena during the Boonta Eve Classic of 32 BBY . Although the job was legitimate , Fieso saw the podracing crowd as the perfect target for his scamming ways . As he searched for potential marks , he was hit thrice in the face by Drevan , who was amongst the crowd . A fight between the two Xextos broke out , and they both were thrown in jail . Subsequently , Fieso was placed in the custody of the Corporate Sector Authority . Personality and traits . Niai Fieso possessed a warm and friendly demeanor — at least while liberating targets of their credits . That demeanor helped Fieso rise to prominence in Freon Drevan ' s organization , and he advanced quickly through the ranks because of it . However , Fieso was an ambitious being , and he did not hesitate in swindling his own boss . He even sold Drevan out to local authorities so he could work as a lone operator . For a while , his skill gave him success as a con - man , but when trying to take on the Corporate Sector , he found himself out of his depth . Although he attempted to settle down and lay low , even while working in a legitimate job he found himself wanting to swindle innocent beings . Behind the scenes . The character of Niai Fieso first appeared , unnamed , in the DVD release of 1999 ' s , in a shot not included in the original theatrical release , during the film ' s podracing sequence . In 2007 , the character was identified and given a story by Sander de Lange , writing as " exarxan " through the StarWars . com feature , " What ' s The Story ? " For the character ' s name , de Lange used anagrams of two of his friends ' names : " Iain " and " Sofie . " Searching for possible connections to the character , de Lange looked up other existing Xexto in the Expanded Universe , finding two suitable candidates : Tosinqas from " HoloNet News Vol . 531 53 " , and Freon Drevan , identified in the " Coruscant Limited " set of the " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game . De Lange used Tosinqas in a second " What ' s The Story ? " entry he sent in and opted to connect Drevan to his Fieso story . Drevan ' s card in " Coruscant Limited " mentioned a " partner " who scammed the character , leaving him with tax debt . de Lange opted to retcon his character into that role . The phrasing " right - hands Xexto " from the finished Databank entry de Lange attributed to Timothy Carlsson , who helped polish the submission . De Lange tied the character to the Corporate Sector from Brian Daley ' s 1979 novel , " Han Solo at Stars ' End " , as he intended to have his character incarcerated in the Stars ' End prison . The reference was cut from the final entry , as it was too early chronologically for the prison to have existed .