Ak - rev / Legends Ak - rev was a male Weequay drum master and a bodyguard for Jabba Desilijic Tiure . He was born in the Sriluur ' s capital city of Al - Campur . While on Sriluur , he studied at the Weequay monastery to their god of thunder , Am - Shak . While he was outside the monestary , Ak - rev would often fight in the streets of Al - Campur . While on a trip to the desert world of Tatooine , Ak - rev was hired as a bodyguard by the Hutt crime lord , Jabba Desilijic Tiure , after the Hutt witnessed a fight between Ak and one of Jabba ' s Gamorrean guards . While in Jabba ' s employment , Ak would play a large set of drums as back up to the Max Rebo Band along with a Klatooinian , Umpass - stay . In 4 ABY , he would witness the death of one of Jabba ' s slave dancers , the Twi ' lek Oola , for insubordination . After the death of Jabba at the Great Pit of Carkoon at the hands of the Princess of Alderaan , Leia Organa Solo , Ak and Umpass set out across the Dune Sea to Mos Eisley . While making their way across the dunes , the pair were attacked by Tusken Raiders , and Ak was beaten to death by the Sand People . Biography . Born and orphaned in the capital city of Al - Campur on the Weequay homeworld of Sriluur , Ak - rev was brought into a monastery of Am - Shak , the Weequay god of thunder . The monks of Am - Shak taught Ak - rev hand - to - hand combat and the art of drumming on the thunder drum s . After leaving the monastery , Ak - rev entered the violent underworld of Al - Campur as a street fighter . Despite his involvement in gang violence , Ak - rev continued to perform drum ceremonies in honor of Am - Shak and gave a bit of his money to the monastery . The monks of the monestary served as the only solace and the drums the only joy to Ak - rev during his youth . Ak - Rev did not trust outlanders and non - Weequays , and while on a visit to Tatooine , Ak had a brawl with Gamorreans . The Gamorreans were in the employment of the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure ' s , more commonly know as Jabba the Hutt . Jabba was impressed by Ak - Rev ' s tenacity , and agreed to hire him as a bodyguard . While the Hutt disgusted Ak - Rev , he agreed , if only because there were so many Weequays in Jabba ' s Palace that he felt at home again . When Jabba the Hutt heard Ak - rev ' s passionate drum performance at an Am - Shak ceremony , he offered Ak - rev a position in the Max Rebo Band alongside the Klatooinian Umpass - stay . They would occasionally play back up for the band on huge drums . In 4 ABY , Ak and Umpass , along with the rest of the Max Rebo Band , were playing a song to entertain Jabba ' s quests , when they witnessed the death of one of Jabba ' s Twi ' lek slave dancer s , Oola . Oola had refused to service the Hutt crimelord in a sexual manner , and as a result , the Twi ' lek was dropped into a large pit underneath Jabba ' s throne room that housed his pet Rancor midway through the song . Oola was subsequently eaten alive by the large predator . Later that night , Jabba captured the Princess of Alderaan and Rebel Alliance hero Leia Organa , who had been disguised as the bounty hunter Boushh , while she was trying to rescue Han Solo , and as a result , Leia was put into slavery under the Hutt . Solo was an ex - smuggler turned rebellion General who was frozen in carbonite a year earlier for failing to pay back Jabba for dumping a large amount of spice while on a run for the Hutt . The next day , the last Jedi Knight in the galaxy and rebel commander Luke Skywalker came to Jabba ' s palace to negotiate the release of Han , Leia , and Solo ' s Wookiee companion , Chewbacca , who had been brought into Jabba ' s custody by Leia when she was disguised as Boushh so she could get into the palace , but Skywalker too was captured . Ak and Umpass stayed behind at Jabba ' s palace when the Hutt went out into the Dune Sea in his sailbarge and several of his denizens to execute Han , Luke , and Chewbacca at the Great Pit of Carkoon . However , Jabba ' s prisoners were able to free themselves with the help of Lando Calrissian , who had been disguised as one of Jabba ' s guards . The Hutt himself was killed when Leia choked the Hutt with chain he had used to keep the Princess imprisoned . When news of Jabba ' s death reached Ak - rev and Umpass - stay , the two set out across the Dune Sea , through Tusken Raider territory , bound for Mos Eisley , a small spaceport town . While en route , they were ambushed by a tribe of Sand People whose banthas had been slain by Ak ' s fellow Weequays in a sacrifice to the Weequays ' gods . The Raiders beat Ak - rev to death , returning the favor of sacrifice , although Umpass was able to survive and would live on to serve another Desilijic clan house . Behind the scenes . Ak - rev was added to the extended musical number in the Special Edition of " " . The drumming done by him and Umpass - stay was derived from the Japanese art of Taiko drumming with the help of San Francisco Taiko Dojo . Hasbro would later release an Ak - rev figure in 2008 including a leg of R7 - Z0 .