Nak Pitareeze Nak Pitareeze was a young male Human from Kalarba , the son of Jarth and Meg Pitareeze . He at one time owned C - 3PO and R2 - D2 , until they were stolen by the pirate Captain Huba . Though the two droids were returned to Nak , they soon ventured off to Nar Shaddaa . During his ownership of Artoo and Threepio , Nak would at times vent his frustrations over his parents ' distance by playing pranks on them , but later realized the foolishness of it all and apologized to the droids . Biography . The Kalarba Adventures . Nak Pitareeze first encountered C - 3PO and R2 - D2 after they landed an escape pod into a lake next to where his family was having a picnic . His parents took R2 - D2 and C - 3PO into there service and they became Nak ' s guardians . Shortly after the Droids became Nak ' s guardians he tied C - 3PO to a tree and shocked R2 - D2 with a restraining bolt . His grandfather , the Baron Pitareeze , stopped him and disciplined him for his actions . Later , while the Baron Pitareeze was setting up for dinner the pirate Jace Forno arrived and told mentioned to Nak that his family could have been rich . Nak pestered his grandfather to tell him what Forno meant . The Baron then explained that he once worked on a cruiser known as the Pitareeze Cruiser . The plans for the Pitareeze Cruiser were stolen by the criminal Olag Greck . Olag Greck manufactured a weak prototype that was a disaster . After the Baron Pitareeze refused to help Olag Greck fix the cruisers . This decision by the Baron Pitareeze caused Olag Greck to blame the failure of the Greck Cruiser on the Baron Pitareeze . After learning this Nak attempted to sell the Baron Pitareeze latest creation , MT - 5 hyperdrive unit , to Olag Greck at Olag ' s base on Hosk . Nak stole what he believed was a MT - 5 hyperdrive unit out of his Grandfather ' s office and attempted to sell it to Olag Greck . C - 3PO attempted to persuade Nak against this and Nak promptly switched C - 3PO off . Olag discovered that the object was a hydrocompressor and destroyed it . He then preceded to hold Nak hostage in exchange for one of the Baron Pitareeze hyperdrive units . While Nak was tied up in Olag ' s office he switched 3 - PO on and ordered the droid to untie him . They then stole one of Olag ' s ships and crash landed on Kalarba . Nak then apologized to Threepio for playing so many tricks on him . When Nak and Threepio returned to the Baron ' s factory they discovered that the Baron had gone to Hosk to rescue Nak . Nak and Threepio teamed up with the Baron ' s employee , Balto , and flew to Hosk station . At Hosk station they successfully rescued the Baron and saved Olag ' s life by ending a transmission between him and an unidentified force user who was using Force choke on Olag . Sadly Olag had already taken the Hyperdrive from the Baron . After The Baron Pitareeze , Nak Pitareeze , C - 3PO , R2 - D2 , and Balto escaped Olag discovered that what he believed to be a Hyperdrive was actually a food hydrator . Nak ' s parent disciplined him for his reckless behavior . Afterward Nak removed the restraining bolts from Threepio and R2 - D2 in order to see if they were real friends . Later Nak was captured by a group of pirates , led by Captain Huba . Nak attempted to escaped from the pirates but was quickly shot down and captured by Olag Grek . Olag used Nak to scout out the pirates base . Nak soon discovered that the pirates had elected Artoo as their captain . Olag attempted to kill the pirates but was stopped by a member of pirates known as Ripter . Nak learned that the pirates were actually chefs who shared Olag as mutual enemy after Olag attempted to pin an attempted murder on them . Nak told the Chefs one of a cave filled with treasure and the pirates released Artoo , Threepio and Nak in exchange for the cave ' s location . While Nak was waiting for Threepio on Hosk station , Nak mistook the droid bounty hunter C - 3PX for Threepio . Threepio eventually arrived and Nak discovered that Threepio had an X marked on his head similar to the one that C - 3PX wore . C - 3PO revealed to Nak that R2 - D2 had disappeared and they went to look for him . While looking for Artoo , C - 3PO was captured by Olag and sent to fight in his droid arena . Nak then recruited C - 3PX to help him in the recapture of Threepio . Nak arrived with C - 3PX to save Threepio . Olag managed to convince C - 3PX to replace C - 3PO in the droid arena . C - 3PX was destroyed by R2 - D2 during his first fight . R2 - D2 returned to Nak and they were saved as the Baron Pitareeze arrived with Hosk Security . Back on Kalarba Nak learned that Jace Forno was interested in hiring C - 3PO and R2 - D2 for a trip to Indobok . Nak agreed and the droids left with Forno . After Forno ' s credit voucher bounced Nak and his family set off to recover the droids . Upon Nak ' s arrival he discovered that Artoo had been cast a drift by Forno and Threepio had been abandon on the planets surface . The Pitareeze family set off to find Threepio and discovered that he was telling stories to the native inhabitants , known as the B ' rknaa . After an Ash storm approached the Pitareeze family stayed the night in a cave on Indobok . The Pitareeze family then learned that Forno was returning with a band of pirates to steal the crystals that powered the B ' rknaa . After the Pitareeze defeated the pirates C - 3PO discovered that Indobok was an adult B ' rknaa . After his adventure on Indobok , Nak attempted to buy an old droid from Vuldo , a local junk dealer . After R2 - D2 disappeared during the night , Nak used the old droid to look for Artoo . Upon discovery of Artoo ' s location Nak accidentally knocked Vuldo unconscious . Nak learned that Vuldo had forced the town ' s baby sitters Q - E and 2 - E to manufacture blasters . Personality and traits . Nak was very compulsive and usually acted on impulse instead of thinking his actions through as seen with his sudden decision to escape on a speeder bike . He was also very mischievous and did not follow direction well which can be seen with his decision to sell his grandfather ' s hyperdrive unit .