Jervo Thalien Jervo Thalien was a male Skrilling who served as chairman of Lhosan Industries during the Mandalorian Wars . Biography . In 3966 BBY , Haydel Goravvus helped Jervo establish Lhosan Industries on Taris . In exchange , Jervo , along with the other Taris companies , secretly bribed the Galactic Republic into giving Taris a seat in the Galactic Senate , with Goravvus becoming the planet ' s Senator . Taris affair . Shortly before the Padawan Massacre of Taris , Jervo complained to Senator Goravvus of Taris about the company ' s growing difficulties , in particular issues with the Black Vulkars and small - timers in the Upper City . Jervo threatened the senator with the possibility of Lhosan leaving Taris completely unless it was allowed a tax break . Just then , Zayne Carrick interrupted them falling down from the sky . However , with the news of the Massacre , Lhosan Industries did in fact pull out , due to what they saw as a security risk . Gorravus followed Jervo all the way to Coruscant after the riots on Taris began . But since they were getting nowhere in their arguments , Gorravus threatened to expose the bribes but never got the chance as the Mandalorians invaded Taris , forcing Gorravus to return home and head the local resistance . As the war progressed , the Supreme Chancellor became suspicious of how Taris entered the Republic so easily and send Jedi Master Raana Tey to find Gorravus . Fearful of exposition which could potentially led to Lhosan Industries being dissolved or worse , Jervo hired the Moomo Brothers to terminate Goravvus . Knowing that Goravvus was leading the Resistance in the Lower City , Jervo required the services of a lowlife who knew the place well . Learning that Marn Hierogryph , who had escaped the bombing of Serroco , was on Chandrila , Jervo sent the Moomos to fetch him , and gave the Snivvian a false impression that he planned to put Goravvus in hiding . Because Hierogryph was framed along with Carrick for the Padawan Massacre , Jervo promised to lift the charges and most of the bounties on them . Also knowing that the Chancellor sent Tey to search for the Senator , Jervo provided Hierogryph a briefcase that acted a communication device to get through even jamming signals but unknown to him it was a bomb that acted as a contingency in case Tey showed up . When Carrick and Hierogryph got in contact with Gorravus , Jervo ordered Del Moomo to kill the Senator but Tey saved him so Jervo activated the bomb in the case . Suddenly , it failed to work , as the blaster shot Shel Jelavan fired overloaded the circuits . Gorravus negotiated a deal with Jervo to commit Lhosan resources to the front , such as his transmitter to beat jamming signals . Jervo ' s world and death . Hierogryph later planned to scam off Jervo Thalien , as a payback for conning him back on Taris . He infiltrated Jervo ' s World , a large network of swoop - dueling arenas above Pantolomin owned by Lhosan Industries , under the alias of inspector " Bulgryph Mandrake . " The conman planned to use a small delay in the feed from the secondary dueling arenas to place bets on the winners before the result of the race was revealed to the audience . When Thalien learned about Snivvian ' s presence on his station , he became incensed , remembering the disaster of the Taris operation . He ordered the Krish who ran the arena to take down Hierogryph and all his companions . Thalien ' s companion , Bardron , responded by promising to arrange a series of tragic accidents in the arena . Little did both of them know that Hierogryph overheard the whole conversation while hiding in a nearby maintenance shaft . During the course of the final match , Gryph and Jarael substituted a musician ' s official anthem for Goethar Kleej ' s final speech detailing the slaving operation as well as Thalien ' s plan to eliminate the Kleejs , Gryph and his crew . When the crowd heard the speech , they turned on Jervo , pelting him with food and debris . Although Jervo had his people out trying to contain the public relations disaster , he told Chantique , a member of The Crucible slaving ring , that he wanted to sever ties with them . In response , Chantique strangled him to death with a long whip .