Rek ( enforcer ) Rek was a tall male humanoid gangster who worked as an enforcer for the Hutt crime lord Bogga in the years leading up to the Great Sith War . Rek was a member of Bogga ' s enforcer gang , which operated out of the Stenness Node region of the Inner Rim . In 3999 BBY , a shipment of valuable Adegan crystal s , in the possession of Jedi Knight Andur Sunrider , made its way onto the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal . Determined to obtain the jewels , Bogga sent Rek , along with fellow enforcers Quanto and Gudb , to get the crystals . Rek and Quanto created a diversion by knocking over the Jedi ' s protocol droid , A - 3DO . Sunrider , who had brought the crystals to the station , was distracted by the altercation , allowing Gudb to release his pet gorm - worm , Skritch , who fatally bit the Jedi Knight . However , Sunrider ' s grieving wife , Nomi , took up her fallen husband ' s lightsaber , surprising Rek . In self - defense , Nomi attacked the three enforcers , slaying Rek as he drew his blaster . Biography . Rek , a tall male humanoid , was a criminal enforcer affiliated with the Hutt crime lord Bogga in the years leading up the Great Sith War . Rek was one of Bogga ' s top men , and he accompanied the Hutt along with several other enforcers when Bogga stayed at the Stenness Hyperspace Terminal space station in the Stenness system . In 3999 BBY , word reached Bogga that a shipment of highly valuable Adegan crystal s had made its way onto the station , and the Hutt decided that he needed to obtain the jewels at any cost . Bogga sent three of his enforcers — Rek , Quanto , and Gudb — to steal the crystals . However , Bogga warned the three that the possessor of the crystals , Andur Sunrider , was a Jedi . Rek , along with Quanto and Gudb , made his way to the docking bay , where Sunrider had landed his ship . The three eventually came across Sunrider ; his wife , Nomi ; daughter , Vima ; and protocol droid , A - 3DO . To create a diversion , Rek purposefully bumped into A - 3DO and told Quanto to destroy the droid for getting in his way . This commotion drew the attention of Andur Sunrider , who came over to assist his droid . While the Jedi was distracted , Gudb released his pet gorm - worm , Skritch , who fatally bit Sunrider . Grieved , Nomi Sunrider knelt over Andur ' s corpse , only to see his Force ghost . Nomi began speaking to her husband ' s ghost , something that piqued Rek ' s curiosity , as he could not see the ghost and it seemed to him that she was talking to the air . The specter of the Jedi directed Nomi to pick up her fallen husband ' s lightsaber in self - defense . This action surprised Rek , who conjectured that Nomi could possibly be a Jedi as well . Suddenly , Nomi cut Quanto in half , and Rek was slain as well as he drew his blaster . Personality and traits . Rek was a gruff , imposing enforcer who decided to make his living through crime . Rek held a disdain for droids , referring to them as " space junk " and believing that they had no right talking back to flesh - and - blood sentients . After the death of Andur Sunrider , Rek found Nomi Sunrider ' s behavior odd , as it seemed to him that she was merely speaking to the air when she was in fact talking to her husband ' s Force ghost . Rek was also surprised when she took up her husband ' s lightsaber , and he reacted angrily to Nomi ' s slaying of Quanto before being killed himself . Behind the scenes . Rek first appeared in " " , the second story arc of the " " comic book series , written by Tom Veitch and released in 1993 . Rek only appears in the arc ' s , in which he is killed . In this appearance , Rek is illustrated by Janine Johnston . Rek was also featured in the audio adaptation of these stories , in which he was voiced by Tony Sperry .