Bane Malar / Legends Bane Malar was a telepathic male bounty hunter in the employ of the Galactic Empire . He was hired to track down and apprehend inmates who escaped from the Spice Mines of Kessel . Malar was quite good at his job , and soon enough mere mention of his name struck fear into the hearts of the inmates . While on Kessel , Malar developed an addiction to glitterstim . Though it enhanced his telepathic abilities , it also made him increasingly paranoid . Malar also accepted jobs from other entities while on Kessel , such as Jabba Desilijic Tiure , Black Sun and the Meatlumps . In 4 ABY , Black Sun hired him to assassinate Jabba , and he accepted , making his way to Tatooine . Once at Jabba ' s Palace , where he had an open invitation , he telepathically encountered the Jedi Luke Skywalker . The encounter scared Malar , and he departed Tatooine , ruining the operation . In the hopes of staving off any trouble from Black Sun , he tried to liberate one of their agents from the Spice Mines but failed in the attempt , earning himself a death mark . Biography . Kessel operative . A male bounty hunter , Bane Malar was hired by the Galactic Empire to monitor and track down escaping prisoners from the Spice Mines of Kessel . Many political dissidents who had violated the Empire ' s ban on subversive music were likely among the prisoners . He armed himself with a Noslo - 19 slug rifle from Czerka Arms and donned a black enviro - suit that gave him an advantage in Kessel ' s thin atmosphere . In addition to his equipment , he was naturally telepathic , giving him another advantage over his quarry . Malar took on the task of tracking escaped inmates across Kessel ' s surface and was usually able to return them . In time , he was greatly feared by those working in the Spice Mines , and those he returned to confinement were usually haunted by the memory of him for a considerable amount of time afterward . Malar enhanced his abilities with glitterstim spice from Kessel ' s mines . The spice allowed him to actually touch the minds of those he targeted , affecting them , and making him an even more effective hunter . Malar became heavily addicted to the glitterstim , to the point where he had to outfit his suit with inhalers , allowing him to enjoy regular doses of the spice . Although his skills continued to be above par , Malar became increasingly paranoid . He began to take contracts from other employers while on Kessel — if someone the Hutt crime lords wanted dead was working in the spice mines , Malar made sure they were killed while trying to escape . To enhance his capacity to track down his quarry , Malar was known to pay fellow bounty hunter Tutti Snibit for his valued intel . He also made a profit by selling materials to the troops stationed on the planet . Corellia and Tatooine . At some point Malar was hired by the Meatlumps gang from Corellia to take care of a group of rogue droids . Malar decided that he needed a partner for the job , so he contacted a spacer and arranged a meeting with the individual at a local cantina . There , he explained the situation to his temporary partner : a lone DLC - 13 mining droid had gone rogue and managed to reprogram a large number of other droids to serve his purposes . The only way to remove the droids from the Meatlumps ' hideout was to destroy them all . After a few days of preparations , Malar and the spacer went down into the Meatlumps ' hideout , where they were attacked by dozens of droids , as ordered by the lava collector . Malar fought like a possessed man , utilizing his slug rifle with great efficiency . In the close quarters of the Meatlump basement , the droids were furious adversaries . All of the droids , including DLC - 13 , were eventually defeated . At another point , Malar came to confront a Sullustan , on whom he employed telekinesis as a disarming tactic . Although he rarely left Kessel , Malar had an open invitation to the palace of Jabba Desilijic Tiure , one of the Hutt crime lords , on Tatooine . He was later offered a considerable sum by the Black Sun crime syndicate to assassinate Jabba in 4 ABY , and , seeing it as a way to obtain more money for spice , Malar accepted the task . Traveling to the Hutt ' s palace , the bounty hunter planned to kill Jabba by placing some tainted spice in the crime lord ' s hookah pipe . On arrival , Malar telepathically connected with the Jedi Luke Skywalker and was given reason to believe that Skywalker would somehow cause Malar ' s own death . Panicking , the bounty hunter fled Tatooine and returned to Kessel . In order to placate Black Sun , he attempted to help one of their agents escape from Imperial custody but failed in the attempt . Left with no other choice , Malar was forced to depart from Kessel , the source of his glitterstim , only now with a death mark on his head . Personality and traits . Despite proficiency in his craft , Malar became highly unstable when addicted to glitterstim , and it affected his ability to operate as a bounty hunter . Nevertheless , he was universally feared by prisoners due to his telepathic abilities . Malar ' s addiction evolved to such a stage that he was reluctant to leave Kessel , and his only loves became money and glitterstim . While working for the Meatlumps on Corellia , Malar ' s paranoia was apparent — even in breathable atmosphere , Malar kept his enviro - suit on to shroud his identity , as he believed that there were many who wanted to kill him . When going up against rogue droids , Malar became overly worried that they would be hard to combat , as he had no way of reading their minds . He later fought like a possessed man against the droids occupying the Meatlump basement . Powers and abilities . With his telepathic abilities , Malar invaded the minds of his quarry , leaving them mentally scarred long after their encounter with him . His addiction to glitterstim only enhanced his capabilities . When meeting with others , Malar was able to use his powers to divine just what their questions would be , allowing him to truncate conversations . Malar was also able to use telekinesis to disarm opponents . Behind the scenes . Although the Databank indicates that Bane Malar appeared in , he did not , being the relic of a deleted scene . Bane Malar was first brought into canon with the " Jabba ' s Palace Limited " set of Decipher ' s " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game . Malar was originally intended to appear in " Return of the Jedi " as a Human skiff guard , but his backstory was changed when Edward M . Erdelac , writing as " caledre , " elaborated upon his past through StarWars . com ' s feature , " What ' s The Story ? " . Malar was the last " Star Wars " element put up in the feature , before it finished in 2008 . On the Jedi Council Forums , Erdelac mentioned that he had intended to identify the character as a Draethos , but the reference was cut . Bane Malar ' s " Return of the Jedi " costume included a helmet that was created from a modified motorcycle helmet . A Bane Malar action figure was created for Hasbro ' s 2008 " " series . In 2009 , Malar was illustrated in the " Galactic Hunters " expansion of " Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game " . He was also included in the " Destroy All Droids " promotional scenario , in which the character exhibits traits outlined in Erdelac ' s original Databank entry .