Ephant Mon / Legends Ephant Mon was a Chevin male from the planet Vinsoth . Despite his awkward appearance , Mon was a skilled and powerful combatant , and during his youth , he was considered handsome by Chevin standards . He started off as a mercenary in his youth before becoming a gunrunner , supplying arms to all sorts of military factions , from planetary militia groups to the more organized Rebel Alliance . His goods were usually stolen Imperial weapons which , though outdated , were still serviceable . Mon also worked as a slaver at some point in his lengthy life . An old acquaintance of Jabba Desilijic Tiure , Mon served as the Hutt ' s liaison and took care of his estate while Jabba was away on business . The Hutt ' s trust in Mon was founded in their life - long friendship , which saw the two friends pursue many collective paths , both having once worked together as high - risk gunrunners . After Jabba saved his life on Glakka , Ephant became the Hutt ' s head of security , rooting out several conspiracies and assassination plots . Although he repaid his debt in abundance , Mon ' s loyalty to Jabba was unswerving , and he kept his position for several decades , until Jabba ' s death in 4 ABY . Mon was extremely loyal to the Hutt , for Jabba had once saved his life — Mon regularly turned down extravagant offers from Jabba ' s rival , Lady Valarian , who wanted to see the old Chevin leave Jabba ' s employ and join her criminal enterprise . Ephant Mon was friendly with many of the regulars in Jabba ' s Palace , such as the Klatooinian Barada ; however , he particularly despised Ree - Yees and Salacious Crumb . Ephant , who was slightly Force - sensitive , did not perish in the Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon , instead preferring to stay at Jabba ' s Palace after he sensed the Force in Luke Skywalker . Biography . Early life . Coming from humble origins on Vinsoth , Mon was unhappy with the simple life and wanted to leave his homeworld and see the greater galaxy . He was picked up by mercenaries as an adolescent , and after a stint as a mercenary of considerable repute , Mon instead decided to turn to weapons - running . This choice was due to the conclusion that the selling of weapons was safer and made him more revenue than using them . He sold to everyone , including an assortment of pirates , outlaws , and even the Alliance ; no one was quite sure where he got his weapons , though they were always of Imperial manufacture , and a few years out of date . He also worked as a slaver at one point . Sometime prior to 32 BBY , Ephant Mon met Jabba the Hutt . Their many smuggling exploits together helped Jabba ' s crime empire grow ; Mon was the expert at acquiring certain commodities , and Jabba had the necessary distribution network to sell them . Exploits on Cerea . Six months before the Battle of Naboo in 32 BBY , Mon was involved in a gunrunning scheme with the Trade Federation and a local firebrand named Bron on the planet Cerea . He was there to collect Malium , which was used for feeding the Tecave plant , the source of the euphoria - inducing substance known as Guilea . Malium was unique to Cerea , and it was illegal to export it , though the money it would make Mon meant that he did not care . He also smuggled contraband swoops and technology to Bron , and arranged transport offworld for Maj - Odo - Nomor , a young Cerean who was on the run after killing an innocent bystander with a lightsaber . Mon , Maj and the Techrats , along with Sylvn , the daughter of famed Cerean Jedi Ki - Adi - Mundi , had boarded Mon ' s ship , but they then found themselves trapped in an escape pod ; the main hold of the ship was full of deadly divvik s . Sylvn was locked outside the pod , while Mon and the Techrats were safely secured inside . However , the pod could not be launched from the inside ; only the manual release lever would send it out to space . Mon let Sylvn enter the pod , hoping that her father would come to the rescue , and as expected , Mundi arrived on the ship , eventually fighting his way through the divviks to the escape pod . Mon then demanded that the Cerean Jedi hit the manual release lever , thus ensuring the Chevin ' s escape , or he would ignite the pod ' s engines , killing all the passengers inside , including himself and Sylvn . He gave Mundi ten seconds to decide , though after several seconds Maj lunged at Mon , furious with him for putting their lives at danger . However , as the young Cerean launched at Ephant , the smuggler shot him in the chest with a blaster pistol , killing him instantly . As Ephant Mon counted down to one , Ki pulled the manual release lever , and Mon , along with a horrified Sylvn and her friend Twin , launched into Cerean space . Mon then took Sylvn and Twin to Jabba ' s Hutt Citadel on Tatooine , with Ki - Adi - Mundi following them . Jabba was furious with Ephant for returning without any Malium , and with a Jedi trailing him . The Hutt gangster was also worried that Mundi might intercept some ships belonging to Jabba ' s associates , which were full of illegal goods . Ephant decided to stage a distraction for the Jedi Knight , chaining Sylvn and Twin to the roof of Jabba ' s Citadel in the middle of a great storm . With the Jedi preoccupied fighting Weequay and Gamorrean thugs , Jabba sent the shuttles into space . Mon seemed to have escaped Mundi ' s wrath , as the Cerean and his daughter had gone after Jabba ' s shuttle . Jabba ' s head of security . Decades after coming into conflict with Ki - Adi - Mundi , Ephant Mon and Jabba the Hutt planned to raid an Imperial weapons cache on the icy moon of Glakka . However , Jabba soon realized that they had been double - crossed by one of their own , and soon Imperial snowtroopers appeared . Stuck on an icy planet without transport or shelter , Jabba prevented Ephant from freezing by sheltering him within his layers of fat , an act of kindness unusual for any Hutt . They barely survived the ordeal , and Ephant always felt he owed Jabba for saving his life . He remained in Jabba ' s inner circle for many years , acting as a secret head of security because of their friendship and Mon ' s loyalty to Jabba . As Jabba ' s head of security , his duty was to root out conspiracies and assassination plots . In a den as murderous as Jabba ' s Palace , the Chevin had his massive hands full keeping tabs on potential assassins . Ephant often got information from the B ' omarr Monks , the ancient religious order that built Jabba ' s desert palace , and he always kept hidden bodyguards near to him . Due to their friendship and Jabba ' s trust in Mon , Jabba kept a bare minimum of tabs on the old Chevin , instead letting him conduct his business in whatever way he wished . The Hutt also let Mon run his business when he was visiting home , and although Jabba knew Mon would do a fine job , he always hated leaving Tatooine . The Hutt knew of Mon ' s loyalty , and may have exploited it . Mon was also one of few regulars in Jabba ' s Palace to have his own quarters . Sometime after being appointed Jabba ' s head of security , Mon met with a historian — most likely Voren Na ' al . Mon told the historian of what happened when Jabba ' s Gamorrean guards came to the Hutt ' s palace looking for work , explaining sardonically how they agreed to work for Jabba , but only if he could defeat them in a fight . Jabba wanted to employ the guards , who would be too stupid to try and betray him , so he accepted their proposal , on the condition that they must fight blindfolded , claiming that it was Hutt tradition to do so . With the dim - witted Gamorreans blindfolded , Jabba had his Nikto and Weequay henchmen mercilessly attack the Gamorreans . The Gamorreans were defeated , and they agreed to work for the Huttese crime lord , who they assumed had been single - handedly responsible . During the Galactic Civil War , a spacer came to Ephant Mon looking for work , having already performed tasks for Ree - Yees and Reelo Baruk . After he completed their tasks , Mon gave him several jobs , the first of which was to kill some of Lady Valarian ' s men , who had been threatening to hurt some of Jabba ' s customers ; Mon intended to show the planet that people who paid for Jabba ' s protection got protected . The spacer did his duty , and when he returned , Mon was impressed , paying him four hundred credits . Ephant then gave him another job , this time to take out one of Valarian ' s couriers , who was carrying some of her financial documents . Ephant was desperate to get the documents so he could finally ruin Valarian . The spacer killed the courier and brought the ledger back , and was paid five hundred credits by Mon . The ledger was written in Old Drall , and no one in Jabba ' s court could read it , so Mon had the spacer bring the ledger to a slicer indebted to Jabba named Sirad Far , who managed to decode it . The spacer returned it to Mon , who could now understand it . Finally , Mon had the spacer get rid of some Sennex pirates . The pirates had been trading in slaves , and Jabba did not want competition . The spacer was ordered to go to the Sennex compound , kill the pirates , take their key - cards , and break into their database . The spacer returned , and Mon sent him to see Jabba ' s cook , Porcellus . When a Rebel operative posing as a smuggler from Glakka infiltrated Jabba ' s Palace looking for information about a missing ryll shipment , Mon immediately became cautious about the newcomer and began questioning him about him background . When a Rebel mistakenly admitted to know about Jeffren Brek ' s death on Glakka , Mon realized he was dealing with a liar , since Brek was never there , nor was he dead . He ordered the guards to grab the intruder , but Rebel ' s combat skills allowed him to escape the Palace . Shortly after Princess Leia Organa , disguised as the bounty hunter Boushh , arrived in Jabba ' s palace , Ephant traveled to Mos Eisley to meet with Lady Valarian in her casino , the Lucky Despot . When Mon arrived , he ordered a drink from the Bith bartender , with a number of nearby patrons harassing the Mon and mocking his unorthodox face . At first , Ephant ignored them , but after one pulled a knife , Mon attacked them ; he slammed his inhumanly hard head down on one of the men and stabbed the other with a vibroblade . Seeing the commotion , Imperial Prefect Eugene Talmont thanked Mon for ridding Mos Eisley of some more scum , before again departing . Mon then made his way to Valarian ' s personal chamber , where she offered him a fortune to leave Jabba and join her . However , for reasons unknown to her , he turned her down , preferring to stay in Jabba ' s employ . Skirmish at Carkoon . In 4 ABY , when Luke Skywalker came to " negotiate " with Jabba , Tessek approached Ephant Mon . The Quarren had used his contacts to check the Imperial wanted lists , and had discovered all of their prisoners were on it , including the droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 . The nervous Quarren had heard about the group ' s exploits , including their destruction of the Death Star . Tessek also believed that Skywalker was a Jedi Knight as he claimed , and that they were all in great danger . The accountant begged Mon to persuade Jabba to let Skywalker go free , as Ephant was the only one Jabba would listen to . Mon , despite his dislike for the Quarren accountant , agreed to speak with Jabba , though he visited the young Jedi first . On his way , Ephant Mon found a drunken Ree - Yees , and uncovered a plot on Jabba ' s life , orchestrated by Tessek and the Corellian bounty hunter Dengar . Mon continued on to Skywalker ' s cell , where Skywalker sensed Ephant ' s friendship with Jabba . Luke asked him , as Tessek had done , to try and persuade the Hutt to release his prisoners , but the old Chevin replied that Jabba would not change his mind easily . Luke then grabbed Mon ' s shoulder , and the Chevin was treated to vivid visions of his time on Vinsoth . Ephant Mon sensed the Force in Skywalker , and felt that Jabba should not defy him . Mon , unsure of what to do , went to his friend Barada for advice . He then told Barada something he had never told anyone before : that Jabba had once saved his life , and that was why Ephant was so loyal to him . Barada , surprised at hearing that Jabba was capable of such an act , told Mon to do what he had to do , that Mon had repaid his debt to Jabba . Mon then attempted to convince Jabba to agree to Luke ' s demands , but the Hutt refused . Ephant Mon also told Jabba of Tessek and Ree - Yees ' plot to place a bomb aboard Jabba ' s sail barge , and tried to warn Jabba , but Jabba would not listen , feeling that his old friend was overestimating Skywalker . Thus , Ephant declared his debt to Jabba repaid and refused to accompany him to the Great Pit of Carkoon . Jabba , outraged at this apparent betrayal , stated that Ephant should be killed for this . However , due to their friendship , Jabba allowed Ephant to live , though he told Mon that he never wanted to see him again . A new life . Shortly after Jabba ' s death , Ephant returned to his home planet , Vinsoth , and founded a religion based on worshiping the Force , even building a Force - cult Temple . However , he was not above occasionally using his old methods to get the funding his sect ( and their expensive new temple ) required . He also spoke out against the enslavement of the Chev people who shared Vinsoth with the Chevin . Personality and traits . Ephant Mon was highly intelligent and slightly Force - sensitive , and although most found Mon repulsive , he was in fact a decent specimen among his people . Jabba considered Mon to be one of his only true friends , and he was liked by many of his peers , such as Barada and Tessek , as well as some of his enemies , like Valarian . Even Luke Skywalker seemed to have some respect for the former mercenary , though many of Jabba ' s men hated Mon , especially the Gran spy Ree - Yees , who Mon fought with on several occasions . He was very good at his job , uncovering threats on Jabba ' s life that were very common among his den of drunks , gamblers , con men , and murderers . Mon considered himelf indebted to Jabba after Jabba risked being killed to save him and continued to work for the Hutt in an attempt to repay the debt , though he later discovered that Jabba did not think there was a debt to be paid . Calm in the face of adversity , he never lost his cool , and although Mon was generally peaceful , he was not afraid of using his considerable strength when necessary . Until late in his life , he was like many Chevin — his only real care was for money , and he did not care what he did or who he hurt , as long as he ended up with a profit . Powers and abilities . Ephant Mon had a varying range of talents and abilities and was fluent in Huttese , Basic , and Chevin . His skills in combat were impressive considering his bulky appearance , and he wielded both short - range and long - range weapons with skill . Mon was extremely good at his job ; he had rooted out more than one attempt on Jabba ' s life in his long tenure as the Hutt ' s head of security . He lived a very long life for a criminal , though this was mainly due to him managing to betray his business associates before they betrayed him . As such , his loyalty to Jabba was unusual . Equipment . Mon used an ancient bone as a walking stick , which had the Desilijic Clan emblem carved into the handle . He also carried a vibroblade , which was usually kept hidden under his tattered cloak . During his raid on Cerea , Mon had a ship , which he used to transport his illicit goods to and from Jabba ' s Palace on Tatooine . It was unknown what happened to the ship after Mon escaped from it with Sylvn in 33 BBY . Mon also used an XP - 38A utility landspeeder to travel to Mos Eisley on business . Behind the scenes . The name Ephant Mon is likely a pun on the real - life . Indeed , Ephant Mon was referred to as Elephant Man during pre - production of " Return of the Jedi " . At the end of Star Wars Republic : Prelude to Rebellion Part 2 , Ephant Mon ' s name is misspelled as " Efont Mon " . In the , Mon was aboard Jabba ' s sail barge and was involved in a confrontation with Ree - Yees . A similar scene was filmed for the movie ( albeit with Saelt - Marae instead of Ephant Mon ) , but was scrapped during production .