Lirin Car ' n Lirin Car ' n was a Bith male who was a kloo horn player and a member of Figrin D ' an and the Modal Nodes . The son of renowned kloo horn player Lirin D ' avi , he was a talented musician but nevertheless disliked playing professionally . He was with the Modal Nodes on Tatooine in 0 BBY , playing at both Jabba ' s Palace and Chalmun ' s Cantina . Biography . Early life . Lirin Car ' n was born the son of Lirin D ' avi , a renowned musician considered by many Bith to be the best kloo horn player that had ever lived . Car ' n eventually followed in his father ' s footsteps , and after his father ' s death , came into possession of his kloo horn . The Modal Nodes . Car ' n eventually joined the band Figrin D ' an and the Modal Nodes , led by the eccentric Figrin D ' an . However , Car ' n grew to despise his bandleader as well as his bandmates , as well as the restless lifestyle of a musician . D ' an , who was considered insufferable because of his tendency to book gigs without the band ' s consent , secured them a gig on the Outer Rim world of Tatooine , assuring them it would pay well and only last for a standard week . D ' an , however , had not told them that he had a price on his head , and , having been found by Rodian bounty hunter Greedo , had sold the band into indentured servitude to pay off his debt . The job , which was actually for Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure , lasted for over a year , causing further friction between the band and its leader . By 0 BBY , however , D ' an secured the band ' s freedom , a feat accomplished by exposing Greedo ' s activities behind Jabba ' s back . They arrived in the spaceport of Mos Eisley ; instead of making their way off - planet , however , D ' an secured the band a gig playing at Chalmun ' s Cantina . Mos Eisley . At some point , Car ' n had fallen into debt with Greedo ; desperate for credit s , he set out to sell his father ' s kloo horn in Mos Eisley . However , before he could do so , he became intoxicated and lost the horn to the Abyssin [ Myo ] ] in a card game . Unbeknownst to Car ' n , Myo promptly became similarly intoxicated and lost it , having been stolen by the Talz pickpocket Muftak . Now without his horn to sell to the Rodian loan shark , he hired Sakiyan bounty hunter Djas Puhr to retrieve it . Though Puhr had also been hired to retrieve it by Myo , Car ' n promised him a payout of two hundred credits in exchange for the kloo horn . Car ' n was found by Greedo , accompanied by hired muscle , Cornelius Evazan and Ponda Baba . Despite not having the money , Greedo granted Car ' n clemency , partially because of Car ' n ' s pleas for mercy and partially because of Greedo ' s mission to kill the smuggler Han Solo , who was also in Chalmun ' s Cantina at the time . Eventually , Puhr acquired the horn from a Scrapper , who had in turn acquired it from Muftak ' s companion Kabe , having sold the item to pay off a loan to Ackmena . Car ' n confronted the combined group of pickpockets , thieves , and scoundrels at a table at the cantina . In the heated conversation it became clear that much of the group ' s complicated caper stemmed from Solo ' s failure to deliver his cargo of narcotics to Muftak , but Puhr convinced the group to let the smuggler live , promising to pay off all the debts himself . Though Greedo ' s attempt to murder Solo went forward , this was hampered by the arrival of Luke Skywalker and Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi in the Cantina , who , in an altercation , incapacitated Baba and Evazan . Without his henchmen , Greedo confronted Solo alone and was killed . With Car ' n now debt - free , Puhr returned his kloo horn , defusing the situation .