Magaloof / Legends Magaloof was a male Leffingite from the planet Almak who journeyed to Coruscant to pursue a career in the line of theft . Stealing an airspeeder to get his break , he soon joined the gang of crime lord Hat Lo . While in Lo ' s company , however , he sought to fall in with more significant syndicates , such as Black Sun , or the Baath brothers . In time , he entered into what he thought was a partnership with the con man Achk Med - Beq . Together , they participated in several successful heists . However , Med - Beq and his partner Dannl Faytonni set up Magaloof while the Leffingite robbed a CoCo Town jewelry store of its flame gem s . Magaloof was conned out of his take on the job , and became disillusioned as a result . He went to jail for the offense , and thought upon his folly . After completing his three - year sentence , he returned to Almak to rethink his life . Magaloof had been eager to rise in the ranks of the underworld , and certainly hoped to make his mark amongst the criminals of the galaxy . He was ignorant of Med - Beq ' s con , and thought of him as a mentor , but , in retrospect , was disgusted by what had transpired , and had no qualms about dropping his intended lifestyle in favor of a more honest living . Biography . Early life and working for Hat Lo . A male Leffingite , Magaloof was raised on the homeworld of his species , Almak . At some stage , he journeyed to the galactic capital Coruscant , where he hoped to pursue a criminal career . Magaloof made his start by stealing an airspeeder , although this first theft nearly went awry when the droid ASN - 121 , with the Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi in tow , shot past in close proximity . Offering only a loudly uttered desire for edification , Magaloof emerged unscathed , but shaken . He offered the speeder to an associate of Hat Lo , a local crime boss , who in turn offered him a position in his gang . But Magaloof sought to reach loftier heights , seeking positions in better known syndicates , such as that of the Baath brothers , or even Black Sun , an organization that spanned the known galaxy . Partnership with Achk Med - Beq . Soon enough , Magaloof found himself in partnership with Achk Med - Beq , a Coruscanti con man . Eventually , due to his greater experience , Med - Beq became a mentor to Magaloof , teaching him the ways of the industry . The partnership proved to be successful , and a variety of heists were pulled off without a hitch . However , Med - Beq saw an opportunity to set Magaloof up , and took it . Convincing the young Leffingite to burgle a CoCo Town jewelry store and steal some precious flame gem s , Med - Beq enlisted his friend , Dannl Faytonni , to masquerade as a Republic Security Force officer and confiscate Magaloof ' s flame gems following the robbery . Sure enough , Magaloof was " arrested " but let off with a " strong warning . " Seeking to tell Med - Beq of the botched operation , Magaloof failed to find his mentor , and soon after , was arrested by the legitimate authorities for the robbery . Protesting his arrest , Magaloof informed the RSF officers that he had already been apprehended on the same charge , and that the missing flame gems had already been retrieved . The Leffingite was told that there was no " Lieutenant Faytonni " in the RSF ranks , and was sentenced to three years in the Moderate Security Ward of the CoCo Penitentiary . Redeemed . Over the three years of his sentence , Magaloof pondered his situation , and came to the realization that Med - Beq had been setting him up from the very start . Disenchanted with the idea of being a criminal , and disgusted with himself for being conned so easily , Magaloof returned to his native Almak when released , in order to restart his life and pursue a new career . Personality and traits . Magaloof was eager to please and excel as a criminal — his first robbery was a successful one , and he was able to pull off heists with Med - Beq for some time until he was betrayed . He lacked the experience required to recognize a con while in the middle of one , and in turn , suffered the consequences . He repented in prison , and was not totally sold on the idea of being a criminal , which in turn led to his pursuit of a new life back home on Almak . Behind the scenes . Magaloof first appeared in George Lucas ' , where he was voiced by supervising sound editor Matthew Wood , who would later go on to provide the voice of General Grievous in . He was named by Curtis Saxton and Simon Beecroft in 2003 ' s " " . Magaloof ' s backstory was later developed in 2005 , when Gregory Walker wrote his Databank entry , through the " What ' s The Story ? " feature on StarWars . com . Normally , when writing " What ' s The Story ? " submissions , Walker would start by fleshing out the character ' s story prior to their appearance in the given film . For Magaloof , he opted to begin with the character ' s scene , and work from there . He then mined the only other existing source on Magaloof , " Inside the Worlds of Star Wars : Attack of the Clones " , for information . From his initial draft , he had his character cross paths with Achk Med - Beq , but the nature of the connection changed over subsequent drafts . Walker originally intended to have Magaloof aspire to join the gang of Volven Roxe , from the 2003 sourcebook " Coruscant and the Core Worlds " , but this was changed to Black Sun during the editorial process . Also altered was Magaloof ' s prison sentence , which was intended to be four years rather than the canon ical three . In creating the rest of Magaloof ' s story , Walker created such new elements as the species name " Leffingite , " and the planet of Almak . He also made ties to the greater Expanded Universe , including CoCo Penitentiary from " HoloNet News Vol . 531 56 " , flame gems from " " , and the Baath brothers from " Inside the Worlds of Star Wars : Attack of the Clones " , who would become a fixture in Walker ' s later " What ' s The Story ? " work for characters Acros - Krik and Nar Hida . Even though he had other winning submissions later in the program ' s run , Walker looked back on his Magaloof entry as his favorite .