Iving Creel Iving Creel was a famous Pleader on the planet Concord Dawn during the early years of the Galactic Empire . Circa 13 BBY , Creel visited an imprisoned Journeyman Protector — Boba Fett , going by the name Jaster Mereel — who had been detained after murdering a corrupt fellow Protector . Although Creel admitted that the murdered man had been a disgrace to his office and uniform , he expressed to Mereel that he had no right in killing him . Nevertheless , Mereel believed himself to be justified in his actions and told Creel to plead him unrepentant for the crime , despite the Pleader ' s warnings that he would be facing exile and perhaps even execution . After Creel defended Mereel at his murder trial , the court stripped Mereel of his belongings and exiled him from Concord Dawn . Biography . Iving Creel , born years prior to 31 . 5 BBY , was a Pleader of the legal system of the distant planet Concord Dawn during the early years of the Galactic Empire ' s dominion of the galaxy . In that capacity Creel defended those accused of crimes , earning himself some measure of fame . During one early morning in the year 13 BBY , Creel entered the jail cell of a recently imprisoned Journeyman Protector of Concord Dawn going by the name Jaster Mereel , in reality the young bounty hunter Boba Fett . Mereel , who had killed his fellow Journeyman Protector and superior officer , Lenovar , for raping his wife , was facing exile and potential execution for his crime . Having come to hear Mereel ' s desired plea , which he would then announce before the body presiding over Mereel ' s case , Creel was surprised to hear from the indignant young man that he would stoically be pleading unrepentant . Indeed , Mereel felt himself justified in killing the other Journeyman Protector , a corrupt man whom even Creel regarded as a disgrace to his uniform . Regardless of Mereel ' s stated belief that the murdered man had it coming , as Creel explained to him , he had no justification in killing him . Creel proceeded to urge Mereel to swallow his pride and apologize for the crime , otherwise , he warned , Mereel would likely be executed himself for angering the ruling body . Although Mereel again explained that he only regretted that he had not killed the man sooner , Creel urged him one last time to think upon his choice before exiting the jail cell with the unrepentant plea obtained . Before Creel left , however , Mereel flashed him a strange grin and stated bluntly that one must not love life too much , because everyone eventually dies . Creel found himself remembering that strange smile at odd moments throughout the remainder of his life . Creel defended Mereel in his murder trial . For the murder of a fellow Journeyman Protector and his unrepentant plea , the Concord Dawn trial court stripped Mereel of all that he owned and exiled him from the planet . Boba Fett later went on to become known as the most notorious bounty hunter in the galaxy . Personality and traits . When Pleader Iving Creel visited Jaster Mereel ' s cell to hear the younger man ' s plea for killing a fellow Journeyman Protector , Creel was taken back by Mereel ' s demeanor . Not only did Mereel not rise to greet Creel when he arrived , the discourtesy of which visibly disturbed the elder Creel , but the arrogant way in which Mereel examined Creel annoyed the older man and made him feel as if he were the one facing a trial court . Mereel ' s stark disregard for the murder initially perturbed Creel , who strongly urged the boy to simply apologize to the court in order to do what he could to save his own life . When Creel resignedly accepted Mereel ' s unrepentant plea and warned that he was likely facing his own death , Mereel retorted to the Pleader that he should not love life too much , for death would eventually befall everyone . Behind the scenes . The character of Iving Creel was created by author Daniel Keys Moran for the short story " " , appearing in the 1996 anthology book " Tales of the Bounty Hunters " . However , the character who would later be identified as Creel was first mentioned indirectly as Jaster Mereel ' s " pleader " in the 1995 reference book " The Essential Guide to Characters " . While the character only appears fleetingly across two pages within Moran ' s story , he did receive individual entries in the 1998 " Star Wars Encyclopedia " and the 2000 third edition of " A Guide to the Star Wars Universe " , albeit mistakenly listed in both under the name " Irving Creel , " and the later 2008 " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .