Kassihm Kassihm was a Kadas ' sa ' Nikto pirate , and captain of the " M ' hendosat " during the early years of the Galactic Civil War . Soon after the Battle of Yavin , he made the mistake of attempting to rob the crew of the " Millennium Falcon " , a mistake which resulted in the destruction of his ship and his crew by agents of the Rebellion . Soon after , he was captured by Grand Moff 4 - 8C , and agreed to assist the Imperials in their pursuit of the droid B - 1D4 , which had been among the " Falcon ' s " passengers , secretly plotting his own escape from the Empire all the while . After unsuccessfully pursuing the rebels and the rogue droid on Dweem , the Imperials eventually tracked B - 1D4 to an Imperial prison on Merakai . After the droid ' s successful retrieval , Kassihm knew that he had outlived his usefulness to the Empire and would soon be executed . Using a droid disabler , he deactivated and dismantled 4 - 8C . Afterward , he commandeered a ship , rescued the " Falcon ' s " crew , and joined the Rebel Alliance . Biography . Early Career . In the early years of the Galactic Civil War , Kassihm and his crew ( known simply as Kassihm ' s Pirates ) were one of the most notorious space pirate groups in the galaxy . Cruising the space lanes in their Predator - class warship , the " M ' hendosat " , they would capture unwary freighters , loot them for valuables , sell the crewmembers into slavery , and dismantle the captured ships and sell the parts for scrap . Destruction of the " M ' hendosat " . A few months after the Battle of Yavin , Kassihm and his crew encountered the damaged " Millennium Falcon " along one of their regular patrol routes . Not ones to pass up a seemingly easy catch , the pirates quickly boarded the " Falcon " , knocking out the passengers with Bothan stun spore s and throwing them in the brig . Unbeknownst to the pirates , a few of the rebels managed to elude capture , and began sabotaging several of the " M ' hendosat ' s " subsystems to distract them . The rebels then began reactivating the captured droids , including B - 1D4 , who used the Heart of Steel virus stored in her memory banks to override the " M ' hendosat ' s " security systems and free the remaining prisoners . The escapees quickly began running amok aboard the ship , killing several members of Kassihm ' s crew as they stole the various parts needed to repair the " Falcon ' s " hyperdrive . During the chaos , the " M ' hendosat ' s " reactor core sustained catastrophic damage , and the rebels barely managed to return to the " Falcon " and escape before it went critical , destroying the " M ' hendosat " and the remaining crew - - all except for Kassihm , who managed to flee the ship in an escape pod just in time . Search for B - 1D4 . Soon after the destruction of his ship , Kassihm ' s escape pod was picked up by the Imperial ship " Zaker Besar " , under the command of Grand Moff 4 - 8C . Aboard the vessel , he and the Skrilling droid merchant Dilrath were interrogated by 4 - 8C and Burra Stone regarding the " Millennium Falcon " and B - 1D4 . Kassihm was able to confirm that B - 1D4 had been among the " Falcon ' s " passengers . Knowing that he would be executed for the crimes he had committed , he managed to buy himself time by offering his services to the Imperials to aid in retrieving the droid , an offer which 4 - 8C accepted . Using information from the computer on Kassihm ' s escape pod , 4 - 8C determined that the " Falcon " was headed for Dweem , and began plotting a course . Though orbital scanning proved fruitless thanks to storm activity in the atmosphere , probe droids sent down to Dweem ' s surface picked up a large electrical signature , possibly from a power generator , leading the Imperials to believe that they had discovered a hidden Rebel base . Kassihm joined the Imperial recon team , which included Stone and 4 - 8C , on the planet ' s surface to search for the Rebels . En route to the base , the team ran afoul of a group of predatory Dweemons ; large , spider - like creatures with camouflaged exoskeletons that made them nearly invisible against the terrain ' s frozen backdrop . Though the team managed to evade the creatures and reach the base relatively unscathed , the effort proved to be for naught . Rather than a new Rebel base , the facility was actually a disused relic from the days of the Old Republic , defended by Iron Knights - - sentient , Force - sensitive crystals inhabiting droid bodies . Kassihm and the Imperials returned to the " Zaker Besar " , empty - handed and with no leads as to B - 1D4 ' s location . Enraged that their mission on Dweem had been a dead end , 4 - 8C planned to kill Kassihm . The Nikto protested , claiming that Solo would not have attempted any kind of deception since he likely did not expect anyone to have survived the " M ' hendosat ' s " destruction . Realizing that The Heart of Steel must have hijacked the " Falcon " , 4 - 8C reasoned that B - 1D4 would return to Imperial Center , the place where she had served as a protocol droid for over a century , and the location where The Heart of Steel virus had been developed . Mission to Merakai . As it turned out , the Heart of Steel had been released into Imperial Center ' s central computer system , bringing down its defenses and allowing Solo and his friends to escape . Soon after , however , Darth Vader managed to capture the " Falcon " and its passengers on Cheeyoom Matee . As a result , the Rebels and B - 1D4 were captured and thrown into an Imperial prison on Merakai . Kassihm , devising a way to secure his own freedom , convinced 4 - 8C that B - 1D4 ' s presence in the Merakai prison would be disastrous for the Grand Moff ; if the Merakai technicians started probing the droid ' s memory , they would discover 4 - 8C ' s unauthorized involvement with Heart of Steel ' s development . He offered to aid 4 - 8C by breaking into the prison and retrieving B - 1D4 , as simply requesting the droid from the base commander would look suspicious . The Grand Moff accepted the offer , but only on the condition that he and Stone would accompany Kassihm , to ensure the pirate did not attempt a double - cross . Landing on Merakai in the Nikto ship " Optitron " , Kassihm and the Imperials slogged through the predator - infested swamp to reach Merakai Prison . Cutting through a grating , the group entered the prison through its sewage system . Choosing to masquerade as Imperial inspectors from the Department of Punishment , the group found B - 1D4 in the clutches of Merakai ' s droid torturer , who realized that they were impostors almost immediately . With the prison alarms blaring , the group took the droid and freed all the prisoners , using the ensuing riot to cover their escape . Temporarily allying with Solo and his friends , they were able to make it out of the prison and escape into the swamp on a stolen speeder . Solo opposed the Imperials ' plans to take B - 1D4 , but relented after the Imperials promised not to pursue them if they gave up the droid without a fight . The operation complete , the group returned to the " Optitron " . Escape from the Empire . After the mission was over , Kassihm knew that 4 - 8C would kill him , as he was no longer useful now that B - 1D4 had been retrieved . Realizing that the only way to save his own life would be to join the Rebel Alliance , he planned to turn the tables on the Grand Moff . Waiting until Stone was asleep in his stasis chamber , the Nikto retrieved a droid disabler that he had stolen from the Merakai armory . While 4 - 8C was examining the damaged B - 1D4 , the pirate quietly crept up behind him , readying his weapon . He didn ' t go completely unnoticed , however , and 4 - 8C was able to spin around and draw a blaster just as Kassihm fired . As the deactivated Grand Moff hit the floor , Kassihm realized that had he been a split - second slower , he would have been killed . After dismantling 4 - 8C , the Nikto commandeered the " Optitron " and picked up Solo and his friends in the Merakai swamps , explaining what had become of 4 - 8C and expressing interest in joining the Rebel cause . Deciding that he might be of use to the Alliance , having just " killed " a Grand Moff , Solo gave Kassihm the coordinates to the nearest Rebel outpost . What became of Kassihm afterward is unknown . Personality and traits . Like most space pirates , Kassihm was only interested in two things : getting rich and staying alive long enough to do so . Other than himself , the only other beings he had any real loyalty to were his crewmen ; however , he was more than willing to leave them to die if it meant he would survive , as he did when the " M ' hendosat " was destroyed . Though he did end up joining the Rebellion after his misadventure with the Empire , his decision was likely motivated more by his desire for protection from Imperial retribution than any real sense of idealism . Behind the scenes . Kassihm was created by Dave Wolverton for the " Star Wars Missions " game book , " " , serving as the mission ' s primary antagonist . He reappears as a playable character in " " and " " .