Cobb Vanth Cobb Vanth was a human male that lived around the time of the Battle of Endor . Once a slave , he rose to become a sheriff of Freetown on the planet Tatooine after acquiring a set of Mandalorian armor from Jawa s in 4 ABY . The following year , Vanth enlisted the services of Jabba ' s former animal trainer Malakili in raising a young Hutt named Borgo . Months later , Freetown was later attacked by the Red Key Raiders but Cobb managed to enlist the Tusken Raider s ' help in driving the criminals away . Biography . Acquiring Mandalorian armor . While little was known about his origins , Cobb Vanth was once a slave who had a star - shaped scar tissue carved onto his back as a sign of ownership . By the time of the Battle of Endor , Vanth had freed himself . and become the self - appointed lawman of Freetown . Following the death of Jabba the Hutt , Vanth encountered Adwin Charu , a representative of the Red Key mining company , which was actually a front for the Red Key Raiderscrime syndicate . Charu had just obtained a chest of Mandalorian armor from a group of Jawa scavenger s . Charu had been sent by the crime lord Lorgan Movellan to retrieve the armor . Vanth quickly recognized Charu as an offworlder due to his attire and offered to vouch for Charu in his dealings with the Jawas . When Adwin demanded to know the price , Vanth claimed that he only wanted hospitality . The Jawas allowed the two men to enter their sandcrawler which was full of droid s . While chatting with Adwin , Cobb learned that the man was with the Red Key mining company and talked about the power struggle that had followed Jabba ' s death . After examining the box of Mandalorian armor , Cobb demanded the set . When Adwin protested , Cobb argued that he needed the armor for his work as a lawman . Adwin then revealed the blaster underneath his tunic and threatened to draw his weapon . However , Cobb quickly grabbed the blaster and shot a hole through Awin ' s right shoulder . When Adwin accused Vanth of being a monster , Cobb responded that he knew that Awdin was working for a crime lord . He added that he would be bringing law to Tatooine and would not tolerate criminal elements like the Red Key syndicate . When Adwin begged for his life , Cobb told him that he had spared his life so that he could tell his boss to leave Tatooine and the Arkanis sector . Sheriff of Freetown . By the year 5 ABY , Vanth established himself as the Sheriff and de - facto mayor of Freetown , which was the name of what had once been Mos Pelgo . Vanth also stopped a plot by the Red Key syndicate to sneak a Huttlet into the palace dais in Freetown . He and his Twi ' lek companion Issa - Or saved Jabba ' s former Beastmaster Malakili from being killed by two Red Key gangsters including Bivvam Gorge . After killing the gangster s , Cobb and Issa - Or introduced themselves . When Cobb recognized Malakili , Malakili claimed that he was no one since he was still mourning the death of his rancor Pateesa at the hands of Luke Skywalker . Cobb invited Malakili to live in Freetown because he needed his services as an animal trainer . Cobb managed to convince Malakili to tame two unruly ronto s in return for a homstead . Cobb also asked Malakili if he could help manage the Huttlet he had captured . Malakili agreed to teach the Huttlet but insisted on treating it as a sentient being rather than a pet . After leaving the corpses of the Red Key criminals , Cobb and the others returned to Freetown . With the help of Malakili , Cobb struck a deal with the Tusken Raider s to protect Freetown by giving them water and a pearl from a krayt dragon ' s belly . The Tuskens regarded Freetown as a sacred place and respected the fact that they had a Hutt . Malakili also named the Huttlet Borgo and became its guardian . In 5 ABY , Freetown was attacked and occupied by the Red Key Syndicate led by Lorgan Movellan , who had come to enslave the town ' s population and exploit Tatooine for its dilarium oil and silicax oxalate . Cobb was overpowered by the Red Key criminals , who brought him before their master Lorgan . Lorgan taunted Cobb for his failure to protect Freetown and boasted about enslaving the town ' s population and selling Borgo back to the Hutts . To display his power , Lorgan ordered his henchwoman Trayness to beat Malakili . This caused Borgo to let out an ear - piercing shriek which gave the signal for the Tusken Raiders to attack the Red Key forces who had seized control of Freetown . The Tusken Raiders stormed the two and quickly killed Lorgan ' s henchmen . Lorgan attempted to attack Cobb but was overpowered by the lawnman . After Cobb told Lorgan of his deal with the Tuskens , Lorgan tried to intimidate Cobb by threatening to bring his masters to wipe out the town . Cobb was undaunted by Lorgan ' s threats and told him that he did not know who Cobb was . Despite knowing that he had incurred the wrath of Red Key , Cobb stated that he was ready to die in the service of protecting Freetown and keeping criminal elements away from Tatooine . As a parting insult to the defeated crime boss , Vanth carved a message onto Lorgan ' s face . Personality and traits . Cobb Vanth was a human man with angular features , leather skin , and pinched eye s . As a legacy of his enslavement , he had a star - shaped scar on his back with a series of dots and hashes . Cobb was a skilled gunslinger and fighter who knew how to wield a blaster . Cobb was a principled man who saw himself as the self - appointed sheriff and mayor of Freetown . He had a hatred for criminal elements like the Red Key syndicate . While Vanth was a skilled combatant , he was also merciful and allowed the criminal Adwin Charu to live in order to send a message to his boss Lorgan Movellan to leave Tatooine alone . As Sheriff and Mayor of Freetown , Cobb sought to build the settlement into a place where good people could live if they were willing to work and fight against the crime syndicates . He was familiar with Malakili and enlisted his services as an animal tamer in return for lodging . Vanth helped give a new sense of purpose to the despondent Malakili , who was still grieving the loss of his rancor Pateesa . Cobb was also a shrewd leader who struck a deal with the Tusken Raiders to protect Freetown in return for water and procuring a pearl from a krayt dragon . This alliance enabled him to turn the tables on the Red Key syndicate , which tried to take over the town . Cobb dedicated his life and energy to protecting Freetown from criminal elements and was willing to die for the town . He was also a fearsome warrior who was able to use violence and brute force to protect those that he cared for . Behind the scenes . Cobb Vanth is a secondary character who appears in three interlude chapters in Chuck Wendig ' s . His lines are told from the point - of - views of Adwin Charu in the first novel " Aftermath " , Malakili in the second novel " " , and Lorgan Movellan in the third novel " " . Little has been revealed about his origins or his connections to Boba Fett ' s armor .