Marg Krim Marg Krim , formally addressed as the Illustrious Imperator , was a male Pyke who served as a powerful member of the Pyke Syndicate during the Clone Wars . He was the husband of Tezzka Krim and the father of Laalee and Vram . Biography . Following the death of Lom Pyke , the leader of the Pyke Syndicate , Marg Krim served as a powerful member of the Pyke Syndicate . The Pyke Syndicate specialized in the distribution of all types of illegal spice and experienced considerable internal rivalry and back - stabbing . His majordomo was named Fife . When Black Sun leader Ziton Moj proposed a merger between the two criminal organizations , Krim refused , leading Moj to orchestrate the capture of Krim ' s family to compel Krim to change his mind . Krim was unable to rely on his own henchmen since many of them disagreed with his decision not to join Black Sun . In desperation , Krim turned to two independent bounty hunter s , the Dathomirian Nightsister Asajj Ventress and her partner , the undercover Jedi Master Quinlan Vos . Krim ' s contacts met Ventress on Coruscant ' s Level 1313 and invited her to Krim ' s palace on Oba Diah . Upon arriving there , Krim ' s majordomo Fife led the " bounty seekers " to Krim ' s throne . There , the Pyke crime lord outlined his predicament and pleaded with the two bounty hunters to rescue his wife Tezzka and their children Laalee and Vram . When Vos asked him why he was not sending his own men to rescue his family , Krim replied that he could not trust his own men and stressed that saving his family would restore his prestige . Ventress and Vos traveled to the volcanic planet of Mustafar where the managed to rescue Krim ' s family from the Black Sun fortress . After assaulting the Black Sun leader Ziton Moj and his Falleen henchmen , the bounty hunters returned with the hostages to Oba Diah where they reunited Krim with his family . As a reward , Krim paid Ventress and Vos twice the original amount he had offered them . Krim ' s elation however was short - lived because the Black Sun returned with a sizeable fleet of starfighter s and " Interceptor " - class frigates to settle scores with Krim . Personality and traits . As a Pyke , Marg Krim was a tall humanoid with long , spindly limb s that ended in three digits . He had a large elongated head with a tapered skull and a smallish face . As the leader of the Pyke Syndicate , Krim wanted to protect his crime syndicate ' s interests from other competitors like Black Sun . Due to the complex internal rivalries and external challenges facing the Pyke Syndicate , Marg did not want to look weak . He greatly loved his wife Tezzka and their two children Laalee and Vram and was greatly distraught by their kidnapping . Krim distrusted his own henchmen because many of them wanted to merge the Pyke Syndicate with Black Sun . As Illustrious Imperator , he wore a metallic mask that looked like rays of the sun or the plumes of a bird . He used it to hide his emotions when dealing with outsiders like Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos . Behind the scenes . Marg Krim first debuted as a minor character in Christie Golden ' s 2015 novel " Dark Disciple " , which was based on four unfinished episodes and four unproduced screenplays that formed a larger story arc in the canceled Cartoon Network TV series " " . " Dark Disciple " is part of the Canon " The Clone Wars Legacy " , an ongoing multimedia project using material from the canceled series .