Unkar Plutt Unkar Plutt , a member of the male Crolute species , resided on the remote , lawless world of Jakku approximately 30 years after the Battle of Endor . The Crolute was a junk boss who bought weapons , gears and scraps of Rebel and Imperial ships which had crashed during the Battle of Jakku . The ruthless Unkar used hired thugs to enforce his stranglehold on barter , sending them to punish any scavenger who dared dabble in unauthorized trades or negotiated too aggressively . The Blobfish — as scavengers called him behind his broad back — had collected all manner of weapons , gears , and ships over the years , including a battered Corellian freighter he kept under a tarp on the outskirts of Niima Outpost . From his Concession Stand at Niima Outpost , he ruled over the lives of the scavengers , buying and selling scrap and doling out survival rations . Biography . Birth . Unkar Plutt was born on the aquatic world of Crul . He claimed to have left after a business deal fell through , then drifted from place to place until eventually ending up on Jakku . Early dealings . Unkar Plutt established himself on Jakku sometime after the Battle of Jakku , making a living trading salvage for food rations to local scavenger s and reselling the parts to spacer s that wanted to buy parts off - the - books . Roughly sixteen years after the Battle of Endor , a youngling who called herself Rey was left with him on Jakku . Rey worked for Unkar directly until she began coordinating with other scavengers . The young teen eventually struck out on her own , becoming one of the best scavengers on Jakku . Because of that , Unkar ' s thugs had orders to make sure she was left alone . At some point in his career , Unkar stole a YT - 1300 light freighter from the Irving Boys , which turned out to be the " Millennium Falcon " . Over Rey ' s objections , Unkar installed a compressor and primer in the ship ' s systems . The ship would sit in Unkar ' s yard for years under a tarp . Plutt also organized a failed mission to collect valuables from Carbon Ridge , rumored to house a hidden Imperial base . Stung by the failure , Plutt never talked about it again . Plutt arranged for a shuttle depositing credits with an offworld banking service to be robbed , crippling the small minority of scavengers who chose to sell their scrap to offworlders for currency instead of going to him . About 30 years after the Battle of Endor , Unkar had bought out or driven out his competition in Niima Outpost , creating a monopoly for his business . Even the Constabulary answered to him . Unkar had total control over Niima Outpost . He controlled the most water , and the most wealth , of anyone on Jakku . Junk boss of Jakku . As Niima Outpost ' s only junk boss , Unkar spent most of his time doling ration pack s to scavengers from his stall in the Concession Stand in exchange for their salvage . He almost never left the stand , because the harsh environment of Jakku disagreed with his aquatic nature . It was widely believed that most of his resources were stored in the stand , although some suspected the real wealth was hidden elsewhere . Sometime before the attack on Tuanul , Plutt was kidnapped by Zool Zendiat and his gang , who were searching for a J9 droid which had been sold to Plutt . At some point , two of Plutt ' s minions attempted to acquire info from him using a sophisticated AI . Plutt captured them and took the AI for himself as an assistant , although he often threatened to delete it . One day , Rey came to sell salvage accompanied by a droid , one that Unkar recognized as being one wanted by the First Order . He offered to buy the droid for 60 portions , but Rey refused . Again , he bargained the droid for 100 portions , but to no avail . Refusing to take " " No " " for an answer , Unkar dispatched two of his thugs to steal the droid . Rey easily subdued them . Unkar didn ' t have a chance to form another plan to steal Rey ' s droid , since almost immediately after Rey defeated his thugs , the First Order began an attack on Niima Outpost . In the commotion of the stormtrooper s and TIE fighers , Unkar watched as Rey , the droid , and a defecting stormtrooper named Finn hijacked the " Millennium Falcon " from his yard . His screams that the ship was his were ignored . Confrontation on Takodana . Unwilling to lose the " Millennium Falcon " , Unkar and his thugs trailed the ship to Maz Kanata ' s castle . There , he assaulted Rey physically , wanting the ship back and revenge on his former scavenger and the droid for the misery they caused him . Rey attempted to fight back , but neglected to remove the safety on her blaster . The commotion , however , caught the attention of the Wookiee Chewbacca , one of Rey ' s new friends , who had recovered along Solo the " Falcon " shortly after Rey and Finn ' s departure from Jakku . When Chewbacca indicated that he would fight him if he did not release Rey , Plutt laughed it off , wondering what a lone Wookiee could do against him and his thugs , reason for which he started to touch repeteadly the Wookiee ' s injured arm . Furious , Chewbacca demonstrated succinctly why it wasn ' t wise to upset a Wookiee by ripping off one of Plutt ' s arms , which landed in a near table at the castle . Later , when experiencing her Force vision at the basement Maz Kanata ' s castle after touching the Skywalker ' s lightsaber , Rey saw her childhood self being left in Unkar ' s charge for the first time . Sometime after the Battle of Starkiller Base , Chewbacca started to fix the unadvised modifications made by Plutt to the " Falcon " whilst Rey was being trained by Jedi Master Luke Skywalker on Ahch - To . Personality and traits . A hulking Crolute , Unkar Plutt was the ruthless junk boss of Jakku , often using hired muscle to enforce his stranglehold on barter and sending his thugs to punish any scavenger who dared dabble in unauthorized trades or negotiated too aggressively . This attitude eventually earned him the nickname of " The Blobfish " by many scavengers behind his broad back . Despite his attitude , Unkar used to be somewhat polite when doing business sometimes , especially with Rey , calling her " My Girl " or " Sweetheart " when dealing with her , like when he negotiated with her the possibility of selling BB - 8 , though she ultimately refused . He didn ' t like , however , to have scavengers disputing the value of their finds . Unkar also was not used to taking orders or respecting anyone , a trait that was demonstrated when he ignored the Wookiee Chewbacca ' s warning about not harming Rey , taking advantage of the injured shoulder of Rey ' s friend , touching repeteadly the bandage that covered the Wookiee ' s wound . This , however , cost Unkar one of his arms , as the Wookiee ripped it off for his insolence . Behind the scenes . Unkar Plutt was portrayed by Simon Pegg in . Pegg is a frequent collaborator with director J . J . Abrams and his production company , Bad Robot Productions , having also appeared as in Abrams ' s " Mission : Impossible " trilogy and in his " Star Trek " films . Plutt is Pegg ' s second " Star Wars " role ; he had previously provided the voice of Dengar in two episodes of " " . Pegg was also initially announced to be reprising his role as Unkar in , but neither he nor his character were featured in the finished version of the film , though Unkar still got a mention in Jason Fry ' s for the film . In the animated microseries " " and the non - canon video game " Disney Infinity 3 . 0 " , Unkar Plutt is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker . In the film ' s , Rey refuses Plutt ' s offer to purchase BB - 8 , instead bargaining upward before finally accepting a much higher offer . She then , however , changes her mind . When Plutt gets upset , she puts him in his place , earning the respect of many other individuals at the Niima Outpost , but likely burning her bridges with him for good . This likely plays a large part in the confrontation with him at Maz Kanata ' s castle that later occurs in the novelization . The novelization also describes in detail Rey ' s general disgust with Plutt and his operation . In the , Rey bargains up to 100 portions , which is quickly accepted . However , when Plutt tells her " " That ' s my girl " , " she changes her mind and tells him that " " conditions have changed " , " feeling that turnabout is fair play , given the number of times he ' s changed deals on her . He tells her that she ' s nothing , but she ignores him and walks away , earning glances of respect from many of the others in Niima Outpost . A scene in which Chewbacca rips off Plutt ' s arm was filmed for " The Force Awakens " , but ultimately deleted from the final cut . This scene was included in the film ' s novelization .