Grummgar Grummgar was a Dowutin male who worked as a big game hunter and mercenary active around thirty years after the battle of Endor . After being left to live on his own at a young age , like all Dowutins , Grummgar acquired considerable hunting skills and eventually contracted work to hunt down a predatory molsume , native to the jungles of the planet Ithor . Despite the illegality of hunting on Ithor , Grummgar tracked molsumes for a period of time before he encountered fellow game hunter Nysorly . After regarding each other as potential competition , both hunters were able to walk away with their own molsume pelts . Sometime later Grummgar visited the castle of the pirate Maz Kanata on the planet Takodana . Grummgar spent his time there with fellow mercenary Bazine Netal and was present when the forces of the First Order attacked and destroyed the castle . Biography . Big game hunter . A large male Dowutin , Grummgar went off to live on his own at a young age , as all Dowutins did . He went on to acquire skills in the fields of hunting and tracking , and eventually took up the career of a big game hunter . Grummgar frequented the castle of the pirate Maz Kanata on the planet Takodana , gathering hunting tips from explorers of Wild Space and the Unknown Regions . He often traveled to unexplored worlds he had heard of in his search for new predators to hunt . At some point Grummgar was hired to hunt down and bering back the pelt of a molsume — a predatory creature native to the jungle s of the planet Ithor . Despite the fact that it was illegal to hunt on Ithor in such a manner , Grummgar accepted the contract and hunted molsumes for a period of time , using a speeder for transport and a 242 hunting rifle as his weapon of choice . Eventually , Grummgar discovered the seemingly defenseless human Nysorly . Realizing that she would make the perfect bait for a molsume , Grummgar hid his presence from her and waited for a molsume to seek her out . One eventually did , and too Grummgar ' s surprise Nysorly pulled out a shortblaster and shot the molsume dead . Impressed , Grummgar opted to introduce himself and congratulate the girl on her kill . However , Nysorly interpreted Grummgar as a rival and threatened to shoot him . Grummgar tried to calm her nerves , which only resulted in the two voicing ideas of how they could outsmart and either directly or indirectly kill the other . As they bantered , a second molsume preyed on Nysorly from behind . Noticing this , Grummgar spat in Nysorly ' s direction . The human , believing that the spittle could be toxic , jumped out of the way and fired her shortblaster at Grummgar ' s speeder as he fired past her , killing the second molsume . Only after reloading to finish Grummgar off did Nysorly turn and notice that the Dowutin had actually saved her . She thanked Grummgar , who was no worse for wear after having his speeder shot out form under him . The two shared their new mutual respect for each other , and Nysorly explained how she had been forced to enter a dangerous lifestyle after being left to live alone at a young age , an origin story similar to Grummgar ' s own . Summarily , the hunters were both content with the fact that they both had their own molsume pelts . Grummgar offered to carry the molsumes , and Nysorly in return promised Grummgar to help him skin his pelt , as his hands were too large to procure a clean final product . After turning down a partnership offer , Grummgar told Nysorly that he expected compensation for his damaged speeder . The castle of Maz Kanata . Around thirty years after the Battle of Endor , he spent time in Maz Kanata ' s castle with the mercenary Bazine Netal , whom he assumed was attracted to him , being too self - centered to consider she might have another agenda . The pair sat together near the castle ' s door , with Netal on Grummgar ' s massive lap , from where she had a view of everything going on in the castle . When the smuggler Han Solo arrived at the castle with the scavenger Rey , the former stormtrooper Finn , and the astromech droid BB - 8 , Netal recognized the droid as one the First Order was after . Whispering into Grummgar ' s ear , she slid off his lap and left to report the droid ' s whereabouts to the First Order . The patrons of the castle rushed outside soon after Netal left , as the destruction of the Hosnian system by the First Order ' s Starkiller Base superweapon was visible and audible from Takodana . The castle itself was then attacked and destroyed based on Netal ' s report . Personality and traits . Grummgar was obsessed with trophies , be they parts taken from exotic animals illegally poached , or woman attracted to his brute magnetism . He had yellow skin and wore a yellow outfit over it with a brown jacket . He carried a hunting rifle with a remote trigger interface and a sniper barrel flash suppressor . Although unscrupulous , Grummgar preferred to hunt wild animals over sentient beings , happily hunting endangered , rare quarry , even on nature preserves and sacred ground . Aid ' s reports of remote planets filled with lethal predators filled him with a giddy , childlike joy , and he eagerly returned from untamed worlds with tales as tall as himself . Behind the scenes . Grummgar was created for the film , but was first shown to the public in an exclusive " " article released in May 2015 , seven months before the film ' s release . His name was then revealed in the promotion of the short story " Bait , " which was written by Alan Dean Foster and included Grummgar as the central character . The name and appearance were finally linked by " " , a reference book written by Pablo Hidalgo and released the same day as the film . He was performed by Patrick Comerford , Don Austen , Andy Heath , Katherine Smee , Lynn Robertson Bruce and Iestyn Evans .