Melch Melch , designated " Laborer 429 , " was a male Ugnaught slave laborer who worked on Reklam Station , an Imperial - controlled salvage yard located in the atmosphere of the planet Yarma , which recycled old Y - wing starfighter s . Melch aided members of Phoenix Cell , as well as pirate Hondo Ohnaka , in capturing some of the Y - wings , which were to be used by the rebellion . In return , Melch and several other Ugnaught workers were allowed to escape the station with Ohnaka aboard a stolen " Sentinel " - class landing craft . Later , Melch and the other Ugnaught workers took part in an unsuccessful mission to steal cargo from an Imperial cargo transport . However , the cargo ship drifted into the stormy upper atmosphere of the planet Wynkahthu . Melch ' s fellow Ugnaught crew were killed boarding it but Melch survived . Melch was bitter than Hondo had abandoned them but reconciled with Hondo when the latter offered to give him a 2 percent stake in the treasure . Melch survived the dangerous second attempt to retrieve cargo from the Imperial ship . He later rejoined Hondo and his business partner Azmorigan on their travels . Biography . Escaping Reklam Station . Melch was a male Ugnaught who lived during the Age of the Empire . Around 2 BBY , Melch was a slave laborer who worked on Reklam Station on the planet Yarma . Reklam Station was commanded by Commander Brom Titus , a former Admiral who had been relieved of his position for losing an experimental Imperial Interdictor . There , he was given the call number " Laborer 429 " and was part of an Ugnaught work gang tasked with dismantling decommissioned Old Republic Y - wing starfighters . Melch was an acquaintance of Terba , an Ugnaught who attempted to escape Reklam Station but was imprisoned on the planet Naraka . Prior to his death , Terba informed the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka about the Imperial dismantling operations at Reklam Station . Melch and his fellow laborers were working at the orbital dismantling space station when Hondo and the Spectres infiltrated the station . Hondo , who could speak Ugnaught , managed to convince Melch and his fellow laborers to help the rebels in return for their liberation . Melch agreed to shut down the furnace conveyor belt . When Commander Titus inquired what was going on , Melch claimed that the conveyor belt had malfunctioned . Titus then threatened to execute the Ugnaught if he did not repair it . Melch and the Ugnaughts then helped the rebels to re fuel the Y - wings . Before they could leave , the rebels were spotted by Commander Titus who activated the magnetic locks . Melch and several Ugnaughts then followed Hondo into the command tower in order to free the starfighters . There , Hondo and his Ugnaughts spotted an Imperial " Sentinel " - class landing craft and offered to guard it . While the Spectres dealt with Titus and his DTS - series Dismantler Droid s and stormtrooper s , Melch , his Ugnaught comrades and Hondo escaped aboard the landing craft and headed into space . The Spectres managed to escape on the Y - wings and with the help of their Phoenix Cell allies . Mission to Wynkahthu . Later , Melch and his fellow Ugnaught crew took part in a mission to raid an Imperial cargo ship under the leadership of Hondo and his new business partner Azmorigan , a crime lord . Working together , Hondo and Azmorigan disabled the cargo ship with ion mines . However , the ship drifted into the planet Wynkahthu and was trapped in an atmospheric storm . Melch and his fellow Ugnaught crew then tried to board the ship . However , his comrades were lost due to the dangerous atmospheric conditions and only Melch survived . Hondo then abandoned him and fled offworld . Melch was bitter that Hondo had left him to die and hid within the Imperial cargo ship , whose power plant had been knocked out . Later , Hondo and Azmorigan returned with Ezra Bridger and Garazeb Orrelios , two members of the Spectres . Upon seeing Hondo , Melch attacked his boss and punched him several times before being restrained by Ezra . Ezra quickly recognized him as one of Hondo ' s Ugnaught crew he had encountered at Reklam Station . At Zeb ' s insistence , Hondo told Zeb and Ezra that he had made an earlier attempt to raid the Imperial ship and had abandoned his Ugnaught crew . Hondo managed to win back Melch ' s loyalty by offering him a two percent share of the treasure . After the Spectres reached the cargo bay and reactivated the ship ' s power , Melch helped Hondo to carry some pieces of crates containing treasure . The Spectres insisted on loading their cargo of proton bomb s first in return for helping Hondo and Azmorigan . When the rebels and their confederates came under attack from Imperial sentry droid s , Melch hid inside Hondo ' s treasure box . He realized that Hondo only cared for himself despite his rhetoric about regarded his crew as his " sweet , fragrant family . " This allowed him to survive the destruction of the Imperial cargo ship , which crashed into a vortex . Once aboard the Spectres ' ship " Ghost " , Melch surprised Hondo and Azmorigan by revealing that he had hidden himself inside the chest . While Hondo was disappointed , he remarked that friendship was the treasure he had discovered that day . Hondo then hugged Melch but the Ugnaught punched him , indicating that he did not believe the Weequay pirate ' s words . Despite his mistrust of Hondo , he accompanied his captain and Azmorigan back aboard their ship . Liberation of Lothal . Together with Hondo , Melch helped the crew of " the Ghost " liberate the planet Lothal . Personality and traits . As an Ugnaught , Melch spoke Ugnaught , and had a diminutive physique and porcine features . He also had a large red tattoo on the left side of his face . As an enslaved laborer , Melch had little love for the Empire and was willing to help Hondo and his rebel allies steal Y - wing starfighters in return for his freedom . Melch squealed when he talked . He was infuriated when Hondo abandoned him and his crew and left them to die . However , he easily forgave his master when Hondo offered him a two percent share of the treasure . Despite Hondo ' s rhetoric about loving his crew like his family , Melch did not believe Hondo . On one occasion , he smuggled himself inside a cargo chest to preempt Hondo leaving him behind . On another occasion , he punched Hondo in the chest when the Weequay pirate boasted about valuing friendship . At times , Melch was prepared to use violence to display his anger and disagreement with Hondo . Despite this Hondo did care about him , as seen as how he was overjoyed to see that Melch had survived being shot during the Liberation of Lothal . Behind the scenes . Melch was first created for the third season of the Disney XD television series " Star Wars Rebels " . He was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker , who voiced the Clone trooper characters in the " Rebels " series and its predecessor . He first appeared in the television movie " " , which premiered at Celebration Europe on July 16 , 2016 . Baker reprised his role in " The Wynkahthu Job " , which premiered on November 26 , 2016 .