Elis Helrot Elis Helrot was a Givin pilot and spice smuggler who spoke with the bounty hunter Bossk about the fugitive Imperial droid 261 in Mos Eisley spaceport on the planet Tatooine in the year 0 BBY . Helrot was present in Chalmun ' s Cantina when the Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi got into an altercation with Ponda Baba and Cornelius Evazan . Biography . Elis Helrot was a Givin who worked as a pilot and a smuggler of spice during the reign of the Galactic Empire . In the year 0 BBY , Helrot was in the spaceport of Mos Eisley on the planet Tatooine when the rogue Imperial astromech droid 261 crashed its stolen " Lambda " - class T - 4a shuttle in one of the port ' s hangar bays after escaping from the Death Star superweapon with sensitive Imperial files . Imperial stormtrooper s then engaged the droid in a firefight and managed to damage it , but 261 managed to escape while leaking oil . When the Trandoshan bounty hunter Bossk arrived in Mos Eisley a short while later searching for 261 , he spoke with Helrot in one of the spaceport ' s buildings about the events of the crash . Later that year , Helrot was sat at a booth table with the Gotal Feltipern Trevagg and the H ' nemthe M ' iiyoom Onith in Chalmun ' s Cantina in Mos Eisley when the Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi used his lightsaber to fend off the thugs Doctor Cornelius Evazan and Ponda Baba at the cantina ' s bar . Personality and traits . Elis Helrot had white skin and black eye s . The Givin spoke disparagingly of Imperial stormtroopers to the bounty hunter Bossk . Equipment . Elis Helrot wore a black shirt with a white shawl while in Mos Eisley . Behind the scenes . The character who would eventually be known as Elis Helrot was created for the film , which was released on May 25 , 1977 . The character did not actually make it into the final cut of the film , but was portrayed on set by special effects artist Jon Berg who sat in a booth with the alien s that would later be named as M ' iiyoom Onith and Feltipern Trevagg , during the shooting of supplemental footage for the cantina scene during post production . The extra wore a rubber mask constructed by makeup artist Rick Baker , who had based the design on one of artist Ralph McQuarrie ' s pieces of concept art . On set , Helrot was originally known by the nicknamed " Skull Head " , and plans were made to officially name the character Kull , although these never came to fruition . Instead the character was given the name of " Elis Helrot " in the 1995 release of the Decipher , Inc . " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game " Premiere Limited " set . According to a " Star Wars CCG " fan site , Elis Helrot was named as an anagram of Decipher game creator Rollie Tesh . Helrot ' s first appearance in canon was in the children ' s activity book " Bounty Hunt " , which was written by Katrina Pallant , illustrated by Robert Ball , and released on April 7 , 2016 . Helrot ' s name and presence at Onith and Feltipern ' s table in the cantina were then confirmed to be canon in the sourcebook " " , which was released on September 27 , 2016 . A promotional image of Helrot ' s costume from " A New Hope " was confirmed to be canon when it appeared in the " " app .