Alkhara / Legends Alkhara was a researcher from the Bureau of Ethnicity and Socialization on Tatooine who lived in the sixth century BBY and became a notorious criminal . He was also the man who incited the centuries - long blood feud between the native Sand People and the Human settlers of the world . In his years with the Bureau , Alkhara learned the language and traditions of the Sand People , filing reports in which he mused on the nature of their life on Tatooine . After he turned to crime , Alkhara joined with the Sand People to destroy a police garrison , then turned on his allies in a massacre . He and his band of thieves fled the retaliation of the Sand People and authorities to a B ' omarr monastery , where they were welcomed in . Alkhara made the monastery his headquarters , using it to defend against the Sand People and rob the local moisture farmers . He and his band expanded and improved the structure , adding dungeons , a tower , and roads . The monks ignored them for the most part , though they were grateful for many of the additions . After living in the monastery for over three decades , Alkhara was driven offworld by the Hutt Jabba Desilijic Tiure , and eventually died . However , the war he had triggered with the Sand People long outlived him . Centuries afterward , bandit groups under his name continued their own crimes against the settlers and battles against the natives , while the monastery he had made his home fell into a number of new hands , amongst them Jabba ' s . Biography . In 550 BBY , Alkhara arrived on the planet Tatooine . Working in a mining colony for the Bureau of Ethnicity and Socialization , Alkhara became familiar with the native Sand People . In the course of his studies , Alkhara ventured into the Jundland Wastes and the ancient canyon the Sand People called Gafsa , learning the language and traditions of the natives . Alkhara came to conclude that having been born into a cruel world , the Sand People knew nothing but cruelty and lacked in benign emotions . He opined as such in one of his field reports filed with the Bureau . In time , Alkhara turned to crime , becoming a bandit , and his crimes became legendary . Alkhara allied himself and his band of thieves with the Sand People to eliminate a small law enforcement garrison near Tatooine ' s capital . He then turned on the Sand People themselves , massacring the entire group that had aided him on the Great Mesra Plateau . Alkhara ' s actions triggered a feud between the Sand People and Human settlers . Fleeing military retribution from the law and the Sand People , the bandit and his followers escaped to a B ' omarr monastery . There , they intended to lay siege to the citadel , but the gates were unlocked . The monks were unimpressed with the armed group , and , to Alkhara ' s surprise , one monk told the leader to make himself at home and stay as long as he liked . Unknown to Alkhara , other lawbreakers had used the monastery as a temporary refuge in the past — though none , until Alkhara , had occupied it for their own use — and the monks did not mind as the pirate and his band moved in . With the monks few in number and absorbed in their own concerns , Alkhara was free to use the monastery as his headquarters . With the citadel serving as his stronghold against the Sand People , the bandit preyed on the moisture farmers of Tatooine . Alkhara improved his hideout , augmenting its corridors while his followers fixed the living quarters and added a set of dungeons and underground chambers , to the monks ' approval . He cut a road from the citadel to the Western Dune Sea and Pit of Carkoon . Alkhara also added battlements to the building , and he constructed a nine - story tower to which he gave his name . Alkhara lived in the monastery for thirty - four years , until he was driven off Tatooine by the Hutt Jabba Desilijic Tiure . Alkhara eventually died , but the feud he had started between the settlers and Sand People continued for centuries thereafter . In later years , his bandit group was reformed by Tatooinians who had been dislocated by the Sand People , fighting the natives while raiding villages and moisture farms for supplies . No outlanders ventured into Sand People territory for centuries , as well . The B ' omarr monastery took on a number of new occupants in the ages after Alkhara ' s departure , all of them following the traditions of Alkhara ' s people by expanding and improving the structure in exchange ; eventually , Jabba the Hutt would take it as his palace . Personality and traits . Fierce and with a reputation for cruelty that endured for centuries , Alkhara achieved notoriety in his career as a bandit , and his crimes became things of legend . The man could break his alliances , turning on allies in a deadly fashion ; however , he could also participate in mutually beneficial relationships , as with the B ' omarr monks . While he was not adverse to fleeing danger , Alkhara was prepared for combat . In his time with the Bureau of Ethnology and Socialization , Alkhara came to his own understanding of Tatooine and its inhabitants . He saw the harshness of life on the world to breed , by necessity , harshness in its inhabitants . The only way he felt one could understand the Sand People was to live their lives ; he believed they had been shaped in such a way that cruelty and wickedness were their way of life , and he doubted any gentler emotions lived within them . When he turned to his life of pirating , Alkhara was callous towards the Sand People . Behind the scenes . Alkhara was given a brief mention as a prior owner of Jabba the Hutt ' s palace in the 1995 novel " Darksaber " , by Kevin J . Anderson . Anderson would later expand on his backstory in his book " The Illustrated Star Wars Universe " , which gave Alkhara the crucial role he has in the Sand People / Human conflict . The comic arc " " gave the character the only backstory he has in his time before becoming a criminal , and the only dialogue the character has ever had , as he has made no appearances in any works . The exact timeframe for Alkhara ' s life was left vague until " Secrets of Tatooine " .