Jabba ' s favorite kell dragon The Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure owned a pet kell dragon that he referred to as his favorite kell dragon . Jabba ' s favorite was one of several kell dragons that lived on his " Minstrel " - class space yacht " Star Jewel " . During the year 1 ABY , Jabba ' s yacht captured the starship " Moldy Crow " over the moon Nar Shaddaa . While its pilot was imprisoned , the ship ' s passenger , Rebel mercenary Kyle Katarn , was taken to be fed to Jabba ' s favorite kell dragon . However , Katarn killed the beast with his bare hands , and escaped the " Star Jewel " soon after . Biography . By the year 1 ABY , the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure had obtained a large , green - skinned kell dragon . Jabba came to regard the kell dragon as his favorite kell dragon out of the others that he owned . At some point , the kell dragon took residence on Jabba ' s Ubrikkian Industries " Minstrel " - class space yacht " Star Jewel " . It lived in a large , spacious room that had two large doors on either side of it . One door led into a large execution pit . During this time , Jabba was conducting business with the Galactic Empire , supplying smugglers to aid General Rom Mohc in the creation of droid soldiers called dark trooper s . Mohc faced persistent opponents , however , whom Jabba did not know . As it were , Mohc ' s enemies were the mercenary Kyle Katarn and the Rebel Alliance agent Jan Ors , the former being someone that Jabba was at least aware of . Katarn eventually raided an Imperial facility on the moon Nar Shaddaa which resulted in the theft of a nava card that contained the routes that Jabba ' s smugglers used . After Ors retrieved Katarn , their starship " Moldy Crow " was captured by the " Star Jewel " . Ors was imprisoned , the nava card stocked in a guarded room , and Katarn was brought before the kell dragon ' s pit . Jabba , who was not aboard the " Star Jewel " at the time , conversed with Katarn briefly over a Holoprojector seeing Katarn for the first time . Katarn threatened Jabba , to which the Hutt merely commented that the human talked brave for someone who was about to be consumed . Jabba ' s only regret was that he would not be present to see his kell dragon in action . Katarn was thrown into the pit , and the door to the dragon ' s room opened , releasing the kell dragon . Against the odds , Katarn beat the kell dragon and killed it with his bare hands . A door opened revealing more kell dragons and an exit , and Katarn fought his way through the ship , rescuing Jan and retrieving his gear and the nava card in the process , and the Rebels escaped the " Star Jewel " . Personality and traits . Jabba ' s favorite kell dragon was a large , green - skinned kell dragon with blue spines and white eyes with black irises . The kell dragon tended to leap at its prey . Behind the scenes . Jabba ' s favorite kell dragon first appeared in the 1995 video game " " , where it appeared at the start of the tenth level . Players could only fight the beast with their bare hands , and killing it was mandatory in order to continue the game . Depending on the game ' s difficulty level , the number of kell dragons that the player must initially face can change from one kell dragon to three kell dragons . However , more kell dragons are revealed only after the death of Jabba ' s favorite .