Borgin Kaa Borgin Kaa was a human male from the planet Onderon who served as a mining baron on a moon of the planet Sevarcos . As an old man , he lived in Cloud City on the planet Bespin where he awaited an implant after suffering heart problems . After the Anoat sector containing Bespin was placed under the Iron Blockade following the Battle of Endor , Kaa remained loyal to the Empire despite his implant being delayed . During a uprising against the Empire within the Anoat sector , rebel agents of the uprising forced their way into his home in order to use his access panel , which was connected with that of Governor Adelhard , the man controlling the blockade . Kaa locked his doors and resisted the intruders , but was easily overpowered and captured . Jintar Oarr , a former friend of Kaa ' s who had sided with the uprising and helped them gain entry to his home , attempted to persuade Kaa that the Empire were lying to him and needed to be stopped , but Kaa refused to listen . With the help of Kaa ' s girlfriend , the dancer Linara , the rebels then gagged and bound Kaa and begun drilling into the access panel . Biography . Borgin Kaa was a human male born on the planet Onderon . In his youth he served as a mining baron on one of the moon s of the planet Sevarcos but in old age he retired to Cloud City on the gas giant Bespin . There he lived on one of the city ' s more luxurious levels with his much younger girlfriend , the dancer Linara . Due to heart issues brought on by old age , Kaa signed up for an implant to cure the condition , and was forced to treat it with tinctures in the meantime . Before he reached the top of the implant list , the death of Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine at the Battle of Endor caused the entire Anoat sector , including Bespin , to be placed under blockade by Imperial Governor Adelhard , who intended to stop any news of the Emperor ' s death reach the sector ' s citizens . All implant operations were ceased during the blockade , and so Kaa was forced to wait , blaming the Alliance to Restore the Republic for the blockade and remaining loyal to the Empire . The blockade of the Anoat sector soon led to an uprising of many of its occupants , and during a New Republic - backed conflict on Cloud City several rebels attacked Kaa ' s home in order to make gain access to the apartment ' s access panel , which was on the same network as Adelhard ' s personal access panel . Kaa locked his door and hid inside his home with Linara , but the rebels were able to cut their way through the entryway with a blowtorch . As the door fell , Kaa attempted to attack the intruders with an ancient Vinzor Legacy vase , but only succeeded in hitting the door frame before he was forced to surrender at blaster point by the four rebels . He immediately recognized two of his attackers ; the infamous local miscreant Kars Tal - Korla and his former friend and fellow luxury level resident Jintar Oarr . Angry at his friends betrayal , Kaa made to accuse Oarr , but was forced to the floor by the Devaronian rebel Rorna , who drove the butt of her blaster into his head . The fourth rebel , a personnel assistant droid , was then sent to locate the access panel . Oarr requested the opportunity to speak with his old friend , which the other rebels granted , and tried to persuade Kaa that the Empire had been lying to them . Refusing to believe that the Emperor was dead or that the Empire had betrayed him , Kaa attempted to attack Oarr when he requested the retired mining baron ' s help ; however , he was stunned by his own attempt to headbutt Oarr . Tal - Korla then asked for the access codes to the access panel , which Kaa refused to give , forcing the droid to begin drilling through the panel . The rebels then began to bind Kaa so he would be no further trouble , causing him to cry out for help from Linara . His former girlfriend instead offered to aid the rebels , and ignoring Kaa ' s pleas and threats she then taped his mouth shut . Rorna then suggested torturing their captive to get the codes , but Tal - Korla forbade it as his allies in the New Republic did not like such methods . He then contact with other rebels elsewhere on Cloud City and had them report his status to Lobot and Lando Calrissian , two prominent figures within the uprising and New Republic . Personality and traits . Borgin Kaa was a human male who in old age required tinctures for heart issues . During the attack on his home he panicked in the belief that he had forgotten to take his tincture earlier that day which could result in his death . Kaa believed that the Empire had been good to him and others like Oarr , and refused to believe that they had been lying to him or that Palpatine was actually dead . Instead he assumed that was Oarr was telling him was rebel propaganda , and hope that the Empire would make things right again and punish those who intruded into his home . He also believed that his girlfriend Linara loved him as he had treated her well , but after she betrayed him his statements of surprise quickly turned to threats against her family . As a younger man Kaa had been in several fights , but by the time he lived on Bespin he was well beyond fit fighting shape , failing to even shatter a vase he used as a weapon when he smashed it against a wall and then damaging himself more than his opponent when headbutting Oarr . Behind the scenes . Borgin Kaa first appeared in the novel " Aftermath " , which was written by Chuck Wendig and released in 2015 .