J ' Quille J ' Quille was a Whiphid male from the planet Toola . During the Galactic Civil War , he worked as a bounty hunter for the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure on the planet Tatooine . Unbeknownst to Jabba , the Whiphid truly served as a spy for the Hutt ' s rival Lady Valarian , with whom J ' Quille had a romantic affair , and planned to kill Jabba for her by poison ing the Hutt ' s food . J ' Quille was present in Jabba ' s Palace in the year 4 ABY , when a group of rebels attempted to rescue the smuggler Han Solo from Jabba ' s clutches . The Whiphid witnessed the arrival and capture of each member of the group . After the final rebel , the Jedi Luke Skywalker , was captured , J ' Quille traveled on the Hutt ' s sail barge , the " Khetanna " , to witness the rebels ' planned executions at the Pit of Carkoon . However , the rebels managed to defeat Jabba ' s forces there and kill the Hutt , destroying his sail barge as they escaped . J ' Quille survived the explosion but found that Valarian had placed a bounty on him , since he had not been personally responsible for Jabba ' s death . Unable to leave Tatooine , J ' Quille joined the B ' omarr Order . Biography . A spy in the palace . The Whiphid J ' Quille was born on the frozen world of Toola , but he dwelt on the desert planet Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance . On Tatooine , he served the crime lord Lady Valarian , a fellow Whiphid with whom he had a romantic affair . Acting as a spy for Valarian , J ' Quille took up work as a bounty hunter for the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure , Valarian ' s biggest rival on Tatooine . While living in Jabba ' s Palace , the Whiphid planned to poison the Hutt ' s food in order to kill him for his lover . In the year 0 ABY , J ' Quille was present in the palace ' s throne room when the Sith Lord Darth Vader paid Jabba a visit in order to request the services of Jabba ' s bounty hunters . During the negotiations , J ' Quille and the other members of the crime lord ' s court were dismissed from the room in order to give the pair privacy . A message from a Jedi Knight . J ' Quille was again present in Jabba ' s Palace four years later , when the droid s C - 3PO and R2 - D2 delivered a message to Jabba from self - proclaimed Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker , who wished for the release of his captured friend — the smuggler Han Solo , frozen in carbonite . While the holographic message was displayed , J ' Quille sat in one of the throne room ' s booths with the Yarkora Saelt - Marae . The message ended with Skywalker gifting the two droids to Jabba , and the pair were taken away and put to work in the palace . Having moved to a different booth within the throne room , J ' Quille later sat behind the Elom Tanus Spijek during a music al performance put on for Jabba by the Max Rebo Band , which ended when Jabba dropped one of the dancers , a Twi ' lek named Oola , into a pit before his throne that contained the carnivorous rancor Pateesa . J ' Quille did not get up to view the dancer ' s demise but raised his arms and cheered along with the other members of the Hutt ' s court . The rebels arrive . Moments later , the Whiphid was caught by surprise when Prince ss Leia Organa , disguised as the bounty hunter Boushh , entered the throne room with the captured Wookiee Chewbacca , a companion of Solo ' s . Their arrival was part of a plan to free Solo that also involved Skywalker ' s two droids as well as Lando Calrissian , a friend of Solo ' s who was working undercover as one of Jabba ' s guards . Standing directly in front of J ' Quille , Organa claimed she had come to collect the bounty on Chewbacca ' s head but demanded that Jabba pay more than originally promised . After Organa threatened the room with a thermal detonator , the crime lord agreed to pay the higher bounty , and the Wookiee was taken away . Organa remained in the palace , believing that her disguise had worked ; however , the Hutt had seen through the costume and , after pretending to leave the throne room later that night , remained in hiding along with much of his court . Believing the throne room to be clear , Organa sneaked in and freed Solo from his carbon - freeze , after which Jabba and his court revealed their presence . J ' Quille stood upon a set of stairs into the throne room and watched as both Solo and Organa were captured . When Skywalker himself arrived at Jabba ' s Palace shortly thereafter to enact the final part of the rebel plan , J ' Quille was once again in a booth in the throne room , sleep ing along with a number of other members of the court . The Whiphid awoke to see Skywalker attempt to negotiate with Jabba before threatening him with a blaster pistol . In response , the Hutt dropped the Jedi and the Gamorrean guard Jubnuk into the rancor pit . The court cheered for Pateesa as they watched the fight in the pit play out , but Skywalker slew the beast , causing Jabba to order the execution of Skywalker , Solo , and Chewbacca at the Pit of Carkoon . Skirmish at the Pit of Carkoon . J ' Quille and many other court members accompanied Jabba on his sail barge , the " Khetanna " , to view the planned executions at the pit , where the rebels would be thrown into the jaws of a sarlacc . However , once at the pit , the rebel prisoners freed themselves and defeated Jabba ' s guards , while Organa , who had been chained to Jabba as a slave , strangled the Hutt . Skywalker then boarded the sail barge and rescued Organa , who pointed a turret on the barge ' s top deck to shoot at the vehicle itself , causing it to explode as the rebels escaped . J ' Quille managed to survive the sail barge ' s explosion but later discovered that Valarian , his former lover , had placed a large bounty on his head , as he had not been the one to kill Jabba . Finding himself unable to leave Tatooine due to the bounty , the Whiphid chose to join the B ' omarr Order , a group of monks who lived within Jabba ' s Palace . Personality and traits . J ' Quille was a brutal member of the large Whiphid species , with coarse , gray fur and powerful tusks . He stood two meter s tall with pink skin and retractable , black - colored eye s . By the time that J ' Quille encountered Luke Skywalker at Jabba ' s Palace , the Whiphid had fought and won many battles , which the Jedi could immediately tell despite never having met him before . Behind the scenes . Design and casting . J ' Quille first appeared in the 1983 film . The character was designed by Creature Consultant Chris Walas and played by mime artist Tim Dry , who was not credited . At the time , Dry was one half of the mime duo with fellow mime artist Sean Crawford , and neither had ever appeared in a film before . They were cast together after being invited by their former teacher Desmond Jones to a casting session with producer Robert Watts , who was looking for around nine mime artists to fill creature roles in the upcoming " Star Wars " movie . Neither Dry nor Crawford knew who they would be portraying until they first visited Elstree Studios , where most of their characters ' scenes were filmed . Dry was assigned J ' Quille , who was known only as " Tooth Face " during production , while Crawford was assigned the character Saelt - Marae , known at the time as " Yak Face . " Dry ' s contract stated that he would receive £300 per week for two weeks of guaranteed work on the film , and then £65 for any additional days after that . On set . The J ' Quille costume consisted of three layers : a white lycra body suit , a padded foam suit , and then a fur - covered shirt and pants on top , along with the costume head , which had eye slits in the nostrils for Dry to see out . The entire outfit was fairly heavy to wear and extremely warm inside , meaning that Dry had to remove the head in between takes so that he could be cooled down with hair dryers to prevent overheating . This was particularly an issue during the filming of the sail barge scenes , which were shot in the Arizona desert . The positions of J ' Quille and each of the other extras in Jabba ' s Palace was chosen by first assistant director David Tomblin , who placed Dry and Crawford seated together in one of the palace ' s booths for their first scene . While seated together , the two were unable to actually turn their heads and face each other while in costume . Between the takes of this scene , Dry and Crawford befriended Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill , who was a similar age to them . Naming . " Tooth Face " first received the name J ' Quille in the short story " , " written by Marina Fitch and Mark Budz , and included in the 1995 " Star Wars " Legends anthology book " Tales from Jabba ' s Palace " . The character ' s name was brought into the new " Star Wars " canon by the mobile app " " , which was released on September 4 , 2013 . Although its release predates the reset of the " Star Wars " canon on April 25 , 2014 , following The Walt Disney Company ' s acquisition of the franchise , Lucasfilm Story Group member Leland Chee later confirmed that the game was kept updated to fit with canon .