Tanus Spijek

Tanus Spijek was an Elom who was hired by the Alliance to Restore the Republic at some point between 1 and 0 BBY, delivering messages from the planet Alderaan to the Great Temple, the Alliance High Command headquarters on the moon of Yavin 4, by that year, and serving as a spy for the Alliance. At some point by the year 4 ABY, Spijek left the Alliance, and joined the crime lord Jabba the Hutt's organization which operated on the planet Tatooine. Spijek carried out extortion activities for the Hutt.

In 4 ABY, the Elom was present in the crime lord's palace on Tatooine when the Alliance's Heroes of Yavin arrived in an attempt to rescue fellow Hero of Yavin Han Solo, who was held prisoner by Jabba. Those events led to Jabba sentencing Solo and fellow Heroes of Yavin Luke Skywalker and Chewbacca to death at the Great Pit of Carkoon, although the captives fought back, with Jabba being killed and his luxury sail barge Khetanna destroyed with Spijek onboard in the subsequent Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon.

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