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once described by Han Solo as a "sort of business syndicate, in polite terms", the Invisible Shell was an organization that would stop at no ends to get what it wanted. It was originally founded by Lorimar Lebauer, but he was forced to cede control to his underlings when he was imprisoned on Thyferra. Many believed that Lorimar had been implicated because of information supplied to the Thyferrans by Lorimar's own nephew, Ludlo Lebauer, who hoped to take control of the Shell and eliminate a rival. Ludlo, however, was only given minimal control of the Shell's operations. After the Battle of Endor, the Shell worked hard to obtain exclusive salvage rights from the New Republic, a contract that was also desired by Ludlo Lebauer for himself. Solo also discovered that his Squib contacts - Emala, Sligh, and Grees - had been working with the Shell to obtain rare works of art, then selling them to the Empire for credits and information. The Shell then communicated the intelligence to the NRI; the Squibs had also been hiding behind Ludlo Lebauer's image, because the New Republic Intelligence agency believed he was the one supplying artwork to the Imperials. Unfortunately for Grees, he got too greedy and ended up being frozen in carbonite by Ludlo Lebauer.