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Gilramos Libkath

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known to his "children" as The Master, Libkath was a slimy criminal who worked the underworld of Mos Espa during the years leading up to the Clone Wars. Rather than get his own hands dirty, Libkath kidnapped or stole young children to do his bidding. He implanted a tiny, eyeball-shaped tracer orb in their palms, for use in monitoring their activities. Libkath also claimed that, should the children try to leave the planet, the eyes would release a toxin into the bloodstream which would kill a child almost instantly. Libkath was easily distinguished from other Neimoidians by his sickly-white skin and dull orange eyes. His origins were unknown, but Ygabba believed that he had been exiled from Neimoidia. In fact, Libkath was this Neimoidian as Nute Gunray's assistant during the years which led up to the Clone Wars. Libkath was as pompous and conniving a Neimoidian as there ever was. Libkath made his living smuggling weapons and other valuable commodities, often hijacking shipments from Jabba the Hutt. This earned Libkath a substantial bounty on his head, for Jabba began to lose large sums of credits because of lost or missing shipments. Eventually, Jabba hired both Durge and the ten-year-old Boba Fett to capture or eliminate Libkath. Both bounty hunters cornered Libkath in the burned-out hull of a Theed cruiser near Mos Espa, with Durge disabling Libkath with a blaster bolt. Young Boba stole his miter-like hat and fled the ship with the children, while Durge set out to destroy Libkath. In his wild firing, Durge blasted a crate of weapons, setting off a huge explosion. It was believed that both Durge and Libkath died in the fiery blaze. Boba Fett returned to Jabba with the hat, using it as proof of his elimination of Libkath.