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Rokur Gepta was a Force-sensitive Croke and the last Sorcerer of Tund. Born millennia before the Battle of Yavin, Gepta joined the Sorcerers in 5 BBY. After learning all that they had to offer, he killed them all, using a bioweapon to ravage the planet Tund. A short time after the destruction of Tund, he came in contact with Emperor Palpatine, who named him Scrivinir of the Centrality in return for a number of the order's secrets. The Centrality was a mostly overlooked state in the Outer Rim Territories, and as such, Gepta was free to operate as he wished. However, he sought more power, desiring to rule the entire galaxy, and allied himself with Governor Duttes Mer of the Rafa system in hopes of finding the fabled artifact known as the Mindharp, which Gepta believed would allow him to control the minds of others.

In 4 BBY, Gepta and Mer roped the gambler Lando Calrissian into locating the Mindharp for them. However, thanks to Mer, who had learned of the Mindharp's true power and attempted to claim the device for his own use, Gepta was unable to recover it. He blamed Calrissian for this and hounded him, attempting to kill him by having his men place a bomb on the gambler's ship, although this assassination attempt failed. Determined to pay back the gambler for the humiliation he felt Calrissian had caused him, Gepta killed Bohhuah Mutdah, the richest man in the galaxy, and disguised himself as Mutdah. He arranged for Calrissian to deliver a shipment of the drug lesai to Mutdah's home on Oseon 5792; when the gambler arrived, he revealed his true form. Pledging to make him suffer, Gepta tortured his arch-enemy, although Calrissian was able to escape after less than an hour.

Gepta's hatred for Calrissian grew from this failure to capture the gambler, and he entered into a partnership with Admiral Klyn Shanga, head of the Renatasian Confederation, in hopes of catching Calrissian. Learning that Calrissian was in the ThonBoka nebula, trapped by an Imperial Navy blockade, Gepta traveled there. He soon arranged for a final confrontation with Calrissian by threatening to unleash the same bioweapon that he had used on Tund on the ThonBoka's inhabitants, a species known as the Oswaft. Clad in enviro-suits, Gepta and Calrissian did battle in space. There, Calrissian was able to shoot Gepta, ending the life of the vindictive Croke.