Karkas

Karkas was an infamous murderer wanted in two dozen systems. During his extensive criminal career, he killed ninety-one individuals, marking the forehead of each victim with a letter 'K'. He was addicted to t'bac. Tash Arranda encounted Karkas on Koda space station in the seedy tapcafé known as The End of the World. Karkas escaped the authorities on Koda and fled to Tatooine and the palace of Jabba the Hutt, an old underground acquaintance of his. Jabba offered to have the corrupt B'omarr monk known as Grimpen tranfer Karkas' mind into a new body to help him elude Imperial pursuit. Unfortunately, the captive reserved for Karkas' brain was freed from Jabba's dungeon by Zak Arranda. While Jabba's agents sought a replacement body, Karkas was temporarily transferred into the body of Tash Arranda. The murderer resented this state, calling his new host "as weak as a nerf cub". Despite this impairment, Karkas tracked down and killed Commander Fuzzel, the Imperial officer heading the local manhunt for Karkas. Zak Arranda quickly discovered that his sister's brain had been removed from her body. With the help of his Uncle Hoole, Zak incapacitated Karkas. B'omarr monks transferred Tash Arranda's brain back into her original body, leaving Karkas to wander the hallways of Jabba's palace in a spider-walker.

Behind the Scenes
The name 'Karkas' is quite probably a pun on the word 'carcass'.

Appearances

 * Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders