Nalskel

"Mesa so happy Fetta send yousa to mesa. Moa Bounty Hunter after mesa for mysa veiws polictica. Makea himsa deada. Soris isa hisa namea."

- Nalskel

Nalskel was an up and coming male Otolla Gungan politician on the Mid-Rim planet of Naboo who lived during the time of the Galactic Civil War, a galaxy-spanning conflict between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, political opponents in the Nal Raka Criminal Empire sent a male Nikto bounty hunter named Soris to kill Nalskel. However, Nalskel's life was saved when the infamous Mandalorian bounty hunter named Boba Fett sent a contact of his to work for the politician. This contact, who was learning the ways of bounty hunting, killed Soris and several of his followers, allowing Nalskel's political career with the Imperial administration to continue unhindered.

Biography
"Yousa got mesa Death Mark back! Nows mesa political career can take off. Mesa going to the Imperial administration."

- Nalskel

Nalskel was a male Otolla Gungan politician of the lush, Mid-Rim world of Naboo. Sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, Nalskel's political career began to flourish. However, his political views were not well liked by his opponents, particularly those in Borvo the Hutt's Nal Raka Criminal Empire. In order to halt the Gungan politician's rising success, they commissioned a male Nikto bounty hunter named Soris with killing Nalskel.

However, Nalskel's ambitions could not be stopped so easily. The infamous Human Mandalorian bounty hunter named Boba Fett became aware of Nalskel's plight, and sent a novice bounty hunter to help resolve the politician's dilemma. Nalskel, thrilled that Boba Fett had sent him help, quickly put the novice bounty hunter to work. Thanks to Naskel's associates, it was learned that Soris was away on business. To take advantage of his absence, Nalskel sent the bounty hunter to his camp outside of Naboo's oceanside city of Kaadara. Searching for clues, the bounty hunter succeeded in locating Soris' datapad, containing detailed information on Soris' allegiance with the Nal Raka Criminal Empire.

In order to teach Borvo a lesson, Nalskel sent the bounty hunter to another camp outside of Kaadara, occupied not only by Borvo's henchmen, but Soris himself. The bounty hunter first started by killing at least fifteen of Borvo's underlings, before turning towards Soris. Nalskel, deducing that Soris had no friends left, ordered the bounty hunter via comlink to approach Soris, hand him his death mark, and kill him. Motivated by the promise of compensation, the bounty hunter cornered Soris, and handed over the death mark given to him by Nalskel&mdash;a tombstone inscribed in Aurebesh with the words, "Rest in Peace. In Loving Memory." The bounty hunter then executed Soris, much to Nalskel's delight, who now felt that his political career could blossom unhindered. After the bounty hunter received his payment in credits, Nalskel mused over his next step, going to the Imperial administration.

Personality and traits
"Soris himsa has nosa friends left. Give Soris death mark and killsa him moua moua dead."

- Nalskel

Nalskel belonged to a lineage of the Gungan species known as the Otolla. Like many Otolla Gungans, Nalskel had orange colored eyes, and long ears. He also had orange, mottled skin. During the time of his political career, he wore a uniform similar in appearance to those of the Militiagung, soldiers of the Gungan Grand Army. Nalskel also spoke a strongly accented form of Gunganese, a language derived from the Naboo settlers' language, Basic.

He was ambitious in his effort to advance his political agenda, and ruthless in his mission to eliminate his political opponents. As evidenced by his cooperation with the bounty hunter, Nalskel had no qualms with killing Soris, and enacting revenge against Borvo's criminal empire. Nalskel also insisted on the macabre gesture of handing Soris a death mark in the form of a tombstone, before having him killed. Despite this, Nalskel exhibited a cheerful demeanor. He was very thankful to Boba Fett, and the novice bounty hunter who saved his life.

Behind the scenes
Nalskel was a non-player character in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, a massively multiplayer online-role playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts, prior to its closure on December 15, 2011. If a player chose to pursue the bounty hunter profession, they would receive an arrest warrant item when reaching Level 26. By using this item, players would begin a quest where they worked with Boba Fett to save the Gungan Nalskel from Soris the bounty hunter. While it was theoretically possible for experienced players of other professions to do this quest, this article assumes that the player was a novice bounty hunter, as they were the intended recipient of the arrest warrant item. Although the player could choose not to do the quest, this article assumes 100% game completion.