Tato Canaz

Tato Canaz, later known as "Scaleface", was a Melitto male assassin and spy employed by Jabba the Hutt. Although like the rest of his species, Canaz was not given a birthname, though was later named Tato Canaz by the pirates who discovered him.

Early history
Canaz was born on the Melitto homeworld of Li-Toran in around 50 BBY in the warrior caste of his hive. His hive fell into civil war soon after his birth, forcing Canaz to flee the hive, however because other hives violently rejected outsiders, he instead opted to steal a starship belonging to another hive to flee his homeworld and make a living in the wider galaxy. Having no knowledge of operating a starship, however, Canaz was unable to leave the system and instead spent a few years living aboard the drifting vessel, which came equipped with a greenhouse with which he was able to sustain himself, as well as an artificial atmosphere similar to his homeworld's as Melittos were incapable of breathing oxygen. Eventually, a pirate ship aligned with the Hutts passed through the system and noticed Canaz's ship; naturally, the pirates assaulted the unarmed craft. Upon boarding it, Canaz retaliated, though as the oxygen from the docked pirate ship flooded his vessel, Canaz eventually collapsed. The pirates were impressed with Canaz's martial skills, and were willing to take him under their wing after resuscitating him; the pirates even built Canaz a breathing apparatus that allowed him to breath in Type I atmospheres. Canaz spent the next few years training in blaster combat and piloting as he witnessed the pirates' numerous attacks.

Eventually, the pirates violated Jabba the Hutt's contract earning them a large bounty; Canaz, being a member of an honor-bound species, took distaste to this and slaughtered the pirates that had been caring for him for years. Canaz took the vessel back to Tatooine and notified Jabba of his deeds, who then contracted Canaz as an assassin as a reward for his cooperation. "Scaleface", as Canaz became known, was sent on multiple missions to assassinate rival criminals, primarily those belonging to the Black Sun syndicate, and was often successful in his operations. He also carried out espionage on a number of Black Sun operations, providing Jabba with critical intelligence of his rivals. Scaleface's most rewarding hunt was a Rodian bounty hunter in the employ of the Black Sun, who was eliminated by Scaleface while trying to hunt his own target on Kessel.

Death
In 6 BBY, Scaleface was sent to eliminate a Mandalorian warrior named Naastau, who at the time was the leader of a Black Sun-aligned pirate fleet known as the Blaster Brethren. Naastau was wanted dead by Jabba for destroying the Dragon's Tail, which was one of Jabba's most successful pirate ships. Scaleface tracked Naastau to the rock world Opari in the Dustig sector, where the Mandalorian was selling ancient artifacts that were acquired in his most recent raid. The assassin confronted Naastau as he was leaving a local cantina and attempted to blast him from behind, though missed, allowing the Mandalorian to retaliate. With his wrist-mounted vibroblade, Naastau was able to sever one of Scaleface's breathing tubes in the ensuing fight, forcing him to retreat to his starship to get a replacement breathing apparatus. Naastau chased after Scaleface, though ended the pursuit and ran back to his own starship, with which he fired a torpedo into Scaleface's ship just as he was entering it. Naastau exited his ship to search the wreckage, and learned that Scaleface managed to survive the explosion. The assassin, now suffocating as his breathing apparatus was completely destroyed, put up one last fight before being killed with a blaster bolt to the chest. A picture of Scaleface's corpse was taken and forwarded to one of Jabba's associates as a warning, which only prompted Jabba to further raise Naastau's bounty.