Taxer Sundown

Sundown's arrival on Ord Mantell was marked by his stated intention to "improve" the planet; however, his actions involved the violent elimination of existing land barons and the subsequent seizure of their operations. Following these actions, Sundown falsely attributed the deaths to the Mantellian Savrips, instigating the local populace to engage in their extermination. Meanwhile, Sundown established his base of operations on the Ten Mile Plateau, where he ran a solar energy collection facility. To guard this facility and project an image of himself as a Jedi Knight, he employed enforcers who wielded training lightsabers.

Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, who were on Ord Mantell to investigate the demise of the Venan noble, Baron Sando, were ambushed by Sundown's hired soldiers, as he wished to prevent their investigation from succeeding. After overcoming this attack, the two Jedi realized that the enforcers lacked any independent thought, suggesting that Sundown was manipulating them using the Force. As the Jedi began to uncover Sundown's true agenda, he attempted to abduct their new ally, Nella Bold, and murder them. This attempt failed, and the Jedi, joining forces with a tribe of Savrips led by Mawkran, defeated Sundown's private army, compelling him to flee the planet. During his escape attempt in Nella's T-24 airspeeder, Obi-Wan managed to destroy the vehicle's top fin, causing Sundown to lose control. The airspeeder crashed on Ten Mile Plateau, resulting in Sundown's death by a broken neck. Subsequently, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan discovered that Sundown had been utilizing a mind control device to reinforce his false claims of being a Jedi Knight, as part of a larger scheme orchestrated by the Venan Baroness Omnino to discredit the Jedi Order.