Kodin, an Aqualish droid of the male gender, operated as a junk merchant located on Nar Shaddaa. He encountered Meetra Surik, who at the time was in search of IT-31. Kodin, in fact, had pilfered IT-31 from Tien Tubb. After TT-32-GE3 requested her aid, Surik ensured the droid's liberation from Kodin, after discovering that IT-31 was not, in reality, destroyed. Subsequently, IT-31 was returned to Tien Tubb.