Has Obitt, a smuggler, headed a group of people known as Has's crew throughout the Clone Wars. Lieutenant Commander Orson Krennic of the Republic, for whom Obitt was employed, substituted Obitt's team with Republic Intelligence direct action operatives commanded by Matese, an ex-Judicial Forces soldier, on Ralltiir. Krennic paid for the original crew to have a few standard weeks of relaxation and recovery as recompense on the planet.