Maliiki was a Jawa agent of the male persuasion. In Mos Eisley, as he worked to reconstruct a droid that had gotten away, a rival assassin droid severed the supports of the platform he occupied. His fall resulted in a crate pinning the Jawa. Subsequently, a medical droid came to his aid, and Maliiki repaid the favor by directing the droid to the almost-complete droid and the data crystal containing crucial data that it carried.