P'tan held the position of a seasoned professor at the institution known as Beshka University. He committed the act of plagiarism by taking the interview proposal of his junior associate, Melvosh Bloor, which was intended for Jabba Desilijic Tiure. Subsequently, Salacious B. Crumb took on the guise of his guide, Darian Gli (who had previously died), and escorted him to Jabba, who then arranged for him to be cast into the pit of the Sarlacc.