When Pux unexpectedly wins the Death Valley Motel back in a high-stakes sabacc game, the JK Crew helps him move back in and reclaim his slum lord status, while dealing with resentful tenants and suspicious building inspectors.

When the crew reluctantly agrees to help Nick with a ‘research project’ at Death Valley Motel, they discover he’s collecting body parts for an ill-advised attempt to ‘properly’ resurrect Cougar with ‘canonically accurate’ limbs.

When Nick starts having conversations with a seemingly invisible Cougar, the crew worries about his mental health, only to discover that the botched resurrection experiment has somehow merged Cougar’s consciousness with Nick’s mind.

When Cougar-possessed Nick has a lead on a valuable spice shipment on Nar Shaddaa, the crew reluctantly follows his information, unsure if they’re listening to Nick or Cougar as the two personalities battle for control.

Desperate for credits to pay their debts, the crew returns to Shelva seeking legitimate employment, but their unique skills and personalities lead to increasingly bizarre job opportunities.

When Gnarly’s new diner job on Shelva requires a clean drug test, he must give up his beloved space weed, leading to increasingly chaotic withdrawal symptoms and bizarre cooking experiments.

When Gnarly decides to take ‘just a small hit’ to enhance his culinary creativity, he accidentally burns down Shelva’s only diner, forcing the crew to temporarily relocate to the Shelva hotel despite their previous banishment.

When Gnarly’s cookbook ‘Cooking Without Kitchens: The Gnarly Way’ becomes an unexpected bestseller, the crew accompanies him on a galaxy-wide book tour that threatens to spiral into chaos at every signing.

When the crew discovers their abandoned Imperial base has a fully-stocked liquor store that could generate legitimate income, they reluctantly become store clerks dealing with the galaxy’s most bizarre customers.