Barb Mentir was a male Weequay and a member of Hondo Ohnaka's Florrum–based pirate gang. In 22 BBY, Mentir cooperated with fellow gang member Turk Falso to betray Ohnaka, who had captured Count Dooku, the leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Ohnaka planned to hand the Sith Lord over to the Republic in exchange for a ransom in the form of spice. Falso betrayed Ohnaka and ordered Mentir to shoot down the Republic Nu-class shuttle that was carrying the ransom over Florrum so that they could steal the spice. Mentir succeeded in shooting the shuttle down, but failed to kill its passengers or obtain the spice. After Falso fell short in his own endeavor to claim the ransom, he and Mentir attempted to escape in a Flarestar-class attack shuttle. However, Dooku used the Force to choke F