The Radiant Splendor was a SoroSuub Barzo cargo freighter that was flown during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. Shortly after the Battle of Naboo, the freighter was hauling a cargo of textiles, holocubes and a Corellian sand panther when the vessel's owner lost it to the Duros gambler Kelna Toodo in a game of dice. Toodo owed a debt to the Hutt casino-owner Beeda and he considered selling the ship and its cargo to raise some money to help pay off the Hutt, but he decided against that course of action because he was afraid of the panther and was concerned that he wouldn't be able to find a buyer for the creature on the black market. After Beeda tasked Toodo with eliminating a group of individuals who had meddled with the Hutt's affairs, Beeda utilized the freighter in his scheme,