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If you want inspiration for weird scams, look no further than real world scams!
An exiled elven prince from a disgraced court is seeking some adventurers to help him move ancestral artefacts from the forest to his new home. He will pay generously for their troubles by offering them a share of the riches. But to get back to his home forest he just needs a small up-front favour...
Commentary by memnarch (who has not seen the movie)
Ohhh, that thing! Or things, as I guess it turns out. For some reason I really thought there was only the one that Kylo had, but it would be a little impractical to make a hologram of the totally-not-evil holocron from a book drawing. And then make up a random alien's head to go with it as well.
And the GM had to do this on purpose right? They didn't actually think that anyone in this party would actually want to try and befriend some random Sand People just to find out about this kid? Befriending Anakin worked out quite well in Episode I, so this should go just as swimmingly!
I wonder if Sally remembers that Threepio ripped their own limb off. Doing that again now would get that flag out of the way before any more trouble happens! On the other hand though, Lando might not have the proper tools handy for quick reattachment. And hiking back to the Falcon in that shape? That could cost a leg as well.
Transcript
Finn: Commissioner Calrissian, we understand you’re tracking down strange packages being sent to Force-sensitive children.
Lando: Yes, there’s some sort of fraud going on, but I can’t pin it down.
Lando: One of the Sand People kids received this.
Lando: The hologram comes from this guy’s unboxing channel. Ochi of BestoonTube.
Ochi hologram: Run for it, Kazza-Ki! Run straight home, and don’t stop ’til you get there!
Lando: It appears to be some sort of prize, hidden in random AnaZone parcels.
Lando: I tried to find the family, but older Sand People still have trouble trusting strangers. Maybe if someone befriended—
Rey: This unboxer, have you talked to him?
Lando: No... but his ship’s landing clearance says he parked out on the edge of the Dune Sea, through Beggar’s Canyon.
Rey: That’s our lead!
C-3PO: Lovely. I haven’t been dismembered in the wilds of Tatooine in decades.
BB-8: Sounds like you’re overdue.