Arleil Schous was an aging mercenary from the planet Af'El. On the planetTatooine, he was one main contacts for the Alliance to Restore the Republicand was regarded as a leader of the alien community of the city Mos Eisley. In 0 BBY, Schous visited Chalmun's Spacesport Cantina in Mos Eisley and sat in a booth with the patrons Bom Vimdin, Pons Limbic, Hem Dazon, and Braconnor Bakiska. The group visited when the moisture farmer Luke Skywalker and the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi sought passage to the planet Alderaan.

Later, around 1.5 ABY, Schous attended the cantina while it was recorded live by the Imperial Ruling Council for live broadcast as part of the holodocumentary Life on Tatooine. The mercenary sat at a table in the cantina when he was threatened by the Abyssin Cyceyed, who was removed shortly thereafter by the bouncer Tork. When a curfew was placed on the Tatoo system by the Galactic Empire, the nighttime bartender Ackmena attempted to get the patrons of the cantina, including Schous, to leave. Schous eventually left while Ackmena preformed her song "Goodnight, But Not Goodbye."