History Characters / StarWarsBountyHuntersAndMercenariesNewRepublicEra

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: If Moff Gideon's claim is accurate, [[spoiler: he used to be an Imperial Magistrate. Now, he's little more than a bounty dispenser on a backwater world in the Outer Rim.]]

->''"Some of my favorite people are bounty hunters."''\\\

* CleanUpTheTown: After the events of the Season 1 finale, Karga cleans up Navarro and improves its repute. Gone are both the Bounty Hunters' Guild and (almost all of) the Imperial Remnant hiding on the planet. In one particular instance, the old Hunters' Guild hall is now a school. He attributes much of the cleanup to to having a strong arm of the law in the form of Cara Dune as his marshall.

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->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/TheMandalorian''\\\

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* HandicappedBadass: He is blind in his left eye but this does not slow him down at all in his fights against Synara and Yeager, who only manage to anger him when fighting two-on-one.

* MeaningfulName: Ax Tagarin fights with an ax.

!!!'''Homeworld:''' Corelia

* TranquilFury: As his former CO continuously demonstrates LackOfEmpathy for the deaths of the troops that Mayfield was part of, Mayfield doesn't raise his voice or display much apart from visual discomfort, but is practically ''seething'' by the end.

* AnAxToGrind: Wields a large axe into battle that emits green electricity that shorts out equipment and stuns people. He can extend it and have it emit a large blast of energy when slamming it into the ground.

* MeaningfulName: [[AnAxToGrind Ax to grind]].

->'''Portrayed by:''' Ismail Cruz Cordova

* KnifeNut: Xi'an loves her vibroknives, and has excellent aim when throwing them, as one poor Republic guard learns. She even manages to hit Mando between his ''beskar'' armor and wound him in the shoulder (though she takes multiple tries - several previous knife throws were deflected off of Mando's armor).

* KnifeNut: Carries seven throwing knives hidden in her jacket.

!!Fennec Shand
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MingNaWen
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch The Bad Batch]]'' | ''Series/TheMandalorian'' | ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''

-->''"I keep an eye on everyone."''\\\

An infamously cunning sharpshooter for hire, who serves as Boba's right hand in his criminal empire.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: She shares her surname and ethnicity with [[Film/TheForceAwakens Crokind Shand, a member of the Kanjiklub]].
* BodyHorror: ''The Mandalorian'' Chapter 14 reveals that after being gutshot by Toro Calican, she's now walking around with a set of cybernetic intestines with only a flap of fabric protecting it, since Fett didn't have access to the same kind of top-flight facilities that gave Luke Skywalker his much more lifelike hand, instead requesting help from a local Tattoine mod artist.
* BreakoutCharacter: Her guest spots in ''The Bad Batch'' and her lead role on ''The Book of Boba Fett'' make her the first original ''Mandalorian'' character to appear in other canon ''Star Wars'' media. In the first season of ''Boba Fett'', she marks the only character to make speaking appearances in every episode. In May 2022, she also became the first Disney+ ''Star Wars'' character to receive a Ride/{{Disneyland}} meet and greet, accompanying Boba Fett on a visit to Ride/StarWarsGalaxysEdge.
* CassandraTruth: In their second encounter, Shand tries assuring Omega that she's on her side, a claim Omega is sceptical of. [[spoiler: As it turns out, she's right, since Nala Se hired her specifically in order to capture her while keeping her safe, whereas her superiors wanted her captured with plans to dispose of her after they got what they needed.]]
* ColdSniper: She is such a deadly shot with a custom blaster rifle that the only reason the Mandalorian survived his first encounter with her was because of his beskar armor, and even that wouldn't protect him if he got too close. Downplayed from ''Mandalorian'' Chapter 14 onward; after reaching an understanding with Din and joining his side, she's marginally friendlier, but still generally reserved and stoic.
* CultureClash: As demonstrated in ''The Book of Boba Fett'', Fennec suggests Boba stick to the old ways of running a criminal empire, noting the public is more used to the status quo. Boba prefers to run things more honorably.
* CurbStompBattle: If you can even grace it with enough dignity to call it that: When the massive bruiser Wrecker charges at her, [[OneHitKO she takes him out with one hit]]. ''Cold''. No fancy martial arts, no epic battle, he's instantly down for the count and ''out.''
* DarkActionGirl: She's extremely competent with a rifle and kicks Toro's ass in hand-to-hand combat.
* DavidVsGoliath: [[spoiler: As Bane points out when they confront each other, she's at a disadvantage in regards to experience. Despite this, and her initial attempt at a trade failing, she effectively comes out the winner of their fight when Omega gets away, she escapes him, and sabotages his ship to keep him from pursuing.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes she shares a snide remark with someone else; such as when she reveals herself as alive to the Mandalorian, and admits that even though she [[TheFaceless can't see his face]], she can tell that she startled him pretty badly.
-->'''Fennec:''' You look like you've just seen a ghost.
* TheDreaded: Her reputation is such that no professional bounty hunter is willing to collect on her, because anyone dumb enough to try is likely to end up dead. The Mandalorian isn't even willing to hunt her until he's offered the entire bounty as compensation, and only because he's that desperate for cash.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Just as repulsed by the Sarlacc and the prospect of being eaten by it as anyone else has been. She takes special pleasure in killing it.
* FireForgedFriends: With Mando, whom she first met when he took a job trying to bring her in. Because of it, she was shot in the stomach and left for dead, only being saved thanks to Boba's timely intervention. When she reunites with her would-be-captor, she doesn't hold it against him, and [[spoiler:when she later hires him to help Boba with the Pykes, she's genuinely happy to see him. He, in turn, agrees to help for free.]]
* HazyFeelTurn: Her first appearance has her in an antagonistic role as a bounty hunting target for the Mandalorian to chase. Her second appearance has her team up with the Mandalorian against Moff Gideon's Imperial remnant, after which she stays with Boba and helps take over what's left of Jabba's empire.
* HiredGuns: She has worked for every single criminal syndicate in the galaxy, including the Hutts.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: She's one of the best assassins in the galaxy. When she's brought back to life on Tatooine, she's horrified to learn her savior is Boba Fett himself.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Boba's bid for power ever since he rescued her would not have made nearly as much progress without her participation. Creator/DisneyPlus seemed to acknowledge this in March 2022, weeks after ''The Book of Boba Fett'' Season 1 ended; for Women's History Month, the streamer added the show to the Female Leads Collection, and Fennec to the collection's thumbnail and banner.
* IOweYouMyLife: Played straight at first, but then subverted. She agrees to help Boba regain his ship after learning she owes him her life, and after they succeed, he declares her debt is paid and asks where she would like to go so he can give her a ride. However, she decides to stick around, eventually being drawn to Boba’s intention to build a criminal empire based on loyalty and respect as opposed to money and debt.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The ''Book of Boba Fett'' advertisements reveal that Fennec Shand doesn't stay dead at the end of ''Mandalorian'' Chapter 5.
* MeaningfulName: A fennec is a type of fox and indeed she is CunningLikeAFox, both in combat and in being able to convince people to do things just by talking to them. Fennec foxes are also native to deserts, and Mando and Boba happen to encounter her on the desert planet of Tatooine.
* MysteriousPast: There's no information about where she came from or why she became a bounty hunter, with the earliest info available being that she rose to prominence after the Clone Wars ended.
* NobleDemon: She's a ruthless professional killer who sold her skills to some ''very'' bad people, but she honors her debts. This is best established in ''The Bad Batch'' episode #4, her earliest chronological appearance. [[spoiler:When her informant fails to keep Omega onsite, Fennec still pays him, deeming it better to keep him on-hand instead of pulling YouHaveFailedMe]].
* NotQuiteDead: Toro leaves her for dead after shooting her in the gut, but Boba Fett saves her and the two begin working together.
* NumberTwo: She become Boba's right-hand woman when he seizes control of Jabba's Palace.
* OlderThanTheyLook: As a result of being played by Creator/MingNaWen (who looks great for her age of 57 and could pass for being in her 30s). She was already an adult when the Empire was created, which may indicate that she is at least in her late-fourties to early-fifties by the events of ''The Mandalorian''.
* OlderSidekick: It's not terribly noticeable because both are seasoned adults in tandem with Ming-Na Wen's youthful appearance, but Boba is actually about a decade younger than her. When Boba was just making a name for himself as a teenager, she was already a professional mercenary. Time and circumstance have simply aged him faster than her.
* OneWomanArmy:
** When the Imperials attack Din, Boba and Fennec on Tython, she fends them off with ease, killing more than a dozen Stormtroopers even though she started the fight without backup. She's every bit as dangerous as Din even without his [[WalkingArmory large arsenal of weapons]] -- although, like him in "The Sin", she does require aid when surrounded by overwhelming numbers.
** A {{downplayed}} version occurs during ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'', during the early days of the Empire. During her assignment to retrieve the runaway Omega, she had to go through Hunter and Wrecker (members of Clone Force 99 who are established to be worth more than a dozen clones in strength and combat experience), as well as outrun police chasing them. [[TheWorfEffect She manages to give all of them trouble]] along the way.
* LeParkour: She's good at jumping up and down walls and RoofHopping to get to a sniping position, pursue a target or make an escape.
* PetTheDog:
** Despite being hired to kidnap her, she treats Omega with some kindness, such as by stealing some fruit when she noticed Omega was feeling hungry and giving her some advice on how to break a fall right before dropping her in the back of a moving truck.
** When she and Boba Fett kill Bib Fortuna and his court, she spares Fortuna's slave girl, only shooting her chain and signaling her to go free.
* StealthExpert: Fennec infiltrates the Pyke Syndicate's headquarters in Mos Eisley and kills the Pyke bodyguards, the traitorous gotra leaders, Mok Shaiz, and finally the Pyke boss himself without any of them getting so much as a glimpse of her.
* {{Tsundere}}: Ming-Na Wen has [[https://www.techradar.com/news/star-wars-the-bad-batchs-ming-na-wen-on-the-return-of-the-mandalorians-fennec-shand stated]] that "obviously Fennec loves Boba Fett", after [[RescueRomance he saves her life]], but she also "doesn't appreciate" him for leaving her in his debt. ''The Book of Boba Fett'' shows her chafing under his merciful ways and some dumb decisions like going back into the Sarlacc pit unprotected, but she still shows she cares for him.
* TheWorfEffect: Subjects the Bad Batch to this when she goes after Omega, taking out Wrecker with one punch and giving Hunter a hard time in playing keep-away with the young clone. It's {{Justified}} in that Clone Force 99 is used to fighting programed, unthinking battle droids, not a free-thinking human like Fennec.
* WouldHurtAChild:
** She and Boba threaten to shoot Grogu if Mando doesn't return Boba's armor. She never had to go through with it, though.
** At the same time, in her assignment to capture Omega, she never acted with her without the utmost politeness and professionalism, even as the chase for her meant she inadvertently leads the little girl InHarmsWay. One can chalk this up to PragmaticVillainy, though: after all, it seems she was explicitly tasked to bring her back alive.

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!!Ranzar "Ran" Malk
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Mark Boone, Jr.
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/TheMandalorian''\\\

A mercenary and former friend of Mando. He hires Mando for a job in breaking out an associate of his from prison.

* LaserGuidedKarma: To make Ran pay for his betrayal, Mando secretly leaves a tracking beacon that is transmitting a distress signal to the New Republic fleet. Cue X-Wings showing up right when he's getting a gunship out to kill Mando, who blast his station.
* NoHonorAmongThieves: Attempts to betray Mando, first by having him get locked in a New Republic prison ship, and then by killing him. After Mando collects his pay and leaves, he tries to kill Mando with a gunship hidden on his station. Fortunately for Mando, he anticipated this and called the New Republic, who blast the station into oblivion.
* UncertainDoom: While the rest of his gang are locked up (except Q9-0 who got shot), he and his space station are bombed to hell by a squad of New Republic X-Wing fighters. Ultimately it's unknown if he was killed or arrested in the attack, but the odds are definitely against his survival.
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[[folder:Migs Mayfeld]]
!!Migs Mayfeld
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!!!'''Species:''' Human

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BillBurr
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/TheMandalorian''

->''"Everybody's got their lines they don't cross until things get messy."''\\\

A mercenary and former Imperial sharpshooter.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Dybrinthes like Heece can tolerate very high atmospheric temperatures and pressures, which means they must wear special breathing gear when they're away from their homeworld.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], considering he's a combat droid with hyper-reflexes and 360 degree vision. He shows this off in his first appearance by strolling through a field of enemies on all sides and gunning them down with perfect accuracy without breaking stride. [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven in the Season 1 finale, when he bullseyes dozens of Imperial troopers while flying a speeder bike through town at top speed.]]

* FacialMarkings: She has the Alliance Starbird under her left eye.

* DramaticIrony: When she appeared on ''The Bad Batch'', Clone Force 99 had no idea who she was until they got Cid to find some information on her. The audience, however, knew exactly who she was.

* BreakoutCharacter: Her guest spots in ''The Bad Batch'' and her lead role on ''The Book of Boba Fett'' make her the first original ''Mandalorian'' character to appear in other canon ''Star Wars'' media. In the first season of ''Boba Fett'', she marks the only character to make speaking appearances in every episode.

* CynicismCatalyst: It's not clear if he was ever a true believer in the Empire, but he was done with it either way after Operation Cinder. Said action saw Imperial forces fighting "poor mudscuffers" who were "defending their homes" and ended with his 10,000-strong division being wiped out nearly to a man by friendly fire when his CO decided to use ''all'' of the Empire's firepower to light up the opposing forces, [[WeHaveReserves with zero regard for the lives of his own men in the blast radius]]. He scoffed at the idea that those men were "Heroes of the Empire," but [[WarIsHell after all he had seen]], also figured that whatever differentiates the Rebellion/New Republic doesn't make much difference to the people living their lives at the bottom of the proverbial food chain.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Operation Cinder left a mark on him, and his mere proximity to the Imperial commander that ordered the debacle sets him on edge; enough edge to motivate Mayfeld to eventually shoot his commander dead.

* WhenSheSmiles: Subverting the cold and emotionless DragonLady stereotype that she initially ''seems'' to be, Fennec muses with a slight but warm and genuine smile ''"Manners; I like that"'' to the gratitude of the Mods' subordinates whose lives she saved at the end of ''Boba Fett'' Season 1.

* HypercompetentSidekick: Boba's bid for power ever since he rescued her would not have made nearly as much progress without her participation.

* AxCrazy: Enough so for Mayfeld to comment it in her proxmimity after she knifes the Republic corrections officer dead.

* BreakoutCharacter: Her guest spots in ''The Bad Batch'' and her lead role on ''The Book of Boba Fett'' make her the first original ''Mandalorian'' character to appear in other canon ''Star Wars'' media. In the first season of ''Boba Fett'', she appears in more episodes than Boba himself, whose only appearance in Chapter 5 occurs during a recap of Chapter 4.

* BreakoutCharacter: Her guest spots in ''The Bad Batch'' and her lead role on ''The Book of Boba Fett'' make her the first original ''Mandalorian'' character to appear in other canon ''Star Wars'' media.

* TheDragon: She become Boba's right-hand woman when he seizes control of Jabba's Palace.

* FireForgedFriends: With Mando, whom she first met when he took a job trying to bring her in. Because of it, she was shot in the stomach and left for dead, only being saved thanks to Boba's timely intervention. When she reunites with her would-be-captor, she doesn't hold it against him, and [[spoiler: when she later hires him to help Boba with the Pykes, she's genuinely happy to see him. He, in turn, agrees to help for free.]]

* MeaningfulName: A fennec is a type of fox and indeed she is CunningLikeAFox, both in combat and in being able to convince people to do things just by talking to them. Fennec foxes are also native to deserts, and Mando and Boba happen to encounter her on the desert planet of Tattooine.

** She and Boba threaten to shoot Grogu if Mando doesn't return Boba's armor. She never had to go through with it though.

* BodyHorror: ''The Mandalorian'' Chapter 14 reveals that after being gutshot by Toro Calican, she's now walking around with a set of cybernetic intestines with only a flap of fabric protecting it, since Fett didn't have access to the same kind of top-flight facilities that gave Luke Skywalker his much more lifelike hand.

* MeaningfulName: A fennec is a type of fox and indeed she is CunningLikeAFox, both in combat and in being able to convince people to do things just by talking to them. Fennec foxes are also native to deserts, and Mando happens to encounter her on the desert planet of Tattooine.

* BreakoutCharacter: Her guest spots in ''The Bad Batch'' make her the first original ''Mandalorian'' character to appear in other canon ''Star Wars'' media.

* CultureClash: As demonstrated in ''The Book of Boba Fett', Fennec suggests Boba stick to the old ways of running a criminal empire, noting the public is more used to the status quo. Boba prefers to run things more honorably.

* IOweYouMyLife: She loyally serves Boba Fett since she owes him for saving her life on Tatooine. Though according to Ming-Na Wen, she's not happy about being in his debt.

* {{Tsundere}}: Ming-Na Wen has [[https://www.techradar.com/news/star-wars-the-bad-batchs-ming-na-wen-on-the-return-of-the-mandalorians-fennec-shand stated]] that "obviously Fennec loves Boba Fett", after [[RescueRomance he saves her life]], but she also "doesn't appreciate" him for leaving her in his debt.