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Bounty hunters and mercenaries first active under the Old Republic

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One Degree of Separation: Almost all of the listed bounty hunters on this page have interacted with each other at some point or are connected through another bounty hunter.

Jango Fett

"I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe."

Species: Human

Homeworld: Concord Dawn

Portrayed by: Temuera Morrison

"Always a pleasure to meet a Jedi."

A Mandalorian foundling disavowed by his own people for reasons unknown, Jango Fett was widely regarded as the deadliest bounty hunter in the galaxy, rivaled only by Cad Bane. During the final years of the Republic, Jango was hired to provide the genetic template for the Clone Army, as part of a secret plot to subvert the power of the Jedi and the Senate. His fee? A single, unaltered clone to raise as his son and successor - a boy he named Boba.

The Ace: Outright stated to be the absolute best bounty hunter of his time, with some level of expertise in nearly every form of combat, not to mention being a skilled pilot and assassin.
Ace Pilot: His dogfight with Obi-Wan in the asteroid field above Geonosis was remarkably more one-sided than their earlier close-quarters duel on Kamino. After realizing that he was being tailed, he easily outmaneuvers the Jedi starfighter and would have destroyed it, were it not for some improvisation on Obi-Wan's part.
Action Dad: Loving father to Boba and an incredibly formidable bounty hunter.
Ambiguous Situation: His status as a Mandalorian in the canon is... complicated. While it is confirmed that he was a foundling taken in by a Mandalorian clan, which should make him a rightful Mandalorian, the New Mandalorians — particularly Prime Minister Almec — dismissed him as a "common bounty hunter" who had no claim to his armor. Whether this was due to the New Mandalorians disavowing him for his crimes, some institutional discrimination against foundlings, or if this was merely a casual Adoption Diss by Prime Minister Almec (a notably elitist Corrupt Politician) is unclear.
Adaptational Wimp: Jango's still a badass, but we haven't seen him kill several Jedi with his bare hands in the canon, so there's a definite difference from how he was portrayed in Legends.
Alas, Poor Villain: Sure, he's a cold-blooded killer who tried to assassinate a Republic senator and kill a Jedi, but he did so just to make ends meet for his family. It's even more heartbreaking when you consider Jango's mistakes results in poor Boba having to fend for himself.
Affably Evil: He's a mercenary who will kill without hesitation, but is also a loving father to Boba. If one of his former associates, Space Pirate Hondo Ohnaka, is to be believed, he was said to be an honorable man, and seems to be a completely normal guy when not on a job.
Armor Is Useless: Averted; Jango's armor is the only reason why he's able to take as much punishment as he does. Whether it's a beating from Obi-Wan, damage from a jetpack malfunction, or a blow from a reek, Jango's armor can take it.
Bad Liar: While he's always collected and cool-to-the-touch, he's actually a pretty terrible liar due to a lack of social improvisational skills, and just the overall shady vibe he gives off. His attempts to fool Obi-Wan fall completely flat, and it's in fact what finally tips him off that something is very off in Tipoca City. Interestingly, despite their varying personalities, this is the one psychological trait that his clones have universally inherited, and in the case of Boba, he's honest to a fault and is almost completely incapable of lying.
Badass Normal:
- A much more legitimate example than Boba in the theatrical films, given his track record: He takes on Obi-Wan on even footing, kills a Jedi Master who was attacking the stands in the Geonosian arena, takes out the reek in a single shot, and manages to get the drop on Mace Windu twice, all without Force powers, cybernetics, or alien abilities.
- Jango Fett is the only normal human in the canon to have killed Jedi in open combat and fought Obi-Wan (a Jedi Knight) to a draw. There's a reason he was picked to be the prime human for the clones.
Bodyguarding a Badass: He serves the role as Count Dooku's bodyguard during the initial phase of the Jedi assault on the Geonosian arena. Dooku needs protecting the way Jabba needs more food.
Backpack Cannon: His jetpack can fire rockets.
Bounty Hunter: His profession.
Complexity Addiction: He hatches two separate plans to assassinate Padmé Amidala without being linked to his employer by subcontracting them to Zam Wesell. Both are needlessly complicated and fail miserably; the first when the bomb they planted on Amidala's ship kills her body double instead, and the second when the Jedi intercept the droid that snuck poisonous worms into Amidala's room. The latter attempt even manages to directly lead Obi-Wan to his residence on Kamino.
Consummate Professional: Jango is all business when he's on the job; in the arena on Geonosis, he never once breaks his steely demeanor, even when Windu has a lightsaber at his throat.
Cool Helmet: Jango wears a blue-colored Mandalorian mask, the same type that Boba would later wear during the Original Trilogy. After Jango's death, Boba used his helmet in a trap to kill Mace Windu, blowing it in half in the process.
Cool Starship: The Slave I, a customized Firespray-31 patrol class ship that is extremely useful in bounty hunting due to its high speed, armaments, and storage for prisoners. After his death, this ship ended up in the possession of his son, Boba.
Disc-One Final Boss: In Attack of the Clones, he drives much of the plot during the first half of the film. He hired Zam Wesell, the film's Starter Villain, to make two attempts on Senator Amidala's life, and he silenced her when she was about to reveal his name. Obi-Wan Kenobi spends much of the film attempting to discover his identity, track him, and capture him in order to find out who hired him to assassinate Senator Amidala. After following Fett to Geonisis using a homing beacon, Kenobi manages to identify Count Dooku as Fett's employer, and therefore the film's central villain, before being captured. Mace Windu ends up killing Fett after arriving on Geonosis with a team of Jedi to rescue Kenobi, Skywalker, and Amidala from execution, leaving Dooku to become the film's Final Boss.
Divergent Character Evolution: All of the clones made in his image ended up undergoing this path in their respective series, becoming unique individuals far different from their progenitor.
Doting Parent: One of his redeeming qualities is his loving relationship to Boba.
The Dragon: Dooku's first before General Grievous and all the others in the canon.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He reserved an unaltered clone of himself (Boba) to raise as his son. For all his faults as a person, Jango truly cares for the boy, and Boba still reciprocates his father's love many years later, showing that he deeply misses him.
Evil Mentor: To his son, whom he raises to be as ruthless and greedy as himself.
Expendable Clone: With the obvious exception of Boba, Jango held a rather dim view of his clones in Age of Republic, comparing them to livestock.
Famed In-Story: Before Cad Bane, Fett was regarded as the greatest bounty hunter of his time during the Prequel Trilogy. His death allows Bane to take his place as the best bounty hunter around.
The Family That Slays Together: Boba proves to be an effective wingman to his beloved dad despite only being a kid, as seen when he commandeers the Slave I lasers to blast at Obi-Wan while Jango fights him hand-to-hand. Later, the Fetts have the time of their lives chasing down Obi-Wan's starfighter across the asteroid field. Unfortunately, Jango doesn't live long enough to see his son take up the Mandalorian armour and continue his legacy as the galaxy's best bounty hunter.
Fire-Breathing Weapon: He has a miniature flamethrower in his left gauntlet, which he uses to attack Mace Windu.
Grappling-Hook Pistol: His gauntlet-mounted whipcord, which he uses to great effect by lassoing Obi-Wan and dragging the latter as he flies with his Jet Pack. It gets used against him, however, when Obi-Wan wraps it around a pylon and forces him to crash.
Greed: Jango's main motivation is money and he never seems to get enough. Despite being paid handsomely for his role in creating the clone army, he continues to take jobs, eventually taking on a permanent position with Count Dooku.
Guns Akimbo: With his twin blaster pistols.
Gun Twirling: He does this before holstering his blaster in Attack of the Clones. He even mimes blowing smoke away from the barrel. Given that he was wearing a (face-obscuring) helmet at the time, he probably did just to look cool.
The Gunslinger: He takes down Jedi with nothing but a pair of blasters, complete with Gun Twirling.
Hero Killer: Jango comes with an earthshaking reputation and largely lives up to it, fighting Obi-Wan to a draw, killing a Jedi Master and Council member during the arena battle, and actually getting off a few shots at Mace Windu before being slain.
Hero-Tracking Failure: He fires continuous rapid shots at Obi-Wan's ship for nearly a minute and appears to be right on the bead, but somehow hundreds of bolts hit every spot around the ship without making a scratch.
Hired Guns: Jango is not adverse to mercenary work and takes paychecks from the Republic and the Separatists alike (though both jobs he does in the film were paid for by the same man, Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus).
Informed Attribute: In The Clone Wars, several characters - including Obi-Wan Kenobi! - describe Jango as "honorable". Virtually all that we see him do in the film is make sneak attacks, including the cold-blooded killing of his own partner over the possibility that she might give information to the Jedi. Evidence for that "honor" is, to say the least, a little thin on the ground.
It's Personal: Jango seems to have a fair bit of experience killing Jedi, which shouldn't be surprising, given the Mandalorians constant fighting with them.
Jet Pack: One of his assets, which he uses to good effect in battle against Obi-Wan, though not so much against Mace Windu.
Kill It with Fire: He had a flamethrower in his armor, which he used in his fight against Mace Windu.
Like a Son to Me: This is technically the case with Boba Fett. While he fully regards Boba as his son, biologically speaking Boba is closer to being his younger brother due to his status a perfect clone of Jango.
Mentor Occupational Hazard: A villainous example to Boba, whom he mentors to follow in his footsteps, before being slain by Mace Windu.
Mugging the Monster: In Age of Republic, a crew of bounty hunters he was working with held Boba hostage to force him to give up his share of the reward. Interestingly in this case, it's Boba who easily overpowers them after a quick distraction by Jango.
Muggles Do It Better: During the Battle of Geonosis, he nonchalantly guns down Coleman Trebor, a Jedi Master on the Jedi Council, after Trebor leaped up to the platform to challenge Count Dooku.
Mysterious Mercenary Pursuer: Inverted. He is a mysterious mercenary who is introduced just as he is trying to assassinate one of the protagonists, Padmé Amidala. However, after both his attempts fail, he is then pursued by another protagonist, Obi-Wan, as he flees back to his employer.
Mysterious Past: Most of Jango's past is largely unknown ^note, other than he was born on Concorde Dawn and that he fought in the Mandalorian Civil War.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Killing Zam with a toxic dart rather than a simple blaster allows Obi-Wan to trace the dart back to Kamino, where he would meet Jango and later follow him to Geonosis. This would later lead to Mace Windu sending several Jedi there to rescue Obi-Wan when he got captured and later kill Jango in the ensuing battle. In short, Jango created the circumstances that lead to his own demise.
Noble Demon: Although he was a villainous character who was wasn't above carrying out assasinations for money, he was referred to as an honorable man by Hondo Ohnaka.
Not in This for Your Revolution: Jango doesn't seem too concerned with what the Republic would want to do with an army made in his image, nor its potential effects on the galaxy. When talking to Obi-Wan, he regards his clones in the same way a businessman pitches his product.
Off with His Head!: Courtesy of Mace Windu.
Oh, Crap!: He has a silent "oh crap" reaction when Mace starts charging at him, deflecting all his blaster shots. Jango tries to activate his jetpack, but it was too badly damaged by the Reek, so he desperately keeps shooting to no avail.
Only in It for the Money: Jango doesn't care about politics or ideology. All that matters to him is getting paid. However, this is averted when he makes a deal to become the template for the Clone Troopers. Though Jango's fee was still sizeable, another of his conditions was to have a single unaltered clone to raise as his son.
Parents as People: A darker example than most, since Jango is far from a good man but he's nevertheless a doting father to Boba and tries to do right by him at every turn, often playing up his own cool image to impress Boba. Jango and his cloned son get a few endearing moments together, making his death at Windu's blade quite tragic, especially since Boba had to witness it.
Passive-Aggressive Kombat: Judging from his interactions with Obi-Wan, it's safe to say this is another combat style he's mastered.
Poisoned Weapon: His saberdart, which he uses to kill his partner Zam Wesell.
Pragmatic Villainy:
- He only kills Zam Wesell to ensure the safety of his employer's plans.
- Jango's general philosophy seems to be this as well, only doing jobs for the credits, with little of the sadism, sleaziness or ulterior motives of his contemporaries.
Pre-Explosion Buildup: The signature effect of Slave 1's seismic charges. When Jango deploys them against Obi-Wan's Jedi starfighter, the area around them goes silent (remarkable for a Star Wars film), then they explode with a deep, booming bass noise. It's so notable that Obi-Wan identifies them by this effect alone.
Predecessor Villain: To Boba Fett, who gains his armor, methodology, and title of "best bounty hunter in the galaxy". It helps that Boba is his clone "son", meaning the two were for all intents and purposes identicalz.
Professional Killer: While his official title may be a "bounty hunter", his role in Attack Of The Clones is to act as Dooku's personal hitman.
Punchclock Villain: Jango's in it for the credits and his son. While he did try to kill Obi-Wan, it was to cover his own escape, not out of any personal grudge.
The Quiet One: Judging by Attack of the Clones, Jango's a man of few words.
Railing Kill: He inflicts one on Coleman Trebor, after the latter attempts to assassinate Count Dooku in the balcony overseeing the Petranaki Battle Arena, but is shot by Jango and falls backward over the balcony railing, about 50 feet or so down to his death.
Rugged Scar: Has one above his left eye and another on his right cheek, emphasizing his status as a veteran bounty hunter.
The Rival: According to Dave Filoni, Jango and Cad Bane had an ongoing rivalry to decide who was the best Bounty Hunter around, and Jango's death had left Bane disappointed that they'd never get to settle it. Many, many years later, Bane would eventually settle this rivalry in the next best way: A duel to the death with his son (and clone) Boba. Boba was better.
Shout-Out: Jango Fett is named after Django.
Schrödinger's Canon: A lot of Jango's early life was detailed in non-canon Legends material, and has yet to be touched on since.
- He was a war orphan adopted into Clan Fett by a group known as the True Mandalorians, who opposed both the terrorist Death Watch and the pacifist New Mandalorians. He rose to a leadership position in the organization, but they were eventually slaughtered when a Deathwatch-aligned politician deceived the Jedi into intervening against the True Mandalorians. This instilled Jango with a deep hatred for the Jedi, which Count Dooku exploited to secure his genetic template for the Clone Army.
- On a related note, Dooku had a long history with him - he led the Jedi strike team that fought the True Mandalorians, with Jango's impressive performance in the battle being what inspired Dooku to hire him years later.
- The Mandalorian series re-canonized Jango's backstory as a war orphan adopted by the Mandalorian Jaster Mereel, and that he had fought in the Mandalorian Civil War. Beyond that, the specific details remain unknown such as which side he took during said-civil war (as the war was between the warriors who would eventually form Death Watch, a group that Legends Jango opposed, and the pacifists aka New Mandalorians, who essentially disowned him by the time of The Clone Wars).
Strong and Skilled: Both a fantastically skilled bounty hunter and stated to have fantastic genes that can hold his own in a fight.
Tragic Villain: Being a Mandalorian foundling, he was in some way either orphaned, or abandoned by his biological parents. Legends material explained he was the son of farmers who were tortured and killed by Death Watch members hunting a group called the True Mandalorians, and there is nothing suggesting this isn't true in Canon too.
Too Dumb to Live: His track record against the Jedi was pretty good, but going after Mace Windu, who was widely renowned as the most dangerous Jedi combatant of the era, while his most crucial piece of equipment (his jetpack) was broken, and having just been trampled by a reek was an incredibly dumb move, especially since he basically remained stationary, firing one of his pistols as Windu while the Jedi simply ran up and decapitated him.
Truly Single Parent: His son was cloned directly from his genetic material on Kamino.
Underestimating Badassery: After surviving both a close quarters duel and a dogfight with Obi-Wan Kenobi, apprehending Anakin Skywalker, and effortlessly gunning down Jedi Master Coleman Trebor, he assumed Mace Windu would be a similar pushover. He assumed wrong.
Villainous Friendship: It's a brief moment, but Count Dooku seemed genuinely saddened by his death.
Villainous Legacy:
- While his death was a relative footnote amid the start of the Clone Wars, the Clone Army he produced and trained was instrumental in the fall of the Jedi Order towards the wars' end. His clones may have been just another job to him, but the galaxy at large considered it his most important, and still talk about them well into the era of The First Order.
- Meanwhile, his son Boba took up his trade in his memory, and has since eclipsed his reputation as the galaxy's most notorious Bounty Hunter.
Villainous Valor: Trying to take on Mace Windu, the second most powerful Jedi in the Order, might not have been Jango's smartest move, but it was certainly his bravest.
Walking Armory: He's got a missile on his Jet Pack, a pair of dart-throwers in his knees, a flamethrower in his arm, a grappling hook in the other one, a blade that can deploy from his forearm, and his two blaster pistols.
Worf Had the Flu: He might have put up a much better showing against Mace Windu if the reek in the Geonosian arena hadn't trampled over him and destroyed his jetpack just before.
World's Strongest Man: Jango is considered at large to be one of the best bounty hunters to have ever lived, and is stated to dominate his competition, to the point both Kaminoans and Dooku had very good faith in his abilities.

Boba Fett

See his character page.

Zam Wesell

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Species: Clawdite

Homeworld: Zolan

Portrayed by: Leeanna Walsman

Appearances: The Wesell Run | The Halcyon Legacy | Attack of the Clones

"I think she's a changeling."

—Anakin Skywalker

Zam Wesell was a Clawdite bounty hunter and killer-for-hire who was brought in as a subcontractor when Jango Fett was hired to assassinate Senator Amidala. Failing two attempts and captured by Obi-Wan Kenobi, she was killed by Jango.

An Arm and a Leg: Obi-Wan slices her right hand off when she tries to shoot him from behind without him knowing.
Badass Driver: She's a mean speeder pilot, as evidenced during her skillful evasion of Anakin in the busy airlanes of Coruscant.
Bilingual Bonus: Any fan with a grasp of knowledge of the languages of Star Wars can tell you that her last words in Huttese translate to "Bounty hunter slimeball..."
Character Death: Zam is killed by Jango's saber dart after being cornered and interrogated by Obi-Wan.
Cold Sniper: One of her weapons is a sniper rifle, which she uses on Obi-Wan.
Dark Action Girl: She's a skilled assassin and marksman who gets tied up with the Separatists.
Dying Vocal Change: As she dies, Zam's voice changes to match her reversion to her true form, turning decidedly Voice of the Legion in the process.
His Name Is...: Right before she drops her client's name, she's silenced by a toxic dart.
Lizard Folk: Her Clawdite form is a lizard-like alien.
Professional Killer: Like Jango, Zam appears as an assassin rather than a bounty hunter in Attack of the Clones.
Just Following Orders: Uses this excuse while being interrogated by Obi-Wan.
She Knows Too Much: Zam is murdered by Jango via a toxic saberdart to stop her from talking.
This Was Her True Form: Reverts to her Clawdite form after Jango kills her, though she momentarily reveals it during the Chase Scene in Attack of the Clones.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: She is a Clawdite changeling who can assume any form, making her perfect for discreet operations. However, in Attack of the Clones, the only form she's ever seen to take is that of a human woman, and she never makes an attempt to change it even among a crowd of strangers where Obi-Wan and Anakin believe her to be at her most dangerous. She makes much better use of this skill when working alongside Aurra Sing in The Halcyon Legacy 2.
You Have Failed Me: Makes two failed attempts on Senator Amidala's life, resulting in her death at her client's hands.

Aurra Sing

Species: Palliduvan

Homeworld: Nar Shaddaa

Portrayed by: Michonne Bourriague

Voiced by: Jaime King (The Clone Wars)

Appearances: Darth Maul | The Phantom Menace | The Halcyon Legacy | The Clone Wars | Solo^note

"Honey, this isn't about your cause. This is about revenge. My employer wants to get even with you. Simple as that."

Aurra Sing was a female Palliduvan Jedi turned bounty hunter who operated during the final years of the Old Republic. She was present on Tatooine, where she watched the Boonta Eve Classic podrace, during the Trade Federation's invasion of the planet Naboo. During the Clone Wars, Aurra served the role as the mother figure of Boba Fett (the son of Jango Fett) until she was supposedly killed on Florrum when Slave I crashed and Boba was incarcerated. She, however, survived the crash. She also worked with Cad Bane's posse during the Senate Hostage Crisis. Despite her prowess, she was unceremoniously pushed to her death by Tobias Beckett, at least according to Beckett himself.

Adaptation Species Change: In Legends, Aurra is a hybrid of a human and an unknown species. In the canon, she is identified as a Palliduvan. However, it's not quite clear if this is a retcon to her being 100% Palliduvan or if she remains a Half-Human Hybrid and the species of her Legends counterpart's father was Named by the Adaptation.
Ambiguous Situation: Her "death" in Solo. While Tobias Beckett claims to have pushed her off a cliff, it's unclear whether Sing actually survived (seeing as she did manage to survive the crash of Slave 1 when Ahsoka brought it down), or if Beckett was lying (since the character was known for being deceitful).
Amicable Exes: She and Hondo get along rather well despite the fact that they are no longer in a relationship.
Arc Villain: While it's Boba's quest for vengeance, Aurra as his Evil Mentor serves as the main threat during the Boba Fett arc at the end of Season 2 of The Clone Wars.
Ascended Extra: Aurra made a very brief appearance (3 seconds at most) in The Phantom Menace watching the Boonta Eve Classic podrace. She receives a fleshed out expanded role in The Clone Wars.
Asshole Victim: Tobias Beckett was no saint himself, but Aurra Sing was one of the most sadistic bounty hunters in the galaxy. To say she had her fate coming would be an understatement.
Ax-Crazy: She enjoys violence and killing.
Bald of Evil: She is a very cruel bounty hunter who has a shaved head with quite a few long flocks of hair kept in a topknot-style ponytail.
Boom, Headshot!: In "Lethal Trackdown", she does this to Castas when he tried to betray her.
Bus Crash: Her last chronological onscreen appearance in the canon was The Clone Wars episode "Hostage Crisis", which took place relatively early in the Clone Wars. In Solo, it is revealed that Tobias Beckett unceremoniously killed her by pushing her off a ledge a significant amount of years after the war.
Cold Sniper: She is a very good shot and shows no remorse for any of her victims.
The Corrupter: To Boba. Even her leitmotif reflects this.
Creepy Long Fingers: She has some very creepy fingers.
Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: They enhance her sinister and Orlok-like appearance.
Cyborg: She has a biocomputer and communications antenna embedded in her skull.
Dark Action Girl: Oh yeah. She took on Ahsoka and managed to injure her with blasters.
Deadpan Snarker: She has a dry enough wit to make even Hondo shut up for a moment:
Hondo: [talking to Castas about working with Aurra] Couldn't handle her, could you? Well, don't be ashamed. You're not the first man to bail out from under her command.
Aurra: He's (Hondo) speaking from experience.
Death by Adaptation: In Legends, Aurra Sing survived into the Second Galactic Civil War (which, by chronological comparison, would be set a few years after the Sequel Trilogy in the Canon). Solo confirms that Tobias Beckett killed her sometime into the Empire's first decade in the Canon. Or so he claims.
Designated Girl Fight: With Ahsoka in "Assassin". It's also notable that she became the first and so far only character to injure Ahsoka in a fair fight.
Disney Villain Death: If Tobias is to be believed, she was killed by him simply pushing her to her death.
The Dreaded: She is one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy in The Clone Wars. Solo indicates that Beckett was heavily renowned for killing her, with some characters such as Lando Calrissian even dubbing him "The Man Who Killed Aurra Sing".
Establishing Character Moment: Although it's chronologically her last onscreen appearance in the Canon, "Hostage Crisis" (her first appearance in The Clone Wars air-date wise) features Cad Bane killing a bunch of Senate guards with a hand-grenade. Seeing a survivor crawling towards the door begging for help, Aurra, with a cold smile, shoots him in the head.
Even Evil Has Standards: She prevents the underage Boba from drinking alcohol while in Hondo's bar.
Evil Mentor: The first of many bad mentors for Boba after he was orphaned.
Evil Redhead: She keeps her head mostly shaved sans a long red ponytail.
Fallen Hero: She was once a Jedi, but left and became a bounty hunter at some point.
Faux Affably Evil: She acts fairly personable and friendly, but it only conceals (and not very well) her cold, sociopathic persona.
Gangsta Style: During the final showdown with Ahsoka in "Assassin", she held her blasters sideways.
Guns Akimbo: She used two blasters at once when she tried to assassinate Padmé, who was protected by Ahsoka.
Interspecies Romance: At some point, she (Palliduvan) had a relationship with Hondo Ohnaka (Weequay).
Karma Houdini Warranty: She does end up in jail after a failed assassination attempt, but she's quickly broken out by Cad Bane. However, she eventually gets killed by Tobias Beckett a significant amount of years after the Clone Wars (assuming he wasn't lying about it).
Killed Offscreen: Tobias Beckett pushed her to her death at some point before the events of Solo. At least, as far as he claims.
Kick the Dog: Executing a mortally wounded Republic Guardsman while he begs for mercy.
Lack of Empathy: The only emotion she shows at Boba's moments of moral conflict is annoyance.
Looks Like Orlok: A rare female example of this trope.
Ms. Fanservice: She's a curvaceous alien woman wearing a skin-tight suit that shows off much of her figure.
Not Quite Dead: She was thought to have been killed when she crashed with Slave I, but she survived.
Parental Substitute: To Boba, at least until she leaves him to be captured by the Jedi.
Rubber-Forehead Alien: Aside from having chalk-white skin and very long fingers, she's perfectly human-like.
Schrödinger's Canon: Supplementary materials identify her as having been trained by the Jedi initially, only to desert the Jedi Order before becoming a full Knight. This is in-line with her backstory in Legends, where she was the Padawan of An'ya Kuro/"Dark Woman", a Jedi who was too hard on her and failed to curb her aggressive tendencies, and eventually left the Jedi Order when she was captured by Sennex pirates to be sold into slavery.
The Sociopath: The only people she seems to have some consideration for are Boba, Hondo, and Bane, but Boba was left behind when Aurra was left to choose between helping him and saving herself (she chose the latter).
Took a Level in Jerkass: She was considerably rather saner with shades of a Naïve Newcomer in Darth Maul through not being as sadistic as she chronologically will be in The Clone Wars. Considering there's about a decade between the two installments, there was plenty of time for that to change her into a Psycho for Hire.
Undignified Death: If Tobias is to be believed, he "just gave her a push" and let the laws of gravity do the rest.
Would Hurt a Child: She displays no compunctions about the idea of abandoning an escape pod full of clone children to die in space — saving only Boba — because the kids are witnesses to their crime. She even seems faintly amused by it (though thankfully the children are quickly rescued).

Greedo

"[Get up!] I've been looking forward to this for a long time."

Species: Rodian

Homeworld: Rodia, Tatooine

Portrayed by: Paul Blake/Maria De Argon

Voiced by: Larry Ward (A New Hope), Tom Kenny (The Clone Wars)

"Going somewhere, Solo?"

Greedo was a Rodian bounty hunter in the employ of Jabba the Hutt. He attempted to capture Han on Tatooine, but ended up being killed by him.

Adaptational Self-Defense: In the Special Edition version of A New Hope, he tries to shoot Han when he realizes the conversation with him isn't going so well, as opposing to not getting in a shot in the original. He misses, allowing Han to kill him. That moment quickly became so infamous, it used to be the Trope Namer.
All There in the Script: In the original script, Greedo outright says that Jabba wants him to kill Han. In the final cut, it's unclear if Greedo intended to take him in dead or alive, which led to Greedo shooting first in the special edition.
Amusing Alien: Greedo's only purpose in A New Hope was to be a punchline for Han.
Asshole Victim: While seemingly only there to kill Han for money, his wording implies that he personally wanted to kill Han and was waiting a long time to do so. He also spends his screen time being a Smug Snake while threatening Han. As such, the audience doesn't really feel sorry when Han shoots him from under a chair.
Bilingual Dialogue: He talks in his native language when confronting Han, but his appearance in The Clone Wars reveals that he is able to speak Basic.
Bond Villain Stupidity: Even in the original cut of the movie, in which he didn't fire at Han and miss at point-blank range, he still made the mistake of gloating to Han instead of just shooting him right after he refuses to come with him. Even if he wanted to take Han alive, blasters do have a stun setting for a reason.
Bounty Hunter: Albeit a horribly inefficient one.
Butt-Monkey: In addition to being such a lousy shot, none of Greedo's jobs ever seem to work out for him, and when they do work, it's due to dumb luck. According to almost every From a Certain Point of View story featuring him that isn't his own, he gets almost no respect.
Call-Forward: In his deleted scene in The Phantom Menace, his friend warns him that he'll meet a bad end if he continues to act out in violence. Greedo should have listened.
Crazy Jealous Guy: In "The Luckless Rodian" (his POV story), he has a grudge against Han because he had a girlfriend that dumped him for Han.
Does Not Speak Common: In A New Hope, he speaks to Han in Huttese, while Han responds in Basic. Some expanded universe materials see him speaking Basic, however.
Early Installment Character-Design Difference: A retroactive yet canonical example. In the original trilogy, Greedo had blue green skin. Greedo is given a more vibrant green skin tone in The Phantom Menace and The Clone Wars to match the other members of his race.
Epic Fail: The Special Edition has him fire at Han Solo, but he misses by a significant margin. At point-blank range.
Evil Debt Collector: He tries to bring in Han for his debt to Jabba.
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: In the re-releases, in which Han didn't shoot first. Given how Greedo opened fire at point-blank range and missed, he could probably benefit from some time spent at the academy.
Little Green Men: He is the size of a human though. And he looks more like a tapir than a hominid.
Look Behind You: In the original script, Han uses this trick to get the jump on Greedo. Han points out that people are watching them, so Greedo glances at the bar. When Greedo looks away, Han readies his blaster. Those lines were replaced to include lines from the Jabba scene.
Greedo: Now, will you come outside with me, or must I finish it here?
Han: I don't think they'd like another killing in here.
Greedo: [turns around] They'd hardly notice.
Never Bring a Gun to a Knife Fight: It was used against him in "Sphere of Influence". After holding him and his son at gunpoint, Baron Papanoida takes Greedo hostage while holding a knife up to his neck (and he didn't get to shoot at all at that point).
Small Name, Big Ego: According to "The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper", he thinks he's a highly talented bounty hunter, but in reality, he doesn't have much success. From everyone else's perspective, "He's an idiot with a gun," and since Mos Eisley already has a lot of them, Greedo doesn't stand out much.
Smug Snake: Despite his multiple shortcomings, Greedo is often way in over his head and gets humiliated often.
- At one point, he has Notluwiski Papanoida hostage after he tracks him down in search of his daughter, who he kidnapped. Papanoida proceeds to break out of his grasp, and take him hostage so he can retrieve his daughter from where he's keeping her.
- During one of his first jobs with Han Solo, he stole an unimportant artifact during a heist to get some extra money and not checking to see if it had a tracker on it, both after Han told him not to touch anything. This ends up getting the attention of the Corellian authorities.
- He thinks he's got Han cornered, unaware that the guy prepared beforehand to put a big smoking hole in his chest while he was gloating to him.
Too Dumb to Live: Whether it's gloating to a notorious smuggler without checking to make sure that he's got him dead to rights in the original version, or demonstrating the ability to miss a target at point-blank range in the Special Edition, his death scene perfectly encapsulates what everyone in Mos Eisley knows about Greedo: this guy is an idiot.

Bossk

Bossk'wassak'Cradossk

Species: Trandoshan

Homeworld: Trandosha

Portrayed by: Alan Harris (The Empire Strikes Back), Trevor Butterfield (Return of the Jedi)

Voiced by: Dee Bradley Baker (The Clone Wars)

"If you got a problem with Boba, you got a problem with me."

Bossk was a Trandoshan bounty hunter. During the Clone Wars, he worked alongside Aurra Sing and Boba Fett and went to prison with the latter after he was captured. He later escaped with him and joined his band of bounty hunters. During the Imperial era, Bossk was one of several bounty hunters hired to hunt down Han Solo.

Adaptational Intelligence: By virtue of not being an Ax-Crazy psychopath, Bossk is able to follow intricate plans, maintain working relationships with those he'd benefit from, and form genuine friendships.
Adaptation Name Change: His full name is given as Bossk'wassak'Cradossk where Legends was content leaving him with only one name.
Adaptational Nice Guy: In Legends, he was an unapologetic Psycho for Hire and had a deadly rivalry with Boba Fett in the latter's adult years (the times he did work with him were Enemy Mine situations). While he is still antagonistic in the Canon, The Clone Wars presents Bossk as willing to be a younger Boba's bodyguard while in prison with him and loyally worked alongside him on several contracts after breaking out of prison and decided to let him have a fair fight with Cad Bane despite initially favoring the latter. In general, the new canon tends to portray him as more ruthlessly pragmatic than actively psychotic, as well as being willing to keep promises and stay loyal to those he considers friends.
Affably Evil: In stark contrast to how Legends depicted him. He's a ruthless bounty hunter with a bloodthirsty streak, but get on his good side and he can be a surprisingly good friend... as long as you don't tick him off.
An Arm and a Leg: In War of the Bounty Hunters, he tries to capture Boba to claim Jabba's bounty on him but ends up caught in an explosion that destroys the lower half of his legs. Being a Trandoshan, he notes that won't kill him as he can regrow limbs (and consuming lots of protein can hasten the process), and has done so by Return of the Jedi a few months later.
Ascended Extra: He appeared briefly in The Empire Strikes Back as one of several bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader. In The Clone Wars, he gets some development and history with Boba as a minor antagonist.
Big Guy, Little Guy: He is the big guy to Boba's little guy.
The Big Guy: Besides what's listed above, Bossk usually ends up being this to everybody else as well, since he's a seven foot lizard man, and all.
Breakout Villain: Bossk's appearance in the DLC season of Star Wars: Battlefront gave him a greatly increased profile in the fandom and among players. He was subsequently brought back as one of the base game playable heroes of the sequel over the other DLC characters (Greedo, Dengar, and Krennic), and has enjoyed regular supporting appearances in media since.
Canon Immigrant: Not Bossk himself, but rather his starship in "Bounty", the Hound's Tooth, originated in the Legends short story collection Tales of the Bounty Hunters.
Cool Starship: As mentioned above, the Hound's Tooth.
Daddy Issues: Just like in Legends, he has a very strained relationship with Cradossk. In Ezra's Gamble, Ezra asks him about his father, and Bossk simply leaves it at "fathers are overrated".
- To give you an idea of how bad it was, in Legends, according to The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett, Cradossk had a memoir for Bossk... but later scratched out his name and gave it to Boba, with a message saying "For Boba Fett — I wish you were my son." Bossk would eventually lash out and eat him after killing him.
The Dragon: He appears to be one for Boba Fett in The Clone Wars.
The Ghost: Bossk is mentioned in Solo as one of the few people that Val suggests to Beckett that he could have brought onto the Heist on Vandor instead of newcomers, Han Solo and Chewbacca.
Good Thing You Can Heal: War Of The Bounty Hunter, Boba shoots off Bossk's legs, he snarls that it won't slow him down for long, as he can grow them back.
Hellish Pupils: As is to be expected from a humanoid lizard.
In the Hood: He wears a hooded cloak in Halcyon Legacy whilst tracking R’Tess and Stolak.
It's Personal: Trandoshans have a long, brutal history with their planetary neighbors, the Wookiees, which explains Bossk's specific love for hunting and killing the things. This goes especially for Chewbacca (and Han Solo by extension), whom Bossk hates so much that it contributed to his falling out with Boba.
Like Father, Unlike Son: In Legends, Bossk and his father, Cradossk, contrast with each other in both demeanor and overall character. Cradossk is patient and experienced, Bossk is arrogant and naive. This leads to the two butting heads often, and gets to the point where Cradossk attempts to indirectly kill his son. Once Bossk finds out, he doesn’t take too kindly to the news.
Lizard Folk: He's a Trandoshan.
Karma Houdini: While he does end up in jail for helping Boba during his quest for vengeance against Windu, he escapes along with Boba only after about a year or even less.
Kick the Dog: Ezra's Gamble ends with Bossk getting greedy and swindling Ezra out of his hard-earned share of their reward, preemptively destroying their burgeoning friendship in the process.
Master Poisoner: He's heavily associated with Dioxys Grenades, which emit a highly lethal and fast acting poison.
Monstrous Cannibalism: He ate all of his unborn siblings right after he hatched. While it was revealed that he had a surviving sister, said sister's growth was stunted as a result of Bossk's act.
Noodle Incident: While the species rivalry between Trandoshans and Wookies are a given, it has been yet to be explained why Bossk hated Chewie and Han specifically.
Older Sidekick: To Boba. He also plays this role to Ezra in Ezra's Gamble, but doesn't stay a sidekick that time.
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Bossk direly wanted to be the one who brought in Han and Chewie in The Empire Strikes Back, so much so that when Boba Fett pulled it off instead, it damages their already weakening friendship even more, causing Bossk to declare that he should have killed Boba when he had the chance.
Psycho for Hire: He has shades of this in "Lethal Trackdown". Aurra Sing orders Bossk to kill the hostages if she gives the word during a meeting with the Jedi. When she's unable to contact him (due to the comm antenna embedded in her skull getting cut), he decides to kill the hostages on his own volition.
Bossk: Listen up, boys. If Aurra doesn't report back soon, I'm gone... and you're both fried.
Religious Bruiser: By the time of Bounty Hunters, he seems to have gotten in touch with his religious side, regularly alluding to the Scorekeeper of Trandoshan religion.
Reptiles Are Abhorrent: He is a Trandoshan and a psychotic bounty hunter.
Sssssnaketalk: Particularly noticeable in the Darth Vader comics, which add quite a few s's to his dialogue.
Sapient Eat Sapient: Aside from the incident with his younger siblings, he threatened to eat Zuckuss for annoying him while trying to hasten the regeneration of his lost legs (it's not quite clear if he was serious about it, considering that eating a species that breathes ammonia might actually kill him).
Suddenly Voiced: He didn't say a word in The Empire Strikes Back and works in Legends indicated that he didn't speak Galactic Basic, but in the Trandoshan language. In The Clone Wars, it was revealed that he spoke Basic after all.
Trap Master: He's known to use proximity grenades and traps to get the best of his prey.
Undying Loyalty: In The Clone Wars, he was protective of Boba Fett. He even stands up for him in prison.
- In an unreleased episode, an animatic showed him being with Embo and Highsinger against Boba in favor of Bane, with he and the former holding Boba at gunpoint before Boba and Bane had their Mexican Standoff. Bossk then chooses to let Boba have his chance at defeating Bane and puts his blaster away, which Embo then follows as well.
- Unfortunately, this ends by the time of Bounty Hunters where their relationship has taken a huge nosedive to the point where they're at each other's throats, bringing them closer in line with their Legends counterparts who hated each other's guts. By then, any friendship or warmth Boba had felt towards Bossk had long since evaporated.
Villainous Friendship: With Boba Fett during the Clone Wars. In the years after, however, the two seem to gradually drift apart.
We Used to Be Friends: Bossk was sort of a father figure to a young Boba Fett, but by the time of The Empire Strikes Back they've drifted apart so much that, in Bounty Hunters, Bossk half-seriously says he should've killed Boba when he had the chance. The source of this falling out seems to be a mixture of them becoming professional rivals and Boba capturing Han Solo and Chewbacca, whom Bossk had a personal grudge with and wanted to defeat.

Dengar

"These Rebels should just pack it in."