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Criminals
The fringes of galactic society are filled with criminals of all kinds. The lawless Outer Rim Territories are where most of these criminals make their home, with the Hutt Clan controlling most of the crime in the region.

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    Maz Kanata 

Maz Kanata

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"I have lived long enough to see the same eyes in different people."

Portrayed by: Lupita Nyong'o
Voiced by: Grey DeLisle (Battlefront II)

An old acquaintance of Han's, Maz Kanata is a legendary smuggler and pirate queen who has a huge castle on the planet Takodana and a long history with the Jedi Order. Maz's castle offers safe haven to its patrons, so long as they obey her rules and do not bring their conflicts or politics to her doorstep.

For tropes applying to her appearance on LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, see here.


  • Action Girl: Though it's only briefly shown, in The Last Jedi she can handle a blaster quite well, and she is a Force user after all.
  • All There in the Manual: Her dialogue and actions in The Force Awakens only imply that she's Force-sensitive, but ancillary materials confirm it. She's not of the Jedi or Sith, though, and used her attunement to give her an edge in her piracy, and later to lead her to Force-touched artifacts... like the Skywalker Family Lightsaber.
  • Amazing Technicolor Population: She has orange skin.
  • Amicable Exes: With Dexter Jettster, who she briefly dated and affectionately called Dexi Jet. The two remained friends and remembered their time together fondly.
  • Another Story for Another Time: When she gives Anakin's lightsaber - which Luke lost in Cloud City - to Finn, Han asks her how she found it. She answers that's a good question, for another time.
  • Bilingual Bonus: Her first name is similar the Japanese term "Mazu", which means "at the beginning", and her second name directly translates to "a long distance off" in the same language. Loosely, her name would be "Before many things and off in the distance", but given the series, it effectively means "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."
  • The Cameo: Her voice, specifically her speaking to Rey during The Force Awakens, can be briefly heard alongside many other pivotal characters in the Star Wars canon as Ezra walks through the World Between Worlds in Rebels, about 35 years prior to her actually saying that.
  • Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Like Yoda, Maz Kanata is an incredibly ancient, incredibly wise, quite diminutive alien sage of unclear origin who hides out on a remote planet and has great insights about the Force and the battle against the Dark Side. But while Yoda was a slightly cantankerous religious ascetic and a Jedi Master, Maz is a pirate who runs a bar, hits on Wookiees, hangs around with thieves and smugglers, and is merely Force-sensitive, not a Jedi.
  • Cool Old Lady: She's ancient, but still a spry lady with smuggling fame and a lascivious side, and she encourages Finn or Rey (or both) to become heroes and embrace the Force. She also had an amicable relationship with the Jedi Order during the High Republic era despite her criminal background.
    Maz: I've lived long enough to see the same eyes in different people. I see your eyes. I know your eyes.
  • Demoted to Extra: She has only one scene in The Last Jedi after having a central role in The Force Awakens, and it's to set Finn and Rose off on a side story. She has more scenes in The Rise of Skywalker, but contributes nothing of importance to the plot and is just hanging around the Resistance base for the entirety of the film.
  • Distaff Counterpart: She's essentially a female Yoda.
  • Elderly Immortal: By the time of the The Force Awakens she is over a thousand years old. She's lived long enough to know how the Dark Side of the Force takes on many forms from the Sith to the Empire to the First Order.
  • Expy: She's set up as the Sequel Trilogy's Yoda. According to Word of God, the two have crossed paths in the past.
  • Goggles Do Something Unusual: Maz has some degree of an ability to read eyes, likely by using the Force, and her goggles have magnifying dials on them to give her a better view... and freak out the one she's reading.
  • Good Counterpart: To Snoke. Both are ancient beings who lived throughout the fall and rise of the Republic. They act as mentors to Rey and Kylo Ren, helping them understand the ways of the Force. They also use exaggeration in their appearance, with Snoke using supersized holograms and Maz wearing magnifying goggles.
  • Hero of Another Story: When Poe, Rose, and Finn contact Maz Kanata, she cheerfully chats to them while dodging and returning gunfire. And using a jetpack. "Union dispute," she says.
  • Homage: She was created as a tribute to Rose Gilbert, a high school teacher of the director J.J. Abrams and co-production designer Rick Carter.
  • Interspecies Romance: She apparently has a thing for Chewie and calls him her boyfriend, although this is likely only teasing as Chewie is Happily Married. In the past she was involved with Dexter Jettster.
  • May–December Romance: Combined with Interspecies Romance, with Dexter, as Maz is only a couple hundred years away from being a thousand and Dexter is potentially only in his first century of life when they were dating in the High Republic Era. Also possibly with the Master Codebreaker she sends Rose and Finn to find, given her somewhat suggestive comments about him.
  • The Mentor: Served as one to Sav Malagán, teaching her how to be a Force-using pirate to supplement her Jedi training. Maz later helps guide Rey some during her training, but is ancillary to Leia's guidance.
  • Miniature Senior Citizen: She is a very old lady and she is barely taller than R2, but this may or may not be a thing with her entire lifecycle, being an alien and all.
  • Noodle Incident: For whatever reason, she has a portrait of Hondo in her castle, which you can find in Battlefront II. Presumably, it relates to Hondo hanging around her castle before the Battle of Endor (as seen in the ambiguously canon The Freemaker Adventures) or someone like a former henchman of Hondo left it there for Maz. Maz doesn’t seem too fond of Hondo, according to The Freemaker Adventures.
  • The Narrator: In the intro to Forces of Destiny and in the broadcast versions of the shorts.
  • No Time to Explain: Her answer to Finn on how she got the Skywalkers' blue lightsaber in The Force Awakens.
    Maz: It's a good question... for another time.
  • The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Described as a space pirate in supplemental materials, Maz spends the film on a planet not doing any piracy, nor is described as a space pirate in the movie. In The Last Jedi, she's seen in the middle of a firefight, but only gives the ambiguous explanation that it's a "union dispute". During the High Republic era, she had her own gang, but has only been seen picking battles with criminals far worse than her such as the Dank Graks or the Nihil. It seems this trope may be at the core of why Sav Malagan - a Jedi - admired Maz and aspired to be a pirate like her when she was teenager.
  • Really Gets Around: Maz definitely seems to have a healthy and active love life. She refers to Chewie as her "boyfriend", and when Poe and Finn ask her if the "Master Codebreaker is "good with his hands," Maz replies "Oh, yes" in an extremely lascivious tone while stroking a blaster. An ex-husband has also been mentioned in supplemental materials, and she once dated Dexter Jettster.
  • Red Baron: Also known as the "pirate queen of Takodana", along with a few other names like Maz Kanata the Usurper, Kanata the Despoiler, Kanata the Benevolent, and Kanata of the Free Fleet.
  • Serkis Folk: The character model is CGI, while the acting is motion-captured on-set/site by Ms. Nyong'o.
  • Shipper on Deck: Insists that Han take BB-8 to the Resistance rather than doing it herself so that he could see Leia. And in the Forces of Destiny episode "Bounty Hunted", Maz tells Chewie to tell Han that Leia's "a keeper".
  • Space Pirate: Maz Kanata is an intergalactic criminal, and her castle is filled with all types of fugitives and smugglers who need a place to find a drink or a job. She has several other caches of riches scattered on planets throughout the galaxy filled with even more treasures that she acquired throughout her career.
  • Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Her contribution to Poe's boneheaded plan ultimately got a lot of Resistance fighters killed.

High Republic Era Pirate Gang

See their entries on the Pirates page.

General Castle Residents

    ME-8D9 

ME-8D9 / Emmie

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Portrayed by: Stephanie Silva

An ancient protocol droid on Takodana who translates for the denizens of Maz Kanata's castle and also serves as Maz's enforcer.


  • Bouncer: Serves as one for the castle, quickly taking care of any troublemakers who get violent by shocking them unconscious with an electroprobe.
  • Long-Lived: According to some rumors Emmie is older than even Maz, who is over a thousand years old.
  • Mysterious Past: Prior to working for Maz, ME-8D9's past is a bit of a mystery. All that is known is that she once was an assassin and may have begun her existence serving the Jedi Order.

    Grummgar 

Grummgar

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Species: Dowutin

Homeworld: Dowut

Portrayed by: ???

A massive Dowutin big game hunter and mercenary. He is a frequent patron of Maz Kanata's castle, where he plans his next trips by listening to rumors about dangerous animals seen by spacers in Wild Space and the Unknown Regions.


  • A Day in the Limelight: He is the main character of the short story Bait.
  • Blood Knight: Hunts not because he needs the money, but because he enjoys it and finds thrills in taking down dangerous creatures.
  • Egomaniac Hunter: Takes numerous trophies from his kills, and also likes attracting women by showing off his kills.
  • Everyone Has Standards: He refuses to hunt sentient beings. That being said, he has no problem placing them in danger as bait to kill dangerous creatures, although he will do his best to ensure they do not die.
  • Humanoid Alien: He's a Dowutin, a species of big-sized, bulky humanoids with orange skin and two tusks in their chins.
  • Worthy Opponent: He becomes one to Bossk during the Great Hunt of Malastare, being the only person pitted against him that puts up a decent fight. As a result, he's also the only hunter among Exum Jermit's group that he spares, just so that he could fight him again someday.

    Cratinus and Prashee 

Cratinus and Prashee

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Species: Ubdurian

Portrayed by: Dee Tails (Cratinus), Tom Bell (Prashee)
Appearances: The Force Awakens

A pair of identical, twin Ubdurian brothers, Cratinus and Prashee were frequent costumers of Kanata's castle and enjoyed using their undistinguishable looks to swap identities so they could scam other individuals.


  • Always Identical Twins: Both guys look and dress the same exact way. Somewhat justified because their clothing, the travel smocks, are a part of Ubdurian culture.
  • Humanoid Alien: Ubdurians are bald humanoids with yellow skin and no discernible noses.
  • Trickster Twins: As mentioned on their description, these guys' completely identical appereances allowed them to swap identities often just to scam other individuals.
  • Uncertain Doom: After Maz' castle is attacked by the first order, it's unknown if Cratinus and Prashee survived, died or were taken prisoners.

Black Sun

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A powerful criminal organization spread throughout the galaxy, Black Sun was a major player in the galactic fringe during the Clone Wars and Galactic Civil War. During the Empire's reign, it was part of the "Five Syndicates", which were the six most powerful criminal groups in the galaxy that maintained an uneasy and frequently broken peace with each other and cooperation with the Empire.

    In General 
  • Adaptational Wimp: In Legends, Black Sun was an N.G.O. Superpower that was considered a force to be reckoned with on a galactic scale. In canon, they don't have as powerful an army, taking advantage of the Clone Wars to increase their criminal activity and being overwhelmed in battle with the Separatists even when they are part of the Shadow Collective. They also seek to form alliances with other syndicates to expand their relatively small power base. In Last Shot, Black Sun is only able to pose a major threat to the New Republic because the latter's fleet was demilitarized to ten percent of its original size.
  • Canon Immigrant: The Black Sun syndicate originated in the 1996 Legends multimedia project Shadows of the Empire. The Falleen — the race from which Prince Xizor originated — were also made canon, showing up as leaders and enforcers. Xizor himself was eventually re-canonized when he was name-dropped in Crimson Reign.
  • Enemy Mine: Black Sun sometimes allies with other criminal groups for a variety of reasons.
    • They were forced to work with several other criminal organizations when Darth Maul and Savage Opress executed Black Sun's leadership and formed the Shadow Collective. However, Maul's presence seemed to be the only thing making them cooperate, as while Maul was imprisoned on Stygeon Prime, Black Sun got into a conflict with the Pyke Syndicate — one of the other crime syndicates that made up the Shadow Collective — when the latter's current leader refused to merge syndicates. However, once Maul started butting heads with the two militarily superior governments leading a galactic war, Black Sun alongside the other crime syndicates jumped ship and the Shadow Collective fragmented.
    • After the death of Jabba the Hutt and the Empire's defeat at Endor, Black Sun allied with the newly formed Red Key Raiders to take advantage of the galactic chaos and expand their criminal enterprises.
  • Equal-Opportunity Evil: So far, their canon depiction has only shown Falleen as their leadership, but they are still willing to hire non-Falleen mercenaries and bounty hunters.
  • N.G.O. Superpower: Downplayed. The Black Sun is still one of the most powerful crime syndicates in the galaxy and has some influences in galactic governments, but unlike in Legends, the canon version of Black Sun isn't militarily powerful enough to be even close to equal-footing with the major galactic superpowers of their time, even when teamed up with other equally-influential crime syndicates. They are able to pose a threat to the New Republic a few years after its establishment, but only because the Republic decided to cut down its military presence.
  • Only in It for the Money: The only incentive they had for working with the Shadow Collective aside from being strong-armed after their previous leaders were executed was money for their mercenary work. Black Sun only deserts once it has become apparent that Maul has made some very powerful enemies from both the Republic and the Separatists and it's not worth getting paid for.

    Xomit Grunseit 

Xomit Grunseit

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Species: Falleen

Appearances: The Clone Wars

"We are the Black Sun!"

The leader of Black Sun during the early years of the Clone Wars, he and the rest of Black Sun's leadership were purged when Darth Maul took over the organization and forced them to work for him.


  • All There in the Manual: He is not named in his sole appearance, with supplementary materials providing that information.
  • Off with His Head!: He is decapitated by Savage Opress along with the rest of Black Sun's leadership.
  • Underestimating Badassery: When Maul and Savage demand Xomit submit and swear Black Sun's loyalty to them, he thinks they are crazy and orders their death. Even after Savage breaks one of his guards neck's with no effort Xomit does not seem concerned and rises to fight them himself, which ends with his swift death.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: He dies in his very first appearance after barely a minute of screentime.

    Ziton Moj 

Ziton Moj

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Species: Falleen

Homeworld: Faleen

Voiced by: Corey Burton
Appearances: The Clone Wars | Son of Dathomir | Dark Disciple

"It'll be your funeral."

Once a lieutenant of the Black Sun crime syndicate, Ziton was quickly promoted to being its leader after Darth Maul (both literally and figuratively) decapitated Black Sun's previous leadership on Mustafar in his quest for allies. Shortly after his promotion, he didn't hesitate to have Black Sun join the Shadow Collective.


  • Bald of Evil: He's bald for the most part, but has black hair in a topknot.
  • Beard of Evil: He's got a goatee along with a small mustache.
  • Dragon Ascendant: Though not by choice, since he was only promoted (and very quickly) through Darth Maul having Savage Opress execute his previous bosses. While now Black Sun's leader, he is a sub-dragon to Darth Maul in the Shadow Collective.
  • I Have Your Wife: He tries to force a merger between Black Sun and the Pyke Syndicate by taking Marg Krim's family hostage and using them as a bargaining chip.
  • Karma Houdini: Moj was still alive and in charge of Black Sun by the end of the Clone Wars, having been involved in the collapse of the New Mandalorian government and having kidnapped (and later, implicitly killed after they were rescued) Marg Krim's family. He was last seen being told by Maul (along with the Pykes' Krim and Crimson Dawn's Dryden Vos) to go into hiding.
  • Know When to Fold 'Em: He initially thought Darth Maul trying to recruit Black Sun would be suicide for him, but had a change of thought after watching Savage Opress kill one of their thugs with his bare hands before beheading all five of Black Sun's leaders, and then getting forcefully promoted.
    Darth Maul: It would seem the decision to join us is now yours.
    Ziton Moj: After careful consideration, we will join you.
  • Lizard Folk: Falleen look like green-skinned humanoids, but they have a protruding spinal column.
  • Mob War: In the first half of Dark Disciple, he and Black Sun are engaged in one with the Pyke Syndicate over a potential merger between the two syndicates, suggesting that they were longtime rivals and decided to take advantage of the temporary power vacuum created by Darth Maul's capture (and they went back to not killing each other when Maul was rescued from Stygeon).
  • Only Sane Man: He shares this role with Fife in Son of Dathomir, being among the only ones of Maul's allies to question his plans for revenge against Sidious when actively fighting against the Separatists almost got them all killed at Ord Mantell.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He and the rest of the Black Sun forces desert Maul in Son of Dathomir #4 rather than stay and fight overwhelming Separatist droid armies for an unprofitable cause.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: Although Black Sun is still up and running during and after the Galactic Civil War, nothing is known of Ziton Moj's whereabouts at the time.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Takes prisoner and later (presumably) kills the children of Pyke leader, Marg Krim in Dark Disciple.

    Gyuti 

Boss Gyuti

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Species: Falleen

Appearances: Doctor Aphra | War of the Bounty Hunters | Crimson Reign

"Courtesy is about the only law I respect."

A high-ranking Boss in the Black Sun near the end of the Empire's reign.


  • Affably Evil: As indicated by the quote above, Gyuti believes in being courterous and is quite polite, if weary and terse, with Qi'ra during their meeting.
  • The Face: As Prince Xixor has yet to make a physical reappearance, Gyuti seems to be operating as Black Sun's public face, attending the auction on Jekara and later meeting personally with Qi'ra to negotiate Black Sun's new relationship with Crimson Dawn.
  • The Ghost: He was first mentioned in the Aftermath trilogy as leading figure in Black Sun to whom Jas Emari owes money to, but only his underlings appeared. He later appeared in the comics set a few months prior to the Aftermath novels.
  • Saved by Canon: However Qi'ra and Crimson Dawn's plans turn out, Gyuti will survive and continue to be a leading figure in Black Sun in the months after the Battle of Endor.
  • Unwitting Pawn: He and several other syndicate leaders are manipulated by Qi'ra and her cabal into going to war against each other under the impression that they were attacked by them and that the Empire is looking to replace the Hutts as their primary partner in the underworld. In truth, Crimson Dawn was behind the attacks and the misinformation that Palpatine was disatisfied with the Hutts.

    Ketsu Onyo 

Ketsu Onyo

See her entry on the Bounty Hunters page.

    Jarret 

Jarret

Species: Human

Appearances: Rebels Magazine

Formerly known as "Black Nail", he was a contract killer for Black Sun. However, he had a change of heart and moved to a farm on Ammon IV with his wife, Loris, and had a son together. Black Sun was not so forgiving about his retirement, and sent Ketsu Onyo to terminate him.


  • Eyepatch of Power: He has an eyepatch on his right eye. Considering he used to be a hitman, it's not so hard to imagine why he needs one.
  • Faking the Dead: Ketsu spares him and takes his torn shirt so that she can claim to Black Sun that she killed him.
  • Heel Realization: He doesn't want to kill anymore, just wants to live a simple and quiet life in the countryside with his wife and son.
  • Hitman with a Heart: We're not sure if he was one when he used to be a killer, but he's a retired hitman that now has a heart, if you want to be technical.
  • Retired Badass: He used to be a contract killer for Black Sun, but not anymore.

Broken Horn Syndicate

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A criminal organization based on Lothal, the Broken Horn Syndicate was once known as Twin Horns Storage, which was a shipping company used as a front by Cikatro Vizago for his boss Rask Odai. After gaining control of the organization, Vizago renamed the group and expanded operations, occasionally cooperating with a group of rebels on Lothal.

    Rask Odai 

Rask Odai

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Species: Mon Calamari

Years before the Lothal insurgency, Odai was a Mon Calamari crime boss. As a front for his criminal activities, he used Vizago (who was his underling then) as the public face for their so-called company, Twin Horns Storage. Soon, however, Vizago replaced his boss as leader of the renamed Broken Horn Syndicate.


    Cikatro Vizago 

Cikatro Vizago

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"Business is all that matters."

Species: Devaronian

Homeworld: Devaron

Voiced by: Keith Szarabajka
Appearances: Adventures in Wild Space | Rebels | Rebel Bluff

"As my mother always said, once a scoundrel, always a scoundrel."

The leader of the Broken Horn crime syndicate on Lothal. The crew of the Ghost occasionally worked with him, if reluctantly, in their operations.


  • Affably Evil: He's a ruthless criminal, but he doesn't go out of his way to be cruel and can be reasoned with. Which is a lot more than you can say of the Empire.
  • Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Begs Ezra to let him out of his cell, after being imprisoned in his own brig for at least a day by Hondo.
  • Bilingual Bonus: His name means Scar Face in Esperanto. So, you've got "Scarface" running around in the Star Wars universe.
  • Butt-Monkey: Not only do our rebel heroes not like him, but he's always getting in trouble with fellow criminals and the Empire. For example, Hondo managed to lock him in the brig of his own ship and took command of it in the meantime, and it would've stayed that way if Ezra hadn't come to bail him out.
  • Child Hater: He mutters that he hates kids after he blasts Ezra and Chopper's escape pod off his ship. It also turns out that he's also had a previous encounter with two other kids years ago that probably had to do with this too.
    • It turns out that making Lina and Milo do work for his and Odai's syndicate (then called Twin Horns Storage) eventually ended with the kids' bounty hunter tracking them down to their little den and fighting Vizago, who got his left horn snapped by her. And that's why he renamed his syndicate to the Broken Horn Syndicate.
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Subverted. It's said he would sell his own mother into slavery for a profit, but Hera mentions that her crew is too good a source of income for him to sell out to the Empire, but that won't stop him from bailing out without paying them when a deal turns sour.
  • Easily Forgiven: Very much averted, as the Ghost crew ceases any contact with him early on in the series after he abandons them to the Empire.
  • Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Apparently, he was fond of his mother, though whether or not he would actually sell his mom for a couple of credits as Hera says is unknown. It's also implied his mother was a scoundrel too.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: He's disgusted to see what the Empire has done to Lothal in Rebels Season 4, which has been his base of operations for almost two decades and might even be where he grew up.
  • Evil Counterpart: "Brothers of the Broken Horn" portrays him as a darker take on Hondo Ohnaka's "charismatic yet ruthless" criminal archetype. Whereas Hondo has some sense of morality and will sometimes stick his own neck out out of the goodness of his heart, Vizago is utterly remorseless and is even more obsessed with making a profit. It's telling that Hondo can maintain a Friendly Enemy relationship with Ezra and the Ghost crew when the gang would quickly sever all ties with Vizago. This changes over time, as in Season 4 he shows up in the quality of Enemy Mine exactly like Hondo.
  • The Friend Nobody Likes: None of the Ghost crew members like him. Even Rex and Kallus—who have never or scarcely met him personally—don't like him. Whenever they have something that benefits him, he tries to get buddy-buddy with them. He's also the Butt-Monkey to fellow criminals. There's probably a reason why he doesn't seem to have organic henchmen anymore and uses droids instead.
  • Godzilla Threshold: Following the incident with the disruptors, the Ghost crew became less willing to work for him. When Kanan's been captured by the Empire, Ezra decides they have no choice but to turn to him for leads (a decision that Hera is infuriated with).
  • Good Scars, Evil Scars: Going along with what his name translates to as stated in Bilingual Bonus, Vizago does indeed have a scar on his face. He also has a broken horn.
  • Greed: His defining vice. Hera argued that he'd be willing to sell his mother if it meant making a small profit, then added that he wouldn't sell them out because they're a source of income.
  • Heel–Face Turn: When the crew frees a Mining Guild transport with him on it, he joins the Rebellion along with the other freed slaves.
  • Horned Humanoid: A natural trait for Devaronian males, and going along with the name of his syndicate, one of them is broken.
  • How the Mighty Have Fallen: The syndicate was already suffering under the Empire when we first saw him, but by season 4 it's completely gone and he's reduced to working for the Empire with only his ship to his name. And when he gets caught smuggling, he's made a slave to the Mining Guild.
  • Karma Houdini: He made off with half a shipment of banned weapons without paying the Ghost crew for retrieving them, and he has not received any kind of punishment for it.
    • Subverted later on; Hondo Ohnaka disabled his droids, imprisoned Vizago, and stole his ship. Since Ezra is too honorable to refuse the favor owed Vizago, and Ohnaka isn't much of a saint either, Ezra decides to help him get back his ship. However, he does leave Vizago his ship, but with no credits or generators, so that's the worst punishment he ever receives from that incident.
    • Finally fully averted when he's Made a Slave after being caught smuggling puffer pigs.
  • Meaningful Name: See Bilingual Bonus. His production name was also "Scarface".
  • Meaningful Rename: The Broken Horn Syndicate used to be called Twin Horns Storage until the Shade broke one of his horns in a fight.
  • Names to Run Away from Really Fast: As mentioned under "Bilingual Bonus", his name means "Scarface" when translated to English.
  • Not in This for Your Revolution: As evidenced in "Rebel Resolve", Vizago really isn't that bothered by the whole rebellion against the Empire morally-wise.
  • Obviously Evil: His species naturally look like demons, he has a hideous scar on his face, and a very foreboding voice. Played straight in that he is a selfish criminal, but also played with in that he's one of the least malevolent ones around.
  • Odd Friendship: He gets along oddly well with Commander Wolffe and Mart during the Rebels series finale.
  • Only in It for the Money: Cash is his main motivator when helping the Ghost crew. But now, money is the only thing that can help him cope with the brutality of the Empire.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When a deal to trade some T-7 ion disruptors turns sour and Agent Kallus arrives with a pack of AT-DP walkers, he makes off with half the shipment and leaves the Ghost crew to fend for themselves while he refuses to pay them for the half of the shipment they did give him.
  • Skewed Priorities: When Imperials board his ship for an inspection when they realize he's smuggling unauthorized lifeforms (the Ghost crew), he stays behind after the Ghost crew releases his new puffer pigs for a diversion so he can grab one of his puffer pigs before getting out of there. It inflates and he gets left behind. The next time we see him, he's working in a prisoner labor camp and has to be bailed out by the Ghost crew.
  • Token Evil Teammate: Just because he's opposed to the Empire doesn't mean he's an outstanding moral individual. Suffice to say, the Ghost crew — especially Hera — does not enjoy working with him. Since he was too much of a Jerkass, they've stopped coming to him for help.
  • Took a Level in Kindness: After his Heel–Face Turn, he's less of a Jerkass to the point that he takes his new role as a rebel seriously, finds Ezra's back-up plan cool (space whales), and has an Odd Friendship with Wolffe & Mart.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: It is currently unknown as to what happened to the disruptors he bought from the Ghost crew.

The Brotherhood of Wire and Bone

A cult of individuals who believe that organic life is flawed and mechanical beings are a superior form of existence.

    Fyzen Gor 

Fyzen Gor

Species: Pau'an

Homeworld: Utapau

Appearances: Last Shot

A gangster that sought out a transmitter of unknown power. He crossed paths with the crew of the Millennium Falcon, which cost him his chances at claiming the transmitter for himself, leading to him seeking out revenge against Lando by threatening Cloud City.


  • Big Bad Wannabe: He's the main villain of Last Shot, but obviously nowhere close in power to any Imperial, hence why he seeks out a special transmitter that supposedly would've made him powerful. The transmitter contained a kill order for droids across the galaxy to kill organic beings, but that was put to a halt thanks to the efforts of our heroes.
  • Mad Doctor: His M.O. Fyzen believes that droids are superior to organic life since they do not grow old and die, and if organic beings can use mechanical parts to repair themselves, then why can't the opposite be true?
  • Start of Darkness: Fyzen's and his friend were kidnapped by Amani gangsters while they were medical students, but while being transported the gangsters were attacked and the only survivors were Fyzen, his friend and a medical droid. From there Fyzen grew an obsession with how much more durable droids were over organics, and slaughtered his own comatose friend for spare parts to repair his medical droid.

    Number One 

Number One

Appearances: Last Shot

A medical droid originally owned by an Amani gang, he was taken in by Fyzen Gor after escaping and became the first subject of his droid-organic experiments.


  • An Arm and a Leg: Lost one of his arms when the Amani transport carrying him and Fyzen crashed.
  • Anti-Villain: Number One was simply following his programming after Fyzen Gor became his master, and after L3-37 injected the concept of doubt into his mind while he was the Phylanx, he eventually grew to hate Fyzen and wanted to stop his evil plans.
  • Doomsday Device: Number One's head itself was rebuilt into the Phylanx Redux Transmitter, a device that when activated broadcasts a galaxy-wide signal that turns droids into homicidal killing machines.
  • I Cannot Self-Terminate: When Lando comes across him the second time as the Phylanx, he outright begs Lando to destroy him to prevent the kill-order from being transmitted.
  • We Can Rebuild Him: A very macabre inversion. After losing his arm, Fyzen decides to give him an organic one harvested from his own comatose friend.
  • You Are Number 6: Given the name Number One by Fyzen, since he was the first droid that he repaired.

Durand Family

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A criminal organization from Devaron founded and run by Isa Durand. Her son Roland attempted to make a name for himself by expanding their operations on Ord Mantell transporting spice for the Pykes, but ran into some local trouble.

    Isa Durand 

Isa Durand

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Species: Devaronian

Homeworld: Devaron

Appearances: The Bad Batch

The matriarch of the Durand crime family.


  • Horned Humanoid: Unlike most female Devaronians (who usually have a pair of stubs where the males' horns would be), she has a pair of curved horns. It's unknown if these are natural or just a part of her crown (curiously, she has Facial Markings like many other female Devaronians seen before she was introduced).
  • Mama Bear: The Pykes hesitate on having her son Roland executed explicitly to avoid going to war with her, and settle for just cutting off one of his horns as a warning. Their fears aren't unfounded, as not only is she very ruthless towards her enemies, she even rewards Hunter and Wrecker for bringing in the Pyke that cut Roland's horn off.
  • Pet the Dog: Downplayed. She's absolutely ruthless towards those who cross her and generally has little patience for requests. However, she properly rewards Hunter and Wrecker with intel on Doctor Hemlock's laboratory for bringing in the Pyke that cut Roland's horn off, and at her son's request. That said, she gets impatient with the two when they question her intel's validity.

    Roland Durand 

Roland Durand

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Species: Devaronian

Homeworld: Devaron

Appearances: The Bad Batch

"You take what you want. That's the Durand way."

The son of crime lord Isa Durand. His attempts to make a name for himself saw him forcibly taking over Cid's Parlor on Ord Mantell, and quite accidentally nearly starting a war between the Durand Family and the Pyke Syndicate over a shipment of spice.


  • Horned Humanoid: A natural trait for Devaronian males, one of his gets cut off by the Pyke Syndicate for his failures.
  • Licked by the Dog: Ruby loves him, which Omega takes to mean he can't be all bad despite what he's done to her friends.
  • Pet the Dog: Omega's kindness towards him pays off later on. After Hunter and Wrecker bring in they Pyke that cut his horn off, he gladly offers the syndicates intel on Doctor Hemlock's laboratory if it means repaying Omega (even if that information proves to be outdated, it's the thought that counts).
  • Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Fans of Rebels would be mistaken that this Grey-Green Skinned Devaronian working for a Criminal Syndicate would actually be a younger Vizago.
  • You Have Failed Me: Roland losing a shipment of spice to Cid nearly gets him executed even after it’s returned. The Pyke Syndicate settles for killing all his enforcers and cutting off one of his horns to avoid starting a costly war with his mother. Thankfully, that Pyke bastard gets his ass handed over to Isa Durant for execution.

The Garbis Family

    Garbis Family 

Homeworld: Thune

Appearances: Rebels Magazine
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"Those aren't some low time crooks. They're dangerous and if you mess with even one of them, you mess with them all."
Sabine Wren

A lineage and a criminal organization based in the capital city of Thune, Thune City. They used to appropriate any unattended cargo found on the planet, leaving their symbol behind them. Anyone else afterwards taking possession of that cargo gets into trouble with the Garbis family, as the Ghost crew would discover.


  • Does This Remind You of Anything?: Sounds a lot like The Mafia. Thune even bears some resemblance to Venice.
  • Meaningful Name: "Don" is another word for "crime boss" of a crime syndicate, and the leader of the Garbis is named Donith
  • Shout-Out: They're a big reference to the Corleone family from The Godfather. Most notably, In The Godfather, the name of the adopted son of Don Vito (meaning "Boss" Vito) is Tom, and the name of Lord Donith's son is Tomith.

Guavian Death Gang

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Driven out of the Core Worlds following unrest in the criminal underworld during the collapse of the Galactic Empire, the Guavian Death Gang is one of the Rim worlds most powerful criminal organizations, with deadly cybernetically enhanced enforcers carrying out their leader's will.

    Bala-Tik 

Bala-Tik

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"Tell that to Kanjiklub."

Species: Human

Portrayed by: Brian Vernel
Appearances: Poe Dameron | The Force Awakens

"Han Solo. You are a dead man."

An enforcer and negotiator for the Guavian Death Gang.


  • Badass Longcoat: Unlike the other Guavian enforcers, he wears a stylish coat.
  • Big Ol' Eyebrows: Bala-Tik's most prominent facial feature.
  • Cyborg: According to supplementary materials he has a cybernetic left leg.
  • Enemy Mine: The Guavian Death Gang and Kanjiklub are rival criminal organizations, but they work together to collect from Han Solo.
  • Evil Debt Collector: He tracks down Han Solo to collect the 50,000 credits they loaned him for the rathtar job. With blasters.
  • Pragmatic Villainy: Although Han has failed jobs and not paid back debts in the past, Bala-Tik has continued working with him because he has been a valuable source of information. The realization that Han was also getting loans from the Kanjiklub behind his back is what motivates him to finally deem Han expendable.
  • Uncertain Doom: Although he is last seen safe and sound in the movie reporting that Han has BB-8 to the First Order, in the novelization he realizes right after this that he is stranded on Han's freighter with two rathtars still at large and rescue some time from arriving.
  • Violent Glaswegian: Is he ever! Even though there's no Scotland in space, this vicious gang leader certainly has a noticeable Scottish accent.

    Tara Rashin 

Tara Rashin

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Species: Quarren

Portrayed by: Debra Wilson
Appearances: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge

"The First Order is paying a large sum for your cargo, and lucky for you, we're here to claim it."

A leader of a Guavian Death Gang cell that operated near Batuu. She had close ties to the First Order.


  • Artifical Limbs: Her left arm is a cybernetic replacement all the way up to her shoulder, which she received after pledging allegiance to the Death Gang.

    Guavian Security Soldier 

Guavian Security Soldier

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The cybernetically enhanced soldiers of the Guavian Death Gang.


  • Cyborg: They are cybernetically enhanced.
  • Expy: Of the Zann Consortium's Defilers from Star Wars: Empire at War.
  • Faceless Goons: They all wear face concealing helmets, which allow them to communicate through high-frequency data streams.
  • Super Serum: Equipped with mechanical pumps that inject chemicals into their bloodstream, enhancing their speed and aggression.
  • Undying Loyalty: They swear utter loyalty to the Guavian Death Gang in exchange for their cybernetic upgrades.

Haxion Brood

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An Outer Rim crime syndicate based on Ordo Eris. Their primary rackets are gambling and debt collection, though they also control some smuggling rackets.

    In General 
  • Bounty Hunter: A number of their enforcers are former or current bounty hunters who have aligned themselves with Sorc Tormo.
  • Cyborg: Enforcers undergo cybernetic augmentations as a display of loyalty to the gang.
  • Evil Debt Collector: Cybernetically-enchanced ones that are strong enough to put up a decent fight against Jedi Padawans.
  • Shattered World: Their headquarters is a hollowed-out asteroid converted into a space station.

    Sorc Tormo 

Sorc Tormo

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Species: Umbaran

Portrayed by: Luke Cook
Appearances: Jedi: Fallen Order

"Tonight we celebrate those fallen challengers of the past. And the great sacrifice they've made to make us all... rich!"

A flamboyant gangster with expensive tastes, Sorc Tormo asserted himself as regional leader of the Haxion Brood after his predecessor was arrested by the Empire.


  • Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Despite all his lavish excesses, he is still a good enough businessman to turn a profit and stay under the radar of the Empire and the Hutts.
  • Conspicuous Consumption: Lives large and flaunts his wealth.
  • Cyborg: Not to the extent of his troops, but he does sport a cybernetic apparatus on his torso.
  • Faux Affably Evil: A greedy, ruthless gangster. But damn if he isn't funny.
  • Gladiator Games: Keeps himself and his men entertained by forcing prisoners to fight in his arena.
  • Greater-Scope Villain: Though he does not appear in Battle Scars or Survivor, he is still sending bounty hunters after the crew of the Stinger Mantis. And supplemental material for The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fettnote  suggests that his gang is still around during the time in which those series are set.
  • Large Ham: He serves as the announcer during the above-mentioned Gladiator Games, where he combines Large-Ham Announcer with Mission Control Is Off Its Meds.
  • Loan Shark: He is one in addition to running gambling rackets. This gets Greez Dritus in a lot of trouble in Fallen Order.
  • Revenge: He really knows how to hold a grudge, continuing to send his enforcers and hunters after Cal and his crew for five years, infuriated that they had escaped from him before.

Ivax Syndicate

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The Ivax Syndicate was a secretive criminal enterprise, led by Voras the Hutt, that originated in the Ivax Nebula, its namesake, and operated within the Anoat sector. Though publicly known to take part in underground gambling, racing, and blood sports, its true power lay in its extensive influence throughout the entire Anoat sector.

    Voras the Hutt 

Voras the Hutt

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Species: Hutt

Appearances: Uprising

The leader of the Ivax Syndicate, Voras is one of the few Hutts remaining in the Anoat Sector after they abandoned the world of Mataou. Operating out of the Paradise Atrium on Cloud City, Voras controls Bespin's black market and has his hands in many hidden operations and businesses. During the Iron Blockade, he allies the Ivax Syndicate with several other organizations in the Anoat Sector to end the Empire's grip on the region.


  • Benevolent Boss: Rewards his loyal employees quite well. After Riley and her sibling do a few missions for them, Voras notes he is considering giving them control of Burnin Konn's criminal underworld.
  • The Don: He is the head of the Ivax Syndicate, the largest criminal organization in the Anoat Sector.
  • Distinguishing Mark: Has three large scars on his body that indicate he got into a nasty incident with some sort of animal.
  • Enemy Mine: Participated in the Uprising against Governor Adelhard, reluctantly allying himself with the Rebel Alliance, the Noble Court, and several rival criminal groups.

    Nogba Quush 

Nogba Quush

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Species: Kadas'sa'Nikto

Appearances: Uprising

A lieutenant in the Ivax Syndicate.


  • Affably Evil: He is quite friendly with Riley and the Smuggler, and as thanks for all the work they do for the Ivax Syndicate he provides Riley with the parts she needs to fix her cybernetic leg brace. When the two go on the run from the Empire, Nogba arranges for them to meet Voras and get protection from Commander Bragh.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Sends the Smuggler to take out the Starscorch Robbers, a crew associated with the Ivax Syndicate that killed workers during a warehouse robbery. Quush notes that killing innocents draws a lot of unwanted attention, but also makes it clear the Starscorch crossed a moral line that the Ivax hold to.
  • Mission Control: Works as a handler for the Ivax Syndicate. He mentions missing working in the field.
    Quush: Watching you... ah, I miss piracy. "Bang! Bang! Give me cargo." Now I am only a schemer.
  • Number Two: He appears to be Voras' top lieutenant.
  • Tempting Fate: After the Smuggler wipes out the last of the Bespin Wing Guard who are supporting the Zenowai Crime Society, Quush says that they are almost victorious and will soon take care of the Smuggler and Riley's problems with Commander Bragh as well. Cloud City then starts to rumble as the last leader of the Zenowai, Mehedo Clynch, begins his plan to destroy the city.

Kanjiklub

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An Outer Rim criminal organization based on Nar Kanji, a former Hutt colony, and many of its members are former Hutt slaves. They are known for being skilled street fighters who use a mix of blasters, clubs, and knives in combat.

    In General 
  • Enemy Mine: They align with the Guavian Death Gang after discovering that Han Solo has been lying and borrowing money from both of them.
  • Evil Debt Collector: The Guavian Death Gang goes to collect the 50,000 credits they loaned Han Solo for the rathtars job. They are presented as ruthless criminals who the protagonists watch die with little sympathy or concern.
  • Improvised Weapon: Commonly use these due to their origins as revolting slaves, in contrast to their more high-tech rivals in the Guavian Death Gang.
  • Klingon Promotion: The leader of the gang may be challenged to combat by another member at any time. Tasu Leech has defeated many rivals this way.
  • Slave Liberation: Kanjiklub is mostly made up of human slaves who revolted against their Hutt masters.

    Tasu Leech 

Tasu Leech

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Nar Kanji

Portrayed by: Yayan Ruhian
Appearances: Bounty Hunters | Poe Dameron | The Force Awakens

"This is the most fun I've had since I stabbed my best friend in the fighting pits."

A former slave of the Hutt Clan who was loaned out as a mercenary and assassin. Near the end of the Galactic Civil War, Tasu joined T'onga's crew of bounty hunters and found himself embroiled in the warfare between several of powerful galactic syndicates. Tasu eventually returned to Nar Kanji and led a rebellion against the Hutts to become the leader of the Kanjiklub.


  • Ace Custom: The "Huttsplitter", which was designed by his lieutenant Razoo to have higher charged blaster bolts and is decorated with the bones of several animals and includes a bayonet made from the tuck of a narglatch.
  • All There in the Manual: Most of the information about him comes from the official website and other supplementary materials. A recent video about every language heard in the films also shows that Leech is actually speaking Jablogian rather than Huttese as previously assumed.
  • Blood Knight: During his fight against Beilert Valance, Tasu could have killed him without issue but hit him with only a glancing blaster bolt in order to fight him one-on-one and for Valance to see who killed him. When encountering an old rival from the fighting pits he is happy for the rematch and hopes that he survives for another fight after cutting off his leg and tossing him off a roof.
  • Bilingual Dialogue: He refuses to speak Basic, which he considers a soft language for the weak, preferring to communicate in Jablogian. While working with T'onga's crew he does speek Basic out of necessicity.
  • The Dreaded: Anyone who knows of his reputation in the pit fights is scared to face him in melee combat, with one rival who had previously lost an arm to Tasu stating "oh poodoo" upon seeing him.
  • Fantastic Racism: In addition to Hutts, he also has a strong disdain for Pykes, and shows a bit of apprehension towards taking a job for them when the Pyke Syndicate hires T'onga's crew as bodyguards for a party. When the assassins targeting the party turn out to be from Nar Kanji, Tasu turns on his contractors and murders them.
  • Killed Offscreen: In The Force Awakens, he was last seen being chased by an enraged rathtar through Han Solo's bulk freighter, leaving his fate ambiguous. Later supplementary material revealed that he was killed during the chaos, presumably having been eaten by one of the rathtars.
  • Mister Big: He is the tiniest member of Kanjiklub, but he is their leader and a brutal street fighter.
  • Psycho Knife Nut: Has a preference for bladed weapons and loves to get up close and bloody in fights.
  • Sapient Eat Sapient: Upon discovering Bossk horribly wounded, Tasu suggests sautéing his liver instead of saving him with the implication that he has previously eaten Trandoshans.
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: He and Bossk have a lot of difficulty working together at first, mostly stemming from the fact that Tasu suggested eating his liver instead of saving his life. They do eventually bond over their mutual love of violence and finding worthy opponents.

    Razoo Qin-Fee 

Razoo Qin-Fee

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Nar Kanji

Portrayed by: Iko Uwais

One of Tasu Leech's lieutenants, Qin-Fee is a skilled fighter and tinkerer who modifies the gang's weapons.


  • Ace Custom: He designs weapons for the rest of the Kanjiklub, and his own personal weapon is the "Wasp", a blaster rifle he upgraded with a external accelerator barrel cage and a pump action gas compressor for quicker reloads, and he also painted it yellow.
  • Fight Clubbing: According to the Visual Dictionary, he was part of the illegal Zygerrian fighting circuit but got expelled for cheating. Which is both odd and impressive considering the sport has no rules.
  • Number Two: He is Leech's second-in-command.
  • Pyromaniac: The Visual Dictionary describes him as this. He carries several homemade explosives with him.

Kendoh Gang

    Kendoh Voss 

Kendoh Voss

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Serenno

Appearances: Allegiance | Galaxy's Edge

"This score will earn us enough so that I can return to Serenno and restore my family's fortunes. And never have to dodge laser fire ever again."

A member of a noble family from Serenno that has fallen on hard times, Kendoh leads her gang in various capers across the galaxy in hopes of earning enough credits to restore her family's fortune and reputation.


  • Blue Blood: Part of a noble family from Serenno, and certainly acts with the arrogance of a noble from that world.
  • Everyone Has Standards: She is horrified when she notices that Dok-Ondar has a baby sarlacc amongst his collection.
  • Impoverished Patrician: Her family has apparently lost most of its riches and Kendoh had to leave her homeworld to recover it through criminal activity.
  • Jerkass: She is a highly impatient and rude, even to her subordinates.

    Wooro 

Wooro

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Species: Aqualish

Appearances: Allegiance | Galaxy's Edge

The muscle of Kendoh's crew.


  • Kick the Dog: Starts a fight with a Wookiee in the marketplace of Batuu and knocks him out before reporting him to the First Order as a Resistance sympathizer in order to draw stormtroopers away from Dok-Ondar's store.

    Remex Io 

Remix Io

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Species: Clawdite

Appearances: Allegiance | Galaxy's Edge

The third member of Kendoh's crew. Remex is a shapeshifter and the team's pilot.


  • Humanshifting: As a Clawdite he can transform into any humanoid species that has a similar body type and size.
  • In the Hood: Walks around with a hood most of the time when not in a shifted form.
  • Pet the Dog: When an urchin tries to pickpocket him, Remex just buys him some food and tells him to get better at stealing or he will starve.

The Kouhun

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A secret society of assassins, blackmailers, and political manipulators in the Anoat Sector.


    Brother Cyst 

Brother Cyst

Species: Duros

Appearances: Uprising

A member of the Kouhun.


    Sixess 

Sixess

Species: Mirialan

Appearances: Uprising

A member of the Kouhun specializing in sabotage.


Mourner's Wail Syndicate

A syndicate headquartered out of a fortress on Dotharian in Hutt Space, the Mourner's Wail has a long-standing rivalry with the Unbroken Clan that erupted into open warfare during the reign of the Empire after both organization's heirs were killed.

    Khamdek 

Lord Khamdek

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Species: Human

Appearances: Bounty Hunters

"My clan may die with me, but while I live we bow to no one."

The leader of the Mourner's Wail, he took his syndicate to war with the Unbroken Clan following the death of his son Khamus. Khamdak controls his syndicate from a fortress on the planet Dotharian.


  • Affably Evil: Politely greets T'onga when she breaks into his fortress and notes how impressive she was in infiltrating and dispatching some of his guards even though he believes she is an assassin come to kill him.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Dearly loved his son and reignited a gang war over his death. He even would have understood his son falling in love and having a child with the heir to the Unbroken Clan and is horrified that Khamus tried to kill his lover and unborn child out of fear of what Khamdek would do.
  • Outliving One's Offspring: His son Khamus was killed by the bounty hunter Nakano Lash during a botched raid on an Unbroken Clan fortress. Khamdek places a massive bounty on her in retaliation and goes to war with the Unbroken Clan, convinced they paid Lash to betray and kill his son.
  • Papa Wolf: He has spent years seeking revenge against Nakano Lash for his son's death. The instant he learns he has a granddaughter, Khamdek vows to protect her and asks T'onga to put a crew together to find and bring her to him for safety.

    Khamus 

Khamus

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Species: Human

Appearances: Bounty Hunters

"Mess up and the Mourner's Wail Syndicate will do more than complain."

The son and heir of Lord Khamdek, killed several years prior the Battle of Yavin by the bounty hunter Nakano Lash.


  • Ain't Too Proud to Beg: He tries pleading for his life when he sees Nakano is about to kill him. She wasn't having it after witnessing him try to murder his pregnant lover.
  • Asshole Victim: The reason Nakano Lash killed him was because he was planning to murder his lover and their unborn child to save his own skin, which triggered her Trauma Button.
  • Bodyguard Betrayal: He was killed by Nakano while she was under his employ on a mission. It is widely assumed she was paid off by the Unbroken Clan to do so, when in reality she did it because Khamus tried to murder Krynthia.
  • Jerkass: Nakano and the other hunters he hired can barely stand him and he treats them with equal disdain. Not to mention deciding to betray his lover while they had been planning their escape and trying to murder her and their unborn child.
  • Offing the Offspring: He fears that his father will disown him or worse if he discovers that Khamus had a child with the heir to the Unbroken Clan and plots to murder the child before she is born, alongside his lover Krynthia.
  • Posthumous Character: He is dead years prior to the series began and is only seen in flashbacks.

Shadow University

An underground intellectual institution that deals with black market artifacts and both legitimate and illicit research.

    Eustacia Okka 

Eustacia Okka

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Species: Mirialan

Appearances: Doctor Aphra

A disgraced professor from the Shadow University, dismissed after it was determined that her claim of the existence of the cursed Rings of Vaale lacked credible evidence. She is also an ex-girlfriend of of Aphra.


  • Punny Name: Her Robot Buddy is named TA-418. TA is shorthand for "teaching assistant".
  • Token Good Teammate: Out of all of Aphra's associates, Okka is the only one who isn't a killer or secret manipulator plotting betrayal. She is very disturbed about everyone else's lack of morals and how quickly they jump to Murder Is the Best Solution.
  • Working with the Ex: She very reluctantly works with Aphra to find the rings, due to the threat of Ronan Tagge's men hounding her to work for him to find them instead.

    Detta Yao 

Detta Yao

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Species: Human

Appearances: Doctor Aphra

A fourth-year graduate student studying archaeology at the Shadow University. She hires Doctor Aphra to help her locate the subject of her doctoral thesis, the Rings of Vaale.


  • Affably Evil: While she isn't trustworthy and is happy to betray those she works with, her cheeriness and excitability aren't feigned at all.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: She seems nice and bubbly, but Word of God describes her as having a darker side. She turns out to have a hidden poisoned knife that she uses to defend herself from a thug and is happy to betray her partners while maintaining her same cheery demeanor.
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Appropirately enough for someone who admires Aphra, Detta is a fellow backstabber who is fond of betrayals.
  • Hero-Worshipper: After Aphra gave a guest lecture at the university Yao was inspired to follow in her footsteps. Which includes plotting to betray others for her own self-interest and profit.
  • Hidden Weapons: She has poisoned blades that she can pop out of the top of her gauntlets.
  • Master of Unlocking: Turns out to be quite the skilled lockpicker, and is even able to get out of handcuffs stealthfully.
  • Put on a Bus: Returns to the Shadow Academy after the first story arc of the second Doctor Aphra series. She returns in Issue #21 as part of a team Sana puts together to rescue Aphra.
  • Ship Tease: With Kho Phon Farrus, whom Detta enjoys working with as they have compatible skills in fights. Detta saves Kho's life during one fight, which caused them to blush, and later Detta stayed in contact with Kho even after they decided to remain with Crimson Dawn and was worried for their safety.
  • Wild Card: Even when seemingly cooperating with others, Detta often keeps information herself seemingly just for fun or to see what happens, like when she discovers a tracking device affixed to the Volt Cobra but does not inform anyone.

Sixth Kin

A criminal organization based out of the Worker's District of Canto Bight.

    Wen Delphis 

Wen Delphis

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Appearances: Doctor Aphra

The leader of the Sixth Kin.


  • The Fagin: The darkest version of this trope, as she takes in young children not just to be thieves but killers and threatens their loved ones to ensure they comply.
  • Insectoid Alien: She is from an unnamed species of spider-like aliens with six eyes and multiple appendages.
  • Jerkass: Mocks Just Lucky as trash and claims not to be surprised his "respectable" work with TaggeCo did not work out.
  • The Paranoiac: Her former lieutenant Gallin Crae claims she is this, and that the more power she obtained the worse she became, seeing betrayal everywhere and killing her closest associates one-by-one.

    Ariole Yu 

Ariole Yu

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Species: Human

A lieutenant in the Sixth Kin and Just Lucky's former boyfriend.


  • Affectionate Nickname: Lucky calls him Ari, but Ariole quickly shoots that down and reminds him that he lost the right to call him that long ago.
  • The Idealist: Just Lucky accuses him of foolishly being one when Ariole suggests that Crimson Dawn could take down the Sixth Kin and the Empire to improve things, while Lucky believes whatever replaces them would be worse. Ariole counters that he would rather be an idealist than a coward like Lucky.
  • Working with the Ex: Forced to work with Just Lucky again after he returns to the Sixth Kin.

    Just Lucky 

Just Lucky

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Species: Human

Appearances: Doctor Aphra | Bounty Hunters

"This is why I like working with you, Doc. You never take it personally."

A smuggler and assassin who is an on-and-off ally of Doctor Aphra. Due to his brother Pak's debts to the Sixth Kin, he finds himself often working as an enforcer for Wen Delphis.


  • Deuteragonist: Of the second volume of Doctor Aphra, with his story being told in parallel to hers.
  • Friendly Sniper: Or as "friendly" as you can get with a Lovable Rogue such as himself.
  • Lovable Rogue: Like Aphra, he's not loyal to anyone but himself. Except for his brother Pak, whose safety he will do anything to ensure.
  • The Mole: For Ronen Tagge, who is holding his brother's gambling debts and safety over Lucky's head.
  • Spear Counterpart: To Aphra, being a gay treacherous rogue up to his neck in debts and enemies who ends up having to work with an ex.
  • With Friends Like These...: He and Aphra betray each other every now and then to steal the winnings for themselves when they given the opportunity, but they both know it's Nothing Personal as Lovable Rogues and they continue to work together on subsequent heists regardless.
  • Working with the Ex: After being forced to return to working for the Sixth Kin to pay off his brother's debts, Lucky has to work with his ex-boyfriend Ariole Yu, a lieutenant in the Kin.

Son-tuul Pride

A Rodian controlled crime syndicate based on Son-tuul. They are a rival to the Hutts, and are thus targeted by the Empire after they make a deal with Jabba following the Battle of Yavin.

    0-0-0 

0-0-0 (Triple-Zero)

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Appearances: Darth Vader | Vader Down | The Misadventures Of Triple Zero And Beetee | Doctor Aphra | The Screaming Citadel | Dark Droids

"Hello, I'm Triple-Zero and I'm looking forward immensely to torturing you today."

An assassin droid built to look like a protocol droid and the product of one of Tarkin's research programs. He is later salvaged by Dr. Aphra and placed in Darth Vader's service. Triple-Zero later takes over as the Son-tuul Pride and becomes a criminal kingpin.


  • A.I. Is a Crapshoot: After searching long and hard for his first memories to discover who created him to be the perfect killing machine, he finds out that he was just a defective personality and his creator intended to junk him.
  • Arch-Enemy: Grows into this for Chelli Aphra after turning against her.
  • Ax-Crazy: Ruthless and sadistic as anything. He is not even truly loyal to Aphra despite his programming forcing him to obey her, and is actively looking for ways to get around it so he can murder her. When Aphra gets knocked out during Vader Down, Triple-Zero pretends to think she is dead so he can ignore his programming and orders BT to open fire with everything he has on the Rebels surrounding her.
  • Bad Boss: Regularly tortures and murders his henchmen as the leader of the Son-tuul Pride, and allows them all to be arrested or killed while he escapes Tolvan's raid on his base.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: He looks like a regular old protocol droid, with a taste for torture.
  • Big Bad: The fourth arc of Dr. Aphra has Triple-Zero become the main villain of the series, having blackmailed Aphra into becoming his operative and forcing her to commit crimes on his behalf, culminating in stealing his original memories from a highly-fortified imperial research facility.
  • Big Guy, Little Guy: Triple-Zero is the big guy to BT-1's little guy.
  • Bilingual Dialogue: Much of his banter with BT-1.
  • Blood Lust: Is convinced that the only reason organics rule the galaxy is because they have blood, and therefore Midi-chlorians. It's left unclear whether his plan to give droids the Force by installing syringes so they can refuel on the battlefield would actually have worked because Vader refuses to let him try.
  • Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: His introduction sentence amounted to "Hello, I am Triple-Zero and I specialize in protocol, etiquette and torture."
  • The Brute: For Vader, alongside BT-1.
  • Comedic Sociopathy: His completely nonchalant attitude about torture and murder is Played for Laughs.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Yep, and Dr. Aphra lampshades it after he gives her some lip about being sent into an old Geonosian droid factory.
  • Despair Event Horizon: After losing BT, being pitied by Aphra, and learning he was just a random mistake rather than the perfect killing machine he's always thought he was, making him no better than the organics he hates, Triple-Zero decides to set off the proximity bomb in his head. It takes BT's reactivation for him to change his mind.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His reactions to BT's death heavily implies that he cared about him on some level, and it's Aphra reactivating BT that convinces him not to destroy himself.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: He claims that he won't torture droids. This is complete banthacrap, since he's perfectly willing to kill or maim droids (he'll just turn of their pain receptors first). He simply prefers torturing organics.
  • Evil Counterpart: To C-3PO. At one point, Sana calls him "Creepio", just to really hammer it home.
  • Evil Is Not a Toy: Aphra may have him and Beetee on a leash, but when her conscience (such as it is) starts to get in the way of his bloodthirstiness, he demonstrates just how dangerous it is to leave him the slightest bit of wiggle room when he calls in Darth Vader. He uses Dr. Aphra's fear of Vader to blackmail her into working for him when he becomes a crime lord, and enjoys forcing her on missions with lots of killing.
  • Exact Words: When he has his lost arms replaced, the mechanic notices that Triple Zero's request for installed tools includes syringes, and can't help wondering what does a protocoll droid need for them. Triple Zero claims it's for medical emergencies. BT calls him out on lying, but he rejects the notion, on the grounds that he didn't specify whether he meant to solve or create said emergencies.
  • Fantastic Racism: Utterly despises biological creatures and believes in the superiority of droids over organic life.
  • Faux Affably Evil: His speech pattern is similar to C-3PO but this droid is very much ruthless and sadistic.
    Triple-Zero: I have good news and bad news about the gentlemen. Good news: I have great confidence that I have managed to extract all relevant information from *ahem* "Doctor Cylo-IV". I know the location of his research base and the nature of his commission from the Emperor, etcetera, etcetera.
    Darth Vader: Then dispose of him.
    Triple-Zero: Ah, then I have doubly good news: he's already dead.
  • Glowing Mechanical Eyes: Red ones at that.
  • Hidden Depths: While trying to sell his blood-fueled droids to Vader, he makes the observation that the Force is indifferent to droids. Considering that the Force was seen as old superstition by most of the galaxy, not to mention that 0-0-0 is a droid, it's surprising to say the least that he considers the Force real and worth counting.
  • Jerkass: A sadistic robot who loves torture and murder.
  • Killer Robot: He is an assassin droid after all.
  • Kill the Ones You Love: Well, not truly, but he references the trope when he gives the order to kill Aphra, as he truly enjoyed how much chaos, death, and pain she caused and hoped she'd come around to being as unrepentantly evil as he is.
    Triple-Zero: It's true what they say. Love is murder.
  • In Love with Your Carnage: One reason he followed Aphra for so long before betraying her is because of how much fun he had torturing and killing people on her behalf while getting to witness all the chaos she intentionally and unintentionally caused.
  • The Man Behind the Man: After breaking free of Aphra's control, Triple-Zero takes over the Son-tuul Pride with Yonak as his figurehead.
  • Omniglot: He can still serve as a protocol droid if the need arises.
  • Really 700 Years Old: The personality matrix that drives Triple-Zero is in fact centuries old. It was temporarily taken out of quarantine by the Tarkin Initiative in an attempt to control it, but it broke free and went on a three-year long murderous rampage before being recaptured and put back into quarantine.
  • Red and Black and Evil All Over: He has black plating with glowing red eyes.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: Triple-Zero has red lenses, as shown in his page image.
  • Ridiculously Human Robot: In the same vein as C-3PO.
  • Robotic Psychopath: Let's put it this way, he tries to kill Dr. Aphra soon after she reactivates him for no reason but force of habit. Evazan outright says Triple-Zero is the closest thing he's ever seen to "programmed evil." Although it turns out he wasn't programmed that way, he's just defective.
    Dr. Aphra: This is the Triple-Zero protocol personality matrix. Had a few bugs. Twitchy coupling. Neurocybernetic glitches. Tendency to drain organics to collect their blood. That kind of thing.
  • Sadist: See Torture Technician below.
  • Sore Loser: Has a great love of dejarik, but because most of his non-essential programmed skills have been removed to make room for torture protocols, he's absolutely awful at it — and doesn't take kindly to losing. When trying to prove he's a "good sport" to a bar patron mocking him, he offers out a deathly electrified hand to shake.
  • Servile Snarker: His programming means he has to serve Aphra and obey her commands. It doesn't mean he has to be polite about it.
  • Species Loyalty: He enjoys torturing and killing organics but is horrified at the destruction of droids. He refuses to torture them himself. However, he has no problem destroying a droid after turning off their pain receptors.
  • Torture Technician: One of his other specialties besides assassination and protocol. And he very much enjoys this line of work.
  • Tranquil Fury: The start of the fifth Dr. Aphra arc, Broken Inside, has Triple-Zero calmly massacre an entire spaceport while repeating Aphra's name over and over due to her encrypting his original memories. His attempt to claim to BT-1 that he is not angry is... unconvincing.
    0-0-0: Angry? Oh, goodness — no! So she put an unbreakable encryption on my most precious memories and vanished. Worst things happen on Kessel, as they say. I imagine I shall simply make some polite inquires. Take some... calm and measured steps. But angry? Bless your circuits. No, you know me Beetee. I don't get angry.

    BT-1 

BT-1

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An assassin droid built to look like a astromech droid and the product of one of Tarkin's research programs. He is later salvaged by Dr. Aphra and placed in Darth Vader's service.


  • Big Guy, Little Guy: The little guy to Triple Zero's big guy.
  • Evil Counterpart: To R2-D2. And to Chopper of Rebels fame, a similarly violent astromech with a mean streak but technically a good guy.
  • Kill It with Fire: BT-1 has a flamethrower, and he likes using it.
  • Killer Rabbit: Despite his harmless appearance, he is one of the nastiest droids out there and is feared throughout the Empire.
  • Killer Robot: He is an assassin droid after all.
  • Loophole Abuse: When a technician repairs and rearms them, but installs an Explosive Leash linked to their programming so he won't be killed afterwards, BT deactivates the Three Laws-Compliant programming on the man's robots so they can kill him.
  • More Dakka: Let's put it this way, he has the firepower to take out a Clone Wars droid battalion in a couple of seconds.
  • Morality Chain: While they're both evil, BT is able to reign in Triple Zero's more destructive instincts. In the final issue of Worst Among Equals, him being restored by Aphra not only keeps Triple Zero from destroying himself, it later makes him hesitate to kill Aphra later, when he has a clear opportunity to do so.
  • Self-Made Orphan: Soon after he was activated, he destroyed the research station and the team of scientists and engineers that created him.
  • Shout-Out: His missile launcher and gatling gun are specific references to the Marvel character War Machine.
  • Too Dumb to Live: His unrestrained bloodlust leads to him trying to kill Darth Vader in the fifth arc of Doctor Aphra. Vader cuts him in half with one strike.
  • Walking Armory: The amount of firepower he carries within his chassis is impressive.
  • We Can Rebuild Him: After being cut down by Vader, he is rebuilt and works with Tam Posla to hunt down Aphra and Triple-Zero.

    Yonak 

Yonak

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Species: Rodian

Appearances: Doctor Aphra

The son of the previous leader of the Son-tuul Pride. Yonak is among the criminals who attempts to acquire the Rur crystal from Dr. Aphra at her auction.


  • Cyborg: His right eye is a cybernetic replacement.
  • Enemy Mine: Combines his bid for the Rur crystal with Sutha, who was the Hutt clan's primary agent in taking down Yonak's father. That being said, he plans on betraying the Hutts should their bid win. They continue their partnership in a bid to escape when Rur acquires a droid body and begins wrecking havoc across the station.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He loved his father, and despises the Hutts for having helped the Empire kill him.
  • Puppet King: Triple-Zero and Beetee take over the Son-tuul Pride after escaping the Rur action with Yonak, turning him into little more than a terrified figurehead for the homicidal droids as they expand their criminal empire.
  • Single Tear: Sheds one after Triple-Zero and Beetee make him watch as they use him as bait to kill his own men, who are trying to confront him in under the mistake that he betrayed them only to learn that the two droids set them up.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: He does not appear at all in fourth arc of Dr. Aphra, despite its heavy focus on the Son-tuul Pride and Yonak becoming a figurehead for Triple-Zero.

    Rexa Go 

Rexa Go

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Species: Human (cyborg)

Appearances: Doctor Aphra

"Advance and annihilate. In that order."

A cyborg enforcer working for the Son-tuul Pride, she is assigned by Triple-Zero to watch over Aphra and ensure she follows his orders.


Spice Runners of Kijimi

Ascending to power in the wake of the fall of the Empire and Jabba's death, the Spice Runners of Kijimi quickly took control of the spice trade out of Kessel after first raiding spice transports and then arranging to control them.

    Zorii Bliss 

Zorii Bliss

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Kijimi

Portrayed by: Keri Russell
Appearances: Poe Dameron: Free Fall | The Rise of Skywalker

"Not that you care...but I think you're okay."

The leader of the Spice Runners. She spends most of her time in the Thieves' Quarter of Kijimi and crosses paths with the First Order and Resistance during their conflict.


  • Ace Pilot: She proves at the battle on Exegol that the Y-Wing, normally a slow and cumbersome starfighter, is a force to be reckoned in the hands of someone like her, skillfully evading incoming TIE Dagger fire by doing barrel rolls and singlehandedly blasting a Star Destroyer's cannon (thus taking down the entire ship with it), whereas multiple fighters had to gang up on another's cannon moments prior.
  • Advertised Extra: She had a fairly notable media presence leading up to the The Rise of Skywalker's release and got her own character poster, though in the film itself she only has a significant role in the second act, bringing the heroes to Babu Frik, giving Poe Dameron the resolve to lead the Resistance, and handing over First Order data medallion so they can board the Steadfast. Other than that, she plays a small part in the final battle and the celebration afterward.
  • Anchored Ship: Whatever's going on between her and Poe is left unresolved by the end of The Rise of Skywalker. She softens towards him after she helps him get to Babu Frik and asks him to come with her when she leaves for the Colonies. At the end of the film, Poe non-verbally suggests they go somewhere more private, but she declines. It's a lighthearted exchange and leaves their relationship open-ended.
  • Anti-Hero: She smuggles illegal drugs for a living and was initially willing to hand over Rey to the First Order purely for money (even though the First Order have been terrorizing her homeworld and she makes it clear she doesn't support them). However, in the end she does help the heroes and she comes to aid them on Exegol.
  • Ascended Extra: Poe Dameron: Free Fall gives her a much larger role compared to The Rise of Skywalker and expands on her character, in particular her history with Poe.
  • Big Damn Heroes: At the end of Free Fall, she saves Poe from her mother.
  • Cool Helmet: Wears a golden helmet with a black visor.
  • Damsel out of Distress: In Free Fall, she is led into a trap by another smuggler. She blasts the ceiling and pulls Poe and herself out of there. And in The Rise of Skywalker, she escapes Kijimi before it's destroyed.
  • Defeat Means Friendship: She's a criminal and introduced herself by holding the heroes at gunpoint and intended to give Rey to the First Order for bounty, but after Rey defeated her and her crew easily, she warms up to them and agrees to help them. Later during her private conversation with, she shows her softer side and asks Poe to come with her, with the implication that she still has feelings for him.
  • Disappeared Dad: Zorii's father is never mentioned.
  • Disney Death: It's implied she may have been killed when Kijimi is destroyed by the First Order, but she turns up alive at the end to aid the Resistance.
  • Doomed Hometown: Her homeworld of Kijimi is destroyed by the Final Order to send a message to the galaxy regarding what will happen to any world that defies it.
  • Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male: Once Poe's father and L'ulo track him down in Poe Dameron: Free Fall, Zorii shows her true colors. She acts disrespectful towards Kes, acts entitled and controlling towards Poe, and threatens to kill Poe if he leaves the Spice Runners of Kijimi, mocks Poe for being emotional and a romantic, punches Poe, then beats Poe up when he betrays the Spice Runners.
  • Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Downplayed, but in Free Fall, she can't seem to understand why Poe's father Kes almost sold his farm and made a deal with shady pirates in order to track his son down.
  • The Faceless: Her full face is never seen in the film, merely her eyes at one point.
  • Faux Action Girl: Downplayed. She's the leader of a group of spice smugglers with years of experience and wields blasters, but in the film itself she only gets into one direct fight that we see and promptly gets her butt kicked by Rey (who is admittedly Force-sensitive). Zorii does turn up later at the battle on Exegol, though the most we see her do is take out two TIE Daggers and a Star Destroyer's cannon before joining up with Poe.
  • Form-Fitting Wardrobe: Her skin-tight suit leaves little to imagine.
  • Generation Xerox: Free Fall reveals her mother Zeva was the originally the leader of the Spice Runners and Zorii ends up following in her footsteps.
  • Greater Need Than Mine: She somehow managed to obtain a First Order captain's medallion, which can give the user's ship universal clearance, and intended to use it to leave Kijimi for a better life. However, she insists that Poe take it so he can infiltrate a Star Destroyer to rescue Chewbacca.
  • Guns Akimbo: Subverted. She always has two blasters on her and she's depicted wielding them simultaneously on the theatrical release poster, but in the film itself she's only seen using one blaster while keeping the other holstered.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Happens off-screen, but she seems to have grown out of her violent behavior from Free Fall.
  • Heroic Ambidexterity: According to the Visual Dictionary, she's ambidextrous and tries to avoid giving this away in combat so as to catch opponents off-guard.
  • Ironic Name: Her surname Bliss means 'perfect happiness or joy', but Zorii herself comes off as quite a jaded and abrasive individual, first introduced holding the heroes at gunpoint and furiously chewing out Poe for abandoning her crew.
  • Last Episode, New Character: She's first introduced in The Rise of Skywalker, the final episode in the Sequel Trilogy.
  • Ms. Fanservice: Downplayed as her appearance isn't hugely revealing and she doesn't show any skin except for her eyes briefly, though her Spy Catsuit is rather clingy and shows off her figure.
  • New Old Flame: She's this to Poe Dameron; it's revealed they knew each other from his days as a spice runner and she's still pissed off at him for screwing them over, yet she she also shows lingering affection for him and they're flirtatious with each other.
  • Not Good with Rejection: Although there were other factors at play, Free Fall indicates that Zorii's antagonism towards Poe is partly rooted in him rejecting her offer to take over the Spice Runners, which she's been bitter about for over a decade.
  • The Resenter: Towards Poe for abruptly ditching her and the other spice runners to join the Resistance; in spite of this she does still care about him and is persuaded to help him.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: She helps Poe, Rey and Finn sneak aboard a First Order ship to rescue Chewie and retrieve a Sith dagger to find Exegol. Although everything to do with the dagger ends up being inconsequential, they do save Chewie.
  • Stylish Protection Gear: She wears a maroon bodysuit with gold accessories, which presumably protects her from Kijimi's frigid climate.
  • Tsundere: Default "Harsh". She's introduced holding a blaster to Poe's head and saying how she "wants to see [his] brains in the snow". A few scenes later, she's gently encouraging him not to give up hope of defeating the First Order and gives him a rare item to help save Chewie.
  • Violently Protective Girlfriend: In Free Fall, she kills Ledesmar after she stabs Poe, and at the end of the novel, she pushes her mother away from Poe as she's about to kill him and engages with her in a swordfight over that.
  • We Can Rule Together: At the end of Free Fall she suggests to Poe they should take control of the Spice Runners after they defeat Zeva and run the gang together, but Poe has become disillusioned with a life of crime and refuses. It's implied that Poe's rejection is part of the reason she is resentful towards him in The Rise of Skywalker.

    Babu Frik 

Babu Frik

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Species: Anzellan

Homeworld: Kijimi

Portrayed by: Shirley Henderson (voice)

A tiny droidsmith working among the Spice Runners of Kijimi.


  • Mr. Fixit: He can reprogram or modify virtually any droid, regardless of the security measures protecting its systems.
  • Nice Guy: He is far friendlier than most of the Spice Runners. After Poe' betrays them and is attempting to flee Kijimi, Babu can't directly aid him, but does note a few useful items in his shop that Poe could steal.
  • Ridiculously Cute Critter: He's one hyper-adorable little alien.
  • You No Take Candle: He mostly speaks in his native language but can also speak in an extremely broken form of Basic.

    Zeva 

Zeva

Species: Human

The leader of the Spice Runners in 18 ABY.


  • Ambiguous Situation: We don't know if Zorii killed her or not after their battle.
  • Anti-Nepotism: Zorii may be her daughter, but she doesn't give her special treatment and Zorii still has to prove herself a valuable member of the Spice Runners before she's permanently welcomed into the gang.
  • Connected All Along: It's revealed near the end of Free Fall that Zeva is Zorii's mother.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: Learning that Tomasso was not a spy for the New Republic and had been framed by Sela Trune horrifies her, as he had been her closest friend and confidant before she murdered him.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Her stabbing Trune distracted the Chagrian guard from strangling Poe long enough for Poe to kill him in self-defense.
  • The Queenpin: She's the overarching leader of the Spice Runners and has ambitions to expand the gang's influence across the galaxy.
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Realizes Poe betrayed her and the Spice Runners and attacks him viciously and violently.

    Tomasso 

Tomasso

Species: Human

A high-ranking member of the Spice Runners, second only to Zeva in 18 ABY.


  • The Mentor: He oversees the training of Zorii and Poe when they are young teen members of the Spice Runners. His murder at the hands of Zeva disillusions Poe completely on his life of crime while Zorii resents her mother for it.
  • The Mole: He eventually becomes an informant for the New Republic, secretly feeding them intel about the Spice Runners. However, this turns out to be false information planted by a vengeful New Republic intelligence officer seeking to destroy the Spice Runners.
  • Number Two: Zorii describes him as being second only to Zeva, the gang's leader, in the Spice Runners' hierarchy.
  • Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Zeva kills him after learning he has become a New Republic informant. When she learns he was innocent she is horrified.
  • Undying Loyalty: He is known as Zeva's most trustworthy lieutenant who has no greater ambitions for himself. Despite this, Zeva still believed the false evidence of his betrayal, which Sela Trune mocks her for.

Unbroken Clan

A criminal organization based on Corellia and led for more than a hundred generations by the same family line. During the Galactic Civil War they engaged a massive gang war with their longtime rivals the Mourner's Wail Syndicate after the heir to the Unbroken Clan was assassinated by agents of the Mourner's Wail.

    Vukorah 

Grand Leader Vukorah

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Species: Human

A general of the Unbroken Clan who led their war against the Mourner's Wail. She eventually overthrew the Grand Leader and claimed the title for herself after allying with Crimson Dawn.


  • Animal Lover: Her only known redeeming quality is her love for animals, after having had a tooka as a child that the Grand Leader killed in front of her due to believing it made her weak. As such she is horrified and extremely upset at having to kill Losha's pet Nexu in self-defense. She is so heartbroken over having to do so that she is left trying to justify herself to the women she was just trying to kill and walks away without attacking Losha again.
  • Arc Villain: Of issues 7-10 of Doctor Aphra's second run, competing with the doctor and Sana Starros for a possible working path engine.
  • Big Bad: She is the primary antagonist of the Bounty Hunters comic series, with her hunt for Cadeliah and rise to power within the Unbroken Clan driving much of the plot.
  • Crazy Cat Lady: After killing Losha's Nexu, she ends up in a state of depression and adopts multiple tooka cats. After teaming up with Losha, she uses these tooka cats against the Droid Scourge on Epikonia.
  • Eye Scream: Both of her eyes have scars. The cause of the damage to the left is unknown, but the right was due to being grazed by a blaster bolt fired by Sanna Starros.
  • From Nobody to Nightmare: Was once a street rat, but grew up to seize control of one of the most ruthless and feared criminal syndicates in the galaxy.
  • The Heavy: Due to the Grand Leader's depression over his daughter's death causing him to never leave his palace on Corellia, Vukorah led the forces of the Unbroken Clan against the Mourner's Wail and in most of their other operations.
  • Self-Made Orphan: The Grand Leader of the Unbroken Clan was the closest she had to a father and she murdered him to take control as the new Grand Leader.
  • Single Tear: Sheds one after murdering the Grand Leader.
  • The Starscream: Overthrew the Grand Leader of the Unbroken Clan and purged his supporters in order to seize the organization for herself after essentially having run it since his daughter died several years prior.
  • Street Urchin: Was one before being taken in by the leader of the Unbroken Clan, who raised her like she was a daughter. However, he revealed just before his death that he never really saw her as his daughter.
    Vukorah: I dedicated my life to you! To this syndicate! I was more of a daughter to you than she ever was!
    Grand Leader: Not to me. To me, you will always be just a street rat.
    Vukorah: I guess deep down I always knew yow you felt. Maybe I hoped If i gave everything to the Unbroken Clan, you would notice my worth.
  • "Well Done, Daughter!" Girl: As shown by the quote under Street Urchin, Vukorah was always desperate for the approval of her adopted father, and killed him after realizing she would never get it due to his grief over his birth daughter and how he despised her origins.
  • Would Hurt a Child: She is hunting for Cadeliah to kill her due to the girl being the heir to both the Unbroken Clan and Mourner's Wail, which would enable her to challenge Vukorah's own position as the new leader of the Unbroken Clan.
  • You Have Failed Me: When Vukorah finds Deathstick waiting for her in a safe house, she shoots the minion who assured her that said safe house was secure.

White Worms

A criminal organization based in the slums of Corellia's capital, Coronet City.

    Proxima 

Lady Proxima

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Species: Grindalid

Homeworld: Corellia

Lady Proxima is the fearsome matriarch of the White Worms. She rules Corellia's black market from a tangle of sewer tunnels beneath Corellia's Coronet City. A briny pool serves as a throne room where Proxima feeds her hatchlings and commands the urchins known as scrumrats.


  • Aliens Speaking English: She's rather fluent in Basic for a Starfish Alien.
  • Bad Boss: She exploits poor and/or orphaned children to do her dirty work, has no trouble sending them into volatile situations and punishes them harshly if they don't carry out her orders to her liking (she has Han beaten when he returns from a botched exchange, even though he was the one who got turned on by the buyers). And she actually seems to expect the kids to be grateful to her for 'saving' them.
  • Distaff Counterpart: Could be considered one to Unkar Plutt. They're both scumbags who force children to work dangerous jobs to earn them money, in exchange for measly food portions, and send their goons to beat up The Hero when they displease them.
    • Could also be considered one to Jabba the Hutt, as both of them are nasty, slug-like Starfish Aliens (although Proxima is closer to a centipede or a grub) who control large criminal gangs and have a bone to pick with Han Solo.
  • The Fagin: She sends her scrumrats out in the streets of Coronet City to pick pockets and barter stolen goods, and punishes them if they don't bring her money or goods or try to flee.
  • I Am a Humanitarian: In the novelization Qi'ra believes she might eat Han as a punishment for not selling the coaxium. In Midnight Horizon she joins three of her siblings and mother in devouring Nomar Tralmat in vengence for murdering one of her siblings.
  • Innate Night Vision: The novelization says her species have it.
  • Insectoid Aliens: She looks like a giant larva.
  • Long-Lived: She was alive during the High Republic era, making her at least over two centuries old.
  • Multi-Armed and Dangerous: She has twelve of them.
  • Starfish Aliens: She has no humanoid features whatsoever.
  • Two-Faced: Han breaking a window in her lair burns the right side of her face, permenantly scarring it.
  • Weakened by the Light: She has to live in the dark, as she can get badly burned by the light of Corellia's sun.

    Moloch 

Moloch

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Species: Grindalid

Homeworld: Corellia

Voiced by: Andrew Jack (voice), Harley Durst (suit)

A White Worm enforcer, Moloch ensures none of Lady Proxima's scrumrats works against her. He is one of the few Grindalids willing to venture out of the sewers into the damaging Corellian sunlight.


  • Bilingual Dialogue: Unlike Proxima, he speaks in the native tongue of his people, but understands Basic nonetheless.
  • Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism: Apparently, female Grindalids such as Lady Proxima look like giant larvae while males such as Moloch have humanoid features.
    • Subverted in that his legs are in actuality tail segments.
  • Evil Sounds Deep: His voice is very low-pitched and intimidating.
  • The Dragon: He is Lady Proxima's main enforcer.
  • Innate Night Vision: The novelization says the Grindalids have it so Qi'ra doesn't see the point in trying to hide from him in the dark corridors.
  • Kryptonite-Proof Suit: His suit protects him from the damages of the Corellian sunlight.
  • Malevolent Masked Men: His protective armor's mask makes him look menacing.
  • Right-Hand Attack Dog: He uses Corellian hounds when going after Han Solo and Qi'ra.
  • The Starscream: In the novelization, he's secretly glad that Han attacked Lady Proxima because it made her look weak which would mean her rivals would be more likely to assassinate her, giving Moloch a chance to control the gang.
  • Weakened by the Light: Like other Grindalids, he has to live in the dark as he can get badly burned by Corellia's sunlight. He has to wear a customized protective armor when venturing outside.

    Rebolt 

Rebolt

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Corellia

Portrayed by: Ian Kenny
Appearances: Most Wanted | Solo | Crimson Climb

Rebolt was a young human male criminal who worked for the notorious White Worms gang.


    Tsuulo 

Tsuulo

Species: Rodian

Homeworld: Coruscant

Appearances: Most Wanted

A Rodian member of the White Worms. Originally from Coruscant, he and his brother Reezo ended up relocating to Corellia after the death of their parents. Tsuulo joined Han and Qi'ra when they found themselves tangled up in a skirmish between crime syndicates.


  • Parental Abandonment: His parents were killed in a speeder accident when he was young.
  • The Smart Guy: Knows his way around technology and is usually seen carrying a datapad around. His technical know-how proves invaluable when Han and Qi'ra are on the run after they came into possession of an important data cube.
  • Token Minority: Tsuulo was the first non-human and non-Grindalid scrumrat to be accepted into the White Worms.
  • Token Religious Teammate: As a kid on Coruscant Tsuulo once visited a secret museum dedicated to the Force, and ever since he's been a firm believer of the Force and often prays to it for guidance. Han and Qi'ra are expectedly unconvinced by Tsuulo's preaching.

    Lexi 

Lexi

Species: Human

Homeworld: Corellia

Portrayed by: Lily Newmark
Appearances: Solo

A young scrumrat who works as a thief for Lady Proxima.


  • It's All About Me: She's willing to potentially deprive a fellow scrumrat of food if it means getting more for herself.
  • Kids Are Cruel: She is introduced stealing another scrumrat's loot in order to get an extra portion from Lady Proxima. Then again, these kids are starving, so it's likely she's motivated more by desperation than purely malice.
  • Street Urchin: She's one of several urchins who works with the White Worms to survive.

The Xrexus Cartel

    Xev Xrexus 

Xev Xrexus

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"I am your hostess—Xev Xrexus—and it is my honor to facilitate this little soiree."

Species: Human

Homeworld: Drazkel

Appearances: Darth Maul

"I see no reason we shouldn't avoid any unpleasantness. After all, I appreciate a little rashness every now and then."

The Boss-Mistress of the Xrexus Cartel. Some time before the Invasion of Naboo, her syndicate captured Jedi Padawan Eldra Kaitis and intended to auction her off to the highest bidder. That is, until the unknown Sith apprentice known as Darth Maul came into the picture.


  • Alliterative Name: Xev Xrexus.
  • Asshole Victim: Maul eliminates her to cover his tracks, and the galaxy was all the better for it.
  • Face Death with Dignity: When Maul arrives to kill her, Xrexus remains clam and wistfully notes that had she known she was about to be murdered, she would have gotten a better vintage to drink.
  • Rich Bitch: She clearly has no morals, doing whatever she wants as long as she gets that money and she stays at the top.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Like every mob boss here, she sees selling off a Jedi apprentice that just so happens to be a Twi'lek girl as a great way to make some credits. Her clients are fine with it too, per usual.
  • Xtreme Kool Letterz: This woman has three X's in her name. And a V.

Zann Consortium

A crime syndicate active at least after the Galactic Civil War. Its members are enemies of the Black Sun, particularly in the Anoat sector of the Outer Rim.

    In General 
  • Adaptational Wimp: In Legends, the Zann Consortium was a strong contender for the third galaxy superpower during the Galactic Civil War: it owned massive fleets with unique technology, had many powerful Force users in its staff, and is possibly the only organization that could boast of having battled both the Empire and the Rebellion at the same time and come out victorious. In contrast, its canonical counterpart has not fully shown the extent of its military might, but the fact that it butts heads in equal terms with the Black Sun, which suffered a heavy case of Adaptational Wimp itself, implies the Consortium didn't fare much better at this field. The de-canonization of the battles fought by the Consortium in Legends also erases its best achievements on the battlefield, replacing them with small scale mob wars in faraway planets.
  • Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In Legends, Tyber Zann and Thrawn were old friends back in their imperial beginnings, when the former was top student in the military academy on Carida and the latter hadn't risen to admiral yet, and even after Zann was kicked out and became a galaxy-level criminal, Thrawn still felt friendly enough to warn Zann not to challenge the Empire a second time. In the Disney canon, no word is given about the Consortium's founder or leadership, omitting any relation to Thrawn or the Empire.
  • Canon Immigrant: Originally a faction from the videogame Empire at War, it was canonized by Disney in Star Wars: Uprising.
  • Cryptic Background Reference: His only canonical appearance yet amounts to a mention that only people familiar with Legends could recognize.
  • Demoted to Extra: Downplayed, if only because the Zann Consortium from Legends was actually not featured in more than a handful of works (though it had a solid place in the canon and no work actually contradicted it). However, the Consortium's main appearance in Empire at War showed it as a very powerful faction even at the end of the Civil War, especially after raiding Palpatine's secret vaults and collecting his untold riches, while in canon the Consortium is seemingly little more than a random mob.
  • N.G.O. Superpower: Downplayed. Unlike its Legends counterpart, this version is clearly nowhere near the level of galactic superpowers like the New Republic or the First Order, but its rivalry with the Black Sun implies the Consortium still has a lot of influence on the underworld of many planets.
  • Satellite Character: Little is said about them in Disney continuity aside from the fact that they have an enmity with the Black Sun.
  • Schrödinger's Canon: The original Zann Consortium was named after its founder, Tyber Zann. Its canonical counterpart retains the name, which means there should still be some guy surnamed Zann behind it, but nothing about it has been confirmed or disproved.

Codebreakers / Slicers

    DJ 

"Don't Join"

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"Live free. Don't join."

Species: Human

Portrayed by: Benicio del Toro
Dubbed by: Boris Rehlinger (European French)
Appearances: DJ | The Last Jedi

"No bad guys, no good guys, just business."

A mysterious slicer that Finn and Rose meet in Canto Bight. When their plan to recruit the Master Codebreaker for the Resistance fails, they're forced to settle for his services instead.


  • Affably Evil: He's certainly not the kind of person that you'd want to actually associate yourself with, but he's genuinely polite enough that you wouldn't regret spending any time with him. Even though, y'know, he's a criminal.
  • Alternate Company Equivalent: To Vila Restal in Blake's 7. They both have very similar personalities and outlooks on life as well as being weak fighters. However, Vila is a bit more principled and would be disgusted by D.J's selling out Finn and Rose to the First Order.
  • Badass Longcoat: Though he isn't really a badass (not a fighter, certainly) he's still a "cool" sort of guy in a long, dark, tattered yet somewhat stylish coat.
  • Bait the Dog: Yeah, he's a criminal and a scumbag, but so are some of the franchise's most beloved characters. And while he may seem cruel by demanding Rose's Tragic Keepsake as payment, he makes up for it by giving it back to her afterwards. Didn't stop him from selling the Resistance out to the First Order to save his own skin, did it?
  • Buffy Speak: A touch of this. Like using "Blip Blappity Bloop" when describing the plan.
  • Bunny-Ears Lawyer: DJ is an amoral, eccentric, Rummage Sale Reject slicer Only in It for the Money. But he is insanely good at what he does, to the point he can hack the security systems of the best guarded starship in the galaxy and make it look easy. Lampshaded by the official preview material, which describes him as having "threadbare clothes and [a] lackadaisical attitude that conceal a sharp mind and expert skills".
  • Contrasting Sequel Main Character:
    • Could be considered TLJ's answer to Lando, with a few distinctions. He's unkempt and jailed when we meet him, counter to Lando's high status on Bespin. Oh, and while Lando betrays the heroes due to coercion, realizes his mistake and makes amends, DJ was motivated by money and feels no remorse.
    • Also TLJ's answer to Han Solo: He's Only in It for the Money, Not in This for Your Revolution, his unkempt appearance and speech impediment bring to mind the Running Gag of everyone underestimating his ship, the Millennium Falcon. Except that he really is only in it for the money, doesn't care about your revolution, and will sell you out to your enemies without a moment's hesitation. It's just business to him.
    • Also TLJ's answer to Boba Fett: In contrast, he's just a regular locked up criminal while Boba has a reputation as the galaxy's best bounty hunter. Though neither of them actually care about the war and are Only in It for the Money, while also being efficient at their jobs. There's really not that much different between them. All he cares about is getting paid no matter which side happens to have the higher price. Similar to how Boba's association with the Empire boils down to just being hired by them whenever they need his service.
  • Cool People Rebel Against Authority: He sees society and the people in it as one big dumb machine so he prefers to live on the margins and exploit and scam them in response.
  • The Cracker: In the Star Wars universe, hackers are known as "slicers".
  • Deadpan Snarker: He notes that he can't help but to overhear Finn and Rose's conversation... Because they're speaking so loudly.
  • Devil in Plain Sight: DJ is an off-kilter criminal that Finn and Rose are slow to trust and only join forces with when there's no other options, despite the fact DJ openly states he doesn't pick sides and only cares about money. If you were expecting a Han Solo type, you were wrong, since he's exactly what he says he is and sells the Resistance out to the First Order.
  • Dirty Coward: When things go south and The First Order gave DJ the choice to "sing" (and get a fat reward) or get executed, he chose the former.
  • Dramatic Stutter: DJ has a notable Speech Impediment that comes and goes as he talks. In contrast to most examples of the trope, it actually has kind of a double purpose: the stutter makes him creepier before the characters get to know him, and the nonchalant way he carries himself with it underlines how damn relaxed he is afterwards.
  • Dressing as the Enemy: He joins Rose and Finn in their First Order infiltration mission.
  • Fair-Weather Friend: Seems to have shades of this... especially when you consider DJ's "buddy-buddy" interactions with "Roundy" (BB-8). Finn and Rose also are genuinely shocked and besides themselves when he betrays them since they (and we the audience) were kind of starting to actually like him.
  • Gentleman Thief: Seems to be mostly his M.O. in the comic about him; He mainly scams casinos and the wealthy and powerful and the one exception turns out to be a subversion.note 
  • Grey-and-Gray Morality: DJ discusses his belief that there is no good or evil people when Finn's constant claims of Black-and-White Morality get on his nerves. How? By showing Finn that the previous owner of their newly-stolen ship was an arms dealer who sold to the First Order and Resistance alike.
    DJ: It's all machine, partner. Live free, don't join.
  • Heel–Face Revolving Door: As part of his personal philosophy, he's not one to actually pick a side for too long. Case in point, he later sells out the Finn and Rose to the First Order, allowing him to walk free and getting hundreds of Resistance fighters killed.
  • Hidden Depths: DJ's lackadaisical mannerisms belie a surprisingly jaded and pessimistic worldview. He figures that at the end of the day, there are no "Good Guys" or "Bad Guys" — just fools who fight and jerks who profit from it, and he'd rather be the latter. There's also some ambiguous depths that are revealed just before and after his betrayal — just before, he gives Rose her down-payment back seemingly out of genuine kindness, and after, he seems to display at least some degree of remorse over selling the Resistance out.
    Finn: You're wrong.
    DJ: ...Maybe.
  • Hipster: Seems to be this mixed with being a Hobo.
  • Hobos: Certainly comes off as one. Also seems to have some shades of Hipster.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Played with. DJ demands Rose's necklace, her only reminder of her beloved, now deceased sister, as payment for his help, but he later gives it back to her and reveals he only wanted it because the metal it's made from is an excellent conductor. The audience thus learns that DJ isn't all bad under his rough exterior. Then he sells her and Finn out to the First Order for a much more sizable reward than the Resistance could give him and callously leaves them to die, reminding the audience that not all bad doesn't mean secretly good. And then again, he does show what seems to be remorse for what he has done, hinting he is not as completely amoral as he looks.
  • Karma Houdini: DJ betrays the Resistance, gets hundreds of Resistance fighters killed and waltzes out with no comeuppance whatsoever. This is pretty much the last we see him in the film.
  • Lack of Empathy: He has a very blasé attitude toward the conflict between the Resistance and the First Order despite all the suffering it causes. This attitude extends to selling out hundreds of people to their deaths to make a tidy profit, including two people who trusted him.
    DJ: They blow you up today, you blow them up tomorrow.
  • Lovable Rogue: He's played up as one. A shady criminal recruited to the rebels side who says he's Only in It for the Money, but has hints that there might a nobler side to him. Turns out, he really is only in it for the money, and may even have been scamming Finn and Rose from the start.
  • Mirror Character: As a Deconstruction of the Lovable Rogue, D.J. is very similar to a pre-Character Development Han Solo. He teams up with the heroes for the money, while constantly reminding them that he's Not in This for Your Revolution and telling the younger, naive heroes the rebellion/resistance is a lost cause and they be better off abandoning it. The similarities emphasize the difference that Han decides to help the rebels out and save Luke when the chips are down, while D.J. happily sells the Resistance out to the First Order when they make him a better offer.
  • The Nicknamer: Gives our heroes pet names, mainly "Roundy" (for BB-8, who he seemed to have a fondness for) and "Big-F" for Finn.
  • No Name Given: His name is not given in The Last Jedi. Word of God and advertising material calls him "DJ" after his personal motto, "Live free, Don't Join".
  • Nothing Personal: He tries to say something like this when he sells out Finn and Rose, but due to his Lack of Empathy it comes across as cold and uncaring, even if his last line and body language implies it is genuine.
  • Not-So-Badass Longcoat: Is more like this than a Badass Longcoat (seeing that he's not into fighting), but he still looks cool.
  • Only in It for the Money: He doesn't care one way or another about the conflict between the Resistance and the First Order, and his only goal is to find a way to make some credits off the chaos. Unsurprisingly his loyalty to the Resistance evaporates the moment he realizes things have failed leaving him with no pay and minutes to live. He's even able to swing a reward out of the First Order in the process, the subsequent deaths bothering him not at all. That said, he does appear to show some guilt in his body language and, assuming he wasn't scamming from the start, it was either betrayal or death.
  • Opportunistic Bastard: DJ couldn't care less about politics or loyalty, he's just about seizing opportunities to make money. He overhears Finn and Rose's plan by chance while they're in prison together and only convinces them to let him help after they coincidentally run into him a second time. He then sells them out and tells the First Order about the Resistance's plan to escape, all for a larger payout. Though it's ambiguous whether he was conning Finn and Rose the entire time, or if he decided the First Order would pay better.
  • Pet the Dog:
    • He initially demands Rose's necklace as a deposit for his services, but returns it to her after it turns out he only needed it as a conductor.
    • He also appears to be a bit buddy-buddy with BB-8....whom he affectionately refers to as "Roundy" and the droid even went with him when he initially ditched to jail (reuniting with Rose & Finn on the beach).
    • The one-shot comic about him seems to show that DJ mainly only scams the rich and powerful, casinos, other crooks and big business (rather than the poor, average person, old widows, etc. like a lot of con-artists). In a way, despite his betrayal in The Last Jedi, he may genuinely be a Lovable Rogue (albeit one who's averse to fighting and wouldn't give his life for a cause).
  • The Philosopher: Of the Postmodernism, Hipster, Straw Nihilist variety.
  • The Pig-Pen: Wears dirty clothes and is certainly a very scruffy guy. Possibly justified by being in a literal dungeon with no shower or washing machine, as it is never revealed how much time is he supposed to have been there for before Finn and Rose find him.
  • Rugged Scar: Has a distinct scar on his upper-cheek.
  • Rummage Sale Reject: DJ might be an expert hacker, but you won't see him on a fashion walkway any time soon.
  • Shout-Out: Benicio Del Toro compared DJ's personality to the sort of character you'd see in a Dostoevsky novel, or a song by Bob Dylan or Tom Waits.
  • Shadow Archetype: Essentially he's one to Finn in the film. Up to this point, Finn still didn't really care about the Resistance cause and just wanted to get away from the conflict. But the adventure with Rose opened his eyes to the bigger picture and DJ is essentially him if he never learned that lesson, uncaring to the suffering of the oppressed around them and just looking out for himself by any means necessary. DJ selling them out ultimately clinches things and finally pushes Finn into finally fighting for someone other than himself.
  • The Sociopath: Subverted. Not caring that the information you sold out murdered hundreds of people is just as despicable as cackling in evil glee about it, especially if you coldly add that the hefty amount of cash you got for said betrayal is an adequate justification for doing so. However, his body language does indicate some genuine resignation, if not even guilt, and it was either selling out his allies for wealth and leaving unharmed or suffering a certain brutal death. Being a "True Neutral" with no dog in either fight, what would be the sense of dying for a cause one doesn't believe in? He comes across as less "evil" and more "selfish cowardly jerk".
  • Spanner in the Works: His betrayal of Finn and Rose not only screws them over, but it completely derails their plan — the First Order learns of the escaping transports and hundreds of Resistance soldiers get killed in the process.
  • Speech Impediment: He has a stutter that comes and goes, sometimes bordering on Porky Pig Pronunciation. It could pass as a nervous tick if he weren't so laid back.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: The last we see of him is him going towards his ship, not him flying off. As such, it's unclear whenever he flew off or died when Holdo crashed into the ship before he could leave. The cut scene where Rose bites Hux's finger seems to indicate the former, as when Hux scurries off, the ship isn't there in the background at all.
  • What the Hell Is That Accent?: DJ's accent is very...Benicio Del Toro-ish. His frequent mumbling and Dramatic Stutter only make it that much weirder.
  • Wild Card: Serves no one but himself. He agrees to help Finn and Rose at first by leading them abroad Snoke's flagship, only to betray them later and reveal the Resistance's plan to Hux when captured and offered a reward, before getting away scot-free and leaving Finn and Rose to die.

    The Master Codebreaker 

The Master Codebreaker

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Species: Human

Portrayed by: Justin Theroux
Appearances: The Last Jedi

A human codebreaker recommended by Maz Kanata, who was sought out by Finn and Rose to stop the Supremacy from tracking the Resistance.


  • Ace Pilot: According to Maz, the Master Codebreaker is also a expert pilot.
  • The Cameo: He is played by Justin Theroux, while Lily Cole plays one of his companions.
  • The Cracker: He wasn't titled the "Master Codebreaker" for nothing.
  • Interspecies Romance: Maz hints at a past relationship between them.
  • It's All About Me: When Maz's Smuggler's Guide fell into his hands, the Master Codebreaker was convinced the entire thing was a coded puzzle left to him by Maz, and eventually believes he decoded it with a message from her wishing him a happy new year. The whole book was in fact a little element of chaos Maz threw out into the galaxy for fun and to guide young members of the underworld.
  • No Name Given: Maz does not provide his name to Finn and Rose, and the Master Codebreaker keeps that information very closely guarded.
  • Public Secret Message: He posted all of his personal information in a public terminal but made it heavily encrypted. Anyone who managed to successfully uncover the information was welcome to take his mantle.
  • Red Herring: Within the film itself, a man wearing a red floral symbol on his lapel that Maz Kanata recommends as a master codebreaker is seen at one of the tables in Canto Bight, but the audience never finds out if it really was him or if he could have helped the heroes, as ultimately the whole endeavor is for naught.

    Lovey 

Lovey

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Species: Human

Portrayed by: Lily Cole
Appearances: The Last Jedi

A companion of the Master Codebreaker who is secretly seeking to usurp his title.


  • No Name Given: Follows in the Master Codebreaker's footsteps by not using her real name, going by the nickname Lovey instead.
  • The Starscream: She attached herself to the Master Codebreaker in order to learn his techniques firsthand and use them to crack his encrypted terminal and take his title.

Smugglers and Spacers

    Radicaz Dobbs 

Radicaz "Sunshine" Dobbs

See his entry on the Path of the Open Hand page.

    L3-37 

L3-37

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"REBELLION!"

Portrayed by: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Appearances: Last Shot | Lando's Luck | Double or Nothing | Solo | The Empire Strikes Backnote  | From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back | War of the Bounty Hunters note 

"So glad we took this job!"

L3-37, abbreviated L3, is a feminine hodgepodge droid associated with Lando Calrissian. She is a one-of-a-kind droid, assembling and improving herself with scraps of other droids.


  • Brain/Computer Interface: Can plug herself in to the Millennium Falcon.
  • Brain Uploading: After her destruction, her navigational system and memory is uploaded to the Millennium Falcon's computer, giving the Falcon its unique personality. This further gels with the old Star Wars d6 sourcebook stating that the Falcon has three sentient droid brains installed for extra computer power.
  • The Comically Serious: Like K-2SO, even when L3's not being sarcastic whatever she says is funny (just see her enthusiasm during most of the Kessel mission).
  • Crazy-Prepared: In Last Shot, L3 built a team of droids in her image to scour the galaxy for the Phylanx Redux Transmitter, and programmed them to be resistant to the Phylanx's kill order. She also programmed them to make sure Lando made it out alive in case he ever came looking for the Phylanx too, a order that would be successfully carried out years later.
  • Deadpan Snarker: She's even more sarcastic than K-2SO. When Lando asks if she needs anything, she replies "equal rights".
  • Died in Your Arms Tonight: She dies, confused and terrified, as a distraught Lando helplessly cradles her blasted remains.
  • Distaff Counterpart: To Vuffi Raa from The Lando Calrissian Adventures.
  • Do-Anything Robot: Due to being made of multiple droid parts, she has one of the most detailed navigational computers of the galaxy within herself, she's strong enough to Neck Lift humans, she has a hacking interface that's quite similar to astromech droids, she has protocol droid programming and she has a buzzsaw in her "belly".
  • Exorcist Head: She is capable to rotate her head 180 degrees.
  • Failed a Spot Check: While leading the slave revolt she charges onto the surface declaring how happy she is for given this opportunity to free people. She either doesn't notice or doesn't think it's relevant that there are still armed guards active on the surface. They identify her as important and focus fire on her leading to her destruction.
  • Fembot: She is a female-programmed droid, but not overtly feminine beyond her voice.
  • For Great Justice: She fights for the rights of droids.
  • Join or Die: In the novelization, the Millennium Falcon's computer tells her that she'll have to merge with it or the ship or everyone on it will be destroyed.
  • Like an Old Married Couple: She and Lando bicker and banter constantly, in a good-humored way that reinforces their clearly close-knit bonds.
  • The Navigator: She has a very detailed navigational computer in herself.
  • Plucky Comic Relief: Her antics make her the most humor-oriented character in Solo.
  • Punny Name: Referencing Leet Lingo.
  • Rebellious Spirit: She can't stand seeing things like droid Gladiator Games and urges them to rebel.
  • Recurring Element: She's the third main humanoid droid sidekick with a British accent after C-3PO and K-2SO.
  • Remember the New Guy?: Was the Millennium Falcon's computer all along.
  • Ridiculously Human Robot: Not in terms of appearance, but personality - her mannerisms and tone of voice aren't that far off from a human.
  • Robosexual: Invoked; she asserts in one scene to Qi'ra that Lando is attracted to her, but that she herself is not interested.
  • Robot Buddy: To Lando.
  • Sacrificial Lion: She gets destroyed by blaster fire on Kessel during the heist.
  • Sapient Ship: Given that her personality was uploaded to the Millennium Falcon along with her navigational system, she effectively is the Falcon. Threepio mentions that he finds the ship's computer rather rude.
  • Scavenged Punk: She's made of scraps from other droids.
  • Self-Constructed Being: The novelization says that L3 used to be a generic R2D2 style astromech droid until her owner forgot to replace her Restraining Bolt after cleaning her sensors. She used his workshop to build a bipedal body then increased her memory to hold star charts and download all known cases of droid freedom legal cases.
  • Serkis Folk: Much like K-2SO, L3-37 is brought to life through motion-capture.
  • Shoo Out the Clowns: She's the character whose antics make her the most humor-heavy character in Solo, and she's the only one to bite it during the Kessel heist.
  • Slave Liberation: The distraction she causes on Kessel for the heist includes freeing droids and organic slaves.
  • Soapbox Sadie: Never passes up an opportunity to advocate for droid rights, in both serious situations and comical snark.
  • Spaceship Girl: She becomes the AI of the Millennium Falcon and in the process helps the other two droid brains that run the ship develop their own personalities.
  • Translator Buddy: She can translate several galactic languages.
  • Unreliable Narrator: She mentions to Qi'ra that Lando is deeply in love with her, and that she herself doesn't reciprocate. Given she's a bit of a Cloud Cuckoolander, it's unclear whether this is really the case, it's all in her head, or even if she's actually trying to deny that she herself has feelings for Lando.
  • Zombie Advocate: Is strongly for droid rights and wants to liberate them from slavery to humans.

    Sana Starros 

Sana Starros

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Nar Shaddaa

A smuggler and criminal from the famous Starros Clan who has a past with Han Solo and Doctor Chelli Aphra. After Han stole her cut of a theft they carried out using a fake marriage, Sana began hunting down her former associate. After encountering him and Leia shortly after the Battle of Yavin, Sana and Han worked out their differences, after which she began to do jobs for the Rebellion while remaining independent.

Her work for the Rebellion led Sana back into the path of Aphra, and the two former lovers found themselves entangled over several years of jobs, rescues, and attempted murders. Shortly after the Battle of Hoth Sana entered into a relationship with Magna Tolvan, a former Imperial officer who had defected to the Rebellion and was also an ex-lover of Aphra.


  • Adventurer Archaeologist: She was studying to be one at the University of Bar'leth before leaving and becoming a career criminal.
  • Ambiguously Bi: She was in a relationship with Dr. Aphra in the past, and faked a marriage to Han as part of a con job, but it is never clarified if she and Han were also in a relationship at that point, leaving her orientation ambiguous.
  • Bounty Hunter: Sometimes works as one, and initially suggests that she and Han turn Leia in to the Imperials for the reward when she first meets her.
  • Cain and Abel: The Abel to her twin brother Phel's Cain. He’s an Imperial officer and even the mention of his involvement is a Berserk Button for her.
  • Calling Your Attacks: One of her weapons is a voice-activated blaster that can be told to target specific body parts. She uses it to great effect against a gang of Rodians.
  • Character Development: When she first appeared, she was willing to sell out Leia to the Empire. However, she quickly becomes invested in the Rebellion's cause and shows an extremely strong moral code.
  • Characterization Marches On: Her initial appearances, which include considering turning Leia over to the Empire, contrast heavily with Sana's later characterization. Notably, her hatred of the Empire and how she despises her brother Phel for joining its ranks would mean that Sana would never turn anyone over to them.
  • Cool Starship: Boasts that her ship, the Volt Cobra, is superior to Han's Millennium Falcon.
  • A Day in the Limelight: Has had several throughout her runs in the comics.
    • She was the central character of issue #34 of the 2015 Marvel Star Wars comic series, which features her teaming up with Lando to pull off an impressive smuggling operation and explores her personality and motivations.
    • Her biggest one in 2023 with her own five issue mini-series that explores Sana's relationship with her family, which had been recently established in the The High Republic series to be a powerful clan from Hosnian Prime.
  • Et Tu, Brute?: She was genuinely in love with Aphra until Aphra stabbed her in the back and has never forgiven her for it.
    Sana: Did you ever care about someone so much that it scared you just to think of it? Like there's this vulnerable chunk of you, just walking around where you can't protect it?[...] But then, oh then, this little box stabs you through your kidneys and sets fire to your trust and jumps up and down and up and down on it, forever. Smiling.
  • Fire-Forged Friendship: She and Leia don't like each other much when they first meet, but after fighting the Empire together the two have become pretty close.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She can be quite harsh, manipulative and even treacherous, but Sana does come to care about the Rebels, risking her life to help them out when she could easily turn around and leave. A lot of the money she makes from her criminal exploits also goes to keeping her hometown functional, personally making sure that a local hospital won't have to close down.
  • Manipulative Bastard: Her plan in issue #34 that allows her to simultaneously profit from and screw over a pirate gang, Jabba the Hutt and the Imperials by pitting them all against each other in a bid for a cache of weapons that she doesn't even have. Even Lando is awed.
  • Marriage of Convenience: It turns out Han used their wedding as cover so he could pull a heist. Sana is quite aware that the marriage isn't legally binding. She's using it as a way to force Han to give her her cut from the heist after he ran off with it.
  • Misery Poker: She claims Hera is lucky and naive to the real world because she only lost the love of her life and most of her family, and wasn't betrayed by her lover like she was. Hera doesn't take the bait.
  • Missing Mom: Her mom, Jorinda, died not long after Sana and Phel were born, leaving her father to raise them alone until he married Luu.
  • The Missus and the Ex:
    • Sana catches up with Han while he's on a semi-romantic scouting trip with Leia.
    • She meets Magna Tolvan, Aphra's current girlfriend, at one point in the Catastrophe Con arc. This ends up being the catalyst of her and Magna's relationship as they bonded first over having Aphra as a mutual ex.
  • Noodle Incident: Issue #16 shows that Sana and Dr. Aphra are old acquaintances, but had a falling out. Given the way they argue mixed with tender and casual dialogue it would seem they were once romantically involved. More or less confirmed in Issue #19, but when straight up asked by Leia, Sana replied she didn't want to talk about it. In Aphra's audiobook, it is revealed that they were in a relationship until Aphra dumped Sana to go on an illegal expedition, leaving her heartbroken.
  • Not in This for Your Revolution: Sana stays with the Rebels, ostensibly so that she can keep an eye on Han and get what he owes her. As Luke points out, it's a pretty inefficient way to make money, and Sana ends up becoming more invested in the Rebellion than Han is.
  • Polyamory: After Aphra comes to terms with a lot of her Character Development, Sana and Magna enter into a throuple with her.
  • Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: Seems like this at first, but it is ultimately subverted: she is not Han's ex-wife, she was only playing it up in the hopes that it would force him to return her cut from a job they did.
    • She considers Aphra her Psycho Ex-Girlfriend and comes close to killing her several times, believing that she would be doing the galaxy a favor by ending Aphra's intentional and inadvertent path of destruction. The two do eventually reconcile after a hefty dose of character development on their parts.
  • Relationship Reveal: She and Magna are revealed to be in a relationship in the second run of Doctor Aphra.
  • Sixth Ranger: Often served as one for Luke, Leia, and Han's team between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back.
  • Sword over Head: Sana is on the receiving end when she's caught under some rubble and Leia approaches her with a lightsaber. She expects to be killed by Leia, and is instead freed by her. At this point she starts to warm up to Leia and reveals her past with Han.
  • Took a Level in Cynic: When she attended the University of Bar'leth with Aphra, she was a model student with perfect grades and a dedication to doing things legally and by the book. But in adulthood she became a much colder and ruthless smuggler in it for the money.
  • We Used to Be Friends: She was very close with Aphra once, helped her start her life of crime and took her away from the university, which made Aphra's inevitable betrayal of her that much worse.
  • Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Though she willingly allies with the Rebels and becomes fond of them all, she is perpetually baffled at their insistence on never killing their enemies unless they have no other choice. Luke or Leia have to convince her not to gun down somebody who's just in the way on more than one occasion.
  • Working with the Ex: More than once she ends up having to work with Aphra despite despising her. Eventually their relationship improves, and while Sana will never trust her, she does stop trying to kill Aphra and even sets out to save her life several times.

    Has Obitt 

Has Obitt

Species: Dressellian

Homeworld: Dressel

Appearances: Catalyst

A male Dressellian smuggler operating during the Clone Wars, Obitt was forced into becoming a personal agent of Orson Krennic, a Republic and later Imperial officer. During this time Obitt became acquainted with the Erso family, who also became trapped in Krennic's web.


  • The Atoner: After Krennic tricked him into making illegal deliveries to two legacy worlds that enabled the Empire to take control and begin strip-mining them, Obitt decides that on his next run for Krennic to the system of Salient, which he determined was obviously a double-cross, he would instead warn the planet of the Empire's plan with the aid of several fellow smugglers and revolutionary Saw Gerrera and fight alongside Salient's military forces to resist the Empire.
  • Earn Your Happy Ending: At the end of Catalyst, Obitt is able to help the Ersos escape Krennic, escape from being under Krennic and Tarkin's thumb, and begins a relationship with Woana, a Dressellian barmaid he had a crush on.
  • Nice Guy: As a smuggler, Obbit developed a reputation as a dependable and good guy who rarely touched dangerous materials. He even worked with the Jedi Order on a handful of occasions.
  • Playing Both Sides: Provided information to the Republic on the Separatists while also delivering non-military supplies to Separatist worlds. Krennic's discovery of this is what enabled him to force Obitt into becoming his agent.
  • Rubber-Forehead Alien: Aside from a slightly larger head that is bald, creased in the middle, and has many wrinkles, Obitt and his fellow Dressellians are indistinguishable from humans.
  • Spanner in the Works: His decision to help the Ersos and screw over Krennic results in progress on the Death Star being delayed for years.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Although aware he is a pawn in Krennic's schemes, he is usually being used in more than just the ones he knows about. Krennic even knew Obitt would see the double-cross coming on the run to Salient and planned for it, knowing that Obitt warning the government there would trigger a war that would bog his rival Tarkin down.

    BoShek 

BoShek

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Corellia

Portrayed by: Frances Alfred Basil Tomlin

A Force-sensitive Corellian smuggler and pilot-for-hire, BoShek was present in the Mos Eisly Cantina when Obi-Wan and Luke arrived looking to hire transport offworld.


  • All There in the Manual: Much of his background comes from source books and in-universe sources like the Smuggler's Guide.
  • Badass Driver: In his youth BoShek was a champion swoop racer, taking first place in the Malastare Classic.
  • Hopeless Suitor: He has a crush on Maz Kanata, but is far from her type and lacks an understanding of her actual interests and motives.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: He is the first spacer approached by Obi-Wan in the cantina, but turns the job down and instead introduces Obi-Wan to Chewbacca.

    Jaxxon T. Tumperakki 

Jaxxon T. Tumperakki

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Species: Lepi

Homeworld: Coachelle Prime

Yep. He's canon. Jaxxon is an acquaintance of infamous smugglers like Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, most of whom would rather have nothing to do with the annoying and fame hungry Lepi.


    Amaiza Foxtrain 

Amaiza Foxtrain

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Species: Human

Appearances: Adventures

Jaxxon's partner-in-crime, who quickly turned on the Lepi.


    The Smuggler 

"The Smuggler"

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Burnin Konn

Appears in: Uprising

A Force-sensitive thief and smuggler from Burnin Konn, a young human and their older sister, Riley, were orphaned when their father died in the mines. Working in the criminal underworld to get by, they and Riley built up a reputation. During the Iron Blockade, the sibling duo became indebted to the gangster "Happy" Dapp, leading to the siblings joining the Ivax Syndicate and becoming involved in a struggle known as the Uprising to end the Iron Blockade of the Anoat Sector.


  • Cutting Off the Branches: As Riley is depicted in promotional art as human, presumably, the Smuggler is as well.
  • Disappeared Dad: Because he's dead.
  • Everyone Has Standards: Initially, they're only interested in money, but they'd rather honor deals they've already made than break them in favor of better deals. They're also willing to take up responsibility for their actions.
  • Missing Mom: No word on what happened to their mom.
  • No Name Given: Since "the Smuggler" is the player character, they'll have almost whatever name and gender you want.
  • Player Character: For Uprising.

    Riley 

Riley

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Species: Human

Homeworld: Burnin Konn

Voiced by: Catherine Taber
Appearances: Uprising

A young thief and smuggler from Burnin Konn, Riley and her sibling were orphaned when their father died in the mines. Working in the criminal underworld to get by, she and her sibling built up a reputation until the Cadevon brothers broke her leg over a disagreement, forcing Riley out of the field. During the Iron Blockade, they become indebted to the gangster "Happy" Dapp, leading to her eventually joining the Ivax Syndicate and becoming involved in a struggle known as the Uprising to end the Iron Blockade of the Anoat Sector.


  • Cool Big Sis: To the Smuggler, who she helped raise and care for after their father died.
  • Disappeared Dad: Because he's dead.
  • Missing Mom: No word on what happened to her mom.
  • Mission Control: Due to her left leg being crushed and lacking the parts she needs to fix her cybernetic brace, she is forced to serve as this for her sibling.
  • The Mole: Sells out the Noble Court and the Kouhun to Governor Adelhard so that she and her sibling will be removed from Commander Bragh's purge list. Her sibling is infuriated, and cuts ties with her so they can rescue Her Majesty and their other allies captured by the Empire.
  • No Name Given: Her last name is determinate on what the player decided the Smuggler's name should be.
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Trades favors with the Ivax Syndicate so she and her sibling can wipe out people from their past targeting them, culminating with the Cadevon brothers.
  • Sibling Team: Used to work in the field with her sibling until her leg injury, after which she would guide them through missions over comms.
  • Skewed Priorities: When Cloud City is on the verge of falling due to sabotage, Riley still tries to talk with Voras about how to strike a deal with Commander Bragh.
  • The Starscream: She intends to betray Dapp so she and her sibling can take over his operations.

Crew of the Windfall

    The Captain 

"Captain of the Windfall"

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The concept art for the Windfall Captain

Species: Human

Appearances: Vader Immortal

A smuggler operated as the captain of the starship Windfall, along with their droid ZO-E3. The smuggler was unknowingly Force-sensitive, and was a descendant of Lady Corvax, an ancient Force-sensitive resident of the planet Mustafar. Darth Vader had them captured in his search for the Bright Star.


  • Action Survivor: The Captain is a smuggler that is in way over their head, but manage to competently wield a lightsaber and sneak around an Imperial fortress undetected.
  • Ambiguously Human: Or maybe ambiguously Half-Human Hybrid. The Captain is confirmed to be human, but their ancestor Lady Corvax's species is uncertain. She does look like a human, though.
  • Can't Kill You, Still Need You: Vader keeps the Captain alive and has his soldiers defend them throughout the story because they're still needed to obtain the Bright Star and help him in his plan.
  • The Captain: of the Windfall.
  • Cool Sword: The concept art for the Captain shows them wielding a yellow-bladed lightsaber with cool-looking hilt.
    • While it's not yellow, their ancestor Lord Corvax's Lightsword definitely qualifies. It can command an army of droids, and its hilt is just as cool. It's a shame the climax renders it unusable as a lightsaber, but when combined with a totem, it displays a star chart hinted to lead to an ancestral treasure.
  • Featureless Protagonist: Being a player character in a VR game, you're only able to see the character's hands.
  • Hide the Evidence: When they're brought onto Mustafar, ZO-E3 and the Captain do their best to hide the fact that they're smugglers, including hiding the illicit credits they have and wiping the ship's navicomputer to hide where they've been.
  • In the Blood: The player character is important because they're part of Lady Corvax's bloodline, and thus are able to access her sanctum and the Bright Star.
  • No Name Given: The player character is only referred to as "Captain" by ZO-E3.
  • Player Character: For Vader Immortal.
  • The Quiet One: The Captain has no speaking lines throughout the game.

    ZO-E3 

ZO-E3

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Voiced by: Maya Rudolph
Appearances: Vader Immortal

The co-pilot of Windfall. She and her captain were captured by Darth Vader in his search for the Bright Star.


  • Fem Bot: She is a droid with feminine programming.
  • Hide the Evidence: When they're brought onto Mustafar, ZO-E3 and her captain do their best to hide the fact that they're smugglers, including hiding the illicit credits they have and wiping the ship's navicomputer to hide where they've been.
  • It Has Been an Honor: ZO-E3 says at one point while the Captain is sneaking around Vader's castle that no matter what happens, it's been a good run.
  • Motor Mouth: In contrast to her captain, she almost never stops talking.
  • Robot Buddy: For the player character in Vader Immortal.
  • Shoo Out the Clowns: She makes up most of the comedic moments on this ship with the fact that she never stops talking. The end of the first episode has Vader picking her up with the Force and hurling her across the room. She's not seen for the rest of the episode.

Crew of the Salvage-1

    Spikewheel 

Captain Spikewheel

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Species: Droid

Appearances: Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle #1

A ruthless droid captain.


  • Asshole Victim: It isn't easy to feel bad for Spikewheel when Maul kills her, considering how she treats her crew.
  • The Corrupter: Hardens the hearts of new recruits and turns them ruthless and bloodthirsty by stranding them on the desolate junk world Lotho Minor. Only the survivors, or those who otherwise please her by proving their mettle, end up becoming members of her crew. It turns out this was a lie to send someone else to risk their lives to capture Darth Maul.
  • Bullying a Dragon: She shows the reader just how badly she wants to get killed by insulting Maul, calling him "Sith-Spit" and then trying to shoot him after he gets free aboard the Salvage-1. She dies for her troubles.
  • Disney Villain Death: If she wasn't already dead (or destroyed or whatever term you prefer for droids), then she probably suffers this when Seles blows open the cargo doors to suck Maul out into the upper atmosphere.
  • Fem Bot: A female droid.
  • Half the Droid She Used to Be: Gets torn in half by Darth Maul.
  • Spikes of Villainy: As if her name wasn't any indication, she's covered in spikes, particularly on her head and shoulderpads.
  • Thrown Out the Airlock: Her upper and lower halves get blown out the open cargo door of the Salvage-1 when Seles opens it while it's in the upper atmosphere to get rid of Maul.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Despite recognizing the captured Maul as a Sith, Spikewheel insists on taking him with them when they leave Lotho Minor, over the objections of Brennar. Surprise, surprise, Maul gets loose, and the first thing he does is rip Spikewheel in half.
  • Two-Faced: The left side of her face is damaged, making it resemble a human skull.

    Brennar 

Brennar

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Species: Human

Appearances: Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle #1

A hopeful recruit to the crew of the Salvage-1. Captain Spikewheel strands him and several other potential recruits on Lotho Minor to see if they've got what it takes to join her crew.


  • The Hero: Rises to the challenge to become this first on the planet and later back aboard the ship. Although he isn't ultimately the one who gets rid of Darth Maul.
  • Only Sane Man: He's probably the most reasonable member of the group.
  • No One Gets Left Behind: Refuses to abandon Seles after Darth Maul captures him.
  • Robinsonade: What he thinks he and his fellow recruits are being forced to do when Spikewheel strands them. At first it seems like the recruits will have to fight one another to survive and the toughest will get to become members of Spikewheel's crew. In reality, Spikewheel wants them to find and capture Darth Maul for her.

    Seles 

Seles

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Species: Roonan

Appearances: Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle #1

Another potential Salvage-1 recruit who gets stranded on Lotho Minor by the ruthless Captain Spikewheel.


  • Apologises a Lot: One of his defining character traits.
  • Distressed Dude: Gets captured by Darth Maul and held prisoner.
  • Bully Magnet: He pretty much immediately starts getting picked on by Gritz.
  • Nervous Wreck: Not a moment goes by that he isn't in some state of shock, fear or anxiety.
  • Robinsonade: What he thinks he and his fellow recruits are being forced to do when Spikewheel strands them. At first it seems like the recruits will have to fight one another to survive and the toughest will get to become members of Spikewheel's crew. In reality, Spikewheel wants them to find and capture Darth Maul for her.
  • Unlikely Hero: He is the one who opens the ship's rear door while they're in Lotho Minor's upper atmosphere, blowing Maul out and saving everyone. Well, everyone except Gritz, who goes out with Maul.

    Gritz 

Gritz

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Species: Nikto

Appearances: Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle #1

Another potential Salvage-1 recruit who gets stranded on Lotho Minor by the ruthless Captain Spikewheel.


  • Ambition Is Evil: Alone among the recruits, he wants to be the first mate, no doubt so he can lord himself over his erstwhile companions.
  • Asshole Victim: Nobody except Brennar seems to feel too bad about what ultimately happens to him. Tellingly, though, even Brennar isn't dumb enough to return to rescue him.
  • The Bully: Once the group is left behind on Lotho Minor,
  • Disney Villain Death: Averted. Both he and Maul survive being blasted out the back of the Salvage-1 and falling down to the ground despite the ship being way high up in the planet's atmosphere at the time.
  • Jerkass: He has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
  • Robinsonade: What he thinks he and his fellow recruits are being forced to do when Spikewheel strands them. At first it seems like the recruits will have to fight one another to survive and the toughest will get to become members of Spikewheel's crew. In reality, Spikewheel wants them to find and capture Darth Maul for her. Ends up living this for real after he winds up stranded on the junk world with Maul. It is strongly implied that he doesn't last very long, and either dies or suffers A Fate Worse Than Death and goes insane, given the Ironic Echo in the comic's narration about only insane people go to Lotho Minor.
  • Thrown Out the Airlock: When Seles opens the rear door to dump the rampaging Maul into Lotho Minor's upper atmosphere, Gritz gets sucked out too.
  • Token Evil Teammate: He's the meanest and most ruthless member of the group.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Not only does he insist on capturing a Sith Lord and taking him back with them just to he can please Captain Spikewheel and become her first mate, but after said Sith Lord breaks free and tears Spikewheel in half, Gritz actually tries to prevent Seles from blowing open the cargo door and sucking Maul into the planet's upper atmosphere, insisting to the very end that they can subdue him and get rich by turning him in.
  • Unexplained Recovery: Somehow both he and Maul survive what had to be a fall of several thousand feet. Considering Maul quickly singles him out to take his anger out on, it's obvious Gritz wishes he hadn't survived the fall.

    Riki 

Riki

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Species: Theelin

Appearances: Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle #1

Yet another hopeful recruit stranded by Spikewheel.


  • Amazing Technicolor Population: Being an alien, she has pink skin.
  • Flat Character: Gets the least amount of characterization among the stranded crew members.
  • Red Is Heroic: She has red hair, pink skin, and is extremely brave and kindhearted.
  • Robinsonade: What she thinks she and her fellow recruits are being forced to do when Spikewheel strands them. At first it seems like the recruits will have to fight one another to survive and the toughest will get to become members of Spikewheel's crew. In reality, Spikewheel wants them to find and capture Darth Maul for her.

Trade Spine League

    Shortpaw 

Shortpaw

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Species: Chadra-Fan

Appearances: Uprising

"...Shortpaw, a junk dealer at heart. But to keep my mind sharp, I keep my paws in other markets."

A junk dealer on Burnin Konn, Shortpaw is secretly the leader of the Trade Spine League, a loose association of smugglers in the Anoat Sector. During the Iron Blockade, he entered the League into an alliance with several other groups within the sector to overthrow Governor Adelhard and the Empire.


  • Artificial Limbs: His right hand is a mechanical replacement.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Appears at the very start of the game as a junk dealer the player is talking with. Several missions later he is met again and revealed to be the head of the Trade Spine League.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: Presumably his real name isn't Shortpaw, which is likely a reference to his missing hand.

    Dapp 

"Happy" Dapp

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Species: Human

Voiced by: Steve Blum
Appearances: Uprising

A human male smuggler and gangster on Burnin Konn, Dapp is an associate of the Trade Spine League. After Riley and her smuggler sibling become indebted to him, Dapp has them work for him and the League to pay off their debt.


  • Affably Evil: Quite cheerful for a smuggler and gangster, which is probably where his nickname comes from. That being said, he does have a temper that makes him somewhat unstable and difficult to work with.
  • Benevolent Boss: Although he initially threatens to kill Riley and the Smuggler for losing his cargo of Kyber crystals, he lets them work off the debt instead and treats them extremely fairly. He even refers to the Smuggler as his best and favorite employee.
  • Facial Markings: Has a large tattoo around his right eye.
  • Fluffy the Terrible: A gangster named "Happy" Dapp doesn't sound very terrifying.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: When the Purge Troopers arrive at the Carbon Score Cantina to wipe out the people who heard Leia's message regarding the Emperor's death, Dapp hides Riley instead of going for cover himself, which results in his death and her survival.

Arms Dealers

    Gannis Ducain 

Gannis Ducain

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Species: Kajain'sa'nikto

Appearances: Adventures | The Force Awakens (mentioned only)

A gunrunner who stole the Millennium Falcon from Han Solo.


  • All There in the Manual: His first name and line of work are revealed in supplementary materials. He made his first appearance in the "Flight of the Falcon" arc of Star Wars Adventures.
  • Arms Dealer: He used the Falcon to run guns.
  • Heel–Face Turn: In the years after stealing the Millennium Falcon and making a name for himself, Ducain had been making supply runs for an unknown man who turned out to be a First Order officer. Horrified that he had been fueling a group who will cause chaos throughout the galaxy, Ducain remembers Han's last words to him before he stole the Falcon and decided to cut all ties to his contact. Even after the Irving Boys had stolen the Falcon from him, Ducain reaffirms that he wanted to atone for his sins and joined the Resistance.
  • I Just Want to Be Special: Ducain used to work for Maz Kanata as a cleaner but opportunity struck when Han needed an assistant. When Han left Ducain to look after the Falcon while he tried to find Chewie, Ducain stole the Falcon and from there on, he became a famous smuggler and visiting places he could only dream of when he was younger.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: After he stole the Falcon from Han, the Irving Boys stole it from Ducain.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: Ducain used the Falcon to deliver weapons to an unknown informer but when he found out that the man is from the First Order, Ducain was horrified and attempted to return the Falcon to Han.
  • Noodle Incident: How he was able to steal the Millennium Falcon from Han Solo himself and get away with it.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: If it weren't for him, The Force Awakens would’ve ended after the first act.

    Sarco Plank 

Sarco Plank

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Species: Melitto

Homeworld: Li-Toran

Portrayed by: ???

A Melitto scavenger, bounty hunter, arms dealer, and all around scumbag. Sarco had an encounter with Luke Skywalker on Devaron shortly after the Battle of Yavin, and more than three decades later is living on Jakku.


  • Ascended Extra: Appears very briefly in the background of The Force Awakens, but plays a key role in another story.
  • Arms Dealer: Currently operates as an arms dealer on Jakku.
  • Bounty Hunter: This was one of his many former careers.
  • Combat Pragmatist: If a battle is not going his way, Sarco will use a flash grenade to blind his opponent.
  • Disney Villain Death: Survives this in The Weapon of a Jedi, receiving a slash from Luke's lightsaber before being knocked down a large hole. Luke senses Sarco survived the fall, and his presence on Jakku more than thirty years later shows that he managed to escape.
  • Evil Poacher: His attempts to poach local wildlife on Devaron does not sit well with Luke or the droids. This is one of the first hints that he's even less savory than he first appears, and he already comes off as pretty unsavory.
  • Insectoid Aliens: Melitto are insectile humanoids who require masks and breathing devices on most inhabitable planets and use super-sensitive cilia to sense their environment. They also have hardened chitin all over their body.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: After it looks like he might be a Jerk with a Heart of Gold by helping Luke defeat a group of Imperials, Sarco then tries to add Luke and his lightsaber to his collection, while threatening to murder a teenage girl and sell the droids.
  • Obviously Evil: Wears a scary mask, tries to poach animals, has numerous people claiming he is untrustworthy, and genuinely just acts creepy when Luke first meets him. Later proves to be completely evil and a manipulative bastard.
  • Shrouded in Myth: According to "Rey's Survival Guide", Rey has heard a rumor that he killed a squad of Stormtroopers. The Weapon of a Jedi shows this was true, as he fought alongside Luke to take down a squad hunting them on Devaron.

    Galus Vez 

Galus Vez

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Species: Besalisk

Appearances: Rebels Magazine

A starship parts dealer who owned the space outpost Osisis Station and the private racecourse the Fool's Run. He often worked with the Ghost rebel cell, but after Imperial inspections of his facility increased, he wished to cease business with the crew. A deal was worked out that if Captain Hera Syndulla and the Ghost could outrun Vez and his Mandalorian Gauntlet fighter, the Splendour, then the rebels would receive the parts they need for their ship, but if not, then Vez would take the Ghost.


  • Dirty Coward: Naturally, when the Empire starts getting on his back, he tries to sever connections with the Ghost crew.
  • I Lied: When Vez loses the race, he tries to capture the Ghost anyway so he can turn the crew in. The crew isn't stupid; they had anticipated his betrayal, so they blow up one of his cargo vessels and manage to get him to surrender.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: At the end of the comic, Vez has his men edit or destroy all traces of the crew in the station so that the Imperials won't find out on their next inspection. Unbeknownst to Vez, Sabine had painted the rebel starbird insignia on the outside of the facility, so the Empire would certainly know something happened between the two groups.

    Ango Croom 

Ango Croom

Species: Falleen

Appearances: Rebels Magazine

A Falleen that ran the Varluk Organization, a Zyzar-based company that designed and sold engine parts to whoever wanted to pay for them. At one point, Lando Calrissian swindled money from them. Some time later, the organization ran out of newly mined material but learned of Lando's puffer pig, and thus decided to steal it in an act of both revenge and self-preservation. Lando stole his pig back, but not before leaving behind information on a location with a massive haul of underground raw materials, both erasing his debt to the organization and also ensuring the long lifespan of the organization as well.


Contract Killers

    Deathstick 

Deathstick

See her entry on the Uprising page.

    Aleksin and Pavol 

Aleksin and Pavol

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Appearances: Lando

Clone warrior lovers of an unknown alien species who join Lando on his plan to steal a ship full of valuable artifacts.


  • An Arm and a Leg: During the theft of the Imperialis, Aleksin becomes brainwashed and cuts off half of Pavol's arm with a lightsaber.
  • Brainwashed and Crazy: Aleksin gets corrupted by the Sith helmet onboard the Imperialis and turns into a lightsaber-wielding menace. Pavol's attempts to stop him end with both of them corrupted.
  • Bury Your Gays: They are corrupted by the Sith artifacts on the ship and eventually killed.
  • Cat Folk: Their appearance.
  • Elective Mute: They consider their voices sacred. The only ones allowed to hear their voices are their family and their victims.
  • Discount Lesbians: They are one of the new Star Wars canon's first same-sex couples, but they are Cat Folk rather than humans, Human Aliens, or even Rubber-Forehead Aliens.
  • Homosexual Reproduction: They were hoping to use the money from the heist to pay for a clone they could raise as their child.

Slavers

    Azmorigan 

Azmorigan

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Species: Jablogian

Homeworld: Nal Hutta

Voiced by: James Hong
Appearances: Rebels

A Jablogian slaver from Nal Hutta who operated within the vicinity of Lothal from his vessel, the Merchant One.


  • Affably Evil: Despite how generally repulsive he is, he did offer Hera some food after Lando sold her to him (but aside from planning to knock him unconscious, she was too grossed out by his Jabba Table Manners to accept the offer). He also offered to let the Ghost crew live in exchange for letting him get revenge on Lando.
  • Enemy Mine: Has some sort of weird alliance with Hondo (one can suppose that criminal relations are pretty complicated), and then the both of them with the Ghost crew in Season 3 to go on a treasure hunt. His team-up with Hondo mainly contains a lot of arguing over who gets what.
  • Faceless Goons: His henchman all wear bug-eyed helmets and uses 773 Firepuncher rifles.
  • Fat Bastard: He is a fat criminal who partakes in the slave trade and other illegal activities. Considering the character his design comes from, one could snarkily call him a Hutt with legs.
  • Gonk: He's very grotesque compared to the rest of the Rebels cast.
  • Humanoid Alien: Has the basic human body shape but a distinctly alien appearance.
  • Jabba Table Manners: Fitting for a guy based on Jabba's original designs.
  • The Load: He's a huge liability because he's fat, slow, and gets frightened very easily.
  • Mars Needs Women: He very clearly admires Hera's humanoid beauty, even though his physiology is rather radically different.
  • Mythology Gag: He's based on an unused Jabba design for Return of the Jedi, and his role and actions are quite familiar to the Hutt's in the movie.
  • Too Important to Walk: Subverted. Lando is surprised to see that he walked a long distance from his own ship to ambush him, and Azmorigan says he does what he has to, but that doesn't stop him from complaining about the pain in his legs.

    Slussen Canker 

Slussen Urla-fir Kal Kethin-wa Canker

Species: Vorlaggn

Appearances: Life Debt

A notorious slaver who provides sanctuary and protection to Vice Admiral Gedde after the battle of Endor.


    MaDall 

MaDall

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Species: Zygerrian

Homeworld: Zygerria

Appearances: Rebels Magazine

"Clear up this mess you've made and bring me some new food. Being my slave is far better than serving the Empire. You'll be treated far better."

A Zygerrian slaver who operated her slave empire on Oon. She would be taken down from power when rebel Sabine Wren would infiltrate her empire and start a revolt against her. However, rather than executed, she was permitted to go free, with Sabine suggesting that she could use her talents against the Galactic Empire.


  • Amazing Technicolor Population: She has purple skin, whereas most Zygerrians have pink or other natural cat/feline colors like light tan.
  • Break the Haughty: At the end of her comic, she is left with nothing, but Sabine tells her she could always put her leadership skills to good use instead; to rise against the Empire, not rival it.

Other Criminals

    The Irving Boys 

Vanver and Toursant Irving

Appearances: The Force Awakens (mentioned only)

A pair of criminals who stole the Millennium Falcon from Ducain.


  • All There in the Manual: Their first names are revealed in supplementary materials.
  • The Ghost: They have yet to make an appearance, but their actions prove instrumental in setting up the story.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: After they stole the Falcon from Ducain, Unkar Plutt stole it from them.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: Without them, the Falcon wouldn’t have ended up on Jakku.

    Gha Nachkt 

Gha Nachkt

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Species: Trandoshan

Homeworld: Trandosha

Voiced by: Ron Perlman
Appearances: The Clone Wars

A scavenger who made a profit collecting and selling junk he salvaged from space battlegrounds during the Clone Wars, most notably droids. After the Battle of Bothawui, he salvaged R2-D2, who was presumed to be lost in the battle.


  • Bullying a Dragon: He made the mistake of demanding more money from General Grievous, a figure publicly known for leading the Separatists' droid army and killing Jedi. After enough bullying from before buying Artoo, the General gets fed up with it and gives him his just reward. When Grievous says you've earned your reward, it's best to just accept what you've been given.
    General Grievous: There's your bonus.
  • Disaster Scavengers: He makes his living scavenging wreckage from the space battlegrounds of the Clone Wars, and then selling it to whoever's willing to pay the most for it, including the opposing side of whatever faction the wreckage originally belonged to.
  • Fat Bastard: Not only is he unusually portly and out of shape for a Trandoshan (even other fat Trandoshans such as those in Garnac's lodge are capable fighters), he's also a very sleazy merchant who's willing to hide merchandise (read: R2-D2) from their original owners so he can sell it to someone who would pay more (General Grievous).
  • Four-Fingered Hands: Very unusual in that Trandoshans usually have three-fingered hands.
  • Gadgeteer Genius: Not only was he able to dissect Artoo without disabling him, he was able to access his memory banks.
  • Gasshole: He is introduced to Anakin and Ahsoka by farting in their faces while trying to climb through a faulty airlock door. In the documentary for "Downfall of a Droid", sound editors Matthew Wood and David Acord admitted that wasn't really part of the episode's original script and threw it in for their own amusement. However, this is downplayed, as he isn't heard farting again after that.
  • Gonk: Trandoshans aren't necessarily pretty to begin with (and are usually much more menacing), but Nachkt's ugly even by their standards. In addition to being quite portly, he's got lanky arms in combination with stubby legs and a lazy eye.
  • Greed: His Fatal Flaw, which got him rewarded with a lightsaber In the Back.
  • Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Grievous skewers him with one of his lightsabers after demanding more payment from him.
  • In the Back: His "bonus" from General Grievous for accessing Artoo's memory bank.
  • Lizard Folk: Comes with being a Trandoshan.
  • Reptiles Are Abhorrent: He may not be a ruthless killer like other members of his species, but instead, he's a sleazy junk dealer.
  • Stereotype Flip: Trandoshans are often depicted as being brutally efficient hunters (and Nack Movers, a Palette Swap of him, was said to be a killer that warranted being poisoned to death to take out). Gha Nackt is an out-of-shape and shifty battlefield salvager.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Insisting that Grievous pay him more money, especially after Grievous had already warned him "Don't push me," was not exactly a wise move.

    Cornelius Evazan 

Dr. Cornelius Evazan

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"Call it research. Call it madness. Call it art—it's all the same to me: I must know more."

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alsakan

Portrayed by: Alfie Curtis & Michael Smiley
Appearances: Han Solo and Chewbacca | Rogue One | A New Hope | From a Certain Point of View | Doctor Aphra

"We're wanted men. I have the death sentence on twelve systems."

A wanted doctor from Alsakan who is infamous throughout the criminal underworld for his deranged experiments. His life took a turn while drinking in a cantina in Mos Eisley, where he and his partner Ponda Baba encountered Luke Skywalker.


  • Ambiguously Human: A weird case, as while human, his strange looks are enough to make some canon sources mistakenly identify him as an alien.
  • Ax-Crazy: He threatens people just for slightly bumping into him, and brags to Luke Skywalker that his crimes have given him the death sentence in twelve systems. According to "The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper", Muftak was supplying Evazan with a medication (which got lost when Han Solo dumped his cargo to escape the Empire) that may have suppressed his rage, but even he's not sure the meds would do the job sufficiently.
  • The Cameo:
    • Not Evazan himself, but an abandoned plastic surgery clinic allegedly once run by him (named "Doctor Evazan Cosmetic Surgery") shows up in Pons Ora on Abafar in The Clone Wars episode "Missing in Action".
    • He has a brief cameo in Rogue One when the heroes brush past him, and his partner has to physically restrain him from attacking them. All There in the Manual reveals that under the alias of Roofoo, he's responsible for some of the... questionable things you'll see on Jedha.
  • Card-Carrying Villain: He openly boasts about being evil and admits that he has a death sentence in twelve systems.
  • Deadly Doctor: His criminal career began when it was discovered that he had mutilated and murdered several of his patients during plastic surgery. He has since continued to utilize medical knowledge and equipment in his crimes and schemes.
  • Facial Horror: Half of his face ended up hideously scarred after an encounter with a bounty hunter.
  • For Science!: Justifies all of his actions as being for the "progress" of science and the study of evil. Specifically, the progress of science created monsters and studying evil in order to do evil things better.
    Evazan: At the very least they'll spice up our study into evil. Both bombs'll blow anyway, regardless of which subject gets taken out first. External pressures are a critical variable, Ponda. That's why I hired them. Science!
  • Gonk: His scarred face makes him look quite inhuman as a result.
  • Hair-Trigger Temper: He started threatening Luke just because he and Ponda Baba don't like the young man, and then suddenly got aggressive when Obi-Wan tried to calm things down.
    Evazan: (pointing at Ponda Baba) He doesn't like you.
    Luke: I'm sorry.
    Evazan: (yanks Luke back by the shoulder to face him) I don't like you either. You just watch yourself. We're wanted men. I have the death sentence on twelve systems.
    Luke: I'll be careful. (turns away)
    Evazan: (yanks Luke back again) You'll be dead!
    Obi Wan: This one is not worth the effort. Come, let me get you something.
    Evazan angrily shoves Luke out of his seat.
  • It Amused Me: In Doctor Aphra, he implants Aphra and the droid trying to kill her with bombs that'll go off if either die or get further than 20 meters from each other, then drops them in a hostile city with a price on their head so they'll have to work together to survive. Why? He was bored and wanted something fun to watch while he was lying low.
  • Jerkass: He and Ponda seem to just randomly decide that they don't like Luke and try to kill him.
  • Mad Doctor: What exactly got him at least twelve death sentences? Some horrific medical experiments. On Jedha, he lobotomized the top halves of injured citizens' heads (or their entire heads in some cases) and replaced them with droid brains, turning them into meat droids. As the presence of Decraniated (the aforementioned meat droids) on Dryden Vos's yacht and Tam Posla's (who was one of the bounty hunters after him) presence on Vandor show, Evazan has been up to this long before the Jedha insurgency, having previously worked for the Crimson Dawn.
  • Manipulative Bastard: He plays Aphra like a fiddle in the Catastrophe Con arc, passing himself off as a harmless victim for her to use and discard, even pretending to object to her crueler moments. All to rub it in later when he has her at his mercy.
  • Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: His madness began to manifest while he was still in medical school, but Evazan was able to graduate anyway and begin his life of creating monstrosities.
  • Mugging the Monster: He makes the mistake of messing with Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  • Oh, Crap!: After realizing exactly how dangerous Triple-Zero is, Evazan and Ponda are terrified of him and are desperately trying to ensure he is destroyed before the droid can come after them.
  • Saved by Canon: He was in Jedha City with Ponda Baba a very short time before it was obliterated by the Death Star, but they left the planet for Tatooine soon enough.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Wuher notes how extremely dumb it is to continuously declare that one has a death sentence in multiple systems in a bar filled with other criminals and bounty hunters, several of whom look very interested when they hear that.
  • Translator Buddy: He translates all of Ponda's threats towards Luke.
  • Underestimating Badassery:
    • They certainly didn't expect the old man they picked a fight with would turn out to be a Jedi Knight in hiding.
    • He also doesn't realize just how much trouble he's getting himself into by pissing off Triple Zero when setting up his Chained Heat scenario with Aphra. He quickly comes to regret this, and tries to hire some hunters to take the two out before they can get the bombs removed.
  • Villainous Friendship: He and Ponda get along quite well, and openly call themselves friends.
    Ponda: Nuuhhhrk-ut-ut.
    Evazan: You're quite right, Ponda. Evil doesn't preclude friendship.

    Ponda Baba 

Ponda Baba

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Species: Aqualish

Homeworld: Ando

Portrayed by: Tommy Ilsley

A thug and friend of Dr. Evazan, he gets into a fight with Luke Skywalker, resulting in a confrontation with Obi-Wan Kenobi. Despite being wounded by the Jedi, Ponda and Evazan continued their reign of terror across the galaxy.


  • Adaptational Nice Guy: In Legends, he and Evazan had a brief falling out after a botched (and nearly fatal) attempt at reattaching Ponda's arm, with Ponda even threatening revenge on Evazan. In Canon, despite Evazan still nearly killing Ponda in the arm reattachment attempt, there's nothing indicating that the two had a falling out and seem to still be good friends.
  • An Arm and a Leg: His right arm is cut off by Obi-Wan's lightsaber. After the incident, Tam Posla collected Ponda's arm as part of a lead in his hunt for Evazan. After Posla is killed, Evazan steals his ship and reunites with Ponda in it, and gives his arm back to him, as a souvenir.
  • Artificial Limbs: Evazan builds him a new arm to replace the one Obi-Wan cut off. He even throws in a flamethrower in the hand for Ponda, although he doesn't tell him about it first so he could laugh at Ponda's scared reaction upon accidently activating it.
  • Ax-Crazy: Beyond the things he and Doctor Evazan get involved in, the Databank suggests that Ponda only picked a fight with Luke (which Dr. Evazan escalated) because he was bored.
  • Bizarre Alien Biology: Unlike most species in the Star Wars, his wound is not instantly cauterized when he loses his arm to a lightsaber, leaving a bloody mess on the floor. This bit of Early-Installment Weirdness is Hand Waved away by explaining that the blood properties of the Aqualish species are different than most other aliens in the setting.
  • The Cameo: In Rogue One, Jyn and Cassian bump into him, and he has to physically restrain his partner from attacking them. All There in the Manual reveals that he's been up to some of the more peculiar things you'll see on Jedha under the alias of Sawkee.
  • Humanoid Alien: Has the basic human body shape, but has an alien appearance.
  • Jerkass: For some reason he and Evazan seem to randomly decide that they don't like Luke and try to kill him.
  • Saved by Canon: He was in Jedha City with Cornelius Evazan a very short time before it was obliterated by the Death Star, but they left the planet for Tatooine soon enough.
  • Underestimating Badassery: He didn't expect the old man he attacked to be a Jedi Knight in hiding.
  • The Unintelligible: He doesn't speak Basic, forcing Evazan to translate Ponda's threats towards Luke.
  • Villainous Friendship: With Evazan.
  • Wily Walrus: Aqualish like Ponda loosely resemble walruses (and their language was made using Walrus sounds), and Ponda is a temperamental thug.

    The Tonnika Sisters 

Tonnika Sisters (Brea and Senni Tonnika)

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Senni (left) and Brea (right)

Portrayed by: Christine Hewett (Brea), Angela Staines (Senni)

A pair of sisters who became wanted criminals after botching a prison break on Kiffex. They eventually became associates of Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, but had a falling out with Han.


  • Accidental Murder: While breaking a friend out of a detention center on Kiffex, a prison guard returned to their post early and engaged Brea in a firefight. The inexperienced Brea accidently shot and killed him, forcing the sisters to go on the run.
  • Ambiguously Human: They were stated to be Kiffar in Legends, but their species isn't explicitly mentioned in canon. However, with it being stated that they became criminals on Kiffex (one of the two Kiffar homeworlds, and the sisters' homeworld in Legends), this is likely still canon.
  • Coordinated Clothes: They wear identical clothing, save for color, and have the same hairdo.
  • Everyone Has Standards: They hate having to do jobs for Jabba.
  • Noodle Incident: Most of their past with Han and Lando is this. At one point, Brea and Senni trashed a hotel room on Coruscant to get back at Lando for something, while Han is apparently responsible for Brea's greatest humiliation and she is determined to get revenge on him.
  • Older Than They Look: A mugshot that Ahsoka comes across in "Lightsaber Lost" shows that Brea was already wanted for murder during the Clone Wars, over twenty-one years before she and Senni ended up in Chalmun's Cantina on Mos Eisley.

    Papa Toren 

Papa Toren

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A crime lord associated with the Whisper Network who sometimes acts as an intermediary for other criminals. He is always accompanied by a group of Ximpi who translate for him. During the reign of the New Republic, he was imprisoned in Megalox Beta.


  • Ascended Extra: Initially only had a very small role in his first appearance in Lando, but has gone on to appear in several other comic series that have expanded on his role in the criminal underworld.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He and his Ximpi associates are very good friends. When one is crushed by gravity during Grakkus' escape from Megalox Beta, Toren makes an audible sound for the first time and weeps out of grief.
  • Knowledge Broker: The Smuggler's Guide establishes him as a member of the Whisper Network, a group of intelligence gatherers and knowledge brokers who sought to steer the criminal underworld along paths favorable to them by manipulating information and dealmaking.
  • The Unintelligible: Speaks very quietly in an unknown language, which the Ximpi accompanying him then translate to whomever he is speaking with.
  • Villainous Friendship: With his Ximpi companions. Toren also thought he and Terex were friends, then Terax abandoned Toren and two other criminal associates to die in Megalox Beta when the gravity dome was shut off.

    Korin Pers 

Sava Korin Pers

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Species: Ugnaught

"I trust knowledge. I trust learning. I understand it, and I trust it. It never lets you down, unlike some."

A disgraced professor who used to work at the University of Bar'leth during the age of the Republic. An expert on antiquities, she once teamed up with Lando Calrissian, but it resulted in the loss of one of her eyes. Years later, Lando and Lobot would meet her again to recruit her to their heist to steal the Imperialis under the pretense it may hold antiques. However, she died during the mission.


  • Eye Scream: She lost one of her eyes the first time she worked with Lando and had to get a cybernetic replacement.
  • Jerkass to One: She likes Lobot and gets along well with Aleksin and Pavol, but constantly snarks at and insults Lando. This attitude is justified due to her losing an eye on a previous job with Lando in which he ran and left her behind.
  • Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: After she gets corrupted by the Sith helmet as well, Korin tries to side with Aleksin and Pavol. They immediately stab her with a lightsaber.
  • Persecuted Intellectuals: She was an expert on antiquities, specifically Jedi artifacts and history. When the Empire rose to power, that line of work was suddenly frowned upon and she was forced out of the University. Korin had to turn to criminal consultation on artifacts to make a living.
  • Pig Man: She's an Ugnaught, who look like humanoid pigs or boars.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When the Sith artifact screws up the twins, Korin decides that between that and the knowledge that the Emperor is seemingly a Sith devotee, she just wants out and tries to ditch the group by leaving in an escape pod.
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: She isn't a fan of working with Lando due to the loss of her eye on a previous job, but needs the credits and agrees to help with the heist.

    Kho Phon Farrus 

Kho Phon Farrus

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Species: Alcedian

A rogue archeologist, former student at the University of Bar'leth, and self-proclaimed nemesis of Doctor Aphra. They became obsessed with dark side cults, particularly the Ascendant, and sought out their artifacts in order to gain powers similar to the Force.


  • Arch-Enemy: Declares that they are Aphra's, who is initially confused and does not even recognize their voice. She does recognize Kho when they lower their hood and is concerned, but also seems to regard Kho just as one of many people she has ticked off in the past. Kho is rather furious at this dismissal, particularly when Aphra does not even bothering listening to their monologue.
  • Bird People: Alcedians are a semi-avian species, with hawk-like eyes and feathered shoulders.
  • Energy Absorption: The Whip of Sorrows can drain all the energy out of Sana's blaster and redirect it.
  • Foreign Culture Fetish: Kho dresses like a Sith and is fascinated with the Dark Side despite not being Force-sensitive.
  • I Just Want to Be Special: Is fascinated with the Dark Side. However, they are not Force-sensitive so they focus on hunting down the Ascendant's Magitek to compensate.
  • In the Hood: Wears a dark black robe and often goes around with its hood up, which is why Aphra did not recognize them at first.
  • Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: They might be good at murdering people and stealing Ascendant artifacts but most of the artifacts they steal turn out to be fake. They actually begin to doubt that they're a worthy heir to the Ascendant's power.
  • Lightning Lash: They wield an Ascendant artifact called the Whip of Sorrows which can capture and redirect energy.
  • Magnetism Manipulation: Their Ascendant gloves allow them to manipulate items with small magnetic devices attached to them. Kho uses this to imitate Force powers just as the Ascendant did.
  • Non-Human Non-Binary: They are a non-binary Alcedian, an avian-like species that was not-yet-named at the time of their debut. With the appearance of binary-gender Alcedians in The High Republic, this confirms that Kho is non-binary even by their species standards.
  • Pet the Dog: They might be a serial killer who performs Dark Side rituals but they still treat their droid like a beloved pet.
  • Prophecies Rhyme All the Time: They frequently recite a prophetic poem but they're unsure if one word should be translated as "circle" or "circuit." The former rhymes but the latter is the better translation.
    Seven reach beyond the veil while six hold lights to mark the trail. Five to bend both heart and mind. Four to seek, but three to find. At the heart lies life eternal. Machine and blood complete the circle. Two's false division shall be undone. Without the Force are all made one. Wake the spark beneath the flesh and then, at last, lay death to rest.
  • Remember the New Guy?: Aphra knows them from a long time ago, but they are an entirely new character to the audience when introduced and Aphra barely remembers them until they show their face to her.
  • Serial Killer: Carries out a number of ritualistic murders involving the body parts of their victims using Ascendant artifacts.
  • Trans Tribulations: They first met Aphra when she helped them get into the University of Bar'leth after being previously being denied entry by the registrar due to their Imperial chain code implicitly using their deadname.
  • Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Sana Starros is shocked when she realizes that Kho went to university with her and Aphra, recalling them as a shy and nice person and wonders what happened. Aphra laments that she ruins everything she touches, implying that whatever sent Kho off the deep end, it was Aphra's fault.

    Cadeliah 

Cadeliah

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Species: Human

The daughter of Krynthia of the Unbroken Clan and Khamus of the Mourner's Wail Syndicate, Cadeliah was the heir to both syndicates and could potentially unite them, ending a decades long rivalry. Factions within both groups sought to eliminate her to prevent this, sending Cadeliah on the run after her father attempted to kill her before she was even born. Living under the protection of Nakano Lash, she was eventually aided by Beilert Valance and entrusted to the protection of the Rebel Alliance.


  • Abusive Parent: Khamus sought to kill her before she was even born, concerned that his father would never understand him having a child with the daughter of their worst rival.
  • Badass and Child Duo: With Nakano Lash, and then briefly with Beilert before she was entrusted to the Rebellion.
  • Living MacGuffin: As the rightful heir to both the Unbroken Clan and Mourner's Wail she could potentially end the war between them if she lives long enough to inherit. This makes Cadeliah a target of multiple groups who either want to kill her to prevent this or groom her as a future ally or puppet to control both groups.
  • Missing Mom: Her mother Krynthia died in childbirth due to lingering effects from the wounds inflicted by Khamus.

    Ryn Biggleston 

Ryn Biggleston

Species: Human

Appearances: The Face of Evil

A thief who betrays her partner, takes refuge in Maz Kanata's castle, and gets plastic surgery to escape the authorities.


  • Laser-Guided Karma: Ryn betrays her partner BeeLee, but right before BeeLee's death, she sends out a prepared message to all her friends and allies. Two of those friends happen to be the surgeons that work on Ryn's face. They end up giving Ryn BeeLee's old face, which results in Ryn being arrested for her crimes.

    Rinnrivin Di 

Rinnrivin Di

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Species: Kajain'sa'Nikto

A leader of a minor cartel who rose to become a crime lord by being funded by the Amaxine warriors.


  • Affably Evil: He is very polite and courteous when dealing with Leia.
  • From Nobody to Nightmare: Rinnrivin was originally a small time spice dealer, however, he rose to become a major crime lord, courtesy of the Amaxine Warriors and the First Order.
  • Hero-Worshipper: Rinnrivin worships Leia for killing Jabba the Hutt and addresses her as "Huttslayer" as a sign of respect.
  • Man of Wealth and Taste: Cultivates this image, as he drinks rare and expensive wine, collects art and furniture, and dresses in the latest elegant styles.
  • "Not So Different" Remark: Tries to argue this with Leia while attempting to convince her to have the senate lower restrictions on hard spice, claiming that she broke the law to fight the Empire and married a smuggler. Leia points out that those are very different things from drug running.
  • Karmic Death: Rinnrivin gets crushed to death when Leia shoots one of the supports in the Sibensko underwater base.
  • Wicked Cultured: Leia thinks that had he been human, Rinnrivin would not have been out of place in the upper levels of Imperial society due to his intellectual tastes and persona.

    Yahenna Laxo 

Yahenna Laxo

Species: Human

Appearances: Servants of the Empire

"Welcome back to the loving embrace of your friends at the Gray Syndicate."

The head of the Gray Syndicate, based in Lothal's Capital City.


  • Character Death: After getting enough pay to get a snooper program, Merei activates her locator while at their base so that she doesn't have to stay indebted to them, expecting them to get arrested. Since her parents work with the Empire and Imperial forces were sent to save her, everyone, including Laxo, gets killed in a raid instead.

    Pintu Son-El 

Pintu Son-El

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Species: Moyn

Homeworld: Coruscant

Voiced by: Bobby Moynihan
Appearances: The Clone Wars

An independent loan shark-esque figure operating on Coruscant during the Clone Wars. He and two of his men swing by Trace Martez's place of residence to demand their money.


  • Call-Forward: Though Son-El was created first, his species officially appeared first in Rebels as Yushyn, the boss of the Mining Guild outpost that the Ghost crew raids.
  • Dirty Coward: It takes about a minute of seeing Ahsoka manhandle his goons to make him bail.
  • Jerkass: Not a nice guy at all, given how he happily picks on Trace Martez over Rafa's debts.
  • Mugging the Monster: Has his men threaten Ahsoka, completely unaware that this is a battle-hardened Jedi Padawan he's dealing with.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: He exists mainly to kick off the plotline that will eventually lead to Ahsoka discovering Maul is on Mandalore.
  • Tuckerization: His species' name, Moyn, is taken from his voice actor's name, Bobby 'Moynihan.

    Lacezzi Macran 

Lacezzi Macran

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Species: Selkath

Appearances: Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle #3

A crime lord in Level 1313 on Coruscant. He hires Asajj Ventress to get to the bottom of things when people start disappearing. It turns out to be the result of his idiotic adopted son having a pet Sarlacc.


  • Eaten Alive: Gobbled up by a surviving juvenile Sarlacc.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite not having much good to say about his adopted son Meysor, he is very upset when he gets eaten by the Sarlacc, and blames Ventress for his death, refusing to pay her even after she succeeded in killing the beast. Unfortunately for him, one of its spawn survived.
  • Killed Offscreen: We don't see his death, just the silhouette of the monster attacking him through the window blinds as Ventress leaves the office.
  • Pragmatic Villainy: He knows that the mysterious deaths in his district are hampering his business, and the quickest way to restore things to normal is to find out who or what is behind the disappearances.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Refuses to pay the notorious Asajj Ventress despite the fact she more or less succeeded at what he hired her to do, all because his adopted son Meysor, who caused the whole thing, got killed. Fortunately for Ventress, she doesn't even need to bother killing him. When a surviving baby Sarlacc invades Macran's office while the two are arguing and grabs him, Ventress simply walks out and leaves Macran to his fate.

    Meysor Macran 

Meysor Macran

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Species: Unknown

Appearances: Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle #3

Lacezzie Macran's good-for-nothing adopted son.


  • Asshole Victim: Eaten by the very thing he in his stupidity was keeping as a pet and almost doomed Coruscant with.
  • Eaten Alive: Grabbed and eaten by his own pet Sarlacc while trying to prevent Asajj Ventress from killing it the second time.
  • Dirty Coward: Shoots Asajj Ventress in the back when trying to prevent her from killing his pet Sarlacc the first time.
  • Lack of Empathy: Doesn't seem to care about all the people his precious pet monster has killed and eaten, or how it's disrupting his father's business, or that the thing will eventually grow too huge to contain and potentially take over all of Level 1313 (perhaps even all of Coruscant!). All he cares about is keeping his dangerous exotic pet.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Somehow got ahold of a baby Sarlacc and has been keeping it in a metal container in his home. Even Ventress thinks he's crazy. He also gets himself killed trying to prevent her from killing thing when he puts himself between it and her and gets grabbed by its tentacles and crammed into its mouth.
  • Unwitting Instigator of Doom: For all of his personal faults (and he has many), Meysor never intended that the Sarlacc he was keeping grow so big as to potentially threaten all of Level 1313 and potentially the entire planet, but that's exactly what it does. Until Ventress kills it and its spawn. That said, he makes it plain that despite never intending for any of it to happen, he doesn't care.

Alternative Title(s): Star Wars Sontuul Pride

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