Minor bounty hunters in Star Wars
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This article is about minor characters in the fictional Star Wars universe who are bounty hunters.
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Arcasite, Mol
Mol Arcasite is a bounty hunter in the Star Wars novel, Trail of the Jedi, part of a Star Wars book series.
Mol Arcarsite is described as cruel and ruthless: she dosen't care if she takes away innocent lives to get her prey, nor does she care if she brings her prey back dead. Mol and four other bounty hunters were hired by granta Omega to capture Obi-wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker for a large sum of money. She first attacked them with a cruiser on Ragoon-6, but the jedi destroyed her cruiser, and Mol escaped on a swoop bike. However, she did not attack again, for Mol is know not to mess with her prey when her first attack fails badly.
Bossk
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Bossk is a Trandoshan bounty hunter and pilot of Hound's Tooth best known for snarling at Admiral Piett for disparaging remarks about bounty hunters in The Empire Strikes Back. As Trandoshans are traditional enemies of the Wookiees, this three-fingered, three-toed reptiloid long specialized in hunting down Wookiees - sometimes enslaving them for the Empire, sometimes skinning them for their pelts. When Bossk was young, he murdered and ate his father Cradossk to gain control of the Bounty Hunter's Guild.
Bossk has a long-standing vendetta against Chewbacca leading to several run-ins with he and Han Solo; each time Bossk was humiliated when they escaped from him. He and Boba Fett teamed up on Ord Mantell in an attempt to capture Solo and Chewbacca, but was betrayed to the Empire after being tricked into liberating a Wookiee prison camp and nearly skinned for it. Bossk heeded Darth Vader's call to rendezvous with other bounty hunters aboard Vader's Super Star Destroyer, the Executor. Later, he and other hunters tried to wrest the prized catch - Han Solo in carbonite - away from Boba Fett.
Years after the Battle of Endor, Bossk retired due to his age from professional hunting. He later ran into Han Solo on a space station during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, where he unwisely taunted Han about Chewbacca's recent death. A fistfight ensued, and Bossk was last seen in a holding cell.
Dengar
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Dengar appeared briefly in The Empire Strikes Back and can also be spotted among the menagerie of fiends at Jabba's Palace in Return of the Jedi. The cold bounty hunter and pilot of Punishing One was hired by the Empire to hunt down the Millennium Falcon. He appeared as a middle-aged man of heavy-build in dark brown armor with cloth wrapped around his head.
In addition to the reward promised by Vader, Dengar was especially eager to find the Falcon from a personal grudge he held against Han Solo. Dengar injured himself badly in a swoop race with Solo and was forced to take drastic measures to preserve his life; he became a cyborg thanks to Imperial experimentation. The parts of his brain controlling emotions such as compassion, mercy and pity were removed, leaving him a shell of his former self, a completely merciless killer. During much of his career he was considered more ruthless than Boba Fett himself, and usually performed assassinations rather than live captures. Despite all of this, Dengar was not an evil man; he simply couldn't help the fact that the Empire had modified his brain. He was often disgusted at what he had done.
Eventually Dengar would meet a humanoid woman called Manaroo and fall in love. Through sharing her mind with Dengar, Manaroo gave him back his senses of love and compassion. Dengar then renounced his occupation as a bounty hunter, and after a brief spell as partner with Fett, he retired.
Interesting note: Dengar was the one who found Boba Fett after he was "eaten" by the Sarlacc. He rescued him and he and his girlfriend Manaroo were the only two people to see Boba Fett's face since he became a bounty hunter.
In Dark Force Rising, by Timothy Zahn, Mara Jade is taken prisoner for a short time by a bounty hunter. She later kills the man, and after searching him for identification, finds an ID card that reads Dengar Roth. It was later revealed that this was a forged ID card carried by a man impersonating the real Dengar.
Durge
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Durge was a Gen'Dai bounty hunter, a nearly unstoppable warrior driven by century-old grudges. Completely encased in his battered high-impact armor, Durge's true form is concealed from all. Though he is a bounty hunter, he is on no one's side but his own - he cares not for his employer's wishes, or the monetary reward for his work. He tracks his prey solely for love of the hunt, and to feed his bloodlust which has spanned over hundreds of worlds across nearly two thousand years.
Durge was born two millennia before the fall of the Republic, and was regarded as an ideal example of his kind. But it took a new-found love for violence, along with witnessing bounty hunters in action, that lured Durge away from his tribe and into a lifetime of bloodlust, becoming as a student under the most experienced and dangerous bounty hunters in the universe. About a millennium before the events of The Phantom Menace, Durge was in service to one of the few remaining Sith. He faced and fought many Jedi, developing counter moves from every battle. By the time the Sith were wiped out, Durge went into hiding to escape the Jedi. 900 years later, Durge successfully completed a bounty to assassinate the leader of the Mandalorians. But the Mandalorians avenged this when they used Durge's immortality against him, making him an undying victim of many unspeakable tortures before he finally escaped from his captors.
It took nearly a century of hibernation to regenerate from the damage the Mandalorians inflicted. But Durge had only become more psychotic and savage during the ordeal, from which he emerged with the intent of killing every last Mandalorian. By the time he reawakened, he learned the Mandalorians had been long dead. Cheated out of his revenge, Durge found purpose eradicating clones of the Mandalorians' best soldier, Jango Fett, when he worked for Count Dooku during the Clone Wars and became his new bounty hunter, replacing both Jango Fett and Cydon Prax. He helped Asajj Ventress in the slaughter of the Gungan's Oma'Duhn colony on the moon of Naboo. Durge was also defeated and seemingly killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi at the Battle of Muunilinst, but survived to become a commander of the separatist army (Star Wars: Clone Wars).
Durge was later sent by Count Dooku to take out a Corellian named Drama Korr. In the process of doing this he encountered Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, who were searching for Asajj Ventress at the time. Durge was then killed by Anakin Skywalker when his escape pod fell into a star (Obsession mini-series).
Greedo
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- "Oota Goota, Solo?"
Greedo is the Rodian bounty hunter who was killed by Han Solo in the cantina on Tatooine in A New Hope. Greedo was attempting to extort money out of Solo, but wasn't watching him closely enough. Solo secretly drew his gun and shot Greedo before the bounty hunter could react.
In the 1997 re-release of the film, Greedo gets a (very) poorly-aimed shot at Solo from about two feet away before Solo fires. George Lucas has said that this change is to enhance Solo's overall heroism, and (in Entertainment Weekly) that he'd originally planned it this way. The altered scene has irked many fans before and after. In the 2004 DVD version both now pull the trigger at the about same time, though Greedo still shoots first).
In his earlier life, Greedo fled Rodia at the age of 3 when his father was murdered. His pregnant mother and his two uncles relocated to a new planet along with a clan of peaceful Rodian, known as the Tetsus. The same people who murdered his father eventually tracked down the Tetsus and Greedo's family when he was 15, slaughtering most of the clan. The few that escaped in the clan's hidden spaceships went to Nar Shaddaa. There, the surviving Rodians made their home in the Correllian sector and worked in the business district of level 88. Greedo befriended and became a hangeron to a pair of bounty hunters by saving their lives during an apprehension. He later tipped them off about a Rebel enclave located near his clan's residences on level 88 , and received a cut of the Imperial reward; this money came at a considerable price when the Imperials moved in- during the battle, the entire level collapsed from the explosions, killing Greedo's family. He planned to buy his own ship with the money but couldn't resist trying to cut the price by stealing some parts. Unfortunately those parts were intended for the Millennium Falcon and he was caught by an angry Chewbacca. Han took Greedo's prized Rancor-skin jacket as payment. Greedo vowed revenge. After the collapse of level 88, which Greedo and one of the bounty hunter barely escaped, they travelled to Tatooine to work for Jabba the Hutt. Greedo, still eager for revenge eagerly took the contract on Han Solo, not knowing it would be the last thing he would ever do.
Paul Blake played Greedo in the shots that feature both Greedo and Han Solo in the same frame. For Greedo's closeups, a new articulated head was built for pickups at the end of the shoot, and Maria De Aragon was enlisted to play the Rodian. During pickups, Greedo's costume vest changes significantly, as do his hands. In the original shoot, Greedo has long, suction-cup tipped fingers, and in pickups, he has swollen knuckles and shorter fingers.
After Greedo's death, his body was ground up by Chalmun's C2-R4 multipurpose droid for his bartender, Wuher. The rare pheromones in Greedo's corpse were the last ingredient Wuher needed to create the perfect drink. The resulting cocktail was exquisite.
Another Rodian named Wald (Warwick Davis) is seen as a childhood friend of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Since Wald's name is never mentioned on camera, he is often thought to be a young Greedo. There was a scene shot in which young Anakin gets into a fight with Greedo, but it was cut from the final release of the film.
In the original Star Wars film, Greedo's language is actually his dialogue played in reverse.
His most famous line, "Oota Goota Solo" became the name of a Star Wars-based hip-hop/funk band, also known as The OGS, which operated out of Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, PA in the late 90s and at the turn of the millenium.
Montross
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Montross was a character from the video game Star Wars: Bounty Hunter and comic book miniseries Jango Fett: Open Seasons. He was a vengeful Mandalorian with a desire to be their leader. He befriended and later betrayed Jaster Mereel, leaving Jango Fett to become the leader of the Mandalorians. After the Mandalorians were almost entirely annihilated at the Battle of Galidraan, Montross became a bounty hunter and was known never to take a bounty in alive. Jango was one of his greatest enemies, and eventually met his end by Jango and the Bando Gora's hands, shortly before Jango killed the Dark Jedi Komari Vosa.
Nord, Calo
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Calo Nord is a character from the game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. He was a bounty hunter in the time of the Old Republic, 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War. He was sold into slavery by his parents, but on his 16th birthday he killed his owners and then his parents. He soon became a bounty hunter and worked for Davik Kang's Exchange. He nearly died when the Sith bombed Taris, but survived and took a contract from the Sith to hunt down Bastila Shan. He was subsequently slain by an amnesiac Darth Revan during the search for the Star Maps on Kashykk.
He was known for an interesting quirk: if annoyed by someone without a bounty or his personal grudge, he would count to three. If the person did not stop annoying him, he would kill them when he reached three, using a combination of blasters and flash grenades.
Sing, Aurra
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Aurra Sing is a bounty hunter and former Jedi apprentice, who made a brief appearance in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace during the Podrace scene. She is portrayed with a mostly bald head surmounted by a sensor implant, a tracker utility vest over orange-red body paint, and heavy leather boots for desert travel. The character, or at least the appearance of model Michonne Bourriague, was so popular with fans that the character was expanded into the Star Wars comics.
The character was first conceived in a sketch labeled "Babe Fett", by Lucasfilm's Doug Chiang. After that, she appeared in many of the books including the Boba Fett series. She is a ruthless bounty hunter, one of the best. Little is known about her. She was born to a glitterstim addict on the hutt moon Nar Shadaa, where the Dark Woman found her at the age of 2 in 53 BBY. She was taken to Coruscant, and for 7 years was a Youngling. When she was nine years old, she was offworld on a mission with the Dark Woman when her vessel was hijacked by pirates who enslaved her. To lessen her resistance, the pirate told her that she had been sold to them by the Dark Woman. This would have the unintended side effect of engendering enourmous hatred of Jedi within Sing. Aurra Sing learned from the pirates all the skills of the pirate trade, until her growing prowess and anger began to suggest to the pirate's leader that she was only learning the better to take her revenge on the pirates. So she was sold to Nooga the Hutt, who intended to turn her into his own personal warrior. She was handed over to the infamous Anzati vampire-assassins, who enhanced her bio-chemically, and taught her all the ways of the assassin. Upon the Anzati's rendition of Sing to Nooga, she killed Nooga and fell to the dark side, becoming the self-proclaimed "bane of the Jedi." As part of her hatred towards the Jedi, she kills at least 6 Jedi for sport, collecting their lightsabers as trophies, much like General Grievous. Sing was the cause of Sharad Hett's death, the father of A'sharad Hett. Sing was employed for a time by Count Dooku, who sent her to find Boba Fett, as the boy was thought to have information vital to the Separatist cause. Upon discovering that young Fett was heir to a large amount of money, Sing attempted to take the money herself. This plan failed, however, when the young Fett escaped her on Aargau.
During an assignment to assassinate a Republic Senator on Devaron, Sing crossed paths with Jedi sent to investigate her, including Aayla Secura, Tholme, and The Dark Woman. She almost killed the latter two in a cave explosion but was defeated and captured instead by Secura, who scarred the bounty hunter and sliced off her bio-computer antenna. Sing was sent to a prison on Oovo IV.
Her fate after that point is uncertain. She was rumored as seen participating in Jabba's 'Demolition' contest around 3 ABY.
Zuckuss
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Zuckuss is a bug-eyed bounty hunter who was hired by Darth Vader to find the Millennium Falcon. A native of the planet Gand, Zuckuss tracks his prey by using traditional Gand techniques to invoke visions of his prey. He is the owner and pilot of the Mist Hunter. While working for the Hutts, Zuckuss was teamed with the bounty hunter droid 4-LOM. The atmosphere in Gand has high ammonia content and exposure to oxygen is poisonous to Zuckuss, so he is forced to wear a special mask and suit. His mask, however, does not cover his entire face, revealing his insect-like features. Though he has no lines in the movie, Expanded Universe sources reveal that Zuckuss speaks in third-person as part of a Gand tradition where achievement is rewarded with individuality. Young Gand speak in third person and call themselves only "Gand". Later, a name is awarded, and at the top level, the Gand earns the right to refer to himself in first-person. Different Expanded Universe sources ignore this, however, usually due to a misinformed author.
During one hunt, a panicked quarry that he cornered pulled off his breath mask. Instinctively, he took several breaths of deadly oxygen. His lungs became weak and scarred, and he was forced to resort to illegal technology to repair them. However, acquisition of this technology would require a great deal of money. Hence, he and 4-LOM accepted an assignment from Darth Vader to track down Han Solo.
Zuckuss appears only in the film The Empire Strikes Back. He was unsuccessful in his search for the Falcon which was found by Boba Fett.
Tales of the Bounty Hunters reveals that Zuckuss and 4-LOM went to Hoth to try to find Han Solo, but instead, ended up saving the crew of a wrecked Rebel transport. Zuckuss considered turning them over to the Empire, but instead returned them safely to the Rebel Alliance, which he and 4-LOM joined.
In thanks to his service, Zuckuss was granted cloning vats which he used to grow new, healthy lungs.
After his partner's personality was lost, Zuckuss left the Rebel's service. When the Rebel Alliance became the New Republic, Zuckuss regretted leaving them, as he could have gotten a high government job or military command. Zuckuss also worked alone from that point onward, occasionally teaming up with 4-LOM.
There is some confusion as to which character is Zuckuss and which is his partner 4-LOM due to their names being switched on their Kenner action figures. Initially, the bug-eyed alien was named 4-LOM by Kenner; and the droid was named Zuckuss. Later on, Lucasarts decided that droids had names with cyphers and letters, and organics had not. Thus, Zuckuss is the alien. He is shorter than 4-LOM and wears a brown robe with various gas tubes attached to his mask.
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