Zuckuss/Legends

"Zuckuss is dangerous to himself and others."

- Gawynn Karastee

Zuckuss is a 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.

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. Though he has no lines in the movie, Expanded Universe sources reveal at least two possible personalities of Zuckuss.

One is that Zuckuss often referred to himself in the first person, in spite of the fact that his species habitually refer to themselves in the 3rd person, since the pronoun "I" was reserved only for those who had performed great deeds in the eyes of the community. Due to this oddity in his persona, he was considered by fellow Gand to be insane.

During one hunt, a panicked quarry that he cornered pulled off his breath mask. He instinctively took several deep breaths of the poisonous oxygen thereby scouring his lungs. Without a lung transplant, Zuckuss would have died within a month. To pay for the expenses, he and 4-LOM accepted a bounty and captured Imperial Governor Nardix for the Rebel Alliance, all the while risking retaliation from the Empire. When Zuckuss was aboard the Executor, he feared that Darth Vader would call him out on the capture, but Vader overlooked the incident to allow him to help find the Millennium Falcon.

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, the Rebellion used a new kind of therapy to genetically trigger the regrowth of his lungs within him. The Rebellion had developed these new technologies as they also frowned upon the use of cloning.

After his partner's personality was lost, Zuckuss left the Rebellion'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 mainly worked alone from that point onward, occasionally teaming up with 4-LOM.

In the book series The Bounty Hunter Wars, Zuckuss speaks in first person and is much more insecure of himself than he is in Tales of the Bounty Hunters. He is presented early in the first book The Mandalorian Armor as working along side (if not under) Bossk, and he appears hesitant to lead and more inclined to follow.

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. Zuckuss Actress

Appearances



 * Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika
 * Rookies: Rendezvous
 * A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale
 * Star Wars Missions 11: Bounty Hunters vs. Battle Droids
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88
 * Of Possible Futures: The Tale of Zuckuss and 4-LOM
 * Marvel Star Wars 50: The Crimson Forever
 * Hunting the Hunters
 * Shadows of the Empire comic
 * The Mandalorian Armor
 * Slave Ship
 * Hard Merchandise
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge