Zekka Thyne

Zekka Thyne was a half Human, half unknown alien, based on Corellia.

Biography
While working as a Black Sun Vigo, Thyne came to the attention of Darth Vader. Vader had a rivalry with Prince Xizor who was the head of Black Sun for the patronage of the Emperor. Vader decided to hurt Xizor and concocted a scheme with Grand Admiral Thrawn to eliminate Zekka Thyne and frustrate Black Sun's operations in the Corellian sector.

Thrawn disguised himself as the bounty hunter Jodo Kast and got involved in a convoluted scheme with gun-runners, dealing with the Rebel Alliance via a pair of disguised Corsec investigators, Hal Horn and Corran Horn. When Thrawn realized that the Horns' ruse, he modified the plan to allow them to capture Zekka Thyne, relieving Trawn of the task of eliminating Thyne himself. Thrawn "betrayed" the two but gave them the means to escape from prison. Their attempt to capture Thyne ran across complications when Thyne ambushed them and took Corran as a hostage. However, Hal Horn had a rudimentary control of the Force (having once been a Jedi Padawan learner), and was able to disable Thyne.

Zekka Thyne was tried and sentenced to the Imperial Detention facility on Kessel. Darth Vader's plan was never traced back to the Empire.

On Kessel, Thyne met Inyri Forge, daughter of one of the prison rehabilitators. They became lovers though in the slang language of smugglers, she was known as his "cutter". Her parents feared for her daughter's safety and when Wedge Antilles and Rogue Squadron began their campaign to capture Coruscant in 6 ABY, they begged Wedge to take Inyri away from Zekka Thyne. She refused.

The Rogue's scheme involved to giving new life to Black Sun to aid in their endeavor to liberate Coruscant. They hoped that Black Sun could distract the Imperials so Rogue Squadron could infiltrate Coruscant and go about their mission unobstructed. Thus, they made a deal with Moruth Doole, warden of the Kessel facility, to give them political prisoners in exchange for getting rid of problem prisoners. Antilles would allow the political prisoners to return to galactic life or to join the New Republic, and he would use the problem prisoners in the campaign for Coruscant.

Given Thyne's reputation as a psychopath and loose cannon, Corran recommended that an additional prisoner be pulled off Kessel to keep Thyne in line. This person was former Moff Fliry Vorru, who was once in charge of the Corellian sector. This was something Vorru was able to do for the most part, although Thyne wanted revenge on Corran Horn. He concocted a scheme to separate Corran from the rest of the Rogues during a mission which was doomed to fail and he would kill him then and there. However, he was shot and killed by Inyri Forge when it was clear that Thyne was going to abandon her to the Imperials. With his dying breath, he warned Corran that there was a spy in Rogue Squadron but he refused to reveal their identity and with his dying breath told Horn that he'd get his revenge. Corran retorted that he wasn't haunted by that information, all he'd done was alert him to a spy that he didn't know about.

Zekka Thyne had cat-like eyes shaped like double diamonds, pointed ears, and sharp, pointed teeth. His skin was mottled and patchy, earning him the nickname "Patches".

Appearances

 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * Star Wars Galaxies
 * Side Trip