Dominic Raynor

"Lando Calrissian...you believe you can beat me?"

- Dominic Raynor

Dominic Raynor was Baron Administrator of Cloud City during the days leading up to the Battle of Yavin, preceding the reign of Lando Calrissian. A corrupt, avaricious man, Raynor made little secret of his love of gambling, especially sabacc, despite the laws in place that prevented Administrators from taking part in the game.

Biography
In 1 ABY, Raynor took an interest in a newcomer to Cloud City named Lando Calrissian. Taking notice of the gambler's succession of victories in the city's casinos, he ordered his aide, Lobot, to deliver a personally issued challenge to Calrissian: a winner-takes-all game of sabacc. Meeting in a private room, the two began their match under the watch hundreds of spectators. Raynor played an even game against Calrissian for a time, but took the upper hand with an Idiot's array. As it turned out, Barpotomous Drebble, a portly businessman who had long suspected Calrissian of being a card cheat, had bribed the dealer into inserting a skifter into the deck. Raynor naturally took advantage of this turn of favor, taking Calrissian's money and his prized ship, the Cobra.

However, Raynor's victory was short lived. While initially unwilling to let the game proceed any further, Raynor was swayed when Calrissian received a five million credit gift from people who wanted to see the game continue. This would prove to be his undoing. Prior to the beginning of the second game, Lobot had discovered the existence of the skifter and ejected Drebble from the contest and the resort. Lobot, who may have considered his superior as the worst Administrator that he had ever served under, was secretly engineering the victory of Calrissian, seeing in the newcomer a chance to boost the hierarchy of the city, in lieu of the incompetent Raynor. Raynor was left only with his natural skill. Calrissian proceeded to win the claim to the entire Cloud City resort, effectively succeeding Raynor as its new Baron Administrator.

Permitted to leave the city with his lover, Ymile, Raynor swore he would make Calrissian pay for his defeat. His subsequent fate is unknown.

Appearances

 * Lady Luck
 * Lando Calrissian: Idiot's Array