Payback: The Tale of Dengar

Payback: The Tale of Dengar is a short story written by Dave Wolverton and featured in Tales of the Bounty Hunters which was published in December 1996 by Bantam Spectra. As the title suggests, it concerns the backstory of the bounty hunter Dengar.

Inconsistencies
While Dengar and the other bounty hunters are being debriefed by Darth Vader concerning the capturing of the Rebels while aboard the Executor, the book reads that immediately after Vader was informed by Admiral Firmus Piett that the Millennium Falcon had been sighted coming out of the Hoth Asteroid Field, the bounty hunters listen to Captain Lorth Needa shout orders to the crew of his Star Destroyer. This is inconsistent with the film The Empire Strikes Back, since Needa is the captain of the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Avenger. Still, it may simply be that a transmission of the happenings on the Avenger's bridge was being broadcast aboard the Executor as it pursued the Falcon.

The story also depicts Boba Fett begging Dengar for his life after his escape from the Sarlacc, while in the book, The Mandalorian Armor, Fett simply regains consciousness and goes about his business. Some argued that Fett begging for his life is not within his character.

After Vader is finished speaking with the assemblage of bounty hunters in the film, Admiral Piett hurriedly reports to him the line, "My Lord, we have them." However, in the book, the line reads differently: "Lord Vader, we have them now!"

Characters

 * Dengar / Payback
 * Sinick Kritkeen
 * Abano
 * Manaroo
 * Darth Vader
 * Firmus Piett
 * IG-88
 * Boba Fett
 * Lorth Needa
 * Lando Calrissian
 * Jabba Desilijic Tiure
 * Yarna d'al' Gargan
 * Barada
 * Bib Fortuna
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Jabba's rancor
 * Han Solo
 * Leia Organa
 * Tessek
 * Salacious B. Crumb

Species

 * Human
 * Aruzan
 * Whiphid
 * Turan
 * Hutt
 * Askajian
 * Gamorrean
 * Quarren
 * Twi'lek
 * Kowakian monkey-lizard
 * Tusken Raider

Creatures

 * Farrow bird
 * Bomat
 * Rancor
 * Sarlacc
 * Bantha

Droid models

 * Assassin droid
 * Cleaning droid
 * BT-16 perimeter droid

Locations

 * Aruza
 * Bukeen
 * Corellian system
 * Corellia
 * Agrilat
 * Crystal swamps
 * Ord Mantell
 * Toola
 * Asrat
 * Hoth system
 * Hoth
 * Hoth Asteroid Field
 * Launch bay twelve
 * Bespin
 * Cloud City
 * Bengat
 * Tatooine
 * Mos Eisley
 * Jabba's Palace
 * Motor pool
 * Valley of the Winds
 * Great Pit of Carkoon

Vehicles and vessels

 * Landspeeder
 * Swoop
 * JumpMaster 5000
 * Punishing One
 * Star Destroyer
 * TIE/In starfighter
 * Executor-class Star Dreadnought
 * Executor
 * TIE/ln starfighter
 * GR-75 medium transport
 * YT-1300 light freighter
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft
 * Slave I
 * Bantha-II cargo skiff

Organizations and titles

 * Galactic Empire
 * Emperor
 * Commission for the Preservation of the New Order
 * Admiral
 * General
 * Captain
 * Lieutenant
 * Stormtrooper
 * Imperial Intelligence
 * Imperial Assassin
 * Rebel Alliance
 * Dark Lord of the Sith
 * Kuat Systems Engineering
 * Jedi Knight

Weapons

 * Heavy blaster pistol
 * Blaster
 * Concussion grenade
 * Proton torpedo
 * Quad blaster
 * Death Star I
 * Stone-bladed spear
 * Metal war axe
 * Vibroblade
 * Ion cannon

Technology

 * Attanni
 * Prosthetic replacement
 * Redesign
 * Portable alarm
 * Stabalizer fin
 * Navigation computer
 * Sensor beacon
 * Sublight drive
 * Base nose flute
 * Electric harp
 * Soft percussion drum
 * Cybernetic interface jack
 * Microtransmitter
 * Tambour
 * Bell
 * Cymbal

Miscellanea

 * Breechcloth
 * Platinum
 * Necklace
 * Gold
 * Pearl
 * Inderrin tree
 * Imperial Code
 * Section 2127
 * Rupin tree
 * Grade One
 * Force Choke
 * Imperial Death warrant
 * Tibanna gas
 * Mnemiotic drug
 * Dola tree
 * Carbonite
 * The Teeth of Tatooine