Mathus

Mathus was a brown-eyed, dark-skinned Human male from Anchorhead on Tatooine. He abandoned a life as a thug in the streets to learn a trade as a technician with an old Rodian named Honwoo, whose repair shop he attempted to rob at their first meeting. Honwoo, seeing the boy's potential and interest in mechanical devices invited him in to assist in repairing and reprogramming the droids that were brought in for servicing. Mathus had a skill for repurposing and refitting devices and even transformed a pair of power converters into a pair of shock gloves.

Biography
When Mathus&mdash;a brown-eyed, dark-skinned Human male&mdash;was orphaned at a very young age during the time of the Galactic Civil War, He was drawn to running with a gang of thugs in the streets of Anchorhead on Tatooine. When he attempted to rob the repair shop of an old Rodian mechanic named Honwoo, the shop-owner noticed the boy's interest in a partially-stripped repulsorlift array sitting on the workbench. Seeing Mathus' potential, Honwoo offered to teach him how it worked with the opportunity to be trained as a technician. From that point, Mathus abandoned his life as a miscreant on the streets and apprenticed under Honwoo.

Mathus subsequently learned from Honwoo about everything that came through the repair shop&mdash;mainly involving repairing and reprogramming droids. Without having had formal academic instruction, Mathus used what he learned from Honwoo&mdash;along with his incredible intellect&mdash;to successfully tinker and fix droids through effective use of trial and error, learning the inner workings of every machine passing through the shop. He was particularly interested in refitting and re-purposing machines and even transformed a pair of power converters into shock gloves.

Consequently, Mathus gained a reputation as a droid expert, which drew the attention of Teemo the Hutt. Teemo offered him a high-paying position at his complex in Mos Shuuta. Mathus accepted, but soon found that his qualifications did not meet the position's requirements. Teemo, among other things, wanted Mathus to reverse-engineer and develop schematics from the designs of the old and rusty battle droids with the intent of manufacturing a personal droid army. Due to his lack of education, however, Mathus was limited in proficiency to the maintenance and repair of the droids.

When Mathus attempted to excuse himself from Teemo's service, however, Teemo hinted that something bad would happen to Honwoo if Mathus refused to do the work. Mathus thus resolved to escape and introduced some altered code into Teemo's customized medical and maintenance droid, 41-VEX, in order to encourage the droid to assist and escape with him. Mathus also befriended a scout named Sasha to enlist her help in getting them off of Tatooine.

Personality and traits
Mathus displayed a great intelligence and was able to overcome educational limitations to develop skills as a technician. He also was prone to forget other concerns when presented with a mechanical problem to solve, and even forgot that he went to rob Honwoo when invited to assist in working on the repulsorlift array. Mathus also showed concern for his mentor when Teemo used the old Rodian's life and safety as coercion to keep Mathus working for him. Mathus showed resourcefulness, as well, in programming the intent to leave Teemo into 41-VEX, as well as courage to go through with an escape despite threats to prevent him from attempting to leave.

Behind the scenes
Mathus was described in a biography written on the back page of "Mathus the Technician", an 8-page character folio published online on December 14, 2012, as a free download for the Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Beginner Game.