Tobias Beckett

"Let me give you some advice. Assume everyone will betray you and you will never be disappointed."

- Tobias Beckett to Han Solo

Tobias Beckett was a human male member of Crimson Dawn who mentored young Han Solo during the reign of the Galactic Empire. He was a survivor and quietly worked out angles that enabled him to come out ahead.

Early life
At some point before 10 BBY, Beckett met the criminal and bounty hunter Aurra Sing who he pushed to her death. Sing's death was later recalled to Beckett while talking with Lando Calrissian, though Beckett claimed that he just gave Sing a push and that it was the fall that killed her.

Heist on the Conveyex
Tobias Beckett was a member of Crimson Dawn, a criminal organization led by Dryden Vos. Beckett was instructed to retrieve a crate of coaxium from a 20-T Railcrawler conveyex transport on the planet Vandor-1; he went on this mission with his lover, Val, and Rio Durant.

On Mimban, Beckett, Val, and Durant retrieved a ship. They recruited Han Solo and Chewbacca, took the two with them to Vandor-1, and clashed with the Cloud-Riders led by Enfys Nest. Beckett lost Val, Durant, and the coaxium he sought during the scuffle. He reported back to Dryden Vos and was able to avoid execution by promising to retrieve unrefined coaxium from Kessel. Beckett had to make room for Qi'ra on his crew in accordance with his leader's wishes.

Mission to Kessel
Taken to Kessel by Lando Calrissian and L3-37 on the Millennium Falcon, Beckett successfully obtained the necessary amount of coaxium and travelled with his accomplices to Savareen so the unstable material could be refined and they could rendezvous with Dryden Vos. During the mission, Beckett posed as a guard for Qi'ra, directing the fake captives, Han and Chewie, out of the Falcon. He later follows Qi'ra, L3, the Pyke who met them and its guards. While Qi'ra went into another room to discuss with the Pyke, Beckett takes out the guards who stand outside, he after watches Qi'ra fight the Pyke. After a moment of unnerving silence from the room, he opens the door, and is only to be astonished to see a Pyke laying on the floor with Qi'ra walking out of the room telling him that she was taught Teräs Käsi by Dryden Vos. Once they got to the consoles to help Han to get to the vault of coaxium, L3 had freed some slave droids, who also freed the other slaves in the mine. The slaves inevitably rebelled against the guards allowing Beckett and the others to escape aboard the Millenium Falcon.

Refine on Savareen
Once on the planet, Beckett showed his true colors to Han, Qi'ra, and Chewbacca. Once Han had told Beckett their plan he reports to Vos. Once they meet Vos, Vos surprises the team by announcing that the coaxium is fake – he reveals that his "inside man," and Han assumes that it was Qi'ra but it was indeed, Beckett. He had informed him of Han's plan to sell the real shipment to the Cloud Riders, a rebellion group led by Enfys Nest. Han announces that he anticipated Beckett's deception – the coaxium they are holding is real. He betrayed the three and abandoned Dryden. He attempted to take the coaxium for himself, but he was shot by Han, he praised Han for his actions right before he died.

Behind the scenes
"I play a guy named Beckett, who's kind of a criminal and a mentor to Han."

- Woody Harrelson, on Tobias Beckett

Tobias Beckett appears in Solo: A Star Wars Story and is portrayed by Woody Harrelson. Early fan speculation believed that Harrelson would be playing Garris Shrike&mdash;Han Solo's mentor in the Star Wars Legends continuity who first appeared in A. C. Crispin's The Han Solo Trilogy book series&mdash;but this theory was proven incorrect when Harrelson revealed Beckett's name on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

According to screenwriters Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan, Beckett is based on Long John Silver, the main antagonist of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Beckett 1
 * Solo: A Star Wars Story