Dred Priest

Dred Priest was a Human male Mandalorian warrior.

Biography
When Jango Fett chose him to train clone troopers on Kamino, Priest relished the challenge that creating elite soldiers offered. Finding a kindred spirit in fellow Mandalorian Isabet Reau, he secretly formed a Battle Circle to practice their training techniques in brutal competitions with their trainees, and the two quickly formed a relationship. However, other Cuy'val Dar, such as Mij Gilamar, saw Dred as a merciless butcher, making his troops fight each other for his amusement. After treating several clones' injuries, Gilamar informed Fett of the situation, who put a violent end to Priest's fight club.

In 18 BBY, Priest an Reau were discovered on Mandalore working with the local Imperials and recruiting for the revived Death Watch. Mij Gilamar and Ordo Skirata led him down into an underground chasm where Gilamar stabbed him in a vital artery in the leg. He died from severe blood loss and Gilamar and Ordo tossed his corpse into the churning Kelita River to delay Reau from discovering his fate.

Behind the scenes
This figure shares some parts with Llats Ward and Boba Fett, but not everything about the character has been revealed yet.

Like the Rav Bralor figure in the set, Dred Priest appears to be loosely based on artwork done by Tom Hodges for the Star Wars Insider 86 article The Mandalorians: People and Culture. In this picture you can see that the waist and shoulder ammo belts, cod piece, and upper torso armor are identical. However, the helmet on the action figure is not as intricately painted as the one in the artwork, nor does the action figure have any thigh and shin armor. The legs are taken from a Boba Fett action figure.

The head under the helmet is loosely based on Hasbro employee Derryl Depriest, whose name also served as a basis for the figure.

Appearances

 * Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
 * Imperial Commando: 501st