Baroosh Pawk

"Hang on; I got an uninvited guest!"

- Rio Durant, upon realizing Baroosh Pawk had boarded the ship he was piloting

Baroosh Pawk was a male member of the Cloud-Riders during the reign of the Galactic Empire. While he was a member, the Cloud-Riders attempted to steal a shipment of coaxium from the Galactic Empire on the planet Vandor. Riding speeder bikes, they attacked a 20-T Railcrawler conveyex transport carrying the goods, but discovered that a group working for the criminal Crimson Dawn were already on the transport trying to steal the same shipment. Pawk boarded the Y-45 armored transport hauler piloted by Rio Durant and fatally shot Durant in the shoulder. However, in the course of their clash, Durant shot and killed Pawk. The two groups fought, but ultimately neither managed to claim the coaxium, as it was destroyed.

Early life
Baroosh Pawk was a male individual who was a member of Enfys Nest's Cloud-Riders. He came from a world that was brutalized by a collection of criminal syndicates known as the Five Syndicates that included Crimson Dawn. The atrocities committed by the syndicates to his home world eventually led him to join the Cloud-Riders, a group of marauders whose own planets had suffered similarly at the hands of the Five Syndicates. Pawk and his fellow Cloud-Riders sought to resist the tyranny of the Galactic Empire and the criminal syndicates that were in league with them.

Train heist and death
In 10 BBY, Pawk and the other Cloud-Riders traveled to the icy world of Vandor in order to attempt to steal a shipment of the hyperfuel coaxium from the Galactic Empire with the intention of using it fund resistance against the Empire and the Five Syndicates. Traveling on swoop bikes, the gang descended upon the Imperial 20-T Railcrawler conveyex transport ICC-5537, which was carrying the coaxium across the Iridium Mountains to Crispin Imperial Depository; however, they discovered that they were beaten to their target by a group of criminals led by Tobias Beckett and working for Crimson Dawn.

The two groups exchanged fire, while Nest dismounted onto the train. Riding in the sidecar of a Caelli-Merced Halberd-441 swoop bike pilotEd by his partner Tayshin Maxa, Pawk leapt aboard a Y-45 armored transport hauler piloted by Rio Durant. As he approached the ship's cockpit, Durant took notice of the commotion and shot at him. Pawk shot back and fatally wounded Durant in the shoulder. However in the midst of their clash, Durant managed to shoot Pawk as well, killing him.

While Pawk was boarding the transport hauler, the Cloud-Riders fired grappling hooks onto the transport car carrying the coaxium. The opposing gang of criminals had lifted the car with the Y-45 armored transport hauler, and it hung between the two groups as they attempted to escape. When the groups drew close to a mountain, the new pilot of the hauler, Han Solo, lost his nerve and released the car, forcing the Cloud-Riders to do the same and leaving the prize to tumble into the mountainside. To escape the ensuing explosion, the Cloud-Riders were then forced to withdraw from the planet empty-handed, leaving behind the deceased Pawk, whose body was still aboard the other group's ship.

Personality and traits
As a member of the Cloud-Riders, Pawk served as a climber and skydiver, leaping from sidecars onto target vessels during raids. He was said to have more daring than brains.

Equipment
Pawk wore a traditional Ubese tracking helmet crested with buphasian feathers to hide his identity, which he rarely removed. The sleeves of his jacket were decorated with narglatch teeth, and he wore a transponder on his lapel, used to signal his fellow Cloud-Riders for pickup. He carried a tibanna-jacked DH-17 blaster pistol equipped with a vibrobayonet. Pawk typically paired with the pilot Tayshin Maxa during missions, riding in the sidecar of a Caelli-Merced Halberd-441 swoop bike. Their swoop was customized with painted on personal designs and flags.

Behind the scenes
Baroosh Pawk first appeared in the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story, and was first identified in the accompanying reference book Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo. He was portrayed in the film by an uncredited stuntman.

Appearances

 * Solo: A Star Wars Story
 * Solo: A Star Wars Story: Train Heist
 * Solo: A Star Wars Story Look and Find
 * Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition
 * Solo: A Star Wars Story: Junior Novel