Death mark/Legends

"A death mark's not an easy thing to live with."

- Carlist Rieekan

A death mark was a bounty on someone who was usually wanted dead—but not always. Han Solo had a death mark on his head from Jabba the Hutt following his jettison of valuable spice shortly before the Battle of Yavin. This was not his first death mark, however: his first came from Teroenza after he escaped Ylesia with Bria Tharen.

Doctor Evazan was notorious for boasting of the number of systems in which he bore a death mark&mdash;a number that seemed to increase every time he mentioned it.

The Shistavanen Riv Shiel had a death mark placed on him by the Empire when he slew the stormtroopers sent to apprehend him under the assumption he was Lak Sivrak.

The mercenary Gallandro had a death mark on over a hundred planets, thanks to his lightning-fast reflexes and quickdraw with a blaster.

Corran Horn earned a death mark on Drall for murdering six smugglers during his days with CorSec -but this turned out to be a ruse planned by Corran and Gil Bastra to throw off the suspicions of Imperial Liaison officer Kirtan Loor to any plans Bastra & Horn were making to defect from the Empire.

The Empire was known to put death marks on the heads of any pilot who joined the ranks of Rogue Squadron.

Death marks imposed by the Empire were meant to be a matter of public record & could be accessed by anyone.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement
 * The Paradise Snare
 * The Hutt Gambit
 * Rebel Dawn
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * X-Wing: Rogue Squadron