Gank/Legends

Ganks were a race of mechanized sentients often found working for the Hutts on Nar Shaddaa. Their physiology was similar to that of another cyborg species known as the Yaka as noted by Hira Deboota when performing an autopsy on a Yaka corpse.

History
They often wore similar uniforms, suggesting either a political or planetary affiliation, or a gang (like the Black Vulkars or Hidden Beks of Jedi Civil War-era Taris). This speculation was not proven, however. More often than not, Ganks were very dangerous, and would not hesitate to kill to achieve their unsavory goals. This trait could be best seen by the mass genocide of the Porporite species by the Ganks, an act that had occurred when the Neimoidians hired various Gank clans to protect their lockup of the narcotic ryll in the early days of the Republic. Further attempts to study their culture proved unsuccessful, as the Ganks usually killed any who tried.

Hutts often hired Gank Killers.

Prior to the Battle of Hoth, Gank Killers in the employ of Jabba the Hutt were sent out after Han Solo; years later, while visiting Nar Shaddaa after the resurrection of Emperor Palpatine, Solo and his wife Leia encountered a squad of Ganks at about the same time Boba Fett reappeared.

Another well-known story about Ganks concerned an encounter between some of them and Mace Windu, in which the Jedi Master faced off against a group of Ganks, who dropped their weapons to the ground rather than face him.

Appearances

 * Galaxy of Fear: Eaten Alive
 * A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization
 * Marvel Star Wars 39: The Empire Strikes Back: Beginning
 * Dark Empire
 * Dark Empire II
 * Ylesia