Thannik

Thannik was a Human bounty hunter active during the Galactic Civil War.

Accompanied by his protocol droid GT-9R, the outlaw Dirk Harkness, a child named Cev Rees, and a pilot known only as Rhen, Thannik once visited the Dancing Dewback cantina to meet with a Devaronian contact. Thannik, though he appreciated the ambience of the establishment (which he called "a good bar fight waiting to happen"), hung back with his droid to assess the situation, keeping an eye out for heavily armed patrons and a path for a quick exit. The rest of his companions, meanwhile, headed directly for the bar.

Behind the scenes
Thannik is a sample player character appearing in several game play examples in Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded, published by West End Games. These include from examples of group play, skill use, and character creation. Thannik's player is identified as "Greg" in these examples (a possible reference to WEG designers Greg Farshtey, Greg Costikyan, or Greg Gorden), while the gamemaster is identified as "Bill" (possibly referring to WEG writers Bill Smith or Bill Slavicsek).

For the most part, these examples are rewritten versions of examples previously included in Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition. In these reused examples, Thannik replaces Tirog, another bounty hunter character played by Greg. As a result, Thannik's biography closely parallels Tirog's. Two of Thannik's associates, GT-9R and Drebble, are companions of Tirog's in the previous rulebook.