Vrannin Vaxx

"Two maladjusted want-to-be bounty hunters and their dressed-up protocol droid."

- Valin Horn, to Vrannin Vaxx, Dhidal Nyz, and their companion, upon jumping onto Nyz's cargo hauler

Vrannin Vaxx was a male Human mercenary from the planet of Dorvalla. He became famous during the Yuuzhan Vong War, but was nearly killed in a personnel shuttle-crash near the end of the war. His family&mdash;a wealthy mining clan&mdash;acquired a Black market YVH 1 droid, and made it into a cybernetic body for Vaxx.

In 43.5 ABY he attempted to capture the fugitive Jedi Knight Valin Horn. During the chase, Vaxx was partnered with a female Human bounty hunter and the Quarren inventor Dhidal Nyz. During he chase, Vaxx was shot by ex-smuggler Han Solo and his wife, Leia Organa Solo, in the Millennium Falcon, forcing them to drop out of the chase. Horn was captured by the Jedi, and eventually returned to the Jedi Temple. Vaxx was later hired alongside bounty hunter Zilaash Kuh by the Galactic Alliance to assist in the arrest of Valin Horn from the Temple.

Biography
Vrannin Vaxx was a male Human born on the planet of Dorvalla. He distinguished himself during the Yuuzhan Vong War, but was horribly burned and maimed when his personnel shuttle crashed late in the war. Two-thirds of his body was destroyed, and instead of replacing it with simple prosthetics, Vaxx's wealthy family, a mining clan, acquired a black market YVH 1 droid and made it into a cybernetic body for Vaxx.

In 43.5 ABY, he teamed up with two other bounty hunters&mdash;a blond female Human and the Quarren inventor, Dhidal Nyz&mdash;in a cargo hauler piloted by another being, to capture the fugitive Jedi Knight Valin Horn, who was suffering from a psychological breakdown. During the chase through the galactic capital of Coruscant, Horn ejected from a T-65 X-wing starfighter he had been flying, and landed his ejector seat on the cargo bed. He escaped before the bounty hunters could attack him, however, due to the distraction of Jedi Knight Jaina Solo jumping down from her airspeeder onto the bed in hopes of catching Horn. Nyz shot his electric net gun, however, and the net caught her and caused her to fall off of the bed. Their female companion began to criticize Nyz for his rash action, but a racing speeder shot by the hauler, causing the vehicle to tip over sideways. Nyz was thrown off, but Vaxx didn't move, due to the strength of his cybernetic replacements.

As they began to accelerate back up to speed, they were fired upon by former smuggler Han Solo and his wife, Leia Organa Solo, in their starship, the Millennium Falcon. Vaxx was hit, and the cyborg was launched into the control cab of the cargo hauler. Smoke began pouring from the cab, and the hauler slowed down, forcing the bounty hunters to give up the chase. Soon after, Horn was captured by Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker. Vaxx survived this incident, and was later hired by the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, alongside fellow hunter Zilaash Kuh, to accompany Galactic Alliance Security forces led by Captain Savar to the Jedi Temple to arrest Valin Horn. Horn was then encased in carbonite and placed in the Armand Isard Correctional Facility, a prison on Coruscant.

Behind the scenes
Vrannin Vaxx was created by established Star Wars author Aaron Allston for the first novel in the nine-part Fate of the Jedi series, Outcast.

Appearances

 * Outcast