Zuckuss/Legends

"Zuckuss is dangerous to himself and others."

- Gawynn Karastee

Zuckuss was a Gand bounty hunter who was hired by Darth Vader to find the Millennium Falcon.

Early Life


A native of the planet Gand, Zuckuss was the latest in a long line of findsmen that stretched back 300 years. As a findsman, Zuckuss was able to locate his prey by meditating and using what he dubbed his "intuition". Zuckuss' immediate family is all but unknown, but he was known to have a second cousin, Lu'daal-ud, who was also a skilled findsman. Sometime before Zuckuss had been enrolled in the path of a findsman, the Galactic Empire conquered the planet. Zuckuss personally witnessed Darth Vader and his men subjugate Gand's capital city, crushing all resistance. Even with the Empire's influence, Zuckuss eventually passed the trials to become a findsman. Unfortunately, with their high tech scanning equipment, the Empire had rendered the role of the findsman all but obsolete. Zuckuss' ability to locate targets through the mists of Gand were no longer needed.

With findsman having no use on his homeworld, many retired, while others had to find a new profession. Zuckuss was the first to attempt using his talents off-world and he became the first findsman to seek employment outside of the planet in almost 4000 years. The reasons for Zuckuss' departure are conflicting, and evidence suggests that Zuckuss had failed to become a respected findsman like his forefathers and left the planet in disgrace. The shame Zuckuss experienced by leaving his homeworld eventually caused him to develop a separate personality. While Gand rarely spoke in the first-person, Zuckuss took to referring himself in the first-person, using pronouns such as "I" and "me". To reconcile his disregard for Gand language protocols, Zuckuss' separate personality took to acting as a respectable findsman who never referred to himself except in the third-person.

After leaving his homeworld, Zuckuss had immediate success as a bounty hunter. His ability to divine the future, made him one of the most successful hunters around. Joining with the Bounty Hunters Guild under Crimson Nova, Zuckuss began to work high-profile jobs alongside the head of the house, Breela. One job even found Zuckuss in a fight with the Clone Wars General Kai Justiss. News of Zuckuss' success eventually reached his home planet where his exploits became legendary. Although many Gand believed Zuckuss to be certifiably insane, his offworld success eventually led to a new generation of Gand bounty hunters that sold their services to the highest bidder. Zuckuss was eventually hired by the Hutts as a permanent member of their staff. Under the influence of Jabba Desilijic Tiure, Zuckuss partnered with another up-and-coming bounty hunter known as 4-LOM

A profitable partnership
"You estimate this Vassilika to be worth millions. How is it that such a treasure has not become the focus of a galactic expedition? I suspect&hellip;you would prefer this operation conducted with discretion&hellip;?"

- Zuckuss



With his new partner, Zuckuss began to have more success than he had ever experienced. With his ability to find hidden quarry and 4-LOM's unbeatable intellect, the duo could not be beaten. Although Zuckuss had initially teamed up with the droid to please his Hutt employers, he grew to genuinely respect the droid's abilities. The pair were so successful that around 1 BBY, they were employed by Embra the Hutt to take part in the hunt for the Yavin Vassilika.

The Vassilika's location was unknown to everyone except for a partially insane old businessman known as Illyan Webble. Webble was known to be residing on the planet Kalkovak, and Zuckuss and 4-LOM hurried to beat their competition to Webble's location. Partnered with the mysterious hunter, Sardu Sallowe, the group was the first to arrive on Kalkovak. Unfortunately, their ability was unable to locate Webble in time, and he was able to flee off-world, making it as far as Mon Calamari. Once again, Zuckuss and his companions were the first to arrive, starting their search at the Vagabond Registration Office. The search revealed that Webble had stolen a skiff and had piloted it out into the middle of the ocean. After chartering a skiff, Zuckuss was able to use his intuition to pinpoint Webble's precise location.

Unfortunately, a rival hunting team made up of Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, and Greedo had arrived just after them. The opposing team raced Zuckuss and his team to Webble's location before Sallowe was able to activate an explosive he had placed on their skiff. The opposing skiff's engine exploded, leaving Zuckuss and his companions free to search for Webble unopposed. However, Webble's ship was found abandoned, and the raving madman was nowhere to be found. Luckily, Zuckuss was able to tap into the memory of the great coral reef known as The Bank. The ancient reef had captured Webble's memories before his death, and after reading them, Zuckuss knew the Vassilika's location.



The group quickly left Mon Calamari and made their way to Webble's coordinates where they found an uncharted planet. Sallowe's tracking skills led them right to the Vassilika's where it was being guarded by villagers of the Thelvin Order of Barundi. Inside the village, 4-LOM was easily able to locate the artifact and prepared to retrieve it. However, when he went to secure the item, he was assaulted by the entire village, sustaining major damage. Although, Sallowe wished to rescue their comrade, Zuckuss decided it would be better to make a quiet retreat back to their ship.

Arriving back at their landing point, Zuckuss was surprised to find two other ships, the Millennium Falcon and Slave I. Boba Fett's ship could only mean one thing, and Zuckuss was unsurprised when Fett appeared and rendered Sallowe unconscious. Fett had been hired to protect Solo while he searched for the Vassilika, and he requested that Zuckuss use his abilities to lead him to the Corellian. After sensing that Solo had fallen into the same trap as 4-LOM, Zuckuss led Fett back to the village where the Mandalorian burst into the village]'s prison and rescued all inside. At the same time, several other hunters including Bossk, Dengar, and IG-88 arrived to try and nab the Vassilika. In the ensuing chaos, Sallowe was able to get a hold of the artifact. Unfortunately, the violence caused Sallowe to lose the item, and it was stolen by Jozzel Moffet. With the item gone, Zuckuss was able to convince the rest of the hunters to team together to track down Moffet as a team.


 * Farquil Ban'n: "You've done an outstanding job, Zuckuss. Embra appreciates your excellent work."
 * Sardu Sallowe: "So we won race?"
 * Zuckuss: "Yes, Sardu. We won the race."

Sallowe had discovered that Moffet had taken the Millennium Falcon to Yavin IV, and the hunters raced to the site to stop Moffet from claiming their reward. Zuckuss was forced to leave 4-LOM on the planet, since his arms and legs had been ripped off by the Thelvin Order. Arriving on Yavin IV, the hunters ambushed Moffet as she was selling the Vassilika to the Rebellion. Moffet had sold the artifact for four million credits, and while the rest of the hunters argued over what to do with her, Zuckuss stole the money and placed a 200,000 credit bounty on Bossk and Dengar, knowing that IG-88 would betray his partners to secure the funds. Although registered bounties were non-rescindable, Zuckuss knew the resulting confusion would allow him to escape with the funds.



Unfortunately, Dengar caught wind of the betrayal and was able to shoot Zuckuss in the shoulder before he could escape. Now injured, the money was reclaimed by Moffet, but before she could get away, Embra's assistant, Farquil Ban'n shot her in the back and claimed the 4 million credits for herself. However, before she left, she declared Zuckuss and his crew the winners of the competition and told him to bring a copy of the Vassilika back to Embra and claim his reward. She also gave Zuckuss an additional 200,000 credit reward to help repair 4-LOM.

A new partner
"You needn't act wise and superior with me. I've collected nearly as many bounties as you have. Your family connections are the only reason for your rank in the Guild."

- Zuckuss complains to Bossk

Although Zuckuss and 4-LOM had successfully completed another mission, they found themselves without any funds. Zuckuss was forced to use the extra 200,000 to pay for his bounty on Bossk and Dengar, so the rest of the reward had to be used to repair 4-LOM. Starved for funds, Zuckuss and 4-LOM took a quick job from fellow bounty hunter Skorr to help track down the Rebel agent Kestrel. The pair was also joined by the bounty hunter Furlag and the group tracked Kestrel to an old spaceport on Ord Mantell where she was making a quick getaway. Even though the bounty hunters immediately opened fire and tried to shoot down the ship, they were unable to keep Kestrel from escaping.



Skorr had likely offered his fellow hunters a cut of the reward, and when their quarry escaped, Furlag was the first to blame Skorr for their failure to capture an easy mark. With no credits, and sensing that he was missing the real profits, Zuckuss split with 4-LOM and the Hutts and decided to rejoin the Bounty Hunters Guild. Zuckuss expected his long career and reputation to precede him. Instead, he was treated as another novice bounty hunter, something which irritated him greatly.

Zuckuss was paired with Bossk for missions, but the two disliked each other immensely. Bossk found Zuckuss to be too hesitant while Zuckuss found Bossk's headstrong manner, dangerous to their missions. One of their first missions was to secure a bounty on the unscrupulous accountant, Nil Posondum. With a 12,500 credit bounty on his head, Zuckuss and Bossk hoped to easily secure the contract. After discovering him hiding out in a casino, the duo prepared to eliminate the casino guards and snatch the bounty. Unfortunately for the pair, Boba Fett arrived first and stole the bounty away from them. Zuckuss and Bossk found themselves in a firefight with casino personnel that had arrived following Fett's apprehension of the accountant. The pair were forced to jump out of a third story window and race back to their ship. They eventually caught up with Fett in the Hound's Tooth, but were unable to retrieve the bounty from him.

Humiliated, Bossk and Zuckuss returned to the Guild just in time to hear that Fett was meeting with the Guild Council. Even though Fett had been granted safe travel while attending the meeting, Bossk had decided to destroy Fett before his arrival. Zuckuss was vehemently opposed to the plan, but Bossk would not be persuaded. After finding a signature matching that of the Slave I, Bossk opened fire on the ship, ripping through its canopy. Bossk was still not convinced that he had killed Fett, and Zuckuss and himself went to search the ship. However, the craft turned out to be a decoy with a bomb inside. The pair were only barely able to escape before it exploded in a spectacular fashion.



The Hound's Tooth was badly damaged in the explosion, and Bossk and Zuckuss were forced to make repairs before they could get back to the guild's headquarters. When they finally arrived, they were surprised to find that Fett had laid aside his independent behavior to join the Guild. Although Bossk was immediately distrustful of Fett, Zuckuss had no problem welcoming him into the guild. Fett was quickly given a high profile job, and Zuckuss and Bossk were placed on a team with Fett to obtain the bounty on Oph Nar Dinnid. Zuckuss was exclusively put on the team by Bossk's father and leader of the guild, Cradossk. Cradossk knew that his son had plans to kill him and take control of the guild and wanted to make sure he didn't return from the job. Zuckuss agreed to make sure that Bossk wouldn't return and left with Fett and Bossk to pick up fellow hunters for the job.

After retrieving IG-88 and the cyborg hunter D'harhan, the team left for Shell Hutt territory to retrieve their bounty. Unfortunately for the team, after their arrival, they were double-crossed by Gheeta the Hutt who killed Dinnid prematurely to exact his revenge on Boba Fett. The team came under heavy fire which resulted in the death of D'harhan and Bossk being badly wounded. With the mission a failure, the team returned to the guild where Zuckuss decided to double-cross Cradossk and side with his current partner. Alongside Cradossk's majordomo Ob Fortuna, Zuckuss convinced the old Trandoshan that Bossk had been killed on the mission. Cradossk breathed a sigh of relief before his son surprised him and killed him, eventually devouring his father.

After the guild
The death of Cradossk eventually led to the death of the Bounty Hunters Guild, but Zuckuss was still reluctant to rejoin his Hutt employers. Zuckuss accepted a contract from Boba Fett to help trick Bossk into thinking that he had been killed. Fett was partnering with Bossk to capture the bounty on Trhin Voss'on't, and needed a secret ally, should Bossk try to double cross him. Zuckuss natural ability as a Gand to silence his bodily functions for long stretches of time helped Bossk believe that he was truly dead.

Boba Fett kept Zuckuss in his ship on the ruse that he was using the body to help convince their quarry that they were actually on his side. The dead body would show that they were actually protecting him from the hunters. Fett and Bossk were finally able to apprehend the bounty, but just as Fett suspected, Bossk tried to double cross him. Fulfilling his part of the deal, Zuckuss held Bossk at gunpoint, keeping him from killing Fett and forcing him aboard an escape pod. Unfortunately, Fett double crossed Zuckuss as well and forced him aboard the pod with Bossk, keeping the entire bounty to himself.

Back to the Hutts
After being humiliated for the final time, Zuckuss decided to leave the guild and its former members behind him. He returned to the Hutts and teamed up with 4-LOM once more. Even with his glaring failures, Zuckuss' exploits had given him legendary status among his people on his home planet and he was able to commission a group of Gand businessman to help him build his own starship. Dubbed the Mist Hunter, the ship was constructed by Byblos Drive Yards, providing Zuckuss with his own personalized ship at long last.



Back with 4-LOM, Zuckuss and his companion had a stretch of amazing success, capturing one impressive bounty after another. Unfortunately, their success came to a sudden end. In one casual hunt, a desperate woman ripped Zuckuss' respirator away from his face. Although Zuckuss had the ability to hold his breath for extended periods of time, he reflexively inhaled three breaths of deadly oxygen. The oxygen permanently damaged his lungs, and without replacements, he would ultimately die.

Unfortunately, the procedure for cloning new lungs was notoriously expensive, around 50,000 credits. Even with their recent success the required fee was something which Zuckuss and 4-LOM simply did not have. Desperate, the two took on a bounty from the Rebellion for Imperial Governor Nardix. Although the Rebellion paid the hunters well for the capture, it was still not enough to buy Zuckuss the surgery, and they were forced to press on. Unfortunately for the pair, the Rebellion publicly tried Nardix with crimes against sentients and executed him, causing a public disgrace for the Empire. Imperial death warrants were placed on Zuckuss and 4-LOM for their part in the proceedings, and they were forced to watch their backs at every turn.

The duo was placed in another unfortunate event when Jabba ordered them to accept the Imperial bounty for Han Solo. The meeting, to be held on the Executor, was a great risk for the pair, and Zuckuss' meditated the entire way there to discover whether Vader knew of their involvement in the Nardix affair. Zuckuss eventually surmised that Vader was aware of the crime, but didn't care. He only wished to see Solo captured. En route to the ship, the Mist Hunter became temporarily caught up in the Battle of Hoth where they helped disable the Rebel transport Bright Hope.

Before meeting up with the other hunters assigned to the job, Zuckuss was forced to shoot himself up with pain-killers to mask his injury from his fellow bounty hunters and most importantly, Darth Vader. The meeting went well enough, and Zuckuss and 4-LOM were one of the first back to their ship. Zuckuss used his intuition to surmise that Solo would make his way to the Rebel rendezvous in a place outside the known galaxy. Zuckuss planned to make it to the rendezvous first to ambush Solo and get the bounty with ease.



However, the pair knew that they needed some excuse to be able to arrive at the rendezvous point uninvited. To give themselves an excuse for their arrival, the pair decided to rescue the transport they had previously help disable, the Bright Hope. Zuckuss and 4-LOM docked with the ship and claimed to the surviving passengers that they had been sent by the Rebellion to rescue them. The survivor's commanding officer, Toryn Farr was suspicious of the pair, rightfully believing them to be bounty hunters. Eventually, Zuckuss was able to convince Farr that they were genuinely trying to help, and they were able to force ninety wounded rebels onto the ship by replacing the ammonia atmosphere of the ship with an oxygen one. Zuckuss was forced to wear an ammonia suit during the trip, so that the atmosphere could be replaced.

Instead of bringing the Rebels immediately to the rendezvous point, Farr forced the pair to bring the wounded Rebels to an underground base on Darlyn Boda. Unfortunately, this extended their trip, and Zuckuss' health began to deteriorate rapidly. However, the Rebel's droid, 2-1B was able to examine him and claimed that he would be able to perform a medical procedure on Zuckuss which would allow him to regrow new lungs. Unfortunately, the procedure could only be performed in a special facility, one which was only located at the Rebel's rendezvous point. Arriving on Darlyn Boda, the seriously wounded Rebels were offloaded, and only a handful of Rebels, including Toryn Farr, chose to continue on to the rendezvous point.

Unfortunately, the trip in the ammonia suit had helped speed up the damage to Zuckuss' lungs, and he was near death. However, out of a kindness unknown to droids, his partner 4-LOM allowed Zuckuss to sleep with the Ankarres Sapphire while the droid piloted the Mist Hunter the rest of the way to the rendezvous point. The sapphire's healing properties were able to sustain Zuckuss until he could be brought to the Rebel's specialized medical facilities.

Finally arriving at the rendezvous point, the two bounty hunters were met with open arms, and Zuckuss was immediately taken into intensive care. Unfortunately, the arrival was also met with bad news. Han Solo had already been captured by their rival Boba Fett. The pair knew that their failure in the hunt meant that their death mark would not be removed, but 4-LOM had already calculated another plan. While in the Rebel stronghold, the droid had observed two of the Rebel's heroes: Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa. Their capture would most likely gain the Empire's favor, and 4-LOM prepared a plan of attack. However, Zuckuss was still in critical condition, awaiting the procedure that would help him regrow new lungs. Without Zuckuss' help, 4-LOM knew the chances of success were next to none. With no other options open, the pair decided to join the Rebellion, partly in return for their genuine kindness towards Zuckuss in his fragile state.

Rebel agent
"It's a big reward. There's plenty for everyone. We're all in the same business, Fett. Think how much easier it would be if we worked together&mdash;shared the responsibility."

- Zuckuss



After Zuckuss had regrown his lungs, he and 4-LOM were assigned to the Alliance Special Forces, who modified the Mist Hunter considerably so that it resembled more of a recon ship than a starfighter. On their first assignment, the pair was tasked with rescuing Han Solo from Boba Fett before he could deliver him to Jabba. To do this, Zuckuss and 4-LOM teamed up with Zuckuss' old partner Bossk to track down the Slave I. Zuckuss arranged a meeting with Fett on the planet Gall where he tried to convince the bounty hunter that he should take on additional partners. Meanwhile, a taskforce of hunters led by 4-LOM tried to rescue Solo from Fett's ship. However, the meeting went awry when Fett sensed a double cross, and he returned back to his ship just in time to stop 4-LOM from stealing Solo.

Bossk and Zuckuss tried to keep Fett from leaving the planet, but at the same time a firefight erupted between Imperial and Rebel forces. In the confusion, Fett disappeared, along with 4-LOM who was being held captive aboard Fett's ship. Zuckuss and Bossk quickly fled Gall in the Hound's Tooth trying to track Fett before he could get to Tatooine and claim the bounty on Solo. Luckily for the hunters, 4-LOM had survived the attack and was able to transmit a signal to Zuckuss and Bossk from the Slave I. The hunters used the signal to find Fett's hiding place and opened fire on him. Fett's ship was damaged, and Zuckuss took the Hound's Tooth&#39;s reconnaissance ship, the Nashtah Pup to board the disabled craft alongside several other hunters including Furlag.



After boarding the ship, Zuckuss quickly took Fett captive and ordered Furlag to chain him up in his own hold. As Zuckuss and his men tried to release the binds that secured Solo to the Slave I, Fett easily outsmarted Furlag and was able to get away. Quickly turning the tables, Fett killed the rest of Zuckuss' men and took the Gand hostage. At gunpoint, Zuckuss was forced to lie to Bossk about how the operation was proceeding. Fett loaded the Nashtah Pup with explosives and sent it back to Bossk's ship where it exploded, disabling the Hound's Tooth. With Bossk incapacitated, Fett fled the scene, placing Zuckuss into a cell alongside his comrade 4-LOM, whom Fett had personally disabled by putting a blaster bolt through his verbobrain.



Zuckuss was kept in his cell while Fett made repairs to his ship and formulated a plan for delivering his cargo to Jabba without being confronted again. Zuckuss believed that there was no chance for Fett to be able to deliver the cargo untouched, but Fett was able to design a plan of attack. Bounding and gagging Zuckuss, Fett tied the bounty hunter to a spare speeder bike and outfitted him in an extra set of Mandalorian armor. Fett then tied a platform containing 4-LOM's wrecked body to the back of the craft, completing the illusion that Fett was going to tow Solo the rest of the way on a speeder bike. Flying low to the ground, Fett dropped off the speeder bike which drove quickly away carrying 4-LOM and Zuckuss with it. Luckily for Zuckuss, the rampaging speeder was brought to a halt by a carefully timed blaster bolt. However, Bossk was not pleased to find that the man under the mask was actually Zuckuss and not Fett.



Back to bounty hunting
"It's a cold, hard galaxy we live in."

- Zuckuss

After being humiliated yet again by Fett, Zuckuss left the Rebellion to concentrate on rebuilding 4-LOM. He was finally able to repair the droid, but his verbobrain had been irreparably damaged during the encounter with Fett. The only way he could be reactivated was with a complete memory wipe. Sadly, 4-LOM was never the same, and the idealism that had led him to join the Rebellion alongside Zuckuss had become completely nonexistent.

With 4-LOM repaired, Zuckuss and the droid took a contract from Domina Tagge. Working alongside Bossk, Dengar, and IG-88 once again, the pair provided protection and support for TaggeCo's operatives as they tried to unleash a plague of the Crimson Forever on members of both the Empire and the Rebellion. However, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, and Leia Organa were able to foil the plot, and Zuckuss and 4-LOM fled the scene with Domina.

Out of work once again, Zuckuss tried to get the pair back into bounty hunting once again. Zuckuss was finally able to find work, but 4-LOM had other ideas. The droid felt that he no longer needed a partner and made plans to go out on his own. However, Zuckuss convinced him to go after one more bounty on the gambler Drawmas Sma'Da.

Sma'Da frequented an upscale cantina run by Salla C'airam which had a strict weapons policy, so the pair were forced to come up with a way to sneak a blaster into the establishment in order to capture their quarry. While Zuckuss brought in a powered-down blaster, 4-LOM was able to hide a power pak inside his head-casing. Inside the establishment, Zuckuss quickly assembled the blaster and took Sma'Da captive. Zuckuss and 4-LOM led the gambler back to their ship and turned him over to the Empire for a handsome reward. Shortly afterward Zuckuss and 4-LOM parted ways. Zuckuss left for the Outer Rim to continue his career as a bounty hunter

Final fate


"The extreme pressure of some situation drove him over the edge"

- Gawynn Karastee

Although Zuckuss took to bounty hunting in the outer rim, he was never able to reach the same heights of success that he had experienced in his glory days. At some point, Zuckuss found himself incarcerated in a penal facility on Coruscant. While there, Zuckuss was analyzed by a criminal psychiatrist known as Gawynn Karastee. In her analysis, Karastee found Zuckuss to be schizophrenic and exhibiting multiple personality disorder. She found Zuckuss to be incredibly violent and dangerous to others. From her analysis, it seemed unlikely that they would ever release Zuckuss&mdash;at least not willingly.

In Zuckuss' meditations, he had often looked to find out the circumstances of his own death. He surmised that he would eventually be killed, though he could not pinpoint exactly who would do the deed. However, he had ruled out 4-LOM and Vader as his potential killers. It is also known that Drawmas Sma'Da planned to exact his revenge on Zuckuss and 4-LOM for turning him over to the authorities.

Equipment


"Zuckuss, how any being can live behind a respirator is beyond me... Mastication is life's greatest pursuit! Chewing is living!"

- Embra the Hutt

Zuckuss made use of a specialized respirator which allowed him to breathe ammonia in oxygen rich environments. As for weapons, Zuckuss was known to use the GRS-1 snare rifle and occasionally equipped the BlasTech W-90 concussion rifle. He was also proficient in the use of a wide variety of blaster pistols.

Zuckuss also equipped a heavy set of battle armor under his heavy cloak to protect his fragile body while on missions. He would also don a computer and a sensor array which hung on straps around his neck.



He owned two known ships over his long career. One which he used during the hunt for the Yavin Vassilika had an extremely fast hyperdrive that rivaled that of the Millennium Falcon. After his reunion with 4-LOM, Zuckuss had come into the possession of another ship, a G-1A transport dubbed the Mist Hunter which had been made to his specific designs.

Personality and traits
Zuckuss displayed a hesitance looked down on by some hunters as cowardice. While many of his comrades would opt to rush in guns-a-blazin' Zuckuss always took the more cautious approach, and weighed his options beforehand. However, Zuckuss was prone to sudden outbursts of violence and could be quite brutal if pushed or cornered.

Plagued with schizophrenia and a split personality, Zuckuss had two distinct outlooks on life. One personality adopted the devout role of a findsman and respected ancient Gand traditions and rules to a fault. Zuckuss' other personality was apathetic to his Gand heritage and freely referred to himself in the first-person. This personality was also fairly insecure with himself and doubted his abilities. The latter personality was the dominant one, and the former only surfaced when Zuckuss felt extremely guilty towards his breaking away from Gand culture.

However, Zuckuss was not without sentimental emotions, and he generally responded positively to kindness and empathy. While with the Rebels, Zuckuss' outlook on life was quite positive and he found himself being genuinely friendly to his comrades in arms. Zuckuss also had a strong connection with his frequent companion 4-LOM and cared about his well-being. When his droid comrade's memory was apparently destroyed during their stint as Rebels Zuckuss became quite depressed.

Behind the scenes



 * Zuckuss' multiple personality disorder was a retcon introduced in the first edition of The Essential Guide to Alien Species to explain drastic personality differences between sources: especially between The Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy and previously established canon from Tales of the Bounty Hunters.
 * There was originally some confusion as to which character is Zuckuss and which is his partner 4-LOM due to their names being switched on their Kenner action figures. Initially, the bug-eyed alien was named 4-LOM by Kenner; and the droid was named Zuckuss. Later on, Lucasfilm decided that droids had names with cyphers and letters, and organics had not. Thus, the names were swapped.


 * Zuckuss' GRS-1 snare rifle is a modified British Lee-Enfield WWII-era rifle.
 * Zuckuss is erroneously referred to as "Zuckass" in Marvel Star Wars 50: The Crimson Forever, much to the amusement of fans.
 * In Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Zuckuss is seen fighting alongside IG-88 and Dengar on Cloud City. Because later canon established that Zuckuss was actually on his way to the Rebel rendezvous point during the events of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, it can be assumed that this Zuckuss is in error or is perhaps just simply another Gand that looks similar.


 * In the fifth draft of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Zuckuss' name is misspelled as "Tuckuss" and he is described as a "human-type" bounty hunter. This error was also carried over into the novelization. As a result, Archie Goodwin intended the image of Dengar in Marvel Star Wars 50: The Crimson Forever to actually be Zuckuss or "Zuckass" as his name was misspelled in that issue.

Appearances



 * Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika
 * Rookies: Rendezvous
 * Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
 * A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale
 * Star Wars Missions 11: Bounty Hunters vs. Battle Droids
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88
 * Tales of the Bounty Hunters
 * Of Possible Futures: The Tale of Zuckuss and 4-LOM
 * Marvel Star Wars 50: The Crimson Forever
 * Star Wars Galaxy 6
 * Hunting the Hunters
 * Shadows of the Empire comic
 * The Mandalorian Armor
 * Slave Ship
 * Hard Merchandise
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge