Kal Brigger

Kal Brigger was a freelance trader who bought the Millennium Falcon, known at the time as YT 492727ZED, in 48 BBY along with his sister, Dova Brigger. Using their newly bought ship, which they named Hardwired, the siblings illegally brought cargo between Corellia and other worlds, including the Core Worlds. Eventually, they became involved with the Smugglers' Confederacy of the Cularin system, and their leader, Nirama, who put a price on the sibling's heads due a broken deal, in which Kal was supposed to stop his dealings with slavers. After a bounty hunter captured Dova, Kal took the ship for himself, and rechristened the Hardwired as Wayward Son. Kal then went work for the former smuggler Iaco Stark, who had gotten into an armed conflict with the Galactic Republic. During the conflict, Kal was eaten alive by carnivorous insects in an abandoned space mine on Troiken.

Life
Kal and Dova, a pair of freelance traders, were siblings who worked in the enterprising business during their lives. In 48 BBY, the siblings came across a YT-1300 light freighter, owned by Corell Industries, who had gone bankrupt due to the Trade Federation. The duo bought the ship, and named it Hardwired, with the intent of making a profit by moving cargo between Corellia and other worlds. Successful in their business, Kal used the money they made into upgrading the ship's hyperdrive, hoping for easier travel in the Corellian System, and eventually used the hyperdrive to enable travel to the Core Worlds.

However, the Briggers' business soon turned illegal, and began to carry different cargo. Instead of carrying consumer goods, the siblings carried munitions, light arms, and other weapons. This illegal business caught the attention of the Smugglers' Confederacy of the Cularin System and their leader, Nirama. Nirama, an Oblee crimelord, opposed slavery, and hoping that the duo would stop business with slavers, he struck a deal with Kal; the Briggers would stop all business with slavers, and Nirama would loan them credits to upgrade the Hardwired in return.

After a standard year, though, Kal and Dova broke the deal, causing Nirama to put a price on their heads. A famed bounty hunter was able to capture Dova, who in turn was executed by Nirama, though Kal was able to escape this bounty hunter. Alone, Kal rechristened the Hardwired as Wayward Son, and attempted to take a job with Iaco Stark's Commercial Combine. This involvement with Stark, a former smuggler who headed a group of pirates, bounty hunters, and assassins, backfired on Kal when Stark got into an armed conflict with Galactic Republic because of stolen bacta. The Republlic forces released carnivorous insects against the smuggler on Troiken, and Kal was eaten alive by them, trapped in an abandoned space mine.

Legacy
The Wayward Son, Kal's ship, would pass down through many owners, including Tobb Jadak, a member of the Republic Group. After Bammy Decree, a mechanic, came into ownership of the ship, he dated the history of the ship, in which he chronicled Kal's ownership of the ship until he had been killed. After the ship passed out of Decree's hold, it eventually made it's way to Han Solo, a hero of the Rebellion, with whom the ship became famous under the alias of the Millennium Falcon.

Personality and traits
Kal Brigger was a trader in the enterprising business, whose dealings soon turned illegal after he began to make a profit off of his criminal activites. Kal also broke a deal with Nirama, causing the crimelord to place a bounty on his head due to his dealings with slavers.

Behind the scenes
The character of Kal Brigger was first mentioned in the Star Wars novel, Millennium Falcon, which remains his only appearance in Star Wars canon to date.

Appearances

 * Millennium Falcon