Manuel Both-Hanz

"Manny Both-Hanz died to bring us this information."

- Mon Mothma

Manuel or Manny Both-Hanz was an agent of the Rebel Alliance, a very short human or near-human. He appears to have been involved in a romantic relationship with Mon Mothma, the Alliance Chief of State.

In 4 ABY, it was Manny who discovered the existence of the second Death Star; he was also able to pinpoint the exact location of the Emperor's new battle station in the Endor system, and learned that the Emperor himself would be personally overseeing the final stages of the construction.

To communicate this information to the Alliance high command, he made a rendezvous with Tag Greenly and Bink Otauna on Tatooine. Tragically, he was shot by Boba Fett in an altercation in Mos Eisley spaceport, but Tag and Bink successfully passed on the information to Mon Mothma, enabling the Rebellion to destroy the Empire.

Behind the scenes
Manny Both-Hanz appears only in Kevin Rubio's parody comic-strip The Return of Tag and Bink: Special Edition; his name is obviously a pun on the line "Many Bothans died" in Mon Mothma's dialogue in Return of the Jedi. Nevertheless, it is possible that in some form, Manny Both-Hanz exists in canon, and may even be the father of Mon Mothma's son Jobin. It can be noted that the comic is entirely compatible with movie canon and bears no Infinities label.

Manny's full first name, Manuel, may be a reference to the Spanish waiter of that name in the classic British comedy Fawlty Towers.