Hennet Kayn

Hennet Kayn was a Gotal that spent time on the planet Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War between the Alliance to Restore the Republic and the Galactic Empire. In the year 0 BBY, Kayn was in Chalmun's Cantina in the Mos Eisley spaceport when the bounty hunter Greedo confronted the smuggler Han Solo in one of the establishment's booths. Kayn moved into one of the of cantina booths just before Solo shot and killed Greedo.

Biography
The Gotal Hennet Kayn was present in the spaceport of Mos Eisley on the planet Tatooine in the year 0 BBY, during the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Shortly before the Battle of Yavin, the Gotal was in the Chalmun's Cantina in Mos Eisley when the smuggler Han Solo attempted to leave the establishment, only to be forced back into his seat by the bounty hunter Greedo.

As Greedo and Solo discussed the bounty on the smuggler's head, Kayn walked from toward the cantina's main into a booth where the Abyssin Myo and the Talz Muftak were seated. Greedo then fired at Solo but missed, dying when Solo immediately returned fire and briefly drawing the attention of many patrons in the cantina.

Personality and traits
Sonbepol had brown hair and skin, and orange-colored eyes.

Equipment
While at the cantina, Sonbepol wore a dark-brown shirt over light-brown robes and blue pants.

Behind the scenes
Hennet Kayn first appeared in the 1977 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The character's costume in the film was made up of items from the costumes of several other Mos Eisley cantina patrons, including Trinto Duaba's robe, M'iiyoom Onith's shirt, and a mask used by fellow Gotals Feltipern Trevagg and Cobb Sonbepol, the last of which had been crafted by costume designer Rick Baker.

Kayn also used a pair of claw props modified with fur from the film It's Alive, which Baker had also previously worked on. The cantina character Myo also used a separate pair of the same claw props but without the fur.

After panel host Tom Spina discovered production images of Kayn, he and Lucasfilm Story Group member Leland Chee named the character at the Behind the Scenes of the Cantina panel at Celebration Chicago in 2019. The name was based on that of panel attendee Kenneth Haynie, who won the honor during the panel.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope