Quarg

Quarg was the fat, self-styled governor of a huge city-ship that ran a scavenging operation on the water covered planet of Drexel II.

Early history
During the time of the Old Republic Quarg's father was the governer of the Korteen Belt, an area whose residents posed as miners but were actually scavengers. They used sonic jammers to distrupt passing ships, causing them to collide with the asteroids in the belt, then the scavengers would strip the ships of their cargo. Soon this activity caught the attention of Jedi Knights who forced the scavengers from their residence and sent them limping to the remote, water covered planet Drexel II. They built the city-ship and resumed their scavenging ways with the sonic jamming technology now built into their floating city, bringing down any ship that strayed into the Drexel system. But the native species of the planet, the sea-dragons, were antagonized by the hypersonic jamming signal and repeatedly attacked their ship. The scavenger's technicians objected to the use of the signal claiming it was causing harm to the sea-dragons, but their objections were ignored and they were exiled from the city-ship. These technicians soon developed a relationship with the sea-dragans and became known as the Dragon Lords and fought Quarg's attempts to use his jamming equipment.

Final battle with the Dragon Lords
When Luke Skywalker, on a mission to find a new location for the Rebel base, encountered the Drexel system he thought he found a good candidate on Drexel II, but his ship was quickly brought down by the scavengers' jamming signal. The scavengers sent out hydra craft to recover Luke's scout ship, but were thwarted by the Dragon Lords. As substitute they brought Luke and his droids R2-D2 and C-3PO back to their base in the hope that Quarg would accept them as adequate replacements for the lost ship. Initially Quarg intended to have the droids stripped down for parts but Luke convinced him that they would serve him better kept intact as the ship's repair crew. After a test of their abilities, Quarg agreed with Luke, although the master machinesmith objected and attacked Luke out of desparation. Luke defeated the mechanic, and Quarg had the man hanged as a warning to others who may have objected to his decisions.

A turning point in the conflict with the Dragon Lords was at hand, Crimson Jack's battlecruiser had entered the system and the scavengers were intent on brining it down as it would provide enough precious metal to last a lifetime. But the jamming equipment wasn't powerful enough to bring down the huge cruiser, it could only hold it in place, but Quarg insisted that they keep trying. The Dragon Lords, desperate to stop the scavengers, attacked the city-ship with all of their might. By this time the Millennium Falcon and her crew had arrived on Drexel II right in the middle of the battle, and in the confusion were attacked by the scavengers. Han Solo was rescued by the Dragon Lords while Chewbacca and Princess Leia were captured by Quarg and used as hostages to force Luke to continue to work for Quarg. Luke pretended to be augmenting the jamming equipment by using the Millennium Falcon's engines, but instead he reactivated the Falcon's guns in order to attack the city-ship. The sea-dragons' relentless attacks were destroying the city-ship, and in the confusion Chewbacca broke free of his prison. Luke took the opportunity to free Leia from Quarg just as he meant to force her off the top of the mainmast of the ship, and in doing so knocked the governor into the water to his death. Then Han Solo used the Falcon's guns to fire on the ship destroying the jamming equipment allowing the Rebels to escape the planet.

Appearances

 * Marvel Star Wars 12: Doomworld
 * Marvel Star Wars 13: Day of the Dragon Lords
 * Marvel Star Wars 14: The Sound of Armageddon