Deadeye Duncan

"Look, I admit it&mdash;you're better than me. Everyone is better than me! A blindfolded, one-legged tach with a rusty knife could probably beat me, okay?"

- Deadeye Duncan to Revan Deadeye Duncan was a male Human duelist who lived on the city world of Taris during the time of the Jedi Civil War. In 3,956 BBY, he was the lowest ranked member of his profession who competed in a dueling ring owned by Ajuur the Hutt. During that year, Duncan lost matches to both Gerlon Two-Fingers and the "Mysterious Stranger," who was formerly the Sith Lord Darth Revan.

Biography
"Who cares? It's Duncan and Gerlon fighting. It's not like we're going to see anything good."

- A dueling fan

Deadeye Duncan was a male Human who lived and worked on the city world of Taris during the Jedi Civil War. He was a competitor in a dueling ring owned by Ajuur the Hutt; the arena was located in Taris's Upper City Cantina prior to the Destruction of Taris. Duncan was viewed as one of the worst combatants by dueling fans, and after Duncan's defeats, the arena announcer made light of Duncan's losses as no great accomplishment for the victors.

In 3,956 BBY, a Sith battle fleet led by Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Malak attacked and destroyed the Republic warship Endar Spire above Taris. Soon afterward, Duncan lost his fifty-fourth consecutive match against a maimed but formerly excellent duelist named Gerlon Two-Fingers. In this match, Duncan dropped his blaster when the match began.

When the amnesiac former Dark Lord, Revan, crashed on Taris after the destruction of the Endar Spire, he approached Ajuur the Hutt so that he could earn money in the dueling ring while he searched for the Jedi commander of the Endar Spire, Bastila Shan. Duncan continued his losing streak by being the first duelist beaten by Revan under the pseudonym "Mysterious Stranger," before Revan went on to become the dueling champion After his defeat by the "Mysterious Stranger," Duncan was ranked sixth among the duelists in the ring, which was still the lowest berth among the competitors..

Personality and traits
"What do you want? Oh let me guess, you beat me in the dueling ring and now you're here to rub it in my face! Yeah well, I'm used to it. So pardon me if I ignore your gloating."

- Deadeye Duncan to Revan, after Revan defeated him

While Deadeye Duncan's profession was dueling, he had very little success as a competitor. He earned such a reputation that whenever he was defeated, the duel announcer proclaimed that it was no surprise to anyone. Some Taris dueling fans even viewed matches featuring Duncan as not worth watching because of his poor performance. Duncan did not think it was fair for other duelists to have great abilities while he had such meager skills. He viewed the other duelists as lucky rather than skilled or well trained. He enjoyed gloating over any unlucky duelists that he happened to defeat. As of 3,956 BBY, Duncan's hair was black, but it was turning gray. He also had brown eyes and fair skin.

Deadeye Duncan accused duelists of gloating if they tried to talk to him after they defeated him, as he did to Revan after their match in 3,956 BBY, while Revan was dueling under the name of the "Mysterious Stranger."

Behind the scenes
Deadeye Duncan appeared in BioWare's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video game as a non-playable character. In the Taris dueling ring, he served as the first and the easiest combatant for the player to face. This article was written with the assumption that Revan defeated Deadeye Duncan, but the player could choose not to fight in the dueling ring at all. Also, the player might have lost to Duncan, which caused him to gloat about his victory if he was approached by the player character. Duncan was given a minor entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia which merely described him as a below average duelist working at Ajuur the Hutt's dueling ring.

Cut content
"Hey, Stranger! Mysterious Stranger! Wow, look at you&hellip; a Jedi! Heh. No wonder I could never beat you. It's me&mdash;Duncan, Deadeye Duncan. From the dueling arena on Taris. Remember?"

- Deadeye Duncan to Revan on Manaan from the cut content of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Originally, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was to feature a scene on Manaan that would be triggered if the player defeated all the duelists in the Taris dueling ring, including Bendak Starkiller. Duncan, having survived the destruction of Taris, would approach the player and ask for permission to use the name "Mysterious Stranger"—the player's alias in the dueling ring—and benefit from his supposed status of the Taris dueling champion. This scene was cut from the final release; however, this scene is still in the game's files.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Notes and references
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