Gir Kybo Ren-Cha


 * "No one escapes the wrath of Kybo Ren!"
 * — Gir Kybo Ren-Cha

Gir Kybo Ren-Cha was a space pirate active during the years preceding the Battle of Yavin. He developed a fearsome reputation for terrorizing the Outer Rim territories along with his loyal band of mercenaries.

Biography
Captain Gir Kybo Ren-Cha (often referred to as Kybo Ren or simply, Captain Kybo), began his career in piracy approximately ten years prior to the Battle of Yavin. He gathered a small crew of like-minded aliens to his cause and together they began raiding Imperial shipyards. On one such venture, Kybo stole an Imperial Star Destroyer from a repair station. He christened it, the Demolisher, and added his own modifications, in order to obscure the ship's identity. His crew decorated the Demolisher and a full compliment of TIE fighters with the red symbol of a Wampa skull – their trademark sigil. In addition to his flagship, Kybo also maintained his own personal attack craft – the Dianoga.

One of Captain Kybo's favorite targets was the planet known as Tammuz-an. Kybo recognized that Tammuz-an was a world of great wealth and riches and would frequently patrol the Tammuz-an trade routes looking for convoy ships to plunder. One day, Kybo's crew attacked a small freighter piloted by a young woman named Jessica Meade. Jessica was transporting the heir apparent to Tammuz-an, Prince Mon Julpa, back to his home world. Fortunately for them, the bounty hunter known as IG-88 was hired to capture Mon Julpa. Determined to see his bounty unharmed, IG-88 attacked Captain Kybo's ship, allowing Jessica to bring Mon Julpa safely back to Tammuz-an. This would not be the only time that Kybo would cross swords with Jessica Meade however.

A short time later, Kybo encountered Meade's freighter while she was transporting fuel supplies for the Tammuz-an space navy. He caught Meade's ship, as well as an A-wing fighter (piloted by Jann Tosh) in the grip of his tractor beam. He brought the crew back to his base of operations – an island grotto on the oceans of Tarnoonga. He ordered Jann Tosh and his droid companions, C-3P0 and R2-D2 to walk the plank of his Desert skiff into the monster-infested oceans. Meanwhile, he took Jessica Meade back to his private quarters. He admired Jess' energy and decided to make her his official consort. Jessica had no intention of catering to Kybo's affections and deftly escaped from his clutches.

Jann and the droids avoided their respective fates as well, but Kybo managed to recapture them and put them to work aboard the Demolisher. The Demolisher managed to find Jessica's freighter as she was leaving Tarnoonga and opened fire upon it. Fortunately, Jessica managed to flee the vessel via an escape pod. R2-D2 sabotaged the Demolisher's weapons systems rendering many of the cruiser's command capabilities inoperable.

By this point, Mon Julpa (now the King of Tammuz-an), had sent a squad of A-wing fighters to assist Jessica and Jann. They engaged Kybo's TIE fighters and successfully forced the pirate crew to surrender. Captain Kybo was captured and imprisoned.

Personality
Captain Kybo was as aggressive as he was arrogant. He believed himself capable of conquering practically any foe, and no amount of pressure could dissuade him from a chosen course of action.

Kybo enjoyed bragging to members of his crew, often referring to himself in the third person. He would shout raspy-voiced commands to anyone within the sound of his voice, followed by a raucous, bellowing peal of laughter.

Behind the scenes

 * The actor who provided the voice for Gir Kybo Ren-Cha in the Star Wars: Droids animated series is unknown.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Droids
 * &mdash;The New King
 * &mdash;The Pirates of Tarnoonga
 * &mdash;The Revenge of Kybo Ren