Dash Rendar

"Han Solo, ha. If I'm around, you don't need that guy."

- Dash Rendar

Dash Rendar was an individual who lived during the Reign of the Galactic Empire. During Rendar's travels, Rendar encountered the Wookiee Chewbacca and Han Solo.

Reintroduction into Star Wars canon
Dash Rendar was reintroduced into Star Wars canon in the journal book Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor, which was written by Jason Fry and was released on September 11, 2018.

Stories in Star Wars Legends
"We know [Rendar is] designed to be around while the swashbuckling Han is encased in carbonite, but we don't want Dash to be a carbonite copy of Mr. Solo. Our suggestion is that rather than thinking of him simply as a mercenary, Dash is more like a swaggery Top Gun-style fighter pilot. A guy with real talent but a bit of a braggart and a blowhard, too. Luke doesn't like him, not only because of this in-your-face personality but also because of the natural competitiveness between these two pilots."

- Bantam Spectra editor Tom Dupree's pre-manuscript note to Steve Perry

The character of Dash Rendar was developed for the 1996 Star Wars Legends multimedia project Shadows of the Empire and appeared in its novel, comic and video game incarnations.

Appearances

 * Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor