Dani

Dani was a Zeltron adventurer and a master thief from the planet Zeltros and was a once a member of the Rik Duel gang alongside Rik Duel and Chihdo.

Biography
One of the most well known Zeltrons in the New Republic, Dani had a rather low beginning. Convinced by Rik Duel to join his gang with promises of riches and glory, she left her homeworld of Zeltros. She spent a number of years working with Rik, and his Rodian partner Chihdo, operating on the Outer Rim planet Stenax.

Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, she met Luke Skywalker and a group of Rebel operatives. She was so taken by him that she stowed away on the Millennium Falcon (already having met Han Solo in an earlier period of her life), traveling with them to Lahsbane. After realizing that Skywalker was not interested, she stole a cargo full of treasure from the the Forbidden City, and made off with a Delta-class shuttle. She rejoined her partners, Rik and Chihdo, and continued working with them for the next few months.



Her life was changed by this encounter however, and she began to realize Rik's lifestyle and words were meaningless. Re-encountering the Rebels on Iskalon she left her smuggling ways behind and embraced the Rebel Alliance, moving to Endor.

There she fell in love with the Force-sensitive Iskalonian Kiro. Unfortunately for Dani, Kiro was apparently killed by the Nagai lieutenant Den Siva while on a mission to Kinooine. Dani was also captured and held by Siva, who subjected her to weeks of mental and physical abuse and torture, before she was finally rescued.

Kiro had not actually been killed, but revealing himself to Luke Skywalker, he made him promise that he would never tell Dani that he was alive. He felt they could never be together and he wanted her to hold on to what they had, rather than have her want something she could never have. Unaware of this, Dani was deeply affected by her loss and hostage experience. Formerly a fun-loving, promiscuous Zeltron, she hardened and became driven purely by a need for vengeance and the extermination of the Nagai.

Dani was forced to put aside her desire for vengeance, when the fledgling Alliance of Free Planets allied with the Nagai, and other Imperial holdouts in the Outer Rim, against a greater threat, the invasion of the Tofs. After this conflict, Dani returned to Zeltros spending her time in dancing halls and cantinas, distracting her broken heart in spice wine and gambling. She took on various jobs, including occasionally hiring herself out as an assassin. After this period, she disappeared, even her former partners, Rik and Chihdo, did not know where she went. At a later time, Luke Skywalker would hire some heroes to track down Dani and reveal to her the secret he had been carrying all along, however she could not be found.

Behind the scenes
Dani was created by Mary Jo Duffy, Kerry Gammill, and Tom Palmer.

Appearances

 * Marvel Star Wars 70: The Stenax Shuffle
 * Marvel Star Wars 71: Return to Stenos
 * Marvel Star Wars 72: Fool's Bounty
 * Marvel Star Wars 73: Lahsbane
 * Marvel Star Wars 82: Diplomacy
 * Marvel Star Wars 87: Still Active After All These Years
 * Marvel Star Wars 95: No Zeltrons
 * Marvel Star Wars 96: Duel With a Dark Lady
 * Marvel Star Wars 97: Escape
 * Marvel Star Wars 103: Tai
 * Marvel Star Wars 105: The Party's Over
 * Marvel Star Wars 106: My Hiromi
 * Marvel Star Wars 107: All Together Now