Bossk/Legends

Bossk (53 BBY&mdash;) was a Trandoshan bounty hunter and the pilot of the Hound's Tooth. He was born on the planet Trandosha, the son of Cradossk.

Biography
Bossk specialized in hunting down Wookiees&mdash;sometimes enslaving them for the Empire, sometimes skinning them for their pelts. He had several run-ins with Chewbacca and Han Solo, and each time was humiliated when they made good their escape from him and other bounty hunters. Bossk heeded Darth Vader's call to rendezvous with other bounty hunters aboard Vader's Super Star Destroyer, the Executor.

Bossk met a human girl named Tinian I'att and a Wookiee named Chenlambec abord the Executor who told him that Han was on the Lomabu system. However, they in actuality had no idea where he or Chewbacca were. The system actually had Wookiee slaves that they planned to break free from the Imperials who were there and in the process capture Bossk for a hefty sum from the Imperials. Bossk, however, had a plan of his own to kill the Wookiee and take his pelt to the Scorekeeper. He didn't care if the girl died or not. After lifting off, the trio aboard Bossk's ship, Hound's Tooth, came out of Hyperspace near the planet. Bossk, who concealed a killer gas that could be released at his command in a ship that had no defense systems, told the two to head down to the planet in the ship and take out the Imperials. The bomb would actually disintigrate everyone and thing that was in it's radius. Chenlambac's handheld translator, Flirt, discovered it and warned them. Chenlambac stopped the device and Flirt soon gained control of Bossk's ship, trapping him in a pelt locker. Chenlambac and Tinian also discovered the killer bomb and sent it hurdling into a sun. They soon got back to the ship and called the Imperials to get Bossk. Tinian and Chenlambac got credits and took The Hound's Tooth. Bossk was put in a fortified cell but escaped shortly after and recaptured the Hound's Tooth from the pair but got stolen from him again by Boba Fett a year after the Battle of Endor.

Later, other finders and he tried to take the true catch &mdash; Han Solo in carbonite &mdash; away from Boba Fett.

Years after the Battle of Endor, Bossk got old and retired from professional hunting. He still killed people from time-to-time, just for the feeling of it. He later ran into Han Solo on a space station orbiting Ord Mantell during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. When he heard of Chewbacca's death, Bossk rubbed it in Solo's face... and got punched in the face.

It is unknown if Bossk survived the Yuuzhan Vong attack on Ord Mantell.

Behind the scenes

 * Actor Alan Harris portrayed the role of Bossk in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.


 * The mask used for Bossk was a repainted prop used for one of the Saurin characters featured in Chalmun's Cantina in Episode IV.


 * In 1982, Kenner released a 3 ¾ inch action figure of Bossk for the Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back line. The figure was re-released in 1984 with a Return of the Jedi card. Foreign variants of the action figure contained a tri-logo design on the card. Although Bossk did in fact appear in Episode VI, the 1984 re-release figure has him dressed in his flight suit from Episode V. Bossk was released again under the 1995-1998 Powers of the Force series.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Shadows of the Empire
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Marvel Star Wars
 * The Prize Pelt: The Tale of Bossk
 * The Mandalorian Armor
 * Slave Ship
 * Hard Merchandise
 * The Bounty Hunters: Scoundrel's Wages
 * X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial