Renn Volz

Professor Renn Volz was an inventor from Kessel, and a graduate of the University of Byblos. He had a daughter named Mira.

Volz created the Ion Ring around the planet Zerm to help control destructive storms which had been devastating the planet's surface. When the Imperial Captain Bzorn found out about the device and its potentially destructive capabilities, he placed Volz under arrest and comandeered the Ion Ring Ship. With the intent of destroying the Rebel planet of Rion, Bzorn took Mira as a hostage, ensuring that Renn would do his bidding.

Volz destroyed the atmosphere of Rion, freezing the planet with constant ice-storms. Under Bzorn's orders, they moved on to Volz's own homeworld of Kessel. However, before he used the ship to completely destroy the planet's atmosphere, Mira was able to contact him with the Sub-space Image Transmitter he had in his lab. Mira told him that she had escaped, with the help of Han Solo and Luke Skywalker. Soon after, Solo and Skywalker rescued Professor Volz, who set the Ion Ring Ship to self-destruct. The group barely made it out in time.

Appearances

 * The Second Kessel Run