Gizor Dellso

"Although the Clone Wars were over, some people never seem to get the message. The worst case of denial was Gizor Delso [sic], a Geonosian Separatist who'd somehow escaped Lord Vader's efforts to wipe out the remnants of the CIS."

- Retired clone trooper

Gizor Dellso was a Geonosian engineer who worked for the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars against the Galactic Republic. Years before the war began, he helped design a command signal that would shut down the Trade Federation's droid army to prevent anyone from ever using their droids against them. At war's end, this same signal was ultimately used to deactivate the defeated Separatist Droid Army.

Although the Republic triumphed over the Separatists in the Clone Wars, Dellso refused to surrender. On the planet Mustafar, he found and reactivated a secret droid factory near an abandoned Separatist bunker and began producing his own droid army, hoping to restart the war. However, the Imperial 501st Legion was sent to Mustafar to eliminate Dellso and end his rebellion, resulting in the Geonosian's death and the destruction of the facility.

Separatist stalwart
"By the time we'd made our way to the molten surface of Mustafar, it was apparent that Delso [sic] had been a busy little bug. All by his lonesome, he'd found a previously hidden droid factory, fired it up and cranked out his own private army of battle droids."

- Retired clone trooper

Gizor Dellso was a Geonosian male who hailed from the planet Geonosis. At the behest of the Trade Federation, he served as one of the engineers who constructed a signal override apparatus that would shut down the conglomerate's droid army in case enemies ever attempted to turn the droids against their masters. Years later, Dellso joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems along with his people and participated in the Clone Wars against the Galactic Republic. The war ended when the Separatist Droid Army was shut down by the same signal that Dellso had helped design, which spread through the Separatist fleet via the HoloNet.

Determined to continue the fight, the fugitive Dellso traveled to a secret Separatist bunker on the Outer Rim Territories planet Mustafar, where he could safely plan his next move. He possessed a set of experimental plans for a prototype starfighter, which he had stolen from the Galactic Empire, the Republic's post-war successor state. On Mustafar, Dellso located and restarted an abandoned droid factory. As one of the minds behind the development of the droid deactivation device, Dellso managed to countermand the shut-down signal and began producing a number of battle droids and starships. He also designed a Confederate infantry prototype, which he planned to put into action for his rebellion. In creating a new droid army, Dellso became the leader of one of the last Separatist holdouts.

Failed droid rebellion
"Lord Vader tracked him to Mustafar, and brought us in to finish the job. It seemed like a simple enough mission, but when we saw the fleet of droid ships, hovering over the planet, we suddenly realized that Delso's [sic] denial mechanisms were a little more dangerous than we'd imagined."

- Retired clone trooper

Sometime between 18 BBY and 12 BBY, the Empire became aware of the threat that Dellso posed, and his location on Mustafar was discovered by the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Seeking to end the rebellion before it could develop into a full-fledged war, Emperor Palpatine dispatched the elite 501st Legion to eliminate Dellso and destroy his droid army. Although confronted in space over Mustafar by Dellso's fleet, the 501st destroyed a number of droid starfighters, crippled a Providence-class carrier/destroyer, and stole a Belbullab-24 strike bomber.

The 501st then landed on the planet, where Dellso's army fought to repel the stormtroopers and keep his rebellion alive, while the Imperials were determined to prevent the Clone Wars from reoccurring. Dellso himself soon entered the fray, accompanied by other armed Geonosians and battle droids, and rained fire down upon the Imperials with a Bulldog RLR. However, the 501st ultimately overwhelmed Dellso's forces, destroyed his prototype battle droid schematics, and killed the fugitive Geonosian. The Empire then bombarded Mustafar from space, destroying Dellso's factory and the last stubborn remains of the droid army.

Personality and traits
"Some fools don't know when to stay beaten."

- Unidentified 501st stormtrooper

Gizor Dellso was an engineer who helped design the signal override apparatus for the Trade Federation Droid Army. A Separatist stalwart, the fugitive Dellso refused to surrender after the destruction of the Separatist Council at the end of the Clone Wars and made a failed bid to resurrect the droid rebellion in the early days of the Galactic Empire. A winged Geonosian, Dellso had brown skin and dark eyes.

Equipment
Gizor Dellso wielded a Bulldog RLR with a chassis akin to the Geonosian sonic blaster during the battle on Mustafar.

Behind the scenes
Gizor Dellso was created for the 2005 video game Star Wars: Battlefront II, developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts. Dellso features as the final objective in the final level of the two-part Mustafar campaign, titled "Tying Up Loose Ends."

Inconsistencies
"Gizor Delso [sic] has been defeated. Scratch one droid rebellion."

- An Imperial trooper reports the death of Gizor Dellso

In Battlefront II, the character's name is spelled "Gizor Delso." However, beginning with the StarWars.com Databank, all subsequent sources spelled his name as "Gizor Dellso."

Unlike other Geonosians in Battlefront II, Dellso's in-game model does not feature wings while he is on the ground; however, his wings can be seen while he is flying. The game also provides two different pronunciations for the character's name, spoken by the game's clone trooper narrator and an Imperial trooper over comlink during the Mustafar mission. Additionally, Dellso's sidearm appears as a Geonosian sonic blaster, but it operates as a Bulldog RLR, firing rockets.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Battlefront II