Jann Tosh

Jann Tosh was a young miner from the backwater world of Tyne's Horky. Orphaned during the Clone Wars, he had an idealistic streak that often got him into trouble. His more pragmatic uncle, Gundy, would frequently chastise Jann for his charity, urging him to concentrate on making their mining camp a success and not to spend their precious keschels too easily.

Jann Tosh was about twenty years old when he met Threepio and Artoo.

Biography
One day, on an errand to purchase a work droid, Jann witnessed a cruel owner battering his droids. He purchased them from the brute, returning to the mine with three marginally useful automatons&mdash;C-3PO, R2-D2 and a strange unnamed android. Upon closer examination, it was not an android at all, but rather a Tammuz-an native in disguise. Beneath the mechanical coverings was a towering alien, who did not say much.

Gundy was incensed at now having another "mouth to feed," but ate those words when the alien saved his life after a mine tunnel collapse. Gundy named the alien Kez-Iban, a Bocce word meaning "he who returns from death." In truth, Kez-Iban was the lost prince of Tammuz-an, Mon Julpa. Julpa had his memory erased by an evil vizier, Zatec-Cha, and was sent away to Tyne's Horky. A sizable bounty had been placed on his head, one that the evil gangster Kleb Zellock intended to cash in on.

Zellock captured Julpa, Jann and the droids, and imprisoned them in his Nergon-14 mine. Nergon-14 was an extremely volatile mineral used in Imperial proton torpedoes. Jann was able to escape the mines before an explosive reaction destroyed it.

While Jann was freeing Mon Julpa, Uncle Gundy had discovered a vein of keschel ore in their mine camp. They were rich. Not needing to stay on Tyne's Horky, Jann agreed to take Mon Julpa back to Tammuz-an, were he could reclaim his throne. For his efforts in helping thwart Zatec-Cha, Jann Tosh was named captain in the Tammuz-an space navy.

One of his first challenges in this new position was dealing with Gir Kybo Ren-Cha, a notorious pirate based out of the nearby water planet of Tarnoonga. Jann Tosh and Jessica Meade were captured by Kybo Ren and taken to his island stronghold. There, Jann was forced to walk the plank and face a deadly miridon sea monster, but with Artoo's help, he was able to escape. Now loose in Kybo's fortress, Jann freed Jessica. The droids were able to scuttle Kybo's plans to attack Tammuz-an with his captured Star Destroyer, the Demolisher.

Tosh was frequently seen driving his 48 Roller wheel bike, a vehicle similar to the one used by General Grievous.

After his stint of serving as Mon Julpa's advisor, Jann left Tammuz-an to join the Imperial Academy.

Behind the scenes

 * Jann Tosh was released as an action figure in 1985 as part of Kenner's Star Wars: Droids line. These action figures were size-compatible with the other Kenner Star Wars action figures, but design-wise, they represented a completely different toy line.
 * Jann was voiced by Don Francks, father of Cree Summer (voice of Princess Kneesaa) on Star Wars: Droids.
 * In the episode "The New King," which takes place before the Battle of Yavin, Jann Tosh supposedly pilots an A-wing fighter, and at least one B-wing is seen in the hangar on Tammuz-an. However, neither starfighter was built until afterward. These vessels have, however, been retconned as R-22 Spearheads and H-60 Tempest bombers respectively.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Droids
 * "The Lost Prince"
 * "The New King"
 * "The Pirates of Tarnoonga"
 * "The Revenge of Kybo Ren"
 * "Coby and the Starhunters"