Greedo/Legends

"Koona t'chuta, Solo? (Going somewhere, Solo?)"

- Greedo to Han Solo

Greedo the Younger, son of Greedo the Elder, was a Rodian bounty hunter. Although his father had been an esteemed hunter, and the chief rival of Navik the Red, the younger Greedo had little of his sire's prowess and was easily killed by Han Solo in Chalmun's Cantina on Tatooine.

Biography
Greedo fled his home planet at the age of three, along with his pregnant mother, Neela, her two older brothers, Nok and Teeku, as well as the remnants of the more peaceful Tetsu Clan, who were being annihilated by Navik the Red. They left in three large silver ships and settled on a jungle world. When Greedo was fifteen, he and his younger brother Pqweeduk discovered the ships in the jungle and persuaded their mother to explain what happened.

Navik eventually found them, destroying one of the ships. Greedo's family and the surviving 20 Tetsus that came with them escaped in the Radion to Nar Shaddaa where they began a new life in Level 88 of the Corellian sector.



Greedo saved the lives of two bounty hunters Spurch "Warhog" Goa and his partner Dyyz Nataz when they were attacked by the cyborg Gorm, becoming the only being ever known to have actually hit the towering droid. In return, the pair of hunters cut Greedo in on a bounty for killing a rogue Imperial spice inspector and, as a thank you Greedo told them about a Rebel enclave in level 88. With the Imperial reward Greedo bought his own ship the Manka Hunter but decided to lessen the price by stealing some power couplings from another ship. Unfortunately those couplings were for the Millennium Falcon and an angry Chewbacca caught him in the act. As restitution Han Solo took Greedo's rancor-skin jacket. Greedo threatened revenge.

Goa taught Greedo to be a bounty hunter and Greedo thought he would become a great one, learning from a "master." Soon enough, though, he started to regret his decision when the Imperials attacked the Rebels in level 88. Greedo, Dyyz, and Goa escaped in Goa's ship, the Nova Viper, just as level 88 exploded, Greedo's whole family with it.

They flew to Tatooine and found work with Jabba the Hutt. It was on Tantooine where Greedo could catch up with Solo. They eventually met in a cantina where Greedo demanded Jabba's cut. Solo, not having that amount of money just yet, was forced to find another solution. Solo prepared his blaster under the desk they were sitting at and shot the inexperienced bounty hunter from below. Greedo had shot a few moments before that, but his projectile missed, giving a chance to Solo to deliver the fatal blast. Solo then stood up, threw a coin to the bartender, saying "sorry for the mess," then left the spot.

Although Greedo's death was on Solo's hands, it was actually Greedo's "mentor" Warhog Goa, who tricked an over-matched Greedo against Solo after he had received a payoff from two Rodian bounty hunters tracking Greedo, who should be credited with his death.

After Greedo's death, Wuher and his new droid companion, C2-R4, claimed the bounty hunter's body and ground it up into a powerful liqueur. All that remained of Greedo afterwards was his head, which Wuher (having taken a dislike to Greedo while he was still alive) impaled on a spike.

Greedo used a heavy blaster pistol in combat.

Behind the scenes
Paul Blake played Greedo in the shots that feature both Greedo and Han Solo in the same frame. For Greedo's closeups, a new articulated head was built for pickups at the end of the shoot, and Maria De Aragon was enlisted to play the Rodian. During pickups, Greedo's costume vest changes significantly, as do his hands. In the original shoot, Greedo has long, suction-cup tipped fingers, and in pickups, he has swollen knuckles and shorter fingers.

In the 1997 re-release of the film, Greedo gets a badly-aimed shot at Solo before Solo kills him. George Lucas has said that this change is to enhance Solo's overall heroism. This was a controversial decision and in the 2004 version both now pull the trigger at the same time.

In a deleted scene from the The Phantom Menace DVD release, a character named Greedo is seen fighting in the street with a young Anakin Skywalker. After the fight is broken up by Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn Greedo is warned by a fellow Rodian that some day his actions will get him shot. The Expanded Universe has clarified that this Rodian is in fact Greedo the Elder&mdash;the father of the Rodian seen in Chalmun's Cantina.

The Rodian thugs seen in both Jedi Knight games (Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight and Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast) were based on Greedo. All of them are alike and are dressed the same way as Greedo.

Trivia
Writer Stephen King reportedly carried a Kenner action figure of Greedo onto the set of the 1982 film Creepshow for good luck.

Appearances

 * Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika
 * The Hovel on Terk Street
 * Rebel Dawn
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * The Emperor's Court
 * Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
 * We Don't Do Weddings: The Band's Tale
 * A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale
 * Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters"
 * Be Still My Heart: The Bartender's Tale
 * Empire Blues: The Devaronian's Tale
 * Trade Wins: The Ranat's Tale
 * Soup's On: The Pipe Smoker's Tale
 * Shadows of the Empire
 * Young Jedi Knights: The Emperor's Plague
 * Star Wars: Epic Duels
 * Tall Tales
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Audio clips
[[Media:Greedo ANH.ogg|Hear Greedo the Younger]] (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)

Greedo Greedo el Joven