Peckhum

Peckhum was a spacer and the owner of the freighters Lightning Rod and Thunderbolt.

New Republic
Peckhum struggled to make ends meet by working as a caretaker for one of the many Orbital Solar Energy Transfer Sattelites that orbited Coruscant. Apart from being a caretaker, Peckhum also ran supplies to the Jedi Academy, being one of Luke Skywalker's trusted workers. During one of his supply runs, while he was on his way to Coruscant, he met a child named Zekk and took the young orphan under his wing. The two of them shared an apartment on Coruscant and became friends, sharing with one another what they were able to earn or obtain.

In Peckhum's absence, Zekk would often venture into Coruscant's undercity, where he found that he had a talent for finding lost (and sometimes valuable) objects. Peckhum found this useful since he knew how to and whom to sell the objects that Zekk was constantly finding. However, junk piled up in their apartment at an alarming rate.

On one day in 23 ABY, Peckhum came home from a shift on one of the mirror stations to find Zekk missing. With the help of Jacen and Jaina Solo, he discovered that his friend had left him to become a Dark Jedi at the Shadow Academy. Though this development caused him quite a bit of despair and alarm, Peckhum took some solace in the fact that Zekk had defied his new teachers so that he could keep a promise that he made to Peckhum before he had joined the Shadow Academy.

The Yuuzhan Vong War
After the Shadow Academy had been defeated, Peckhum continued to run supplies for the Jedi Academy on a regular basis. He also provided supplies to the jungle-confined Imperial pilot Qorl. His help ended in 24 ABY, when the former pilot asked him not to return. During the Yuuzhan Vong attack on Yavin IV in 26 ABY, Peckhum and Streen were trying to obtain some supplies on Corellia, thus being unable to help with the evacuation of Jedi children.

Appearances

 * Rebel Jedi
 * Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World
 * Junior Jedi Knights: Promises
 * Young Jedi Knights: Heirs of the Force
 * Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones
 * Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef
 * Edge of Victory I: Conquest