Hahrynyar

"Harnkk whoom?" "On my authority, that's whose."

- Hahrynyar, questioning Teela Kaarz's authority to alter plans to place a heat exhaust port in the polar trench of Sector N-One.

Hahrynyar was an old male Wookiee who worked as a slave during the construction of the first Death Star. Hahrynyar served as the shift chief on a subsector of Sector N-One of the Death Star. During the construction, Hahrynyar ordered an extra exhaust port installed, getting into a confrontation with Teela Kaarz concerning the placement of the port as a result, though the Wookiee took ill before any change on the blueprints could be made. The exhaust port was ordered and installed as he planned, and its installation would present the Rebel Alliance with the means to destroy the Death Star.

Biography
Hahrynyar was a Wookiee slave construction worker on the first Death Star, a massive battlestation that was constructed by the Galactic Empire for use against the Rebel Alliance. He served a shift chief on a subsector of Sector N-One. During construction, Hahrynyar had gotten into an argument with Teela Kaarz, a Mirialan architect who specialized in encapsulated arcology, concerning the Wookiee's placement of a secondary thermal exhaust port below the main port. Kaarz told the Wookiee that she had the authority to change the blueprints, which Hahrynyar demanded to see in writing.

At a later point during the construction, Hahrynyar was involved in a decompression accident that required a heart-lung transplant, which was performed by Dr. Kornell Divini. The Wookiee was placed on immuno-suppressive drugs, which caused him to develop a suspected parasitical infection. Plagued with a cough and a high fever, Hahrynyar was unable to return to work. As such, the work on the exhaust ports continued, as Kaarz had apparently never obtained the authorization to remove them. These ports would become the target of the Rebel Alliance, as they led directly into the main hypermatter reactor core. A precise hit into the port would trigger a chain reaction and thus the destruction of the Death Star.

Personality and traits
Hahrynyar was an elderly Wookiee male who was a natural-born leader. Due to the Wookiee's attitude, it was suspected by Teela Kaarz that Hahrynyar would have volunteered to join the construction crew if he had not already been enslaved. Grizzled and stubborn, Hahrynyar would sometimes forget how to understand Basic. He also had a sense of humor and once made a remark concerning Emperor Palpatine's personal hygiene.

Behind the scenes
Hahrynyar was created by authors Michael Reaves and Steve Perry for the novel Death Star, first published in October 16, 2007 by Del Rey, with the paperback released on the 25th of November, the next year. Aside from receiving an entry within The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia in the month following, Death Star has been Hahrynyar's only appearance to date.

Appearances

 * Death Star

Notes and references
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