Dannik Jerriko

Dannik Jerriko was an Anzat bounty hunter known as the Eater of Luck.

Biography
Jerriko not only drank his victims' blood, he also sapped their life force, or soup of life, as he called it. Reasoning that they would go unmissed, Jerriko preyed on murderers, thieves and thugs, and was known amongst wealthier underworld bosses as an expensive, but thorough, means of dealing with failed assassins. An enigma, Jerriko did not suffer fools lightly and would not tolerate a client who could not appreciate the value received for his high price. After brutally slaying and draining one complainant employer, Jerriko never heard another quibble over his price.

Jerriko was just less than a thousand years old when Palpatine came to power. Somewhat surprisingly, he did not encounter a Jedi after 100 BBY until Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Seeking out the soup of dangerous criminals, Jerriko came to Tatooine's Mos Eisley Cantina. On the day of Greedo's death, Jerriko sensed a strong, intoxicating soup of life from a human. He attempted to probe Obi-Wan Kenobi, but he found the Jedi able to shield himself from Anzati probing, although young Luke Skywalker was a prime specimen. Jerriko's attention was drawn upon his discovery of Han Solo's presence at the cantina. Sensing a strong soup and aware of Jabba's hefty bounty on Solo's head, Jerriko planned to make his move, but the smuggler departed from Tatooine before he could act. Desirous of Solo's soup, Jerriko made his way into Jabba's Palace after agreeing to spy on Jabba for Lady Valarian and Eugene Talmont. After the Battle of Yavin, he was hired to protect Tash Arranda, Zak Arranda, and Mammon Hoole from an imperial assasin named Domisari on Nespis 8. Domisari died when he drank her soup.

The Anzati's excitement grew upon the arrival of a carbonite slab containing Solo, but Jerriko was deprived of his chance to drink Solo's soup when his Alliance comrades saved him. Frustrated at the loss of this opportunity, Jerriko accepted the option of sapping Jabba, only to be foiled by Jabba's death at the Great Pit of Carkoon. Mad with vampiric hunger and rage, Jerriko killed any unfortunate survivors at Jabba's Palace and then fled Tatooine to continue his endless search for blood and "soup".

Behind the scenes
Dannik's last name is misspelled as "Jericho" in Children of the Jedi.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
 * Soup's On: The Pipe Smoker's Tale
 * Galaxy of Fear: Ghost of the Jedi
 * Tales from Jabba's Palace
 * And Then There Were Some: The Gamorrean Guard's Tale
 * Out of the Closet: The Assassin's Tale
 * Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale
 * Children of the Jedi