Dengar/Legends

Dengar was a Corellian mercenary active during and after the Galactic Civil War. The acerbic bounty hunter, assassin and pilot of the Punishing One was among an elite group of hunters hired by the Empire to hunt down Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon shortly after the Battle of Hoth. At this time, he was a middle-aged man of heavy build, wearing battered dark brown armor with a dingy cloth wrapped around his head.

In addition to the Imperial bounty, Dengar was especially eager to find the Falcon because of a personal grudge he held against Han Solo. Years before, Dengar had injured himself badly in a swoop race with Solo and was forced to become a cyborg through Imperial experimentation. The parts of his brain controlling his senses of compassion, mercy and pity were removed, leaving him an emotionless killer. During much of his career he was considered more ruthless than Boba Fett himself, and usually performed assassinations rather than live captures. Nevertheless, traces of self-recrimination plagued his thoughts, resulting in deep self-loathing and despair.

Following the death of Jabba the Hutt at the Pit of Carkoon, Dengar found and rescued Boba Fett and Jabba's slave Velken Tezeri after they were "eaten" by the Sarlacc. Dengar nursed Fett back to health and accompanied him on a mission to kidnap the head of Kuat Drive Yards. Eventually Denger fell in love with an Aruzan woman called Manaroo. Through sharing her mind with Dengar, she gave him back his senses of love and compassion. Dengar renounced his occupation as a bounty hunter, and after a brief spell as partner with Fett, he retired to a new life with his love.

In 9 ABY, Mara Jade was taken prisoner for a short time by a bounty hunter. She later killed the man and found an ID card that read Dengar Roth. However, Jade believed the card was forged and carried by a man impersonating the real Dengar.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Payback: The Tale of Dengar
 * The Mandalorian Armor
 * Slave Ship
 * Hard Merchandise
 * Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction
 * The Bounty Hunters: Scoundrel's Wages
 * Dark Empire

Behind the Scenes

 * Dengar was played by British actor Morris Bush.