Arr-Nine-Nineteen

Arr-Nine-Nineteen
Production information
Date destroyed	1 BBY
Technical specifications
Pronouns	He/him
Sensor color	Red
Plating color	Blue, white, brown, red
Armament	Multiple blasters
Equipment	Spying device
Chronological and political information
Affiliation	Hutt Clan Beilert Valance's crew

"Arr-Nine-Nineteen. Onetime Jedi hunter who never retired."

―Gwi, recounting Arr-Nine-Nineteen's false history to Beilert Valance

Arr-Nine-Nineteen was a droid who claimed to be a Jedi hunter, but was a Hutt Clan spy in reality. During the Imperial Era, he was one of several individuals hired by the Hidden Hand crime syndicate's leader, Gwi, as part of a team tasked with hunting down the Sith Lord Darth Vader. When the cyborg bounty hunter Beilert Valance was introduced to the team, he destroyed Arr-Nine-Nineteen, and the droid's true purpose was revealed to the rest of the team.

Biography

"Is…is there a problem?"
"Yeah. My third rule. No droids."

―Gwi and Valance, right before Arr-Nine-Nineteen is destroyed

At some point, Arr-Nine-Nineteen was built with a spying device inside his body and tasked by the Hutt Clan to conduct espionage on the Hidden Hand criminal syndicate. He eventually forged the reputation of a Jedi hunter and was hired by the Hidden Hand's leader, Gwi, to join a team of bounty hunters created to hunt down and kill the Sith Lord Darth Vader.

Arr-Nine-Nineteen is destroyed by Beilert Valance.

When recruiting the cyborg Beilert Valance, in 1 BBY, Gwi described the droid as a "Jedi hunter who never retired." Upon seeing Valance, Arr-Nine-Nineteen was burned by the cyborg's palm blaster. Gwi claimed that the team needed the droid, but Valance revealed that the droid was a mole for the Hutts, stating that Arr-Nine-Nineteen's career as a Jedi killer was falsified before removing the spying device from inside his body and crushing it. Valance and his team then began their mission despite Arr-Nine-Nineteen's destruction.

Characteristics

Arr-Nine-Nineteen was a masculine-programmed droid with four arms and plating colored in blue, white, brown, and red, with red photoreceptors.

Equipment

"He was no Jedi killer. What he was, though…was up to his bolts in debt to the Hutts."

―Valance, revealing Arr-Nine-Nineteen's true purpose

Arr-Nine-Nineteen wore a red cape and several equipment pouches around his torso. He was able to utilize multiple blasters simultaneously. Within his body, he carried a device that was used to spy on the Hidden Hand.

Behind the scenes

Arr-Nine-Nineteen appeared in the first issue of the 2019 comic-book series Star Wars: Target Vader, written by Robbie Thompson, illustrated by Marc Laming and Cris Bolson, and published by Marvel Comics on July 3, 2019. Prior to the comic's release, the character was introduced indirectly via a mention of Valance's team by assistant editor Tom Groneman at a panel held at Star Wars Celebration Chicago in April 2019 that was later detailed in a StarWars.com article published on April 15.

Appearances

• Target Vader 1 (First appearance)

Sources

• SWCC 2019: Marvel's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge #1 Art and More Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link) (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only)
• "Boba Fett and Other Characters of the Underworld" — Star Wars Encyclopedia (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: Timelines (Indirect mention only)

Notes and references

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