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Manaroo was an Aruzan female who dated the bounty hunter Dengar during the Imperial Era.[2] At some point, she became indebted to the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure,[4] who made her his prisoner and used her as leverage against Dengar. Should he manage to capture his fellow bounty hunter Boba Fett, Manaroo would be freed; otherwise, she'd be fed to Jabba's pet rancor.[3] After Manaroo had ceased to be Jabba's prisoner, Dengar got into trouble in the Vergesso Asteroids, leaving Manaroo in control of his JumpMaster 5000, the Punishing One.[2]
Manaroo contacted a group of spacers via identity-scrambled comms and arranged to meet them on the outskirts of Mos Entha,[2] on the planet Tatooine.[5] Shortly after the spacers arrived, she landed the Punishing One nearby and met them at the hatch of the starship, imploring the group to aid her in rescuing Dengar.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
In the new Star Wars canon, Manaroo was first mentioned the in the Punishing One Expansion Pack for the Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition miniatures game.[6] She originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where she was created by Dave Wolverton for the 1996 short story Payback: The Tale of Dengar, which was published in the Tales of the Bounty Hunters anthology.[7]
Appearances[]
- Bounty Hunters 12 (Indirect mention only)
- Bounty Hunters 13 (Indirectly mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- Bounty Hunters 14 (First appearance)
- Bounty Hunters 15 (Mentioned only)
- Bounty Hunters 16 (Indirect mention only)
- Bounty Hunters 20
- Bounty Hunters 23
- Bounty Hunters 24
- Bounty Hunters 26 (Mentioned only)
- Bounty Hunters 35
- "Tall Tales" — Revelations (2023) 1
- Bounty Hunters 42
Sources[]
Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Scum and Villainy Conversion Kit (Card: Manaroo — JumpMaster 5000) Reissued in Punishing One Expansion Pack (First mentioned)- Starships and Speeders
- Darth Vader Returns to Mustafar in Marvel's Star Wars: Revelations (2023) #1 – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Sacks Appeal" — Star Wars Insider 224
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Starships and Speeders
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Bounty Hunters 14
- ↑ Bounty Hunters 16
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑
Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Scum and Villainy Conversion Kit (Card: Manaroo — JumpMaster 5000)
- ↑ "Payback: The Tale of Dengar" — Tales of the Bounty Hunters