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"Black Sun is currently headquartered on the lava planet Mustafar and is mainly controlled by Vigos from several noble Falleen families."
―Carson Teva's "Index of Organizations"[3]

Vigo, meaning "nephew" in the Falleen language, was a title used for high ranking members of the Black Sun syndicate who were responsible for managing entire planets, star systems or sometimes sectors of space for the syndicate.

Description[]

Vigo was a title used by high ranking members of criminal organization Black Sun. In the Falleen language the word Vigo translated as "nephew". Vigos were tasked with managing entire planets, star systems or sometimes sectors of space.[1] They were able to making alliances and ordering executions.[2] They often led double lives with a public persona and their work with the syndicate being a closely guarded secret. Vigos would insulated themselves from their criminal activity using a network ofbosses and underbosses[1] however at times they would post bounties on high profile targets; a fact that bounty hunter knew would like be highly profitable.[4]

History[]

The Sith Lord Darth Maul was tasked with eliminating a number of Black Sun's Vigos by his master Darth Sidious shortly before his mission to the planet Naboo[5] in 32 BBY.[6] By the beginning of the Clone Wars, most of Black Sun's top Vigo position were held by members of the reptilian Falleen species[7] however members of other species did also hold the Vigo title, such as the Hutt Ziro Desilijic Tiure. In the first year of the war Ziro tasked an assassin droid designated KRONOS-327 with killing a fellow Vigo of Black Sun however the droid fail his mission and Ziro had him dismantled for parts.[8]

Later during the Clone Wars in 19 BBY,[9] a Falleen senior Vigo named Ziton Moj was at Black Sun's fortress on the planet Mustafar when Maul, his brother Savage Opress[10] and a group of Mandalorian called Death Watch arrived to request an audience with Black Sun. Moj led the group to meet with the Black Sun ruling council. After the council refused to join Maul's Shadow Collective, Opress slew the members of the ruling council and Maul installed Moj as Black Sun's new leader.[11]

During the New Republic one of its Adelphi Rangers, Captain Carson Teva sent an "Index of Organizations" to new recruits, which provided information on criminal organizations compiled by New Republic Intelligence. In the report on Black Sun, Teva reported that it was run by Vigos from several noble Falleen families based on Mustafar.[12]

Behind the scenes[]

Vigos first appeared in the canon continuity, though unidentified as such, in the 2008 animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars.[13] Ziro Desilijic Tiure held the title during the events of the film but wasn't identified as having it until the forty-fourth issue of Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon released in 2015.[14] Vigos were first introduced in the Star Wars Legends continuity in the 1996 Shadows of the Empire novel by Steve Perry.[15]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Allies and Adversaries
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
  3. ↑ "Database" — Star Wars - Das offizielle Magazin 115
  4. ↑ No Disintegrations
  5. ↑ "Crime and Punishment" — Star Wars Insider 209
  6. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace to 32 BBY.
  7. ↑ Collapse of the Republic
  8. ↑ Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 16 Droid Directory: IG-series Assassin Droids
  9. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Eminence" to 19 BBY.
  10. ↑ Star Wars Helmet Collection: Zam Wesell Databank A-Z: Kwazel Maw–Sly Moore
  11. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Eminence"
  12. ↑ "Database" — Star Wars - Das offizielle Magazin 115
  13. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
  14. ↑ Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 44 Starship Fact File: Sith Infiltrator — Scimitar (First identified as Vigo)
  15. ↑ Shadows of the Empire novel
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