Gallandro Gallandro was a renowned gunslinger in the years before the Battle of Yavin , known as the fastest draw in the galaxy and a ruthless killer . A Human born on Ylix , as a child he saw terrorists from Goelitz kill his parents before his eyes . As soon as he came of age , Gallandro enlisted in the Ylix militia . In the course of the war , Gallandro became addicted to the rush of battle and the joy of the kill , evincing complete disdain for the lives of others . When the rival planet ' s forces were defeated , Gallandro left the military for a career as a gunman for hire . Gallandro made a fearsome reputation as a gunfighter , performing numerous acts of daring and skill , among which was the extermination of the five notorious killers of the Malorm family . That act drew the ire of the Assassin ' s Guild , forcing Gallandro to hold off Guild assassins for ten years . He finally forced the Guild to back down by personally slaying half that body ' s Elite Circle . Eventually tiring of life on the fringe , Gallandro accepted a secure position on the right side of the law as an elite field agent for Territorial Administrator Odumin of the Corporate Sector Authority . There he lived a life of comfort between bouts of action until , in 1 BBY , he encountered the smuggler Han Solo . Investigating a ring of slavers with Odumin , he covertly made use of Solo , who was seeking revenge against the slavers , to expose the ringleaders . During the course of the plan , Gallandro had to back down from a duel with Solo on Ammuud twice due to circumstances outside his control . Solo ' s cocky attitude and parting insults galled the duelist , who longed for a rematch . In 0 BBY , he finally got his chance to prove himself against Solo on Dellalt . On hearing that Solo and a group of treasure hunters were on Dellalt , he proceeded there and waited for them at a mining camp . As Solo arrived , an army of war - robots attacked . Gallandro and Solo were forced to put aside their differences to survive ; when Gallandro learned that they had a line on Xim the Despot ' s fabled hoard , Gallandro partnered with the others to get into the vaults . There , he turned on Solo and forced a duel . Gallandro outdrew the younger smuggler , but in attempting to finish off fellow treasure - hunter S . V . Skynx , he strayed past the warning lights Skynx had disabled and into a no - weapons area . Gallandro was struck down by the ancient automated security systems , but was survived by his infant daughter Anja Gallandro . Biography . Birth of a legend . Gallandro was born sometime in the forties or low fifties BBY to an unremarkable family on the minor Mid Rim world of Ylix . The planet was embroiled in an ancient feud with Goelitz , a nearby colony world . Terrorists and revolutionaries periodically struck at Ylix with acts of isolated violence which had by then become routine . With Galactic Republic forces tied up in other conflicts , it fell to the Ylix militia to defend their homes . The intermittent violence had no effect on Gallandro ' s childhood until one day when he saw his parents die before his eyes as they were caught in the crossfire between the militia and a Goelitz attack . He spent the rest of his youth in a workhouse for orphans , nursing a violent hatred of Goelitz . As a teenager , Gallandro saw his best prospects in the militia . He enlisted as soon as he came of age , was trained , and deployed into the war raging between Ylix and Goelitz . He thrived on the thrill of combat and excelled in the field . He earned distinction and drew notice as a war hero as he battled across dozens of worlds in the wide - ranging war against Goelitz . Some , however , felt his actions showed him to be a killer without conscience , and he met with condemnation as well as praise for his actions . He volunteered for ever more dangerous duty , seeking increased hazards to maintain his adrenaline rush . Gallandro chafed at downtime , which he found painfully boring , and constantly pushed to be in the thick of the action . When he was not battling , he was honing his skills , ever fearful of receiving the same fate as his parents . He practiced with his blaster until he had a lightning draw and dead aim . In one instance , Gallandro led his unit in an assault on a hospital . Taking point in the rubble , he heard a blaster charge . He made his fastest draw yet as he turned and cut down an old woman attempting to protect a group of children . As he looked at the orphans , Gallandro realized he had no sympathy for them despite his own background . He lived for the kill and did not truly care about others , even his deceased parents . At last , Ylix defeated Goelitz . Gallandro returned home , where he could not bear the monotony of peacetime military service . He retired from the militia . A loner with no interest in Imperial — or any other — ideology , he declined to enter Imperial service . Instead , he decided that he would make a living with his skills and his gun wherever the pay was good and the jeopardy exhilarating . At some point , Gallandro killed Mantellian gangsters who had killed the parents of two young girls , Amaiza Foxtrain and Jodelle Foxtrain . The gunman ' s life . Gallandro took jobs as a hired gun , doing whatever was excitingly perilous , living for the rush of adrenaline that came with combat and the satisfaction of the kill . He served as a contract killer , enforcer , mercenary , bounty hunter , bodyguard , soldier of fortune , and assassin . He also occasionally put his skills to personal use in holdups or bank robberies . He lived a roving life , seeking out points of conflict and galactic hotspots where his talent with a blaster would be most in demand and the greatest thrills could be had . For a period of time , Gallandro was under a death mark on over one hundred planets , but no one dared attempt to collect the bounty . He gained many enemies in the course of his career , but rivalry with Gallandro was generally a fatal condition . Determined to be the best , he worked on his quick draw until it was both blindingly fast and pinpoint accurate , gaining a reputation as a top blaster artist . Though he preferred the blaster pistol , Gallandro was also fond of archaic guns , and proficient in the use of heavier weapons , explosives , throwing knives , and his own body in combat ; it would not do to be less than expert in all fields of combat lest he be bested . Combat piloting and the operation of various ground vehicles were also in his repertoire of skills designed to save his life and end others ' . Gallandro built a legend as a fantastically dangerous lone gunslinger through a series of single - handed exploits . When the opulent passenger liner " Quamar Messenger " made its maiden voyage , Gallandro hijacked it all on his own in a stick - up of grand proportions . He personally seized control of the pirates ' nest at Geedon V without backup . Gunfighting was not Gallandro ' s only field of accomplishment ; he spent time as a fighter pilot in Marso ' s Demons and racked up an unrivaled kill count as a member of the notorious gang . When Odumin , an up - and - coming Corporate Sector Authority Territorial Administrator , put out word that he was looking for elite warriors to bring down the famed killers of the Malorm family , offering good pay and a general amnesty good in both the Corporate Sector and the Galactic Empire , Gallandro saw it as a good opportunity . He signed on , and Odumin was so impressed with Gallandro ' s expertise that he placed him in charge of the team of top talent sent to eliminate the Malorms , who had hijacked the " Galaxy Wanderer " and ejected thirty passengers into space . In that position , Gallandro was one of very few people to learn the true identity of the Tynnan Odumin , who kept himself shrouded behind layers of secrecy to present a more menacing image . Gallandro put a plan into action , luring the Malorms to Matra VI . There , with his team disguised as an Authority Counter - terrorist Security Team , he ambushed and gunned down all five Malorms , collecting full bounty . That action helped build his reputation yet more , but it also drew him negative attention . A Malkite Poisoner and member of the Assassin ' s Guild confronted him , claiming that by killing the Malorms , he had forced the Guild to default on a contract for the first time in history . When she threatened him with the Guild ' s vengeance , Gallandro shot her dead . This began an epic feud between one man and the entire Assassins ' Guild , whom Gallandro disdained as cowards and sneak - killers without real combat talent . The Guild spent ten years attempting to kill him , during which Gallandro gunned down half their Elite Circle one by one , in addition to a profusion of lower - ranked assassins , in retaliation . At long last , seeing Gallandro survive the full force of the Guildsmen ' s fury while they lost their best talent , the Guild relented . It called off its quest for revenge and instead offered the gunslinger membership . He was uninterested . Odumin ' s enforcer . Gallandro eventually tired of the hardship , stress , and constant danger of the blasterman ' s life . After twenty - five years of slaughter and ten years of an Assassins ' Guild death mark , he had little to show for his efforts other than a fearsome reputation throughout the underworld . Looking for something that would allow him comfort and stability , he was offered a retainer by Odumin . He accepted , becoming a highly - valued covert operative and high - ranking field agent for the ambitious executive . Gallandro found that he liked life inside the law , wielding power , respect , and credits in comfort while still finding dangerous work to keep his edge keen . He finally had luxury alongside his stimulatingly perilous gunwork . Gallandro still traveled outside the Corporate Sector . He frequently visited Ord Mantell , a notorious hive of criminal activity near his homeworld , both before and after accepting Odumin ' s retainer . While working for Odumin , he found cause to visit nearby Anobis . There , he encountered a woman in a mining village with whom he carried on a relationship . Gallandro returned to her whenever he was in the area , and around 1 BBY he conceived a daughter with her , Anja Gallandro . In 1 BBY , when Odumin became aware of a slaving ring with ties reaching even into the highest ranks of his subordinates , he called on Gallandro as an independent resource . The two worked together to investigate and break up the criminals . On Bonadan , Odumin and Gallandro came across Han Solo , a smuggler captain who appeared to be working as an agent for the slavers . Gallandro checked the man ' s background , and found that he was an independent smuggler , not an associate of the slavers ; he had in fact killed one of their agents and was attempting to collect money the syndicate owed him . Odumin hatched a plan to use Solo to draw the slaver leadership into the open and gain needed information . The House Glayyd , the most powerful of the competing clans of Ammuud , had been providing ships to the slavers and maintained records vital to the investigation ; Solo was going to Ammuud to seek the same . Gallandro traveled to Ammuud while Odumin went undercover aboard Solo ' s " Millennium Falcon " as a skip tracer . Gallandro saw a route to put Solo in a better position . He spoke with the rival Reesbon clan , and led them to the idea that they could hire him to assassinate the young Mor Glayyd , leader of the House Glayyd . Gallandro arranged admission to a Glayyd reception . There , he contrived to take a walk with Ido Glayyd , sister of Mor Ewwen Glayyd , during which he pretended outrage at a comment and slapped the young woman . Due to the honor code of Ammuud , Ewwen Glayyd was obliged to respond with a challenge to a death - duel . As Mor , he was the protector of his family , and no other Glayyd could take his place ; a failure to fight Gallandro would result in disgrace and diminish his influence . It was only after issuing the requisite challenge that Ewwen Glayyd discovered his foe was in fact a notorious gunfighter and suspected he had been maneuvered into his death , but by then Gallandro had Glayyd trapped . Gallandro knew that while no other Glayyd could take the Mor ' s place , an outsider with a stake in protecting the Mor could substitute for the clan leader . He intended Solo to be that man . Gallandro permitted the distressed Mor to postpone the duel twice as he awaited the arrival of Solo and Odumin . When Solo landed with Corporate Sector Authority Assistant Auditor - General Hart - and - Parn Gorra - Fiolla , who was independently investigating the slavers , the gunman finally came to call with his second , provided by the Reesbons . He prepared his weapons and chose a fast - draw format , but when the Mor finally arrived , Gallandro feigned surprise that he would not be facing Ewwen Glayyd . Solo , having arrived to speak with the Mor , took Glayyd ' s part by virtue of his interest in tracing the slaving ring . Gallandro sized up Solo , himself a quick draw and veteran gunslinger . He had some interest in testing his skill with Solo , in whom he saw something of his younger self . Though Gallandro disliked turning his back on a challenge , he had to content himself with allowing the plan to play out . Gallandro backed out of the duel , offering an apology , while the others believed that he no longer had interest now that he would be unable to kill the Mor Glayyd . Ido Glayyd accepted the apology and pardoned the assassin . When Solo blustered in response to Gallandro ' s parting intimation that they might meet again , Gallandro felt a demonstration of his skill in order , and swiftly bulls - eyed four holotargets with a quick draw before striding away . Gallandro departed the planet , but returned later that day with an Authority " Victory " - class Star Destroyer under his command . On arriving , he found the slavers ' command ship in the process of capturing Solo ' s " Millennium Falcon " . Gallandro ordered both parties to surrender and forced the two ships to land as the Star Destroyer hovered over them . While Security Police subdued the slavers , Gallandro was lowered in a safety cage to the " Millennium Falcon " . He forced its passengers and crew outside , where he greeted Odumin and they explained their plan to Solo , Fiolla , and Solo ' s first mate Chewbacca . While Odumin took Fiolla back to the Star Destroyer in the safety cage , Gallandro intended to force Solo and Chewbacca to fly the " Millennium Falcon " back to port , hoping to spark a showdown with Solo that would fulfill his need to prove himself against the younger gunman . Gallandro followed Solo to his quarters aboard ship , where he wished to recover a data plaque Solo had taken from the slaver Zlarb . As Solo handed over the case containing the plaque , he allowed the case ' s security system to go off , sending a paralyzing electrical current along the gun hands of each man . Each acknowledged that Solo had evened the odds , and prepared for a left - handed showdown . Gallandro , however , ultimately decided that this would prove little , and declined to draw . Chewbacca arrived to keep Gallandro under watch as Solo fired up the ship and snatched the safety cage containing the two high - ranking Authority officials . With the pair as hostages , Solo forced Gallandro to negotiate terms with the much larger ship , which saw the executives and Gallandro returned in exchange for time to fully repair the " Millennium Falcon " and a cash payment . Gallandro felt humiliated . Showdown with Solo . Gallandro remained vexed by his run - in with Solo , desperate to test his skill against Solo and avenge his humiliation on Ammuud . He began asking around the underworld , seeking to trace Solo for another confrontation , as well as bending his Authority resources to the task . His sources eventually indicated that Solo and Chewbacca were on Dellalt in the Tion Hegemony . Gallandro left the Corporate Sector for the backwater world , where on landing he learned that the local mine operators , J ' uoch and R ' all , had seized the " Millennium Falcon " before supposedly killing Solo and his companions in a dispute . Checking the site where their stolen craft was supposed to have gone down , he found evidence that the party had survived , launching the ship on autopilot while they stayed behind . In town , he found yet more rumors of a brawl at the lake ferry docks , which he connected with Solo ' s group . Inferring that the group was headed for J ' uoch and R ' all ' s mining camp , Gallandro flew to the mines . There he learned from J ' uoch , the real boss of the operation , that she believed Solo and his fellow treasure hunters to have a log - recorder from the legendary " Queen of Ranroon " , the great lost treasure ship of Xim the Despot , presumed lost before it could reach Xim ' s treasury vaults on Dellalt . He struck a bargain with her to obtain the log - recorder , which could offer the secret of the priceless treasure ' s location , in exchange for assurances that Solo would be preserved for a duel . When Solo and his companions finally reached the camp , Gallandro was present . As J ' uoch ' s enforcers surrounded the party , Gallandro came forward to attempt to negotiate with the pinned - down Solo . J ' uoch , simple - minded and violent , sought to simply kill Solo , sending her brother R ' all in a strafing run with a spaceboat . Gallandro , annoyed at her breach of the bargain , attempted to talk her down , but she could not be dissuaded . As Gallandro expected , Solo used his Kell Mark II heavy assault rifle to shoot down the light - duty craft , killing R ' all . Before J ' uoch could give in to homicidal rage , one thousand of Xim ' s war - robots arrived at the mining camp , a threat of which Solo had attempted to warn them . As the war - robots overran the camp , bent on destruction , Gallandro and the mine enforcers turned all their attention to holding off the hulking , thickly armored droids . As the miners were relentlessly killed , Gallandro used his precision aim to disable the droids coming against him , as his light blaster lacked the firepower to punch through the droids ' heavy armor . With the odds against him formidable , Gallandro made a long - distance shot that destroyed a war - robot menacing Solo and his friends some fifty meters away , sparing them to continue fighting . Solo returned the favor by pointing out a droid sneaking up behind the gunslinger , who quickly dodged its attack and disabled it . Against overwhelming odds , Gallandro battled through the droids , but was eventually forced to play dead in order to survive . As the droids moved on , he made his way to the " Millennium Falcon " , which had been spared from destruction by the droids BLX - 5 " Bollux " and Blue Max , who had appropriated the control podium technology which was used to command the droids . As the pair of droids used the technology to manipulate the war - robots into marching on the bridge to the barracks area of the camp , their weight and resonance collapsed the bridge , sending all of them plummeting into the chasm . Gallandro powered up Solo ' s ship and took it across the chasm to pick up the treasure hunters . Tempted by the lure of Xim ' s riches , he told Solo that he would drop their grudge if he could cooperate with the team in their search for the lost wealth and gain a cut for himself . Solo , as well as his companions Hasti Troujow and Alexsandr Badure , were suspicious , but agreed . The " Millennium Falcon " overtook the leaders of the Survivors , the organization which had launched the war - robot assault . Solo ' s droid pair was able to overcome the hypno - imprinting to which the Survivors had been subjected , and their captives revealed the history of the Survivors . Descended from Xim ' s personnel of some twenty - five thousand years before , they knew the secrets of the treasure and maintained hope of someday rising again . They were reduced to a small , inbred band hiding in the mountains and maintaining ancient technology they no longer understood while their leaders lay low in Dellaltian society . The Survivors revealed that the treasure lay deep in Xim ' s vaults in the Dellaltian capital , widely believed to be empty . The treasure hunters set out for the city , planning to use their ship ' s superior weaponry to take over the vaults before sending off for a ship large enough to carry off the untold wealth . As the " Millennium Falcon " made a hot landing , Gallandro and Solo led the way into the vaults with the academic expert Skynx while Badure and Troujow held the door ; Chewbacca minded the ship with the droids . Gallandro gunned down the steward of the vaults as he attempted to resist before parting with the other two to explore the vaults . Solo cut through into the genuine vaults , hidden beneath the empty decoys . Gallandro followed him in , intent on the showdown he had long wanted . As both men prepared , Gallandro vented his contempt for Solo , whom he felt to have a far inflated opinion of himself . The two squared off before drawing . Solo ' s quick draw was the best Gallandro had seen in many years , but Gallandro was quicker . He put a bolt in Solo ' s shoulder , spoiling his aim , then shot the smuggler in the arm to disarm him . Gallandro briefly gloated , intending to kill the rest of the treasure seekers , take Solo back to the Corporate Sector , and subject him to their unforgiving justice system in order to make an example of him . Having seen Solo ' s talent , he was somewhat regretful that he had had to defeat the cocky young gunslinger , thinking he might have made an excellent lieutenant had they met after the Corellian ' s brashness and idealism had faded . Skynx had been with Solo and now fled deeper into the vaults . Gallandro followed him . On catching up with the Ruurian , he drew his blaster , intent on eliminating the academic , though he regretted having to do so and was apologetic , promising to make it quick and painless . The gunman was cut down in a blast of fire from dozens of blasters operated by the automated defense systems ; Skynx had removed the warning lights indicating they had entered the no - weapons safety zone around the treasure stores . Gallandro died with his draw undefeated , the victim of speed - of - light defensive technology that left him a charred corpse . Legacy . Though Solo and Skynx both survived to collect the treasure with the others , it turned out to consist of worthless materials , valuable twenty - five thousand years ago but no longer , preventing any of them from striking it rich with the exception of Skynx , whose academic career was made . The Corporate Sector Authority put out a warrant for Solo in connection with Gallandro ' s death , but never got its hands on the smuggler . As Solo gained prominence himself , becoming a New Republic hero for his role in defeating the Empire , rumors and bombastic holodramas propagated the idea that he had outdrawn and slain Gallandro in the vaults of Xim . This tarnished Gallandro ' s reputation , subsuming it in service of Solo ' s legend . Among expert gunfighters , however , the memory of Gallandro ' s skill remained strong . Gallandro was survived by his daughter Anja , only an infant at the time of his death . She grew up hearing such rumors on war - torn Anobis with her heartbroken mother , and blamed Solo for her father ' s death , though she refused to believe that Solo could have defeated Gallandro without shooting him in the back . Idolizing the father she never knew , she revered Gallandro ' s memory , learning of him both from her mother ' s stories and Corporate Sector Authority records . Anja eventually fell in with Black Sun crimelord Czethros , who addicted her to andris and stoked her hatred of Solo to manipulate her into his own plot for revenge against the smuggler , by then a general and the husband of New Republic Chief of State Leia Organa Solo . Anja Gallandro confronted Solo , but did not believe his explanations . She spent time with Solo ' s children Jacen and Jaina , pretending to have reconciled with them but secretly plotting against them on behalf of Czethros . Eventually , their good nature , combined with the revelation of Czethros ' s manipulation convinced her to put aside her grudge and believe Solo ' s story . She no longer saw her father as a good man horribly wronged ; she was willing to accept the idea that he might have been a flawed man responsible for his own death . Personality and traits . As a boy , Gallandro was scarred by the deaths of his parents before his eyes . His hate led him to join the militia . There , he gained combat experience and found that he was an adrenaline junkie , living for the heat of combat and the joy of killing . Life without risk was boring . When the war ended , he sought employment as a hired gun , seeking out the thrill of the deadly contest between sentients which he made his business . Gallandro cared for nothing else and had no empathy for those affected by his actions . Though he was not given to pointless cruelty or killing without reason , he was apathetic toward the lives of others and studiously amoral . If he had cause , he would kill anyone without compunction . Cynical , he did not believe in luck , only in skill ; he rejected what he saw as mysticism and superstition , as he did emotion . Though Gallandro thrived on the ability to showcase his talent , as he aged he grew tired of living a life on the fringe , with his life constantly on the line and little stability or comfort . It was for that reason that he chose to accept a lower - profile but much cushier job working as Odumin ' s top agent . As an Authority employee , Gallandro came to enjoy the perks of a life of comfortable legitimacy in which he could still keep his skills honed and his love of mayhem indulged . He allowed himself to indulge in luxury , though not to an extent that it would compromise his skill . Still , he realized that he did sometimes miss the " zest " of bank heists and cantina shootouts . An unemotional man , he always presented an aura of calm and competence , acting the part of a polite , well - spoken , reasonable , and suave professional even when angered . A quick thinker , he had a talent not only for combat but for devising plots and carrying out deceptions as well as investigations . Driven by the memory of his parents deaths as victims , Gallandro was determined to excel , to be the unconquerable best on the battlefield . To have any weakness was to die . In addition , Gallandro took a strong professional pride in his skill and reputation , which would stand no diminution . His preferred response to insults to his talent was a demonstration of his abilities , which was generally sufficient to quiet any detractor . If anyone seemed to offer a genuine challenge as a gunfighter , Gallandro was eager to test his skill against him or her and demonstrate himself the superior . His curiosity in such matters was insatiable ; he was willing to draw with drained blasters simply to see who was faster . He could not stand not knowing whether another ' s draw might be swifter than his . If his talent was genuinely called into question , Gallandro would not rest until he proved himself and avenged the insult to his reputation . Those who felt themselves to be on his level drew his contempt and were sure to bring retaliation in a test of skill . Equipment . Gallandro preferred to present a sophisticated image . He took to wearing fine clothing , preferring well - tailored gray slacks , a finely - tooled black gunbelt , a white shirt , and gray jacket . A white scarf and a pair of gold beads adorning his long mustachios added dash to the outfit . He kept his clothing spotless and his boots polished to maintain his image as an elegant gunman . Gallandro used a Merr - Sonn Model 434 " DeathHammer " blaster pistol in combat . Behind the scenes . Gallandro was created by author Brian Daley and first appeared in Daley ' s 1979 novel " Han Solo ' s Revenge " as one of several antagonists for main character Han Solo . Though Gallandro and Han twice nearly clashed in combat before it was averted , the characters suggested that they would eventually have to duel in the future . That promise was fulfilled in the sequel , " Han Solo and the Lost Legacy " , in which Gallandro once more opposed Solo before cooperating with him , only to turn on Solo in the novel ' s finale with the result of his death . Though Gallandro received significant expansion of his backstory in 1993 ' s " Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook " , his daughter was introduced in a 1998 " Young Jedi Knights " plotline that established further facts about Gallandro , and numerous novels have mentioned Gallandro in the wake of his death , Gallandro has not appeared in a narrative since 1980 . In the draft for the " Star Wars " Blog article , Gallandro was given the first name of Inbar . However , it was removed shortly thereafter , with Ed Erdelac , the author of the blog , admitting that the first name was a mistake .