Greedo / Legends Greedo , son of Greedo the Elder , was a male Rodian bounty hunter . He lived in Mos Espa alongside the young Anakin Skywalker and W . Wald circa 32 BBY . Although his father had been an esteemed hunter , and the chief rival of Navik the Red , the younger Greedo had little of his father ' s prowess and was easily killed by Han Solo in Chalmun ' s Spaceport Cantina on Tatooine . Biography . Early life . Greedo was born on Rodia within the ranks of the persecuted Tetsu Clan . His father , Greedo the Elder , was a well - known bounty hunter whose successes made his family very wealthy . A rival , Navik the Red , leader of the powerful Chattza Clan , targeted the Tetsus , brutally murdering the elder Greedo and taking their wealth . His pregnant wife , Neela , took her son and father ' s namesake , along with around two hundred Tetsu Rodians , and fled the planet . Settling on a remote jungle planet U - Tendik , the refugees began to rebuild their lives . A pact was made between the clan elders to never tell the children of their violent past . Greedo and his younger brother Pqweeduk spent over ten years on that planet . It was the only life he knew ; the tall Tendril tree s , the water , and the endless days of play . The clan elders were careful to keep details of their past hidden , though Greedo often overheard such discussions . The terminology used was unfamiliar to him , as the isolation of refugee life did not expose him to otherwise commonplace things such as the starships and bounty hunters . His imagination would have continued to run wild until the day when he discovered clues to another life beyond the jungle . As a teenager , Greedo led his brother Pqweeduk deep into the jungle , away from their small village and to a hidden cavern . Within the cavern were three large silver ships , sitting silently in the darkness . A sense of familiarity was stirred , though Greedo could not attach a memory to it . However , it was enough for him to want to know more . That night after his brother had gone to sleep , Greedo asked his mother about the hidden ships . Neela was hesitant at first to divulge such information , lamenting that " Nok loves the past too much , " but she gave in , seeing that her son was not about to let his discovery go . Greedo was told only the details his mother felt were relevant to that discussion , including the Rodian Clan Wars and the murder of his father . A month and a day passed when the Tetsu Clan was finally tracked down by Navik the Red . In a flurry of activity , Navik ' s Chattza warriors descended on the hapless population , killing a number and dispersing the rest . Greedo , Pqweeduk , and Neela barely escaped the carnage and fled into the dense jungle , regrouping with Neela ' s brothers , Nok and Teeku . Nok explained why he had been visiting the ships , as he was maintaining them in preparation in the event that the clan would need to be evacuated . That day had arrived . The panic - stricken Tetsu Rodians hurried to board the three ships as their pursuers tracked them through the jungle . One of the ships was destroyed before it could close its hatch . Greedo ' s family and the surviving twenty Tetsus that came with them , however , escaped in the " Radion " , making the pre - programmed jump to Nar Shaddaa , where they hoped to be lost among the myriad of freighter and shuttle traffic that flocked around the heavily - populated moon . There Greedo was exposed to the commonplace aspects of the galaxy , learning the ins and outs of the black market , thanks to the teachings of his friend Anky Fremp , a Skup . They had been a team for years , stripping Hutt floaters of parts and selling the hardware to the highest bidder . Greedo ' s social development had grown , becoming familiar with the things that used to be foreign to him . Moving to Tatooine . Eventually , the family ended up moving to Tatooine , During Greedo ' s time on Tatooine , Greedo was noted for his temper . He accused young Anakin Skywalker of cheating in the Boonta Eve Classic , resulting in a scuffle that Qui - Gon Jinn had to break up . His friend W . Wald warned him that if he continued his violent ways , he would eventually come to a bad end . Greedo eventually became a thug and turned to petty crime , spending much of the time in Jabba ' s Palace handging and playing games of chance with other big name wannabees . During the Clone Wars , Greedo still resided on Tatooine . At some time during the war , he traveled to Coruscant and kidnapped Baron Notluwiski Papanoida ' s daughters , Che Amanwe and Chi Eekway , with the help of another mercenary . The chairman of Pantora and his son Ion tracked the Rodian bounty hunter to Jabba ' s Palace and forced him to help them retrieve Che Amanwe from Mos Eisley . When they arrived at the cantina where Che Amanwe was held , Greedo turned on the Pantorans , causing the patrons at the cantina to fire upon them while the Rodian slipped out of the area . Imperial Period . At some point after the end of the Clone Wars Greedo moved again to Nar Shaddaa . He still retained a level of naivete , all too eager to sell out the Rebels to the Empire in order to make a quick profit . Life on Nar Shaddaa fueled Greedo ' s fascination with bounty hunters . He idolized them and wished to become one . Greedo saved the lives of two bounty hunters , Spurch " Warhog " Goa and his partner Dyyz Nataz , when they were attacked by the cyborg Gorm , becoming the only being ever known to have actually hit the towering droid . In return , the pair of hunters cut Greedo in on a bounty for killing a rogue Imperial spice inspector . As a thank - you , Greedo told them about a Rebel enclave in Level 88 . With the Imperial reward Greedo intended to buy his own ship , " The Manka Hunter " , but was tricked out of most of his share by Warhog . Greedo tried to lessen the price by stealing some power couplings from another ship . Unfortunately , those couplings were for the " Millennium Falcon " , and an angry Chewbacca caught him in the act . As restitution , Han Solo took Greedo ' s rancor - skin jacket in exchange for the pair of burnt - out couplings just taken off the " Falcon " . Greedo threatened revenge . Goa taught Greedo to be a bounty hunter and Greedo thought he would become a great one , learning from a " master . " Soon enough , though , he started to regret his decision when the Imperials attacked the Rebels in Level 88 . Greedo , Dyyz , and Goa escaped in Goa ' s ship , the " Nova Viper " , just as Level 88 exploded , Greedo ' s whole family with it . The Yavin Vassilika and death . Shortly before the Battle of Yavin , Greedo rented a small ship and tagged along on the hunt for the Yavin Vassilika . He hob - nobbed with the galaxy ' s greatest hunters , though he himself was profoundly out of his element . Nevertheless , he had gotten a taste of the trade . Upon his return to Tatooine , Greedo continued working with Jabba the Hutt , securing a contract on Han Solo , with Goa also being involved in the contract . Greedo had encountered Solo twice , demanding payment , but was humiliated both times . He eventually met up with Solo again in a Mos Eisley cantina where Greedo demanded Jabba ' s cut . Solo , not having that amount of money just yet , was forced to find another solution . Solo prepared his blaster under the table they were sitting at and shot the inexperienced bounty hunter from below . Greedo himself had managed to pull off a shot less than a second before , but missed entirely . Solo then stood up , threw a coin to the bartender , apologizing for the mess , and left the cantina for Docking Bay 94 . Although Greedo ' s death was on Solo ' s hands , it was actually Greedo ' s " mentor , " Warhog Goa who should be credited with his demise . Goa had tricked an over - matched Greedo into going against Solo after receiving a payoff from two Rodian bounty hunters who were tracking the young novice . Goa , alongside the Rodian bounty hunters , also bore witness to Greedo ' s death . After Greedo ' s death , Wuher and his new droid companion , C2 - R4 , claimed the bounty hunter ' s body and ground it up into a powerful liqueur . All that remained of Greedo afterward was his head , which Wuher ( having taken a dislike to Greedo while he was still alive ) impaled on a spike . Following this , the head was apparently taken by someone who had known him in life . Greedo received a funeral that was attended by some of his fellow bounty hunters . Although the specific details of how Greedo died were conflicting , Greedo nonetheless was made famous as a result . Personality and traits . Greedo ' s social ineptitude led many , including his uncle Avaro Sookcool , to perceive him as " not very bright . " By the time of the Clone Wars he had gotten a feel for what being a bounty hunter would be like and modeled his reactions as such . This change was even more evident when Greedo pursued the bounty on Dionisio . He knew where to go for information and how to complete a mission , giving him a boost of confidence for when he took the contract on Solo . His excitability was reduced and his complaining was almost non - existent . However , Greedo was still making amateur mistakes , such as allowing Nok Derrick to get the drop on him in a dark alley . Some maintained that he was not entirely vigilant to his surroundings , nervous , easily spooked , over - confident and he often complained . Behind the scenes . Portrayal . Paul Blake played Greedo in the shots that feature both Greedo and Han Solo in the same frame . For Greedo ' s close - ups , a new articulated head was built for pickups at the end of the shoot , and Maria De Aragon was enlisted to play the Rodian . Greedo ' s language was actually , a native language of . During pickups , Greedo ' s costume vest changes significantly , as do his hands . In the original shoot , Greedo has long , suction - cup tipped fingers , and in pickups , he has swollen knuckles and shorter fingers . In " " TV series he was voiced by Tom Kenny . The Greedo mask and tunic are currently on display as part of the " Out of this World : Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television " in the Science Fiction Museum & Hall of Fame in Seattle , WA . Continuity . Both Greedo ' s backstory and the circumstances of his death have been subject to a number of retcon s over the years . The most famous involves the question of who shot first , for in the original 1977 release of the film , as well as the script , Greedo did not shoot at Han at all . In the 1997 re - release of the film , Greedo gets a badly - aimed shot at Solo before Solo kills him . George Lucas has said that this change is to enhance Solo ' s overall heroism , and to not portray him as a cold - blooded killer . This was a controversial decision and in the 2004 version the two shots are almost simultaneous , with Greedo shooting first . The short story " " presents Greedo ' s famous line as " Oota goota , Solo ? " whereas the " Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide " and the " Star Wars PocketModel TCG " establish the spelling as " Koona t ' chuta , Solo ? " . The latter sources are more current . Throughout " A Hunter ' s Fate : Greedo ' s Tale " , it is implied that Greedo ' s spoken language is Rodese , not Huttese , and he does not even seem to understand the language of the Hutts . This is contradicted by later official sources that verify Greedo is speaking Huttese . Greedo ' s backstory was established in " " short story , published in the " Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina " in 1995 and later adapted into a webstrip of the same name . In a deleted scene from " " , included on the 2001 DVD release , a character named Greedo appears fighting in the street with a young Anakin Skywalker . After the fight is broken up by Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn , Greedo is warned by fellow Rodian W . Wald that some day his actions will get him shot . Despite George Lucas ' insistance that this was the same Greedo from " A New Hope " , the scene was felt to be in conflict with established Expanded Universe history and a retcon was put in place explaining that the Rodian who fought with Anakin was , in fact , Greedo the Elder — Greedo ' s father . However , in 2010 the " " episode " Sphere of Influence " feaured Greedo as an adult on Tatooine during the Clone Wars and firmly established him to be same character as seen in both Episode IV and Episode I . For some time the canonicity of " A Hunter ' s Fate : Greedo ' s Tale " remained unclear , for example the description of its events was removed from Greedo ' s Databank entry . In 2013 however , a StarWars . com blog article " The Not - So Magnificent Seven " explicitly referenced those events , tying them up with Greedo ' s appearance in " The Clone Wars " , reestablishing its canonical status . Despite of that , the dating of events given in " A Hunter ' s Fate : Greedo ' s Tale " contradicts the current canonical version . According to the short story , Greedo was only born around 17 BBY and all of his childhood was spend during the reign of Galactic Empire . Any references to those events by dating remain incompatible with the current version of Greedo being a child by 32 BBY and an adolescent by the time of the Clone Wars . The Rodian thugs seen in " " were based on Greedo . All of them are alike and are dressed the same way as Greedo . Also , on the back of the box , it calls all Rodians " Greedo . " In the sequel to the above game " " , all the Rodians are also dressed similarly to Greedo ; though a few are slightly different in what they wear . As a nod to the original character , the multiplayer gives the Rodian ' s BOT name as ' Beedo ' . Greedo ' s height has varied between various sources . His height is 1 . 65 meters in " The Official Star Wars Fact File " , " The Essential Guide to Characters " and " The New Essential Guide to Characters " , whereas the Rodian ' s Databank entry gives a height of 1 . 8 meters . To add to further confusion , Greedo ' s " Clone Cards " entry says that he is 1 . 74 meters tall , and his data in " " provides a height of 1 . 73 meters . This article uses the latter source as it is the most current .