Chanath Cha Chanath Cha was a human female bounty hunter who operated during the Galactic Civil War . Biography . Family of hunters . On Cabarria , Chanath Cha together with her mother Ramat and father Bhada had been paid to kill Darth Vader . Tricking Vader that a Jedi had been seen in a bar , the family sat ready to kill him when he entered . Using ion grenade s , they neutralized all the weapons in the bar while Chanath tried to seize Vader ' s lightsaber with a tractor rifle . However , he used the Force to seize the lightsaber midair and , under the strain of the two opposing forces , the hilt shattered , leaving only the red kyber crystal . Realizing they stood no match against the Sith Lord they activated their shields and fled the bar . All three got on a speeder bike and proceeded to escape . Vader followed them on his own speeder and when they tried to blast them , he easily deflected their bolts . They proved to be capable to keep away from him for a time until he crashed a massive vehicle in their path , causing their speeder to crash . Seizing Chanath in a Force choke , he requested they tell him who had ordered his death . They told him about an anonymous bounty with an exhorbitant price posted on the hunter net . Ramat , a talented slicer , offered to uncover their employer for him in exchange for their daughter ' s life . When they demanded that he release Chanath first , Vader refused and threatened to kill them all . However , the Cha ' s countered that , even in death , they would be together so he could not threaten them with such tactics . Grudgingly impressed , the Dark Lord demanded proof that Ramat could deliver her side of the deal , which she proved by tracking the signal of the bounty back to Coruscant . Chanath was released as agreed , at which point the bounty hunter s made their daughter swear that she would seek no vengeance against the Dark Lord , a deal Vader chose to honor . To complete the deal , Ramat provided Vader with the information he had requested and gave him the source of the bounty on him : the highest levels of the Republic Executive Building on Coruscant . Cha continued to work as a prestigious bounty hunter during the Galactic Civil War that occurred during the reign of the Galactic Empire . She had a past romantic history with Lobot with some tension between them due to Lobot ' s decision to work with Lando Calrissian . Bounty for Darth Vader . Shortly after Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra was captured by the Rebel Alliance on Vrogas Vas , Cha was one of several bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader to return Aphra to him . Dealing with Big String . Sometime later , Cha was hired by an enemy of the crime boss Big String — who resided in a volcanic fortress on the Inner Rim world Amethia Prime — to destroy his fortress and apprehend String . Soon , Cha traveled to the ocean world and invaded the fortress , flying through its structure and destroying it using near - indestructible armor and rocket boot s , until the entire complex went up in an explosive fire ball . Then Cha focused on Big String , who was fleeing in a boat with three of his bodyguard s . Cha dove underwater and raced towards the craft , launching upward through it , destroying its engine and overturning it ; quickly ending String ' s escape . Cha confronted String , who pleaded to know why Cha had destroyed the " empire " he had spent twenty cycles creating . After providing a name , Cha told the criminal that it was a contracted job . Cha then engaged the guards in hand - to - hand combat , quickly defeating them . Cha convinced String to drop his blaster , allowing Cha to hoist him up by his belt and took to the air using rocket boot s to deliver the bounty . Hunting the " Imperialis " . However , once at cloud - level , Cha received a holographic comlink call from Emperor Palpatine . Cha apologized to String and dropped him ; not wanting to ignore the call from this most important client . Palpatine appeared from the holoprojector and informed Cha that his yacht , the " Imperialis " , had been stolen from an Imperial shipyard in the Castell system , and he wanted Cha to recover it , because Palpatine had little faith in the military forces he had assigned to the task , stating that he needed a needle , and that Cha was the sharpest needle he had . The Emperor gave Cha a unique starship to aid in recovering the " Imperialis " , and told the bounty hunter that success would mean great reward — but if the yacht could not be recovered , Cha needed to destroy it , in order for the " personal items " it contained to not fall into the hands of others . Cha immediately traveled to Imperial Facility 729 - D , a classified Imperial space station that housed the vessel Palpatine promised Cha use of during the mission . She examined the exterior of the ship , noting it appeared unique in design . O - 66 , a droid sent by Palpatine to assist Cha , appeared and explained that the ship , the " Scimitar " , had been in use for an extended period of time by " special " owners . O - 66 informed Cha that the technical readouts for the " Scimitar " were available , Cha , however , ordered O - 66 to paraphrase the instructions . Once O - 66 had done so , Cha removed O - 66 ' s head for protection ; O - 66 could no longer hold a weapon to attack Cha if that was the droid ' s programming . Cha then pilot ed the Star Courier into space , where O - 66 explained that the " Scimitar " was configured to track the " Imperialis " s hyperdrive signature through space ; a feat that Cha had believed impossible . However , the " Imperialis " s signature was very similar to that of a neutron star — which if the " Scimitar " tracked instead , would kill Cha when it emerged from hyperspace . Cha was unworried and entered hyperspace . A short time later , the " Scimitar " emerged from hyperspace near the " Imperialis " in deep space . Cha spacewalked to the Emperor ' s yacht , and with O - 66 ' s help , located an airlock , sliced into it and rushed through the " Imperialis " to locate the hijackers . Cha needed the ship ' s operation system codes from O - 66 in order to lock the escape codes , thereby preventing the hijackers from escaping . O - 66 refused , but relented after Cha revealed that she had planted a pulse bomb in the droid ' s neck . Cha disabled the hijackers ' only escape option , and soon stumbled across one of the thieves : the Ugnaught Korin Pers . Pers claimed she was alone in stealing the " Imperialis " , but Cha knew better than to believe her , and was proved correct when one of Per ' s partners appeared and tried to jump Cha . Cha , however , easily outmaneuvered the thief and was shocked to recognize the thief as her old friend Calrissian . Cha removed her helmet , allowing Calrissian to likewise recognize her . Calrissian was equally shocked and greeted her with a kiss to the hand . Cha decided to activate the ship ' s self - destruct to complete her mission , but hesitated when Lando said that Lobot was aboard in a bacta tank , recovering from a wound sustained in a fight with Imperial Guards . However soon two clone alien s , Aleksin and Pavol , who had helped Lando steal the ship , attacked them , having been corrupted by the Emperor ' s Sith artifact s stored on the ship . Cha sealed a door to slow them down and activated the ship ' s self - destruct , telling Lando to get Lobot so they could escape with her . She contacted O - 66 and told him to pick them up in the " Scimitar " , but O - 66 refused , having deactivated the explosive planted by her . Pavol then attacked her , but she killed him . With no other way to escape , Lobot used his implants to slice the ship ' s systems and reactivate the escape pods . Unfortunately , due to the wounds he sustained and incomplete healing , Lobot ' s implants were able to take over his mind . Cha bid farewell to Lando and Lobot and took an escape pod before the ship exploded . Personality and traits . Chanath Cha was a female human bounty hunter with brown skin , black hair , and dark eye s . She often wore a helmet with a T - shaped visor and armor . Cha was a renowned bounty hunter who was contracted to undertake dangerous and sensitive missions by some of the most powerful figures in the galaxy including Emperor Palpatine . Cha had little patience for the droid O - 66 ' s tedious nature and once decapitated him . She disliked long - winded explanations . Cha also did not believe in win or lose situations but qualified them as success versus failure . Cha respected Lando well enough to spare his life and cover up his involvement in stealing the Emperor ' s yacht " Imperialis " . In order to protect him and Lobot , she decided to destroy the ship , per the Emperor ' s orders . Cha was unwilling to risk trouble with the Empire , particularly Darth Vader , the Emperor ' s enforcer . Cha also once harbored romantic feelings for Lobot but parted company after he became close with Lando . While Cha was good at coercion , she once mistakenly revealed that she had planted a pulse bomb on O - 66 . The cunning O - 66 outplayed her by removing the bomb and later taunted Chanath for not keeping it a secret . Skills and abilities . Chanath was a skilled warrior who wore repulsor boots . She was skilled in unarmed combat and also wielded a blaster . Cha ' s armor and repulsor boots could also operate underwater . On one occasion , Cha defeated the lightsaber - wielding Pavol with a knife . Behind the scenes . Chanath Cha first appeared in the 2015 Marvel Comics story arc " " . She was created by Charles Soule , drawn by Alex Maleev , and colored by Paul Mounts . Cha later appeared in the 2016 Marvel Comics issue " " ; where she was written by Kieron Gillen , drawn by Salvador Larroca , and colored by Edgar Delgado .