Ranc gang The Ranc gang was a criminal organization based on the Outer Rim planet Kaddak . Sometime following the Battle of Jakku , Terex , an Imperial stormtrooper who had fought in the battle , became the leader of the Rancs , until he gave control of the gang to Wisper when he joined the First Order , an organization formed from the remnants of the Empire . Terex reclaimed control of the gang from Wisper when he returned to Kaddak in 34 ABY . The Ranc gang then took part in the hunt for the Resistance starfighter pilot Poe Dameron . Many of the gang members were killed during the battle over a desert planet . Description . The Ranc gang was a criminal gang on the Outer Rim world of Kaddak that doubled as a ship repair and salvage operation . They controlled the Sliver , the main settlement on Kaddak . The gang was known to operate a headquarters . The Ranc gang also had a fleet of " Uglies " , ships made from wrecked starships and vehicles left over from the Galactic Civil War . History . Terex ' s takeover . The Ranc gang existed on Kaddak two years after the Battle of Jakku . They were led by Wenda and Bett and also doubled as a ship repair and salvage operation . After the former stormtrooper Corlac and his comrade Terex relocated to Kaddak , Corlac re - established contacts with Wenda and Bett . He convinced Terex to help the gang gain access to the Rothana Imperial Shipyards . After taking control of the shipyard s , Corlac conspired with Wenda and Bett to kill Terex since he was an obstacle to their plans to build a pirate fleet . Terex learned of their plot and killed them . Terex then took control of the gang . With Wisper and Zumgi serving as his lieutenant s , Terex turned the Ranc gang into a feared pirate group based on Kaddak that raided ships and fought rival gangs . After several of Terex ' s pirates intercepted a shipment carrying stormtrooper armor to the First Order , Terex decided to join the First Order and handed over leadership of the group to Wisper . While Wisper made the gang rich , he never commanded the same level of respect as Terex . Terex ' s return . In 34 ABY , Terex returned to take control of the Ranc gang . After Wisper objected to his coup , Zumgi killed him and reaffirmed the gang ' s allegiance to Terex . Under Terex ' s leadership , the gang took control of his flagship " Carrion Spike " from the First Order crew . Meanwhile , the Resistance starfighter pilot Poe Dameron , the Resistance technician Oddy Muva , and the droid s C - 3PO and BB - 8 forced their way inside the gang ' s headquarters . Despite Dameron being stun ned , C - 3PO activated the Resistance spy droid network and forced the gangster s to surrender the BX - series droid commando N1 - ZX , who was purportedly carrying a trove of information on the First Order . Terex then placed a bounty on Dameron ' s head but deliberately allowed Dameron and the droids to escape with N1 - ZX and the data . However , this was disinformation planted by Terex as part of a plot to find the elusive Resistance base . Pursuing Poe Dameron . Terex was able to track Dameron ' s T - 70 X - wing fighter and prepared a fleet of " Uglies " to pursue Dameron . Once in space , Terex allowed his Ranc gang lieutenants Zumgi and Brrang to lead the mission since he trusted them more than the First Order . However , Dameron realized Terex ' s plan and exited his ship over a desert planet . The Ranc fleet soon followed and shot Dameron ' s starfighter down . Dameron ' s X - wing crash - landed on the desert planet . Terex led a landing party in pursuit of Dameron and the droids . BB - 8 and C - 3PO managed to slow the gang down by dropping stalactites and fjor - bat s on their pursuers . Meanwhile , the Abednedo Muva stowed aboard the " Carrion Spike " and forced Zumgi to lead him to his wife Sowa Chuan , who had been enslaved by Terex in order to blackmail him into working as a spy . Brrang was commanding the " Carrion Spike " and the Ranc fleet when the Resistance Black Squadron came to Dameron ' s rescue . Despite outnumbering the Resistance squadron , the Ranc gang ' s " Uglies " were outmatched by Black Squadron . Muva also aided Black Squadron by reprogramming the " Carrion Spike " battle computer s to open fire on the " Uglies . " This allowed him and the slaves to flee in escape pod s to the desert planet . Black Squadron escorted the escape pods but the Ranc gang shot one of them down . The Duros Resistance pilot L ' ulo L ' ampar shot down the " Ugly " before being taken down himself . Brrang managed to regain control of the " Carrion Spike " systems . The Ranc ships regrouped for an assault on Black Squadron . Destruction . However , First Order forces under Commander Malarus exited hyperspace and opened fire on the Ranc fleet , destroying many " Uglies " and Terex ' s flagship . Malarus then led a landing party that arrested Terex for disobeying Supreme Leader Snoke ' s orders to avoid hostilities against the New Republic and its aligned forces . Dameron allowed the First Order to arrest Terex but told the defeated crime lord and First Order agent that he had lost his fleet . Behind the scenes . The Ranc gang first appeared in the 2016 – 2017 Marvel Comics arc " " . They were created by Charles Soule and illustrated by Phil Noto .