Sevox Sevox was a male human who lived on Andelm IV during the Galactic Civil War . His body rejected implants , so after he lost his eye s he spliced into his protocol droid , I - 7 , as a means of vision . Sevox was friends with Zarro , a human girl , who ran errands for him . Following the Battle of Yavin , he reluctantly allowed Zarro and her Wookiee friend Chewbacca to make use of material from his bunker to rebuild an R5 astromech droid named " Boomer " . Fitted with explosives , Boomer was used to sabotage the crime lord Jaum ' s plan to sell dedlanite to the Galactic Empire . Biography . Sevox was an elderly human man who lived on the planet Andelm IV during the Age of the Empire . At some point , he lost both his eye s . Since his body rejected ocular implants , he found a way to splice into his protocol droid I - 7 , who became his " eyes . " Fearing the Galactic Empire and the rebellion , Sevox and his droid hid in an underground bunker near the Andelm IV spaceport . His bunker also contained a store room full of old droid parts . Around the time of the Battle of Yavin , Sevox was acquainted with a young girl named Zarro , who ran errands for him . After escaping Jaum ' s beetle caverns , Zarro and her new Wookiee ally Chewbacca visited his bunker , seeking parts they could use to sabotage Jaum ' s plan to sell dedlanite to the Empire . Sevox was annoyed because he feared that Zarro ' s presence could expose his work . He was further alarmed when Chewbacca entered the room . Sevox reluctantly allowed Zarro and Chewbacca to access his store room for gear and to share his food . The reclusive Sevox feared that Chewbacca ' s presence would expose his bunker ' s existence to outsiders and regarded Zarro ' s decision to bring Chewie as a violation of trust . Despite his misgivings about Zarro and Chewie ' s enterprise , Sevox and his droid I - 7 accompanied them to the local spaceport . He allowed Zarro to drive his landspeeder . During the journey , Sevox received news from his friend Lageose that an Imperial Star Destroyer had entered the Andelm system . Lageose advised Sevox to leave Andelm IV . While Sevox was pessimistic , I - 7 suggested that the Empire could bring optic implants that his master ' s body would not reject ; setting him free . Overhearing the conversation , Zarro told Sevox to stop worrying because she and Chewie had a plan . In response , Sevox derived Chewbacca ' s plan to blow up Jaum ' s dedlanite supplies as an " insult " to plane scored the Galaxy . Zarro insisted her plan would work while Chewie roared in annoyance , having just planted a thermal detonator inside the droid ' s chassis . As the approached the city , Sevox urged Zarro to slow down . After arriving at the spaceport , Sevox told Zarro of his plans to move out of his lab . He offered the lab to Zarro and Chewie as a hiding place but warned them not to mention his name if he was captured by the Empire . Sevox then joked that if they did mention his name , they should tell the Empire that he was being enslaved by his protocol droid . Before parting company with Zarro and Chewie , Sevox told the former that he had left some credit s behind in his lab if she brought back the optics of an Imperial RA - 7 protocol droid , which he regarded as magnificent . Before I - 7 drove the landspeeder away , he told Zarro not to let the Imperials think that she was part of the Rebellion . Sevox and I - 7 then departed into hiding . Personality and traits . Sevox was an elderly human man who had lost both his eyes . After his body rejected several optical implants , he was forced to splice himself to his protocol droid I - 7 . Sevox resented his dependence on the droid and both jokingly accused each other of slavery . He wore green overalls and had a special visor over his eyes , Sevox had white hair and pale skin . While he was good with fixing droids , he was forced to rely on I - 7 due to his blindness . Sevox was a paranoid recluse who feared both the Galactic Empire and the Rebellion . He lived in a bunker that doubled as his laboratory . While Sevox had a good relationship with Zarro , he was upset when she brought a stranger named Chewbacca into his domain . While agreeing to lend them his landspeeder , he believed that Chewie ' s plan had a poor chance of success . Fearing that other people would learn about his hiding place , he and I - 7 fled into hiding . Behind the scenes . Sevox first appeared as a minor supporting character in Gerry Duggan ' s 2015 Marvel Comics story " " . He was illustrated by Phil Noto .