Galus Vez Galus Vez was a Besalisk starship parts dealer who owned the space outpost Osisis Station during the reign of the Galactic Empire . He often worked with a group of rebels from the planet Lothal , but after Imperial inspections of his facility increased , he no longer wished to be associated with them . Upon the group ' s next visit to his station , Vez refused to sell them the parts they needed , instead challenging the group ' s pilot , Hera Syndulla , to a race around his own private course , Fool ' s Run . Should Syndulla win the race , Vez promised to hand over the parts , but should he win , then Vez would take the rebels ' ship . Syndulla agreed and managed to beat him in the race , causing the Besalisk to retract his offer and attempt to capture the rebels anyway . Prepared for his betrayal , the group destroyed one of Vez ' s cargo vessels with explosives and used the distraction to disarm him and take out his men , forcing the Besalisk to hand over what they needed . Biography . Age of the Empire . Trouble with the Empire . Galus Vez lived during the reign of the Galactic Empire and owned the space facility Osisis Station , which was located in the Regani sector and served as a hangout for local lowlifes . Vez used discrete channels to obtain parts for starship s , which he would then sell to those visiting his station . Thousands of visitors also raced Vez on his personal race course , known as Fool ' s Run , which ran between the asteroid s that comprised the nearby planet ' s rings . Vez won every race , though sometimes with the aid of secret asteroid thruster s he had installed in the course , which he could use to drive asteroids into his opponent ' s ship . One group he often dealt with was a rebel cell active on the planet Lothal , maintaining a relationship with its members for a long period of time . About five years before the Battle of Yavin , Imperial inspections of Osisis Station doubled following a visit from the Lothal rebels . Each time the Imperials arrived , Vez had to make sure that no traces of the rebels remained on the station to avoid suspicion . Unaware of the trouble they were causing Vez , the rebels made another trip to Osisis Station following a raid on an Imperial supply yard , during which their ship , the VCX - 100 light freighter " Ghost " , suffered damage . Hoping to buy parts from Vez , the rebels found the doors aboard the station left open , which was unusual for Vez , but continued with the meeting and provided their host with a list of what they needed . Vez greeted the group but refused their request , informing the rebels of the increased Imperial patrols . He considered handing the group over to the Empire , before thinking better of it and challenging the rebels ' pilot , Hera Syndulla , to a race around Fool ' s Run . If the rebels won , Vez would hand over the supplies , but should he win , the Besalisk would keep the " Ghost " and the rebels would lose everything . Syndulla accepted , much to the surprise of the rest of her crew , but stipulated that no weaponry was to be used , terms to which Vez agreed . Race with the rebels . Vez took to the course in his starship , the " Splendour " , while Syndulla piloted the " Ghost " alone with the astromech droid C1 - 10P . The Besalisk began the race in the lead but was overtaken after Syndulla employed a series of fancy maneuvers . To retake first place , Vez activated his asteroid thrusters , which rammed a large rock into the " Ghost " and caused the VCX - 100 ' s stabilizer s to malfunction . Seeing the use of the asteroid thrusters from aboard Osisis Station , the Jedi Kanan Jarrus and his Padawan , Ezra Bridger — two members of Syndulla ' s crew — used the Force to drive asteroids into Vez ' s ship to even the odds . After C1 - 10P boosted the " Ghost ' s " engine s , Syndulla piloted the damaged ship past the " Splendour " to claim victory . Once back on the station , Vez reneged on his deal and had his men draw their weapons on the rebels , declaring that he would hand them over to the Imperials . However , before he could act , an explosion rocked the station and distracted the Besalisk , allowing Jarrus to disarm Vez while the other rebels shot his men . With the rebels now in control , Vez was forced to hand over the parts they needed and watch them escape . Once the " Ghost " was gone , the Besalisk had all footage and evidence of the group ' s visit edited or destroyed so that the Imperials would find nothing on their next inspections ; however , unbeknownst to Vez , Sabine Wren — another of the rebels — had painted the group ' s starbird insignia on the exterior of the station before leaving . Personality and traits . Despite a long working relationship with the Lothal rebels , Galus Vez was unwilling to continue business with them after Imperial inspections of his space station increased . However , due to their history together , Vez decided not to hand the rebels over to the Empire as long as they accepted his racing challenge , but he cheated during the race in an attempt to assure his victory . After losing , the angered Besalisk betrayed the group and tried to capture them , planning to turn them over to the Empire , as he declared he should have done originally . Upon meeting the fourteen - year - old Ezra Bridger for the first time , Vez commented that the rebels must be getting desperate if they were hiring children . Vez was a brown - skinned Besalisk with a brown beard , which he wore tasseled , and yellow eye s . Equipment . Galus Vez used two blaster pistol s in combat and piloted the " Kom ' rk " - class fighter " Splendour " while racing . He wore blue pants and a green jacket , with silver rings in his beard . Behind the scenes . Galus Vez was created for the canon comic story " Ring Race " , which was written by Martin Fisher and illustrated by Bob Molesworth . The strip was published in the first issue of " Star Wars Rebels " Magazine , released in 2015 .