Barpotomous Drebble Barpotomous Drebble was a Human businessman who had a weakness for gambling and a furious temper . The owner of a tavern on the Hunter ' s World of Keyorin , Drebble accumulated enough wealth to live comfortably . At some point , Drebble came into contact with Lando Calrissian , an accomplished smuggler and skilled gambler . The encounter ended poorly for Drebble , and he swore vengeance on Calrissian . Drebble clashed with Calrissian several times over the following years , including an attempt to interfere in Calrissian ' s card game with the Baron Administrator of Cloud City , Dominic Raynor . Drebble ' s meddling indirectly resulted in Calrissian winning control of the Cloud City resort from Raynor . In another encounter , Drebble nearly captured Calrissian and his friend , Luke Skywalker , on the planet Stenos , but Drebble ' s employees were unable to prevent the two from escaping . Calrissian , for his part , decided to get back at Drebble by using his name as an alias whenever he was involved in a dangerous mission for the Rebellion . Calrissian hoped that this gesture would lead any potential enemies encountered on these missions directly back to his nemesis ; however , Calrissian ' s actions while masquerading as " Drebble " had the opposite effect , causing the Alliance to seek out Calrissian ' s nemesis and commend him for his bravery . As a result , a short time after the Battle of Endor , a confused Drebble found himself promoted to captain and declared a hero of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Drebble ' s newfound status as a hero led him to a leadership position on the planet Stenos . He controlled a substantial section of the Stenos capital and ruled it in the best interests of the Alliance of Free Planets , the interim government that preceded the New Republic . Biography . Card shark . The Human male Barpotomous Drebble ' s success as a businessman came from the large tavern on Keyorin , which he owned and operated . The planet was a haven for bounty hunters , and Drebble ' s place was a popular hangout on the Hunter ' s World . However , Drebble ' s success did not mean that he spent all his time on Keyorin . Drebble was known to frequent the popular Cloud City Casino in pursuit of entertainment and wealth . While still on his homeworld , Drebble became familiar with the gambler Lando Calrissian . During their first encounter , there was a dispute , and Drebble would later claim that Calrissian had cheated him . Sometime later , Drebble became reacquainted with Calrissian at the Cloud City Casino . Calrissian was an accomplished sabacc player , and Drebble found himself losing a great deal to Calrissian ' s skills . Drebble ' s pride could not accept that Calrissian was a better player , and thus Drebble was convinced that Calrissian had been cheating during their games . Drebble eventually found a chance to get back at Calrissian for all his humiliating defeats . Calrissian found himself in a high stakes game of sabacc against Baron Administrator Dominic Raynor , and Drebble seized his chance . He bribed the dealer into sneaking a skifter , a rigged sabacc card , into the deck , throwing the game and allowing Raynor a substantial victory ; Raynor ' s earnings took the form of Calrissian ' s prized starship , the " Cobra " . However , Lobot , the chief administrative aide of the resort , discovered the skifter , and Drebble was subsequently kicked out of the casino . Drebble was therefore not around to see Calrissian ' s second game with Raynor in which he won the entire Cloud City resort . Reunion . Over the years , Drebble ' s anger against Calrissian grew . Drebble enjoyed venting his frustration at his subordinates , giving speeches about how much of a cheat Calrissian was . Drebble ' s tavern continued to bring in customers , and around 3 . 5 ABY , Drebble ' s wealth had allowed him to hire the bounty hunters Bossk and IG - 88C as part - time employees . Drebble still continued to travel off - world , and coincidentally , he was surprised to see Calrissian and his friend Luke Skywalker frequenting a tavern on Stenos . Excited at the possibility of capturing Calrissian , Drebble cried out to the denizens of the tavern , declaring that he would pay 10 , 000 to the one who captured the man who had cheated him . With the possibility of a small fortune on the line , the tavern erupted with blaster fire . However , Skywalker ' s skills with a lightsaber allowed the pair to escape . Drebble ' s frantic insistence for someone to chase after the rapidly departing Calrissian only resulted in a punch to the face from an irritated patron . However , an ambush by Bossk and IG - 88C was able to stop Calrissian from escaping , and he was put under close watch by Drebble ' s men . Drebble paid a hefty sum so that Calrissian could be frozen in carbonite and brought back to his homeworld . This plan was eventually foiled ; due to further interference from Skywalker , Calrissian escaped from the carbon - freezing chamber untouched and outside of Drebble ' s grasp once again . Second chance . After Calrissian ' s escape , Drebble ' s desire for revenge continued . Drebble was still the wealthiest man on Keyorin , and the illustrious bounty hunters Bossk and a newly reprogrammed IG - 88A , as well as two Stenax bodyguards , were kept on retainer . Drebble loved to use the hunters as an audience for his soliloquies about getting revenge on Calrissian . A short time following the Battle of Endor , Calrissian and his Rebel Alliance associates , Han Solo and Chewbacca , arrived on Keyorin to negotiate with the Head of State about attending the first meeting of the Alliance of Free Planets . After Han convinced the official to attend the meeting , Calrissian , Solo , and Chewbacca frequented Drebble ' s tavern for a drink . When the three went to pay for their drinks , Drebble had an abrupt reunion with his sworn enemy . Calrissian and company ran out the back door , and Drebble ordered his men , including Bossk and IG - 88A , to capture Calrissian . The chase ended when Drebble and his Stenax employees cut the group off at Solo ' s ship , the " Millennium Falcon " . Drebble and his two Stenax bodyguards stunned the group and dragged Calrissian to the Rebel ' s personal ship , the " Cobra " , leaving Solo and Chewbacca to a group of thugs led by the criminals Lemo and Sanda . Drebble planned to commandeer Calrissian ' s ship and bring him back to the first place that Calrissian had cheated him — Drebble ' s homeworld . The wealthy businessman planned to use his Stenax servants to exact a very personal revenge on Calrissian . However , as Drebble attempted to work the controls of the " Cobra " , he inadvertently turned on the HoloNet , and a special report by Rebel leader Mon Mothma came over the network . The report announced that Drebble was to be declared a hero of the Rebellion , promoted to the rank of captain , and given a decoration for bravery . Unbeknownst to Drebble , during Calrissian ' s time in the Rebellion , Calrissian had often used Drebble ' s name as an alias in undercover missions to avoid attracting unwanted attention to himself . The Alliance snapped up the reports of " Drebble ' s " exploits and declared him a hero . Drebble was shocked by the announcement , but he took to his new position with fervor . Knowing Calrissian was a member of the Alliance , Drebble released the man after Calrissian lied that he had been sent to Keyorin to give Drebble his commendations . Immediately after this promotion , Lemo and Sanda ' s gang accosted Captain Drebble about the whereabouts of an expensive artifact , the Dancing Goddess . The gang had believed that Solo and Chewbacca possessed the statue , but after interviewing them , they learned that the artifact was still with Calrissian . Armed with this information , they double - crossed Drebble and demanded that he turn over Calrissian to them or suffer the consequences . Drebble , having fully bought into his role as an Alliance hero , decided to heroically battle the pirate gang and protect Calrissian . Before Drebble could attack the pirates , his former nemesis offered a plan of attack , which he immediately agreed to . On Calrissian ' s suggestion , he and Drebble gave themselves up to Lemo and Sanda ' s gang while his two Stenax bodyguards flew around behind the pirate group . At Drebble ' s signal , and with help from the intervention of Solo and Chewbacca , the Stenaxes attacked from the rear while IG - 88A and Bossk began firing on the pirates from inside the ship . Surrounded and outgunned , Lemo and Sanda surrendered , but not before taking heavy casualties to their group . As a reward for Drebble ' s bravery and his newfound loyalty to the Rebellion , Calrissian presented him with the Dancing Goddess , much to Lemo and Sanda ' s dismay . Hero of the Rebellion . Within a short period , Drebble used his influence as a Rebel hero to become the leader of an entire section of the Stenos capital . The people of Stenos greatly admired Drebble and did everything in their power to protect their beloved leader . By this time , Drebble had taken to wearing an elaborate military uniform complete with a cape , and his hair had become white . During the Nagai - Tof War , Calrissian found himself on a mission to Stenos to reclaim the Dancing Goddess . The statue had been revealed to be part of an elaborate machine on the planet Godo that kept the atmosphere of the planet fit to support the native Godoan s . The absence of the Dancing Goddess had caused the machine to stop working , and the Godoans were slowly dying . Calrissian was hesitant to take Drebble ' s award away from him , but the lives of an entire species hung in the balance . When Calrissian and Chewbacca arrived on Stenos to see Drebble , Drebble ' s loyal citizens misinterpreted the situation , believing Calrissian had arrived to harm their leader . They opened fire on the pair , and Calrissian and Chewbacca were forced to flee , eventually coming face to face with Drebble . Drebble recognized Calrissian and Chewbacca and brought them into his headquarters . When Calrissian asked for the statue , Drebble ' s notorious temper almost got the better of him , but he recognized that if he insisted on keeping it , he would no longer deserve it . Drebble allowed Calrissian to take the statue back to Godo , where it helped repair the machine and save the Godoans . Personality and traits . Barpotomous Drebble was a large man who enjoyed a wealthy lifestyle that his profitable business provided him . He had a distinct sense of style and displayed a long mohawk throughout his career , even when his hair had finally turned white . As a business man on Keyorin , he was concerned with being as comfortable as possible , wearing simple sandals and a long purple robe adorned with a heavy gold chain . Additionally , Drebble claimed that his teeth were the most expensive that credits could buy , indicating that he had had some dental work done . Drebble was easily offended , and found it hard to forgive transgressions against him . He also had a furious temper and was often seen yelling when in a particularly foul mood . However , for all his character flaws , Drebble proved himself a shrewd businessman , using his tavern to set himself up as the wealthiest being on Keyorin . Drebble ' s attitude and his general feeling toward life and the people around him abruptly changed after his appointment to captain . He left his tavern on Keyorin and took to living up to his newfound status in his new home on Stenos . He found himself more in control of his temper and took responsibility for the citizens of the Stenos capital , eventually becoming leader of a large section of the city . With his optimistic outlook on life , Drebble ' s sense of style changed as well . He wore a full uniform complete with a cape , ammunition belt , and heavy boots . Although he possessed a sense of style , Drebble was not a very apt fighter in hand - to - hand combat and was unable to earn the respect of his subordinates . He was not familiar with the controls of starships , such as the " Cobra " , being fully incapable of working the controls when he attempted to commandeer Calrissian ' s ship . However , Drebble could handle a blaster pistol , and he was a capable leader when confronted with violence , as seen when he attacked Lemo and Sanda ' s gang . These characteristics were built upon after he became part of the Rebel Alliance , and those that he ruled over were fanatically loyal to him , willing to kill or capture anyone who might cause him harm . Behind the scenes . Drebble was created by Mary Jo Duffy for use in the " Marvel Star Wars " comic " " as an adversary to Lando Calrissian . He appeared in the , in which Calrissian was able to escape from Drebble ' s schemes . In two later issues in the Marvel comic series , " " and " " , Calrissian used Drebble ' s name as an alias , in an effort to get Drebble into trouble . However , these efforts backfired , and in " " , Drebble was declared a hero of the Rebel Alliance . This caused the character to ally himself with the Alliance of Free Planets , and during his last appearance in " " , he proved himself to be a friend of Calrissian . After the end of the Marvel run , Drebble went unreferenced until the 1995 reference book , " The Essential Guide to Characters " , where he and his exploits in the Marvel comics were briefly mentioned in the entry for Lando Calrissian . Drebble did not make another appearance until 2000 in the short comic " Lady Luck " , published in " Star Wars Tales 3 " . At the time of publication , this comic was not fully within continuity , but references to the events of the comic in " The New Essential Chronology " , " " , and the short story " " indicate that the comic is at least partially canon . Within this comic , the authors , Rich Handley and Darko Macan , revealed Drebble ' s first name of Barpotomous . This name was also referenced in the Databank entry for IG - 88 , but is misspelled " Barpotamus " in the Databank entry for Bossk . During the short comic , Drebble is seen drinking what looks like ( seen to the right ) , a beverage once advertised by Billy Dee Williams , the actor that played Lando Calrissian in two " Star Wars " films . Drebble was mentioned again in " The New Essential Guide to Characters " in the entries for Calrissian , IG - 88 , and Bossk , which referenced his appearances in the Marvel run , and in the Calrissian entry , which referenced his presence in " Lady Luck " . In 2008 , Rich Handley once again referenced Drebble in his short story , " " . That same year , the character received an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , once again summarizing his presence in the Marvel comics .