BoShek / Legends BoShek was a male Corellian smuggler with a talent for piloting and a tenuous sensitivity to the Force . BoShek left Corellia to enter the galactic underworld , eventually finding a job piloting ships to and from an outlaw tech transponder - slicing workshop on Tatooine which masqueraded as a monastery . There he worked successfully and learned of the Force , with which he became fascinated , frequently meditating and attempting to access it to little success . Shortly before the Battle of Yavin , BoShek set a new record for the Kessel Run , taking bragging rights from his friends Han Solo and Chewbacca . At the end of that run , however , BoShek was pursued by Imperial TIE fighters , which he destroyed , leading to the Empire issuing a warrant for his arrest . BoShek made it safely to Mos Eisley , where he conversed with Obi - Wan Kenobi in Chalmun ' s Spaceport Cantina . Kenobi advised him to move away from his shady position and embrace the light side if he were to wield the Force successfully . BoShek took that to heart , leaving his smuggling job and settling on the remote world of Stoga . There he lived honestly and simply , meditating frequently on the Force , but to no avail . Six months after the Battle of Yavin , BoShek came across Rasha Bex , who was attempting to flee a Rebel cell which wished to kill her . BoShek did not wish to be drawn into the Galactic Civil War , but agreed to give her a ride to the transport offworld which awaited her . The Rebels pursued them , however , and BoShek had to push his piloting skills and his swoop to the limit to escape them , while he and Bex developed a mutual attraction over the course of the escape . At Bex ' s rendezvous , BoShek discovered that she was in fact an Imperial agent , and despite her requests to join the Empire , BoShek refused , and was instead arrested . Within a year , BoShek escaped prison and attempted to trace a much - sought - after shipment of ryll spice , but was foiled by another spacer with the same objective . Biography . Underworld career . A male Human from Corellia , BoShek left his homeworld before 0 BBY , seeking excitement and profit as a smuggler . The Corellian entered the criminal underworld , taking on smuggling and espionage missions and continually seeking to gain a reputation in fringe circles . He eventually found his way to Smuggler ' s Run , where he generated a large impression on his fellow smugglers , such as Clyngunn . In his pursuit of smuggling success , BoShek also acquired a debt to Black Sun , the galaxy ' s largest crime syndicate ; Prince Xizor , its leader , took a personal interest in it , suggesting it was significant . BoShek became something of a regular on the smuggling scene , striking up a friendship with top smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca , making the acquaintance of kingpins such as Clyngunn , and becoming familiar with the work of Klaus " Doc " Vandangante — one of the foremost " outlaw tech s " in the galaxy — whose services BoShek frequently used , though he enjoyed the presence of Vandangante ' s daughter Jessa as much as he did Vandangante ' s quality of service itself . BoShek was eventually able to settle into a job piloting ships for the Dim - U monastery in Mos Eisley , Tatooine . The monastery was in fact less a place of religion than one of business , as Abbot Drayk and most of the " monks " ran a highly illegal transponder - slicing venture from within the cover of the Dim - U ' s bantha - worshiping beliefs . BoShek would pilot " hot " starships — frequently stolen , though sometimes belonging to smugglers or criminals — to the monastery , where the monks would alter the ships ' transponder codes and emission signatures to keep them from official detection . While BoShek piloted them to Tatooine , however , the ships would still register as wanted , requiring BoShek ' s piloting and smuggling skills to avoid the authorities . Piloting was not BoShek ' s only skill set , however ; he was also an adept mechanic and occasionally lent a hand among the monastery ' s technicians . BoShek was also aided by an astromech droid , R4 - E1 , which was a frequent companion to him but had a strong independent streak and was more likely owned by the monastery than BoShek himself . While so employed , BoShek heard of the Force from one of the few genuine monks in the monastery . Fascinated , he resolved to study it and attempt to cultivate its power within himself . He frequently meditated and attempted to access it , but never progressed very far , only getting occasional and tentative awareness of the presences of others . BoShek was , however , Force - sensitive , though he did not know it and his connection did not seem to be strong . During this period , BoShek retrieved the Dancing Goddess , a highly valuable statue , and delivered it personally to Xizor , paying off his debt . He also gave an interview to an Imperial Security Bureau agent in Chalmun ' s Spaceport Cantina , a popular Mos Eisley watering hole . BoShek offered a basic biography of Vandangante to the agent , though BoShek likely did not realize that the individual in question was in the employ of the Empire . The " Infinity " affair . Action . Shortly before the Battle of Yavin , BoShek was assigned to bring the smuggling ship " Infinity " to Mos Eisley to be serviced . BoShek fell in love with the ship , impressed by its layout , systems , and performance . BoShek ' s course allowed him to make the Kessel Run , and BoShek was highly pleased to find at the conclusion of his run that he had beaten Solo ' s previous record — a fact which he gleefully anticipated breaking to Solo , who frequently boasted of his accomplishment . Upon reverting to realspace over Tatooine , however , BoShek was highly surprised to find two " Imperial " - class Star Destroyers in orbit . Though he did not know it , they were searching for the Death Star plans . BoShek , running without his transponder active but knowing the " Infinity " emissions signature would give him away , immediately dived for the planet . As BoShek entered the atmosphere , however , the Star Destroyers opened fire , rocking the " Infinity " and damaging the craft . Four TIE / LN starfighter s were dispatched in pursuit , but BoShek hoped that he could shake them nearer to the surface ; with their entry to the chase , the Star Destroyers ceased fire . BoShek skimmed low over the Dune Sea , pulling away from the TIEs with a trick maneuver and heading for the canyons of the Jundland Wastes . He navigated up a canyon at full speed , but as one of the TIE fighters closed in , it crossed BoShek ' s wake and was slammed into the canyon wall , taking out another fighter in the explosion . BoShek had not wished to destroy his pursuit , knowing how grave the consequences could be , but he knew he would now be held accountable for the deaths of both pilots . Now , both other TIEs were shooting to kill . The " Infinity " was not built for combat , but BoShek hit upon a strategy for escape , based on a trick Solo had once recounted using . BoShek waited until his shields were about to fail , then launched an escape pod as he rounded a corner , creating an explosion that he hoped would suggest the " Infinity " destruction and possibly take out both of the remaining TIEs ; it accomplished both . With his pursuit destroyed , BoShek cut his engines and glided into Mos Eisley undetected . He made it safely to the monastery , where he picked up a note which he passed to a Dim - U street preacher . With that accomplished , BoShek headed straight for Chalmun ' s cantina , where he knew he could find Solo and Chewbacca and brag about beating their record . He made it in and immediately found Chewbacca , whom he told about his new record . The Wookiee was not particularly bothered , and the two engaged in brief banter before BoShek sensed a powerful presence in the Force . He turned around to see a boy , an old man , and two droids in the doorway . BoShek did not know it , but the boy was Luke Skywalker , and the old man was Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi , both strong in the Force . Kenobi walked directly up to BoShek and greeted him with the statement , " May the Force be with you , my friend . " BoShek had never told anyone of his fascination with the Force , but the old man told him that he could sense BoShek ' s struggles with the Force . He asked BoShek for passage offworld , suggesting he could train him to use the Force during the trip . As BoShek did not have a ship , however , he was forced to pass , suggesting Kenobi ask Chewbacca , just next to BoShek , about passage . Kenobi offered BoShek a parting gift of wisdom , telling him that he should beware the dark side and must resolve his alignment within the Force before he could call upon it successfully , urging him to hold to the light side . With that , BoShek bowed out , leaving Kenobi to converse with Chewbacca , and moved to the other side of the bar to get a drink and look for Solo . When Kenobi pulled a lightsaber to protect Skywalker in a bar brawl , BoShek was knocked off his feet in the rush away from the combatants . He focused on refilling his spilled bitter and asking about the unusually high number of stormtroopers in town — to no answers — before he finally saw Solo seated in a booth . BoShek wanted to sit down and talk , but a continual parade of individuals entering Solo ' s booth kept him from doing so . When the bounty hunter Greedo pulled a blaster on Solo , BoShek nearly drew on Greedo before noticing Solo easing his blaster out beneath the table . Amused , BoShek simply watched as Solo blasted the threat . Reaction . BoShek moved to follow Solo out the door , but upon leaving was accosted by a local law enforcement officer . The man wanted to bring BoShek in for the earlier incident ; he did not in fact know BoShek was responsible , but simply wanted to sacrifice someone to appease Darth Vader . BoShek lied that he had been inside the cantina all afternoon , and when the officer looked inside , BoShek kicked the blaster out of his hands and knocked him out . BoShek walked quickly away , but he heard a shout as the officer recovered and began pursuit . BoShek ducked inside the wreck of the " Dowager Queen " , where he doffed his flight suit and bought a shabby cloak from a vagrant , disguising himself . He moved to leave the wreck , but saw the officer waiting outside , blaster drawn , having seen BoShek enter the " Dowager Queen " . Not trusting his ability to avoid scrutiny , BoShek remained inside , searching for another exit . He found only a ramp up to where several street preachers addressed the crowds below . As more police arrived , BoShek decided he had no way out , and instead rubbed his face and hands with grime to darken his complexion , put up his hood , and began to preach to the crowd from a window , hoping to blend in with the other preachers . BoShek briefly considered preaching on the Dim - U doctrines , but knew extremely little about them and so decided to deliver a sermon on the Force . Borrowing liberally from Kenobi ' s words to him , BoShek strung together a series of vague doctrines and buzzword - laden promises , earning the ire of the other preachers , who felt he was mocking them and cutting in on what was for them a very profitable racket . The police moved up onto the observation deck behind BoShek , looking at all the preachers , but Het Nkik ' s attack on a stormtrooper patrol nearby caused a large commotion , drawing the officers out to examine the situation . As soon as they left , the other preachers began beating BoShek , angry at his perceived mockery . BoShek fled outside , where two preachers continued pursuing him . There , the first officer recognized BoShek and nearly shot him dead , barely missing . BoShek hurried down the street , preachers still chasing him — causing the officers to hold their fire for fear of harming the religious leaders . He made his way to a used - speeder lot , where he tossed a handful of credits at the dealer and leaped into a still - running XP - 38A landspeeder that had just been purchased , claiming he was taking it for a test drive , and sped away . Now out of the reach of the police , BoShek slowed to a normal speed and was about to head to the safety of the monastery when he came upon a stormtrooper checkpoint . Unable to flee , he pulled up and the stormtroopers began questioning him . They were interrupted by the roaring takeoff of Solo ' s " Millennium Falcon " nearby , which gave BoShek time to think and turned his thoughts to Kenobi , who he knew had gained passage with Solo . BoShek wanted to use the Force to escape , but recalled Kenobi ' s words on only the " pure of heart " being able to use it successfully . Promising to the Force and himself to take the stolen speeder back and quit his smuggling career if only he could escape the Empire , BoShek hoped he could change just enough to access the Force . Reaching out with all his concentration , he urged them through the Force to let him go . His effort was weak , but these troopers had been touched by the Force shortly before , when Kenobi evaded their scrutiny . The brush of BoShek ' s Force presence caused them to replay their thoughts from Kenobi ' s earlier effort . Befuddled by their talk of droids but profoundly grateful that they let him pass , BoShek moved on , ascribing it to a miracle of the Force . Exposed to the reality of the Force and its power , BoShek vowed to follow through on his promise and to resolve his situation , driving the speeder back to the dealership and planning to leave behind his life of crime . The quiet life . BoShek ' s role in the destruction of the TIEs quickly became known , leading to Imperial warrants for his arrest . He was the subject of an interview between an ISB agent and Clyngunn in which Clyngunn gave a very brief accounting of BoShek ' s career and suggested that BoShek had bought the " Infinity " , which was very likely a misunderstanding of BoShek ' s role in piloting it during his record - setting Kessel Run . The report was included among several on leading underworld figures compiled by ISB commander Maximillian Seerdon and forwarded to the office of the Emperor shortly after the Battle of Yavin . Ironically , BoShek ' s interview on Vandangante was included in a later addendum . BoShek himself successfully left behind the monastery and the smuggling life , making his way to Stoga , a remote world where he thought he could avoid notice by either faction in the expanding Galactic Civil War . There , he lived peacefully for several months , finding honest work and enjoying a simple , uneventful life . Tam , an old friend , lived on the planet as well in a junked freighter , and BoShek would drop in occasionally . BoShek also hoped that , in the peaceful surroundings of Stoga , he could connect more deeply with the Force . The harder he tried , however , the farther he felt from it , frustrating him and causing him to slowly lose the faith he had gained after the events on Tatooine . One morning , around six months after his escape from Tatooine , Rasha Bex entered BoShek ' s life . She told him that she had encountered a Rebel cell on Stoga loyal to Garm Bel Iblis , but disagreed with their methods and desired to leave , causing them to attempt to kill her . She had transport off - world arranged , but needed to get to their meeting site . Reluctant to get involved , but more reluctant to allow the attractive woman to be killed , BoShek agreed to give her a ride on his Flare - S swoop . The Rebel agents were in hot pursuit , however , and BoShek found himself dodging blaster fire while racing through Stoga ' s fields and canyons at high speed . Only after speeding through a small canyon and across a chasm did BoShek lose his pursuers , whose catamaran - style speeder was too large to fit through and whose launched missile barely missed him . BoShek made his way to Tam ' s home , where he planned to sleep a few hours and continue to the rendezvous point . He had a short conversation with Tam , who urged him not to fall back into his old lifestyle and risk the balance and happiness he had found , before going in to see Bex . She asked about his past , and he gave her a brief account of it . When he displayed his apathy towards the ongoing war , preferring to choose no sides and live without worrying about a future that may not come , Bex disagreed with him , claiming that the future was too important to disregard and he must make a stand for one side or the other . The argument did not go very far , however , and the two fell asleep against each other . BoShek awoke to the sound of whispered conversation in the next room and quickly realized that Tam , a Rebel sympathizer , had sold Bex out to Karn , the head of the local Rebels . He looked to the Force , but could find no answer . Going with instinct instead , BoShek burst through the doorway , blasters drawn , getting the drop on Karn and Lhira , Karn ' s lieutenant . With blasters to their heads , he forced them to disarm and then retreated with Bex through a back exit . There waited another Rebel , a burly Weequay who sought a bare - knuckle brawl . Instead , BoShek slipped a long , heavy implement from his tool belt and struck the Weequay across the face , downing him . With BoShek ' s swoop sabotaged , the pair set out on the Weequay ' s . Bex ' s rendezvous was directly across an old , rickety bridge left over from an abandoned mining operation . BoShek sped towards it and Karn , knowing he could not catch them in time , stopped and sniped the bridge ' s supporting cables , sending it falling . BoShek leaped the swoop across the falling bridge , making a last - minute jump as it plummeted down the chasm and snagging a cable attached to the far end with one hand , Bex hanging onto the other . Under fire from the Rebels , BoShek was surprised to find them driven off and himself hauled to the top by Rasha ' s contacts — multiple trench - coated and well - armed men . Once they were hauled to the top , Bex gave BoShek an intense kiss — and handed over information on the Rebel cells to her superior . It was only then that BoShek realized Bex was an Imperial spy . Furious and feeling betrayed , BoShek drew on the Imperial commander as Bex pleaded with him to lower his weapons , explaining she had never meant to get him caught up in the war . Downcast , he surrendered . Bex offered to drop all charges if he put his piloting skills to use in the Empire , but BoShek despised the Empire ' s methods and ideology and refused , preferring to do prison time than spend his life an Imperial officer . Instead , he urged Bex to disregard the Imperial propaganda and defect to his side — the unaligned . Out of custody . BoShek ' s words took root , leading Bex to betray the Empire at Ahakista ; the leader of the operation in which she became involved , Rebel spy Wyl Tarson , knew of her attraction to BoShek and used it to motivate her . BoShek himself soon escaped from prison , leaving Imperial warrants for his arrest active . In 1 ABY , BoShek met with Imperial Security Bureau agent Jeffren Brek in the city of Bestine on Tatooine ; Brek wanted to know about a shipment of ryll destined for a Rebel medical facility that had gone missing , but BoShek told him little . BoShek was searching for the missing shipment himself , and upon hearing that a spacer was looking for him in connection with the spice , BoShek tracked the individual down and , in cooperation with a few friends , moved to eliminate his competition . The spacer proved good enough to outfight the Corellian , and after being threatened with being turned in to the Empire , BoShek was compelled to admit that he had heard the shipment was stored in Skip 52 of the notorious smugglers ' hideout Smuggler ' s Run . BoShek ' s opponent locked him in a maintenance closet and departed to track down the lead . Personality and traits . BoShek was a man who preferred to live in the moment , making the most of his present circumstances rather than worrying about the future . He also preferred to stay uninvolved in the civil war that was shaking the galaxy — though he sympathized with the Rebel Alliance and disliked the Empire , he did not consider it his fight and preferred to keep a low profile and live his life rather than make sacrifices when he was not forced to . He preferred to look out for himself and , after his encounter with Kenobi , to live a simple , honest , and uninvolved life . BoShek was not entirely cynical , however . His fascination with the Force revealed a willingness to accept the supernatural , not giving up his attempts to access it even after getting little in the way of results . After speaking with Kenobi and witnessing it in action , BoShek believed even more strongly . That belief was eroded when his further meditations on Stoga yielded only disappointment , but his successful leap across the canyon from the falling bridge restored some measure of faith in the Force . Despite his interest in the Force , BoShek retained a fringe mentality in which he was willing to shoot first to protect his own interests . With several Imperial warrants for his arrest active , he was fearful for his safety and longed to avoid Imperial scrutiny . Powers and abilities . BoShek was Force - sensitive , but by all indications his aptitude for it was fairly low . He meditated frequently for an unknown but lengthy period of time , but was unable to accomplish more than an occasional fleeting sense of others ' presences in the Force . When Kenobi entered Chalmun ' s Cantina , BoShek was aware of a strong presence in the Force that he associated with Kenobi , though he may have in fact sensed Luke Skywalker , who was untrained but had an extremely high level of latent power . BoShek later attempted a mind trick to escape from a stormtrooper checkpoint , but was unable to fully succeed , merely re - triggering the effects of Kenobi ' s earlier mind trick . High on this relative success , he continued his frequent meditation with renewed emphasis , but found only disappointment as the Force seemed harder and harder to reach the more desperately he grasped at it . By 1 ABY BoShek ' s Force skills were better - developed , as he was able to read the minds of others . Behind the scenes . BoShek was portrayed in " " by Basil Tomlin , an uncredited actor who remained unidentified until 2016 . The character was costumed with a high - altitude Windak pressure suit dating to the 1960s . Despite appearing in the original film , the character went unused until 1995 , when a Star Wars Customizable Card Game card was issued naming BoShek and giving a brief outline of the events which would be fleshed out later in 1995 with the release of " Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina " , which contained the short story " " by Jerry Oltion featuring BoShek . Despite the story setting up BoShek as a Force - sensitive film character with links to Kenobi and a mission to change his life , BoShek did not appear for yet another prolonged period of time until Jeremy Barlow penned " " , illustrated by Brandon Badeaux , in 2004 , which showed BoShek after the events of " At the Crossroads " . Barlow indicated that BoShek ' s story would be continued in an arc of " " in which BoShek is recruited into Black Eight Squadron by Nas Ghent in a follow - up to the " Star Wars Tales " story " Walking the Path That ' s Given " , but " Rebellion " has since been canceled . BoShek ' s only further appearances were in 2006 , in which he was featured in the " " article in " Star Wars Insider " by Abel G . Peña and Ryan Kaufman and illustrated by Joe Corroney . In the article , his name was incorrectly capitalized as " Boshek . " BoShek was also credited as the in - universe source of an entry on " Doc " Vandangante in the online supplement to that article , " " . BoShek has since been mentioned briefly in the 2007 " Rebellion " arc " " , which contains Bex . In 2009 , BoShek reappeared in a scenario for the " Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game " card set " Agents of Deception " , set after the events of " The Bravery of Being Out of Range " . In it , he is a free man but still wanted by the Empire ; no explanation for the significant change in his circumstances is given . A later expansion , " Threat of the Conqueror " , resolved the issue by including a quote from BoShek indicating that he escaped prison . In the " Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope " radio dramatization , Obi - Wan Kenobi is referred to Chewbacca by a character , with different dialogue than BoShek , simply referred to as ' Spacer ' , who is voiced by David Alan Grier .