Jaxxon Jaxxon was a quick - witted Lepi smuggler from Coachelle Prime . The most rambunctious of his family ' s thirteen children , he left his homeworld at an early age , after stealing an unprotected freighter . He made his way to Nar Shaddaa , where he began to perform odd jobs , quickly becoming familiar with the important elements of fringe culture . After a short stint as a mercenary , he decided to try his hand at smuggling , and he bought a WUD - 500 star yacht , christening it the " Rabbit ' s Foot " . However , the starship was fraught with mechanical problems and he was forced to land at the shady spaceport of Aduba - 3 . Needing to acquire funds in order to make repairs , he accepted a job from Han Solo , and became part of the Star - Hoppers of Aduba - 3 , a mercenary force tasked with defending the small village of Onacra . After protecting the community from Cloud - Riders , the group was forced to fight off the Behemoth from the World Below . Due to Solo ' s efforts , the giant monster was killed , and Jaxxon was able to get the money needed to repair his ship . Later , Jaxxon paired up with one of his fellow Star - Hoppers , Amaiza Foxtrain , to help him in his smuggling business . Using her skill at gambling , the two eventually built up enough money to modify the " Rabbit ' s Foot " considerably , making it a formidable smuggling vessel . A short time after the Battle of Yavin , bounty hunters loyal to Beilert Valance , who were looking for clues to the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker , captured Jaxxon . The hunters had inadvertently confused one of Jaxxon ' s fellow Star - Hoppers , Jimm Doshun , with Skywalker , and knew that Jaxxon would know his location . After prying the location of Aduba - 3 from Jaxxon , Valance and his crew went to the world to capture " Skywalker . " However , Jaxxon and Foxtrain got there first , and in a carefully executed plan they were able to defeat Valance ' s men , leaving only him alive at the end of the encounter . Once Valance had realized his mistake , he fled from Aduba - 3 , claiming that the Star - Hoppers would never stop him from locating his quarry . Biography . Early life . Jaxxon was born on the planet Coachelle Prime to a small family by Lepi standards . One of thirteen children , Jaxxon was the most rambunctious of the bunch and had dreams of seeing the larger galaxy . However , his family was quite conservative , keeping a quiet house , and his mother had hopes that Jaxxon would grow out of his restlessness and settle down , hopefully to marry a nice girl and father a large family . Despite his mother ' s hopes , Jaxxon remained uncontrollable , and even before his teenage years , he had spent a decent amount of time in the planet ' s juvenile remand centers . As the odd one out among his family , Jaxxon decided to go off - world . At the age of twelve , he stole a poorly - guarded freighter and headed for parts unknown . On a course for the Outer Rim Territories , Jaxxon eventually landed on Nar Shaddaa , the Smuggler ' s Moon . Although he had neglected his studies on his homeworld , Jaxxon quickly took to his new life on his own , becoming well - schooled in the elements of fringe culture and streetwise survival . To earn a living , Jaxxon began taking on assorted odd jobs , eventually falling into a tougher crowd . By the time of the Clone Wars , there was a price on his head . He joined the mercenary squad known as the Boys of Corus a short time later . Based out of the Corus system , the group helped Jaxxon hone his marksmanship skills , and he was soon well - versed in the use of weaponry . However , during one operation in the Corporate Sector , the group was subject to a double - cross by their employers . The event marked the end of the mercenary squad , and Jaxxon returned to Nar Shaddaa without a steady - paying job . Starved for a source of income , Jaxxon decided to pursue a career in smuggling . With the small amount of funds that he had saved up , Jaxxon invested in a WUD - 500 starship , a beat - up freighter that he christened the " Rabbit ' s Foot " . However , the used Corellian craft was rife with problems . On a run through the Aduba system , mechanical problems forced Jaxxon to make a stop on the planet of Aduba - 3 . Stuck until he could repair his starship , Jaxxon set out to gather supplies to begin fixing the " Rabbit ' s Foot " . Star - Hoppers of Aduba - 3 . Unfortunately for Jaxxon , the purchase of his ship had left him short on funds and unable to perform repairs . However , while waiting in Locru ' s Central Saloon , he heard of a quick job for hired guns . Hoping to make use of his mercenary background , Jaxxon answered the call , lining up outside the employer ' s door with several other hopefuls . The hirer turned out to be none other than Han Solo , a famed smuggler , who , along with his Wookiee co - pilot , Chewbacca , was lying low on the world to avoid the bounty on his head placed by Jabba the Hutt . While there , Solo had answered the pleas of Ramiz , a villager from the nearby village of Onacra , to protect his people from the murderous gang known as the Cloud - Riders . To help him in this endeavor , Solo had decided to recruit as many of the locals as he could . After the first ten hopefuls had been rejected by Solo , the next three , including the Spiner Hedji , the pirate Amaiza Foxtrain , and the purported Jedi Knight Don - Wan Kihotay , were all accepted into Solo ' s band . As the next in line , Jaxxon had become incredibly impatient , and he urged the ancient Kihotay to hurry out of Solo ' s room . However , before Jaxxon could make it into the room to meet Solo , he was pushed out of the way by Warto , a Boltrunian thug that insisted that he needed to be next to meet with the employer . Jaxxon attempted to dissuade Warto , but the Boltrunian simply turned and hit Jaxxon , knocking him to the floor . Irritated by Warto ' s tactics , Jaxxon responded by kicking the Boltrunian with his powerful legs , propelling him down a flight of stairs . The confrontation happened to be witnessed by Solo , and , impressed by the Lepi ' s fighting skills , he offered him a place in the slowly growing mercenary band . Jaxxon accepted and agreed to meet with the rest of the group at dawn the next morning . Solo completed the group by hiring Jimm Doshun and FE - 9Q after Jaxxon had left . The Star - Hoppers of Aduba - 3 were complete . At dawn , the Star - Hoppers met and began to familiarize themselves with one another as Solo laid out the plan to defend Onacra from the Cloud - Riders . However , just as Solo had begun to explain , the Cloud - Riders appeared on their skyspeeders , having heard of the group that was set to oppose them . Solo and the Cloud - Riders ' leader , Serji - X Arrogantus , began to negotiate over the upcoming battle , but neither would back down . As the Cloud - Riders prepared to leave , Jaxxon was surprised to see that Warto had actually joined the Cloud - Riders , intent on getting revenge against Jaxxon and Solo , who had brawled with the Boltrunian before he had tried to tangle with Jaxxon . With a feeling of foreboding in the air , the Star - Hoppers secured a group of banthas for riding and made their way towards Onacra . Onward to Onacra . On the outskirts of the village , Solo spotted a large group of predators flying through the air . Doshun , the only native to Aduba - 3 identified the birds as high - hound s , large beasts that were known to attack the people ' s crop of maze - stalk s . Since the Star - Hoppers had been tasked with protecting the village , Solo rallied the group to action , and they began to fend off the high - hounds . With a blaster pistol in each hand , Jaxxon killed many of the beasts before they decided to scatter . During the fighting , Jaxxon began to fall into sync with Foxtrain , and together , the two blew apart many of the creatures . Although Jaxxon attempted to flirt with the woman , claiming that they could make " beautiful blaster - music " together , Foxtrain fended off his advances , adverse to working with someone who looked like a " big green rabbit . " As the high - hounds fled from their attackers , the Star - Hoppers made their way into the village . After tethering their banthas in a local stable , the group began to unload their munitions that they had brought with them . As the last of the weapons and power pack s had been unloaded from their mounts , the Star - Hoppers were confronted by the Old One , who claimed that they were not needed , and that he would be able to summon a great monster to save the village . Solo shrugged off the old man ' s apparent delusions , and began to ready his force to combat the Cloud - Riders . As the Star - Hoppers prepared themselves , Jaxxon was the first to spot the Cloud - Riders advancing on the village , with Arrogantus in the lead , firing his blaster wildly . Showdown . As the Cloud - Riders descended on the village , Jaxxon and the Star - Hoppers immediately began to open fire . Although drastically outnumbered , the group put up a strong fight , blasting the Cloud - Riders off their mounts . However , the intensity of the fighting eventually saw FE - 9Q destroyed due to a sneak - attack from the ground . The same attack also saw Don - Wan Kihotay badly wounded , taking him out of the fight . The Star - Hoppers continued to fight on , eventually eliminating those that were attempting to attack from the rear . Although they had come fully stocked with additional weaponry , Solo began to worry about running out of ammunition , as a renewed attack by the Cloud - Riders came upon the village . However , before the attack could come , the Star - Hoppers were surprised by a new factor . The Old One , who had been busy performing a ritual , even as the battle raged around him , had actually summoned his monster . The Behemoth from the World Below , a centuries old beast originally created by the Sith Lord Seviss Vaa , had been awoken by the ancient Aduban elder . Battle with a monster . As the Star - Hoppers stood in awe of the gigantic beast , the Behemoth began to attack the Cloud - Riders . Using a lightning attack from its forehead , the beast had soon nearly wiped out all of Arrogantus ' forces . The Cloud - Riders began to charge the Behemoth , trying to destroy it , but they were unable to stop the monster ' s rampage . As the Behemoth destroyed their opponents , the Star - Hoppers decided to lay low , letting the monster defeat their adversaries for them . Consequently , the Behemoth seemed to ignore the Star - Hoppers completely , and it appeared that the Cloud - Riders would be wiped out without another shot being fired . However , Arrogantus was able to spot the Old One , gesturing towards the Behemoth as though he was controlling its actions . Believing that taking out the Old One would stop the beast ' s rampage , Arrogantus charged the ancient man . Just as he was about to crash into him , both Arrogantus and the Old One were crushed by the Behemoth with a large stamp of its foot . With their leader dead , the rest of the Cloud - Riders quickly succumbed to the Behemoth ' s assault . Since the Cloud - Riders had been destroyed , several of the Star - Hoppers proposed leaving the village . After all , they had only been hired to defend Onacra from the Cloud - Riders , not from a near - unbeatable beast . However , Solo claimed that there would be no reward if they didn ' t protect the village from being destroyed . With the Old One dead , the monster was likely to rampage through the village , and Solo demanded that the Star - Hoppers stay to defend the people . Jaxxon , who had tired of just sitting around , immediately jumped out from his hiding place and began to charge the monster , firing his blaster , though the Behemoth was too quick for the Lepi , nearly killing him with a deadly blast of lightning . Jaxxon avoided the deadly fire , but the aftershock of the blast caused a small landslide , knocking Jaxxon ' s weapon out of his hand . As the Lepi smuggler tried to retrieve his weapon , Foxtrain , who was concerned for his safety , yelled at him to get back to his hiding place . Jaxxon teased the woman about her sudden interest for his welfare , but decided to go for his blaster anyway . Jaxxon regained his weapon , but escaping was another matter . Foxtrain and Jaxxon returned to the other Star - Hoppers , but only after they had both sustained minor injuries from the rubble that the beast was creating with his laser blasts . Back with the group , Solo suggested that they just lay low , and hopefully the beast would believe that he had killed them . Unfortunately for the Star - Hoppers , the Behemoth continued to fire shots near their location , and Jaxxon and the rest of the group were forced to run , both from the monster and the landslides he was creating with his attacks . As Solo began to formulate another plan , the Star - Hoppers were surprised to see Don - Wan Kihotay out from their hiding place . Wielding his lightsaber , the man had decided to face the Behemoth in single combat . Although the majority of the Star - Hoppers were unsure of how to respond , Hedji charged out to rescue the old man , but he was quickly killed by the Behemoth . As the remaining Star - Hoppers watched Don - Wan Kihotay attempt to attack the beast , Solo noticed that the old man ' s lightsaber was repelling the Behemoth ' s attack . Surmising that the lightsaber was the key to defeating the monster , Solo took the man ' s lightsaber and plunged it into the Behemoth . The monster began to spasm from the attack , thrashing wildly and firing its laser . In a burst of light , the creature disintegrated , ending its threat to the village . Victorious , the Star - Hoppers claimed their reward and returned to the spaceport in Tun Aduban . Further exploits . With the funds he had earned from the Onacra villagers , Jaxxon was able to repair his ship . Having formed a good friendship with Foxtrain over the course of the Onacra battle , he decided to ask her to join him in his smuggling career . She had come to Aduba - 3 to find a job after her pirating career had abruptly ended , and so she accepted Jaxxon ' s offer . The duo set up shop at Jaxxon ' s old residence on Nar Shaddaa , where they began to build up the " Rabbit ' s Foot " to prime condition for smuggling operations . Due to her skill at gambling , the two were quickly able to increase their meager funds into enough to modify their ship . The " Rabbit ' s Foot " was soon equipped with augmented shielding , advanced weaponry , and its previous mechanical problems were excised . Now with a capable ship , the duo ' s smuggling operation was able to begin . During one of their nights on Nar Shaddaa , Jaxxon tried to convince Foxtrain to come with him for a night on the town . However , she refused the offer , claiming that high life on backwater worlds could quickly become lowlife . After promising to oversee the ship ' s refueling , she left Jaxxon to see the sights on his own . Immediately after Foxtrain had bid him farewell , Jaxxon began to stroll through the streets of the city , concentrating on how much he had grown to like the woman . However , as he walked under an overpass , he was suddenly draped in an electro - net . The shock of the device quickly knocked Jaxxon into unconsciousness , and he woke up to find himself hanging upside down amongst a group of bounty hunters led by Dafi and Remel Fud . The group was working for Beilert Valance , and had overheard Don - Wan Kihotay mention Han Solo , Jaxxon , and " the kid " during an attack on Anglebay Station , where Kihotay was receiving treatment . Believing " the kid " to be Luke Skywalker rather than Jimm Doshun , the hunters had tracked down Jaxxon in order to discover the world where the Star - Hoppers had fought together . The hunters were under the impression that they would be able to find Skywalker on that planet , and Jaxxon happened to be the easiest member of the Star - Hoppers to find . Attaching an agony inducer to his ear , Fud began to interrogate the Lepi , but Jaxxon refused to tell them anything . To force him to talk , Dafi activated the agony inducer , filling Jaxxon ' s body with pain . However , he still refused to tell them anything , merely cursing them for their lowlife tactics . The hunters decided to just continue the torture , until Jaxxon would give them the information ; but before they could continue , they began to be cut down by blaster fire . Foxtrain had decided to come back to rejoin Jaxxon , and finding him at the mercy of the bounty hunters , she quickly dispatched the majority of them . As she approached her partner to untie him , she let slip that it was just like old times on Aduba - 3 . One of the hunters who had survived Foxtrain ' s assault overheard the information and fled back to Valance , telling him that " the kid " was on Aduba - 3 . Back to Aduba - 3 . As a result of the interrogation , Jaxxon knew that Valance and his men would go to Aduba - 3 to track down Doshun . Foxtrain and Jaxxon resolved to get there first and stop Valance from attacking their friends . Due to the superior speed of the " Rabbit ' s Foot " , the duo made their way to Aduba - 3 well before their opponents , warning Doshun and his wife , Merri , that bounty hunters were coming to the world to capture him . Although Doshun was in disbelief over their story , he agreed to help them prepare for the hunters ' attack , rallying the villagers in Onacra and preparing them for an outside assault . As the people of Onacra prepared themselves , Foxtrain and Jaxxon went back into space to prepare for Valance ' s arrival . When Valance ' s ship dropped out of hyperspace above the planet , Jaxxon opened fire , surprising the bounty hunters and damaging their vessel . Although Jaxxon was optimistic of their chances of defeating the crew in space , Foxtrain doubted that their much smaller craft would be able to destroy Valance ' s ship . True to her predictions , Valance and the hunters regained their composure and fired on the " Rabbit ' s Foot " with their blaster cannons . The metal plating on Jaxxon ' s ship was damaged , and he was forced to crash - land on the outskirts of the village . After crashing their ship , Jaxxon and Foxtrain immediately departed the " Rabbit ' s Foot " and hid in the tall grasses nearby . Once Valance ' s crew had landed , Valance sent out a first squad commanded by Slssk to search the crashed ship . When Slzzk ' s group was in range , Jaxxon and Foxtrain opened fire , pinning them between their attack and their downed ship . Although the group tried to mount a counter - attack , before they could advance on the duo , Doshun and the villagers incited a stampede of the local banthas . The large creatures trampled through the hunters ' formations , killing nearly their entire force , save Slzzk and Valance . Foxtrain picked off Slzzk when he showed his head through the reeds , and Valance was quickly captured by the group when he tried to mount a similar attack . With the bounty hunter leader before them , Jaxxon quickly questioned the man as to what he wanted with Doshun . As Valance heard the name , he realized that he had come for the wrong boy . Laughing bitterly over the fruitless endeavor that had cost him his entire crew , Valance abruptly opened fire on the group with a blaster contained in his artificial left hand . However , quick reflexes saved Jaxxon and his comrades , and they were able to jump out of the way of the attack . Valance fled back to his ship , rocketing away from Aduba - 3 , intent on tracking down the real Skywalker this time . The group was quite confused as to the turn of events but were happy that the attack was over . Leaving Doshun with his people , Jaxxon and Foxtrain returned to their smuggling business . Personality and traits . Jaxxon was a quick - witted individual with a street smart personality and a quick temper . Tall and lanky , with a large pair of buck teeth and short green fur , he easily stood out in a crowd and was often the victim of stabbing insults for his peculiar appearance . However , Jaxxon always responded in kind to these rude responses , giving his attackers a strong kick in the chest or a blaster shot to the face . Jaxxon was not hesitant to speak his mind , constantly voicing his complaints during the operation on Aduba - 3 , much to Han Solo ' s irritation . Additionally , when he found himself attracted to Amaiza Foxtrain , he made no secret of his admiration for her , complimenting her even during the heat of battle with the Cloud - Riders . However , for all his bravado , Jaxxon was a calculating Lepi , and during the attack of Beilert Valance ' s hunters on Aduba - 3 , he was able to help Foxtrain carefully craft a plan of attack , defeating the soldiers despite being heavily outnumbered . In regards to fighting technique , Jaxxon was known to fire two blasters simultaneously in each hand , although he was fully capable of using only one . When fighting on Aduba - 3 , Jaxxon was seen fighting with his fists and feet , as well as his weapons , showing his skill in hand - to - hand combat . Jaxxon also proved incredibly quick on the battlefield . He was the quickest of the Star - Hoppers , and during their battle with the Behemoth from the World Below , he was able to avoid being killed by the monster ' s laser attack several times , despite being in point blank range of its attack . Although his species was omnivorous , Jaxxon was inclined towards eating meat . He disliked space carrot s and enjoyed a good steak over other foods . Although not overtly religious , Jaxxon was known to exclaim to the Holy Hutch several times over his career . Relationships . Amaiza Foxtrain . During his exploits with Amaiza Foxtrain , Jaxxon came to admire the woman , finding her very attractive for a being with no fur . Although she was initially hostile to Jaxxon ' s advances , during the attack of the Behemoth , she showed some concern for his well - being , causing the Lepi to remark that perhaps she did have some feelings for him after all . While not necessarily romantically linked , the two did strike up a partnership following the Aduba - 3 affair , working together out of Jaxxon ' s residence on Nar Shaddaa . Although Foxtrain declined to go with Jaxxon for a night on the town , she eventually decided to meet up with him , saving him from several of Beilert Valance ' s men who were torturing him . The rescue was marked with Foxtrain ' s relief that Jaxxon had not been badly hurt , showing that she had some affection for her business partner . Behind the scenes . Jaxxon was created by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin for use in Marvel Star Wars ' " " . A large anthropomorphic bunny , he was created in homage to cartoon star who often addressed strangers with the generic nickname " Jackson " in his 1940s cartoons . As a member of a band of mercenaries brought together by Han Solo , Jaxxon joined the group on a quest to free the local Adubans from the tyrannical Serji - X Arrogantus . This story , inspired by the film " " , was one of the earliest stories to appear in the Expanded Universe , making Jaxxon one of the first characters to be created outside the films . After Archie Goodwin took control of the storyline in " " , Jaxxon played a much smaller role in the comic . He was seen in a flashback in issue 11 , and played a small role in " " , before departing fully from the storyline . Jaxxon ' s abrupt departure caused some fans to surmise that George Lucas himself had asked that Jaxxon make no more appearances . However , this rumor is unsubstantiated . After his appearance in the Marvel story arc , Jaxxon went unreferenced for over twenty years . He was brought out of obscurity in the 2001 " Star Wars Gamer 4 " article " The Starhoppers of Aduba - 3 " , by Pablo Hidalgo , Cory J . Herndon , and Michael Mikaelian . This article gave background information on Jaxxon and his species , as well as summarizing his actions in the Marvel run . Akin to the creators of Jaxxon , Hidalgo drew inspiration from Bugs Bunny in his choice of Coachelle as Jaxxon ' s homeworld . In the 1953 short " , " Bugs asks , " Excuse me , can you direct me to the Coachella Valley and the Giant Carrot Festival … therein ? " Hidalgo carefully mirrored this sentence during the article , also ending his in " therein . " Additionally , Hidalgo drew references to another short , " , " when mentioning Jaxxon ' s former mercenary group , the Boys of Corus . These references to Bugs Bunny were not without precedent , as Goodwin also played up this relationship in " Star Wars 16 : The Hunter " , naming two bounty hunters that were trying to capture Jaxxon as Dafi and Fud . These names were references to the Looney Tunes characters and , who were constantly trying to capture Bugs . Although popular with several " Star Wars " authors , such as Jeff Grubb , Joseph Bongiorno , Abel G . Peña , and most notably , Pablo Hidalgo , Jaxxon is usually cited as a character that represented the silliness of " Marvel Star Wars " , and so has been dismissed by some fans . This feeling of animosity was reflected in the " Star Wars Insider " 83 article " 20 Most Memorable Moments of the Expanded Universe " , which placed the introduction of Jaxxon as one of the five goofiest moments in Expanded Universe history . He was also claimed to be " Marvel ' s most - infamous addition to the Expanded Universe " in " Comic Marvels " , an article in " Star Wars Insider " 91 . This factor has led to Jaxxon being equated with the prequel trilogy character Jar Jar Binks on several occasions . In addition , Jaxxon ' s lack of popularity has been shown in polls on StarWars . com . In the first from December 2000 , asking , " Which Expanded Universe character would you next like to see depicted by an actor or model ? , " he received only 3 % of the vote . He fared even worse in a later poll in January 2002 , which asked , " Which Expanded Universe character would you most like to see as a cameo in Episode II or III ? " He was left with only 2 % of the vote , with Thrawn the winner at 54 % . However , in a 2012 poll conducted by " Star Wars Insider " asking fans which " Star Wars " character they wanted made into an action figure , Jaxxon placed third . Jaxxon , and the Lepi species bear a remarkable similarity to the Larry Hama character of " " who was also a large green rabbit . Another character , , also shares a striking similarity . A Lepi can be seen in the background of strip 36 of " " . Since Pablo Hidalgo , writer and illustrator of " Rookies : Rendezvous " , is a known fan of Jaxxon , it has led some fans to believe the Lepi is in fact Jaxxon . This speculation is based on Hidalgo ' s mention of " a big green bunny " appearing in this strip on his blog , a term that he has used several times on message boards and blogs when referring to Jaxxon . Jaxxon ' s most recent " appearance " was in the " " web comic by Pablo Hidalgo and Tom Hodges , where he can be seen on a " Wanted " poster . His name is written in the Aurebesh below the picture . In the original webcomic , the name is partially obscured by a big , red stain ; in the " " reprint , the stain is missing and the poster definitely says " Jaxxon " . In " " episode " A Sunny Day in the Void " , the skeleton found in a crashed shuttle wears a suit similar to Jaxxon . The skull even has long incisors . This is acknowledged in " " . Marvel Comics ' " Star Wars " writer Jason Aaron mentioned the " giant bunny rabbit " as the Legends character he would most like to canon ize . Jaxxon appears on a " party variant " cover of " " , produced by artist John Tyler Christopher , he appears on a variant cover of " Vader Down , Part I " , illustrated by Chip Zdarsky , as well as a variant cover of " " , illustrated by David Nakayama . In 2018 , a character resembling Jaxxon appeared with Skorr in the " " episode " Bounty Hunted " .