Chihdo Chihdo was a Rodian thief who was an associate of smuggler Rik Duel and Dani . He was a cousin of Greedo who somehow survived Navik the Red ' s Tetsu Clan purges . Biography . Chihdo partnered with Rik Duel and Dani some time before the Battle of Yavin and met Han Solo before his involvement with the Rebel Alliance . He was also friends with the Rodian treasure hunter , Suz Tanwa . The Stenax shuffle . Shortly after the Battle of Yavin , Rik , Dani and Chihdo were operating on the Outer Rim world of Stenos , where they were hired by Quorl Matrin , Imperial Governor of the planet , to uncover the statue of the Stenax god Vol to expand the former senator ' s collection . The statue had been buried during an earthquake years earlier , causing the winged Stenaxes to stop flying in disgrace . Rik , Dani and Chihdo began digging for the statue in an old temple that had served as a Rebel Alliance base commanded by Colonel Kindar . Their search was interrupted when Princess Leia Organa arrived , along with Solo , Chewbacca and Luke Skywalker . Duel claimed that he and his partners had actually joined the Rebellion and were left behind to find the Vol statue . Solo was suspicious of his old " friend " , but agreed to help find the statue . Eventually , after a series of double - crosses , the Rebels made their escape from Stenos , leaving Rik , Dani , Chihdo and Matrin ' s stormtroopers to fend off the attacking Stenaxes , who wanted Vol returned to them . Quick thinking on Rik ' s part allowed his gang to escape in the confusion , while Matrin was killed . Frozen . Chihdo ' s activities just after the Vol incident have not been documented , although it is known that he operated on Stenos with his partners and probably learned about aerodynamics to match up with the natives like Dani did . In 3 ABY , Chihdo and his partners were in Stenos . For unknown reasons , Chihdo was captured by a team of bounty hunters , including Bossk and IG - 88C , who were allied with Barpotomous Drebble . Chihdo was frozen in carbonite and then transported through the streets . Duel and Dani were searching for his missing friend . Meanwhile , Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian tracked Bossk and IG - 88 to Stenos , believing the hunters could lead them to their missing friend Han Solo , who was also frozen in carbonite . Calrissian saw the frozen Rodian and mistook him for Solo . Calrissian and Skywalker tried to rescue Solo , only to discover that he was not Solo and that the bounty hunters were ambushing them . Dani and Duel tried to rescue his friend , but the overwhelming power of the bounty hunters foiled their attempt . Eventually , with the help of a number of Stenaxes recruited by Chewbacca , the bounty hunters were defeated . Rik remained on Stenos , and Chihdo was eventually freed from the carbonite after Skywalker and Calrissian moved on to their next stop , along with stowaway Dani . After Endor . Within weeks after the Battle of Endor , Chihdo , Rik and Dani began looting worlds left in ruins after the Empire ' s retreat in the chaos following Palpatine ' s death . One of their stops was water - world Iskalon ' s abandoned surface facility , Pavillion . The trio was soon interrupted by the arrival of Luke Skywalker , who had come to offer the Iskalonian s a place in the newly forming government . Luke scolded them , before they were all attacked by a hungry chiaki sea creature . A sudden attack by the Iskalonians followed . The natives no longer wanted anything to do with offworlders and the three thieves acceded to Skywalker ' s suggestion they all leave . Only an Iskalonian named Kiro — an old friend of Luke ' s — decided to go with them . Skywalker recruited Duel and the others to give Kiro passage in their ship , the " Moonshadow " . This would also give Skywalker a chance to keep them out of trouble . The group continued on to Skywalker ' s next diplomatic mission on Shawken , where Rik , Chihdo and Dani explored the planet ' s ruins while Luke and Kiro met with local officials . While searching for priceless artifacts to steal , they accidentally trapped themselves in an underground chamber and triggered the countdown of an ancient weapon that could theoretically destroy the entire universe . Skywalker and Plif the hoojib eventually freed Chihdo and the others , while Kiro ' s near - fatal sacrifice destroyed the machine . Chihdo and his partners then followed Skywalker back to the Alliance ' s temporary base on Endor . During an altercation with Rebel soldiers over a card game , Chihdo was nearly killed in a fall from an Ewok treetop village . Only Skywalker ' s Force abilities saved Chihdo ' s life . The group stayed on Endor a short time longer before realizing there was little profit to be gained there . Chihdo and Rik soon departed though Dani chose to stay with the Alliance in the wake of the supposed death of Kiro , who she had fallen in love with . Chihdo ' s activities after leaving Endor are unknown . Subsequent contact with Skywalker and his companions , if any , has yet to be revealed . Behind the scenes . Chihdo was created by Mary Jo Duffy , Kerry Gammill and Tom Palmer . When the comics were first published , the species name " Rodian " had not yet been coined and Chidho was sometimes referred to as " the little green guy with the antennae . " A possible source of his name is " Chido " , a Mexican slang word indicating that something is admirable , fun or a good idea ( an English equivalent would be " rockin " ' ) .