Lo Khan Lo Khan was a male smuggler who was active during the early years of the Galactic Empire . Khan was a calm individual and tried to stay on the safer side of smuggling , avoiding dispute and armed conflict whenever possible , and spending time joking and drinking with his friends inside cantinas during his free time . As a smuggler , he made the most profitable run of his life on the Gamor Run , where he stole a spice shipment belonging to one of his rivals , Uxbeg . After stealing it , he delivered the payload to a Hutt crime lord named Spadda in the Aikhibba system . Along the way , he teamed up with Luwingo , a Yaka cyborg who was having trouble finding work . Luwingo saved Khan ' s life in a shootout with Uxbeg ' s henchmen . This impressed Khan enough to hire the Yaka as his full - time bodyguard , thus cementing what was to become a long and fruitful partnership . Khan earned enough money from that adventure to semi - retire himself , spending the following years inside cantinas all around the galaxy while doing various smuggling runs in his freighter , the " Hyperspace Marauder " . In 10 ABY , while docked at the Imperial Freight Complex around Byss , Khan ran into a couple of his old smuggling friends , Salla Zend and Shug Ninx , who were fleeing pursuing Imperial forces . Khan agreed to let Zend and Ninx store the " Millennium Falcon " , the ship the two fugitive smugglers were borrowing from former New Republic General Han Solo , inside the " Marauder " cargo hold . As Zend and Ninx prepared to leave , an Imperial Hunter - Killer probot located the " Falcon " inside the " Marauder " and fired on Khan ' s ship in an attempt to apprehend the rogue vessel , much to the smuggler ' s dismay . The " Marauder " was impounded by the Imperials , stranding Khan and Luwingo on Byss for the next few weeks . Eventually , Khan and a group of smugglers were able to take advantage of a secret New Republic attack on Byss to retrieve their ships from the Imperial impound . Khan and the newly formed smuggler fleet aided the New Republic forces in escaping the doomed mission to besiege the Emperor ' s Citadel just as the tide was turning in the Empire ' s favor . The group then proceeded to assist in the evacuation of New Alderaan after the planet was attacked by Emperor Palpatine ' s forces . Biography . Smuggling career . Lo Khan was a seasoned , laconic male smuggler who was known to have performed difficult smuggling runs since before the rise of such infamous criminals as Han Solo and Lando Calrissian . Khan made the largest haul of his smuggling career on the Gamor Run , a hyperspace route in the Mid Rim . Khan had learned that one of his smuggling rivals , Uxbeg , had been contracted to transport a spice shipment to a criminal named Spadda . Uxbeg was still busy running a load of bulk yeast paste to the Corporate Sector prison Stars ' End , allowing Khan an opportunity to craftily intercept Uxbeg ' s pending shipment . Upon acquiring the shipment , Khan was surprised to learn that it was a spice consignment from the royal governor of the Thokosia system destined for the Aikhibba system , a minor stopping points along the Gamor Run . Khan was already running low on fuel and , deciding to take the shipment immediately , departed rather than give his rival ample time to arrive and pick up the shipment himself . Stopping in the Deneba system to refuel , Khan encountered a Yaka cyborg that he had met on an earlier run known as Luwingo . Luwingo was despondent about the state of his affairs , and Khan — sympathizing with the Yaka , as he had been in similar situations before — decided to take Luwingo with him and give him a small cut of the profit to which Khan never demanded any payback . Soon , Khan and Luwingo had a run - in with a group of Uxbeg ' s thugs . The skirmish degenerated into a firefight that resulted in Luwingo taking a blaster bolt to protect Khan . Khan feared that Luwingo was dead , but to his amazement , the Yaka simply shook off the injury . It was then that Khan became aware of Luwingo ' s usefulness and loyalty , and so decided to hire Luwingo as his full - time bodyguard . Upon delivering the cargo to Aikhibba , Khan was shocked to learn that Spadda was the infamous crime lord " Spadda the Hutt " and became disappointed when the Hutt shortchanged him immensely . Nevertheless , Khan still received a significant sum that enabled him to spend the following years relaxing in smugglers ' bars across the galaxy while performing small runs in his modified " Xiytiar " - class transport , the " Hyperspace Marauder " , at his leisure . At some point during the Galactic Civil War , he began hauling military supplies to the Deep Core for both sides of the war . Aiding the New Republic . By 10 ABY , Emperor Palpatine had resurrected himself in a clone body and began constructing a revived Galactic Empire based around the Deep Core world of Byss . < ref name = " DESB 36 / 76 " > " Dark Empire Sourcebook " , pp . 36 , 76 < / ref > New Republic heroes Princess Leia Organa Solo and former smuggler Han Solo enlisted the help of smugglers Salla Zend and Shug Ninx in their attempt to rescue Leia ' s brother and Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker , who had recently been captured by the forces of the new Empire . The group traveled in Solo ' s YT - 1300 light freighter " Millennium Falcon " to the Emperor ' s Citadel on Byss , where Han and Leia allowed themselves to be captured as part of their plan to rescue Skywalker while Zend and Ninx escaped with the " Falcon " . Zend and Ninx fled to the Imperial Freight Complex on Byss , where Lo Khan allowed his fellow smugglers to conceal the " Falcon " inside the " Hyperspace Marauder " . Khan , while willing to help his fellow smugglers in need , was also concerned about the well - being of both his ship ' s and his own life . As Khan , Luwingo , and the two fugitive smugglers discussed recent events at the complex ' s cantina , the Byss Bistro , Ninx received a comlink transmission from Han Solo , who requested extraction from the Citadel . As Zend and Ninx headed back toward the " Falcon " , an Imperial Hunter - Killer probot designated Judgement 12 - X7 scanned the " Marauder " and discovered the " Falcon " inside the ship ' s cargo hold . The probot was able to capture the " Falcon " with its tractor beams but only after it crippled and impounded the " Marauder " . Khan , was unworried , however , as he felt confident that he could use his connections to free the " Marauder " . It was not long before Lo Khan received a chance to recover his ship . For the next few weeks , Khan and Luwingo found themselves stranded on Byss , where they once again met up with Salla Zend and Shug Ninx at the Byss Bistro . The two smugglers came back to Byss , intending to salvage Zend ' s ship , the " Starlight Intruder " , and were able to get past Imperial security by posing as maintenance workers delivering a set of obsolete repair parts to Khan . Khan revealed , much to Zend ' s disappointment , that the " Intruder " had already been stripped by Imperial - sanctioned scav s and melted to slag . Khan ' s break finally came in the form of a surprise attack by New Republic forces inside X - 1 Viper Automadons led by Generals Wedge Antilles and Lando Calrissian . Soon , however , the Imperials unleashed their chrysalide rancors , alchemically mutated dark side beasts on the Viper Automadons . As things began to look grim for the New Republic , Salla Zend , feeling that she had a responsibility to them , rallied Khan and many other smugglers together to aid the New Republic forces . Luwingo laid down covering fire with his tripod laser as Khan and the other spacers rushed to their impounded ships . With Luwingo safely on board , Khan lifted off in the " Hyperspace Marauder " and joined the small fleet of smuggler ships . Khan made use of the " Marauder " newly - installed 700 Penetrator laser cannons in conjunction with the other smuggler ships to save Antilles , Calrissian , and the droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 from a chrysalide rancor . Khan and the smuggler ships escaped Byss ' s orbit and were surprised when the Imperials allowed them to reach a jumping distance without firing on them — for fear of damaging the nearby , partially - constructed Galaxy Gun superweapon . The smuggler ships safely escaped to the New Republic – held Pinnacle Base . Shortly thereafter , Khan and the smuggler ships helped evacuate the New Republic safe world of New Alderaan , where Leia Organa Solo ' s children , Jacen and Jaina Solo , were hiding out , before finally heading off to the New Republic base at the Space City orbiting Nespis VIII . Personality and traits . Lo Khan was an easy - going , laconic smuggler who had gained a reputation as one of the most lax in his trade . He spent much of his free time becoming drunk in cantinas with old friends , all the while occasionally performing small , safe runs in the " Hyperspace Marauder " to make a living . Khan was one of the older smugglers of his time and preferred to keep out of trouble . He typically kept to the more well - policed routes and spent most of his money on upgrading the shields and hull of his ship , for which he owned a beckon call . Khan liked to avoid conflicts and preferred to make few enemies , so he kept the " Marauder " unarmed for many years before finally deciding to arm it with twin 700 Penetrator laser cannons . If the " Marauder " was ever taken over by pirates , the ship ' s computer was programmed to override the computer on the pirating vessel and give Khan complete control of all of the ship ' s systems . Khan was not above mercy , however , and was willing to leave life support and low - level ion thrusters operational before stripping any valuable gear from the pirate ship . While hauling in the Deep Core , he could usually be found sitting in the Byss Cantina with his fellow smugglers . Khan was also willing to help a friend in need , so long as he or his ship did not get damaged in the process . Khan formed a long - standing friendship and partnership with his Yaka cyborg first mate , Luwingo , beginning with their first run together . Behind the scenes . Lo Khan was created by author Tom Veitch for the of the " Dark Empire " comic book series . He later returned for the latter half of the sequel series , " Dark Empire II " , and was given a complete backstory by Michael Allen Horne in the " Dark Empire Sourcebook " . He was also given brief mentions in various other sources over the years . He was voiced by Joe Hacker in the " Dark Empire " and " Dark Empire II " audio adaptations . Though the fifth issue of " Dark Empire " indicates that Khan was saved by Luwingo during a firefight against Imperials , the " Dark Empire Sourcebook " instead identifies the attackers as hirelings of Uxbeg . This article assumes that the " Dark Empire Sourcebook " , being the most recent and comprehensive source on the subject , is correct .