The Dragon " The Dragon " was the alias of an infamous male Ortolan arms dealer who operated on the planet Anthan Prime . After the Battle of Yavin , Dr . Chelli Lona Aphra , a rogue archaeologist , acquired explosives from him , which she used to assault an " Arquitens " - class light cruiser in orbit of Anthan Prime . Following the raid , Inspector Thanoth of the Galactic Empire came to the conclusion that the Dragon had supplied the attackers with explosives . The Empire raided the Dragon ' s mansion after learning its location from Doowan , one of his dealers , and although he attempted to peacefully surrender and offered to tell them everything about his criminal operations , he was executed by Darth Vader , the true orchestrator of the attack on the Imperial cruiser , before he could reveal Aphra ' s identity . The Dragon ' s data was then used to track down " the Ante , " a Givin Information broker based on the underside of the floating Anthan Prime city known as the Spire , in order to learn who attacked the Imperial cruiser . Although he was able to point out Aphra as she attempted to evade Imperial forces , he was discreetly killed by Vader using the Force before he could provide a name , leaving her identity a secret . Biography . Dealings with Dr . Aphra . The individual known as " the Dragon " was a male Ortolan who operated as an arms dealer on Anthan Prime , a planet located on the edge of the galaxy ' s Outer Rim Territories , after the Battle of Yavin in the year 0 BBY . He was the most infamous arms dealer in his area of operation , and hired others to sell his wares . The Dragon sold explosives to Dr . Chelli Lona Aphra , a rogue archaeologist in service to Darth Vader , who was planning on raiding an " Arquitens " - class light cruiser in orbit of Anthan Prime that was carrying a large amount of credit s confiscated from the Son - tuul Pride , a criminal organization that was based on the Outer Rim world of Son - tuul . She used the explosives to destroy a large asteroid in orbit of Anthan Prime , which created a meteor storm that the Imperial ship collided with , hiding the fact that they ' d disabled it with an ion charge . Meanwhile , Aphra ' s crew infiltrated the ship and unsealed its vault , and then set a large meteor on a collision course with the ship , tearing a huge hole in it and jettisoning the credits and any evidence that she and her team were ever there into space , and then collected the credits while making the theft seem like an accident . Imperial retribution . However , the Galactic Empire was not fooled and sent Darth Vader , the very person responsible for the attack , and Inspector Thanoth to find the party responsible and deliver justice . After examining the damage rendered to the ship , Thanoth correctly deduced the sequence of events that led to the successful theft of the Empire ' s credits and that the guilty party had purchased the explosives from the Dragon . They were able to successfully locate Doowan , one of the Dragon ' s dealers , and coax him into revealing the location of his boss ' s mansion , which was located in the lower reach of Anthan Prime ' s eastward core at the coordinates 241 - 86 - 1872 , before executing him as a show of force . The Empire then raided the Dragon ' s mansion , where he attempted to surrender after his men had been wiped out by Imperial forces , and offered to tell them everything about his operations , including who he had sold the explosives that were used in the attack on the Imperial cruiser to . However , to prevent him from incriminating Aphra , Vader killed the Dragon with his lightsaber and when questioned by Thanoth about what happened , claimed that the Dragon had threatened to blow up the building and that he prevented him from doing so . The inspector noticed that there was no trigger and chastised Vader for not realizing that he was bluffing . Thanoth then located the Dragon ' s records , which were sealed in a high quality safe that he believed would incinerate its contents after three failures to open it . The inspector was able to open it on the third try after noting that Ortolan secretions were distinctive , and that the amount of sweat on each button showed how often it was used in the sequence that unlocked the safe . Thanoth then took the records in order to discover where the core of Anthan Prime ' s criminal element was , with the hope that a little more investigation would allow them to discover who attacked the Imperial cruiser . Legacy . Using the Dragon ' s data , Thanoth was able to arrange a private meeting with a Givin known as " the Ante , " the sector ' s prime information broker , who was based in the lower levels of the Spire , a city floating in upper atmosphere of Anthan Prime . Vader then marshaled a strike force of stormtrooper s and attacked the Spire in hopes of capturing the Ante and learning who was behind the attack . After locating him , he revealed that he had destroyed his records , but was willing to cooperate and gave them the current location of the Plasma Devils , a criminal organization that was secretly a cell of the Alliance to Restore the Republic , based on the Thanteen Substrata on Anthan 1 , a moon of Anthan Prime , that was disrupting Imperial operations across the sector . When Thanoth inquired about who had stolen the confiscated credits of the Son - tuul Pride , the Ante pointed out Aphra , who had been present on the Spire for a meeting with him , as she ran past , but before he could provide a name Vader used the Force to manipulate a Mon Calamari into killing the Ante with their blaster , preventing him from telling them her name . Vader was able to corner her and allowed her to escape , and brought down the ceiling to make it seem as if she brought it down with her ship , the " Ark Angel " . The doctor then evaded capture by Imperial forces after Vader persuaded Thanoth to instead pursue the revealed Plasma Devils , leaving Aphra ' s identity a secret . Personality and traits . Although the Dragon was the most infamous arms dealer in his area of operation , when faced with death he attempted to surrender and offered to tell the Empire everything about his criminal operations , including who he sold weapons to . He was also a man of limited intellect and didn ' t wash his distinctive sweat off of the buttons of his safe , which , along with having chosen a simple combination , made it easy for Inspector Thanoth to guess its combination . A male Ortolan , the Dragon had blue skin and black eye s . Like all members of his species , he didn ' t have any arms , only legs . He pierced both of his large , floppy ear s with four silver rings , and a pendant in the shape of a dragon hung from his right ear . Equipment . The Dragon wore a vest of silver scale armor over a brown outfit . At the time of his death , he carried a blaster pistol . The Dragon kept his records in a high quality safe in his mansion on Anthan Prime , which Inspector Thanoth suspected would immolate its contents after three incorrect attempts to open it . Behind the scenes . The Dragon was first mentioned in " " , a canon comic written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Salvador Larroca that was released on September 9 , 2015 . He made his first appearance and met his demise in " " , which was also written by Gillen and illustrated by Larroca and was released on October 7 , 2015 .