Unidentified Imperial scout This Imperial scout was a member of the Galactic Empire Exploratory Division and the person who rediscovered the lost planet Seoul 5 . A short time before the Galactic Civil War , the scout was on a mission for the Galactic Empire when his scout ship was hit by a meteor just as he was entering hyperspace . The collision threw his craft off course , and he arrived in a distant star system . After landing on one of the habitable planets , the scout began to explore an abandoned city on the world , recognizing the settlement as a Seoularian outpost . Following further exploration , the scout discovered an underground room with a cache of Seoularian crystal s that had been used to power the city . Planning to return to the planet later to make a more thorough gathering of the artifacts in the city , the scout only took one of the crystals back to Imperial space with him . However , before he could accumulate enough resources to purchase a larger starship and return to the world , the Galactic Civil War began , and the scout was unable to make the trip back . Following the Battle of Endor , the scout was present on a backwater world , where he had taken to gambling as a means of fulfilling his dream of returning to the discovered world . At the same time , Han Solo and his copilot Chewbacca were on the same world playing their own chances . The scout , seeing his chance to win a large ship from the smuggler , decided to wager his crystal and a holomap to the Seoul 5 system against Solo ' s ship , the " Millennium Falcon " . The scout was confident that his hand would win him the ship , but Solo beat the scout and took the crystal from him . Although the scout claimed that Solo had cheated and pulled his blaster pistol on the smuggler , Solo avoided the attack and escaped from the gambling den with the holomap and the crystal . Biography . Imperial scout . Sometime before the outbreak of the Galactic Civil War , this scout was part of the Empire ' s Exploratory Division . On the way back from one of his scouting missions , his scout ship was hit by a meteor right before he was about to enter hyperspace . His hyperdrive transported him to a distant star system . His instruments showed the fifth planet in the system to be habitable , and he put down for repairs . After leaving his service droid to finish his repairs , the scout decided to scout a nearby city . The city had been completely abandoned , but the scout recognized the buildings as Seoularian due to his having been previously garrisoned on a world with Seoularian ruins . After exploring the surrounding area , the scout discovered the crystal control room , the power station to the city that contained a vast supply of Seoularian crystal s . Intending to return to the planet to take possession of the wide variety of artifacts in the preserved city , the scout only took one crystal with him , the key crystal , which powered the other crystals . The scout returned to Imperial space , but before he could find time to return with a larger ship , the Galactic Civil War began . As a result , the scout was unable to accumulate enough resources to invest in a larger ship and return to Seoul 5 . Gambling prospects . Even after the Battle of Endor and the death of the Emperor , the scout had still not been able to mount a return trip to the distant planet . He eventually found himself in a tavern on an outlaw world in a backwater sector of the galaxy . While there , he began to gamble in an effort to obtain enough resources to achieve his dream . However , one skilled gambler , Han Solo , began to clear out everyone in the house . Believing that he could beat the smuggler on one last hand , the scout told Solo his story , trying to convince him to wager his ship , the " Millennium Falcon " , against his key crystal and a holomap to the Seoul 5 system . Solo remained unconvinced , but the scout demonstrated the abilities of the key crystal to boost mental power . After the scout threw Solo ' s copilot Chewbacca across the room using the key crystal , Solo agreed to one more hand . The Imperial scout played his final hand , a full system , one of the best hands in the game , and prepared to take his winnings , as the chance of beating his hand was astronomically low . However , Solo had beaten the odds , and his hand beat that of the Imperial scout . Appalled by Solo ' s unbeatable luck , the scout pulled his blaster pistol on the smuggler , claiming that his opponent had obviously cheated . Before he could fire on Solo , Chewbacca upended the table , throwing the scout to the floor and disarming him . However , the mention of a cheat caused the rest of the gambling hall to take notice , and they decided to punish Solo for " cheating " them out of their money . In the shoot - out that followed , Solo and Chewbacca escaped the tavern back to their ship , with the key crystal and the holomap safe in hand . Personality and traits . This Imperial scout had a hot temper , and he was quick to lose his cool , yelling at those who had wronged him . When Solo questioned him about his story on the discovery of Seoul 5 , the scout yelled at the smuggler for daring to deny the veracity of his tale . Likewise , when Solo was able to beat him in a card game , taking his most prized possession , the scout proclaimed Solo to be a cheater and pulled his weapon while in the gambling hall . Although the Imperial scout proved resourceful during his discovery of Seoul 5 , he found himself unable to make the return trip following the advent of the Galactic Civil War . He had resorted to gambling to fulfill his dream of returning to his discovery rather than trying to obtain the funds through legitimate means . Behind the scenes . The Imperial scout was created by Roy Richardson for use in " " . The character remained unnamed in the comic , but he served as the impetus behind sending Han Solo and Chewbacca to Seoul 5 . By the end of the comic the scout ' s whereabouts are left unexplored . The Imperial scout was penciled by David Mazzucchelli and colored by Tom Palmer .