Unidentified masked bounty hunter This masked bounty hunter or that guard was a former female Human prison guard from Drash - So who became a bounty hunter in the aftermath of the Second Imperial Civil War . During the last years of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire , she worked as a prison guard at a One Sith - run labor camp on the planet Drash - so . While working as a prison guard , she developed a reputation for her brutality and cruelty , and wielded a laser whip . At some point , she came into contact with Ania Solo , a descendant of the smuggler Han Solo . Ania and her lover Ramid attempted to escape the prison camp . While Ania succeeded in escaping offworld , Ramid was recaptured . Unwilling to report her failure to her Sith superiors , she instead assumed Ania ' s identity . Following the defeat of the One Sith , the labor camp was liberated by the Fel Empire . Due to her stolen identity , the guard was able to evade prosecution for her crimes . At some point , she encountered the Imperial Knight Teemen Alton and murdered him . Since she had stolen Ania ' s identity , the Galactic Federation Triumvirate believed that Ania had committed the crime . After Ania resurfaced following the Carreras Incident , the Triumvirate placed her on their Most Wanted list in 139 ABY . The guard then assumed the persona of a bounty hunter and sought to hunt down and capture Ania . She wanted to frame Ania for her crime by replacing her organic hand with her own prosthetic one . Following a lengthy pursuit , the bounty hunter succeeded in tracking Ania down to a remote world which rained acid and glass . Before she could complete her frame - up , Ania Solo was rescued by her Imperial Knight friend Jao Assam . During the struggle , Jao succeeded in severing her prosthetic hand . After shaking him off , the bounty hunter advanced on Ania , but the latter managed to snag the remote for her TIE / sa bomber , causing it to crash into the bounty hunter and killing her . Subsequently , Ania was arrested by stormtroopers and taken back to Coruscant for trial . However , Assam collected the bounty hunter ' s prosthetic hand and presented it as evidence to clear Ania ' s name . Biography . Imperial service . During the Second Imperial Civil War , this unidentified masked bounty hunter served as a prison guard at an Imperial prison camp on Drash - so . This unnamed guard was known for her cruelty and brutality towards prisoners , and wielded a laser whip . At some point , she lost her left hand and obtained a prosthetic hand that was capable of linking to her laser whip . During her stint as a prison guard , she encountered Ania Solo , a descendant of Han Solo , who had been sent to the labor camp with her lover Ramid for murder . Ania recalled that the guard regularly beat and tortured her . When Ania escaped the labor camp and fled offworld to the Carreras system , the guard did not report her escape to her One Sith superiors for fear of being punished for losing a prisoner , a misdemeanor which carried the death penalty . Instead , the guard assumed Ania ' s identity . When the " renegade " Fel Empire liberated the Drash - So prison camp , she had the perfect alibi and was able to escape prosecution for her crimes . Assuming Ania ' s identity , the former prison guard escaped Drash - so as a refugee . At some point , she came across the Imperial Knight Teemen Alton , whom she regarded as an arrogant man . When the Knight got in her way , the impostor killed him with her laser whip in the Opoku system . The former guard then assumed the persona of a bounty hunter until things cooled down . Hunting Ania Solo . Following the Carreras Incident , the Triumvirate placed a bounty on Ania ' s head for the alleged murder of Teemen Alton as part of their new program of hunting down war criminals . The former prison guard , now a bounty hunter , decided to settle old scores with Ania . After learning that Ania had traveled to the Carreras system following her prison break - out , she visited Ania ' s abandoned junkyard on Carreras Minor ' s moon . There , she stumbled across a group of creditors who had come to collect Ania ' s unpaid debts and killed them , but not before demanding to know Ania ' s whereabouts . Meanwhile , Ania and her newly - found companions traveled to Lasgo Port to deliver supplies while on their quest to hunt down the rogue Sith Darth Wredd . However , Ania was instead kidnapped by her old lover Ramid , who had a grudge against Ania for leaving him for dead during their escape attempt from Drash - so . Ramid intended to collect the Triumvirate bounty on her head . Ramid and his crew ended up on a barren planet that rained acid and glass . While entering the planet ' s atmosphere , they were pursued by the masked bounty hunter , who had by then procured an antique TIE bomber . The masked bounty hunter pursued Ramid ' s starship and inflicted damage , forcing it to crash - land on the barren planet ' s surface . Ania and a wounded Ramid survived the crash but were quickly cornered by the bounty hunter . The bounty hunter exited her TIE bomber and demanded that Ania come out if she was still alive . The bounty hunter announced that she preferred to take her prey alive but vowed to kill her if she resisted . After sending a medical droid to tend to the wounded Ramid , Ania exited Ramid ' s starship and open fire on her pursuer , knocking her out with a blast to the head . Ania then fled into the nearby wilderness before her pursuer could recover . The bounty hunter survived because her head was shielded by her visor . Ania eventually stumbled upon a ruined temple that overlooked a valley populated by giant beetles . Ania fell over the cliff and was almost trampled to death by the beetles . However , she was rescued by the masked bounty hunter hunter who used her laser whip to drag her out of the valley . The bounty hunter then used her laser whip to bind Ania ' s hands and led her back to her TIE bomber . During the journey , Ania denied killing the Imperial Knight on the grounds that she had been caught so easily . However , her captor retorted that Ania had shot her in the head , which did not make her sympathetic to her cause . The bounty hunter then used her remote to summon her TIE bomber . Ania attempted to taunt her captor for being a lone wolf but the bounty hunter would have none of her banter . Before the bounty hunter could take Ania away in her transport , Ania ' s old lover Ramid resurfaced on his speeder bike and rescued Ania . During the attack , the bounty hunter was knocked unconscious but was unhurt . Final Stand . Ania and Ramid managed to escape on their speeder bike into the wilderness . While sheltering during a " glass storm " , the two reconciled their differences and forgave each other . Meanwhile , Ania ' s companions — the Imperial Knight Jao Assam , the assassin droid AG - 37 , and the Mon Calamari engineer Sauk — learnt from the Imperial Knight Master Yalta Val that Ania had been framed for the murder of Teemen Alton . Val found evidence that the real murderer had a prosthetic hand . By this stage , Ania ' s companions had landed on the barren planet that rained acid and glass and were closing in on Ania ' s trail . Meanwhile , the bounty hunter traveled to the planet ' s only settlement where she killed the local residents , but not before they managed to send a distress call . The bounty hunter then hid within the settlement , setting a trap for Ania and Ramid . The masked bounty hunter managed to ambush Ania , when she stumbled across a pile of bodies of the residents who had been killed by the bounty hunter . Before Ania could alert Ramid , the bounty hunter snuck up on her from behind and grabbed Ania around the neck with her laser whip . However , Ramid then appeared and attacked the bounty hunter from behind . He managed to stab the bounty hunter ' s breathing apparatus but the bounty hunter then threw him against the wall . She then proceeded to strangle Ramid , who tried to disable her prosthetic hand with his knife . However , the bounty hunter proved stronger and succeeded in breaking Ramid ' s neck . Before she could turn her attention to Ania , the young woman ' s Imperial Knight friend resurfaced and fought against the bounty hunter with his lightsaber . Ania then took the opportunity to flee outside only to get caught in an acid rainstorm . Following a protracted duel , the bounty hunter managed to drive Jao away by detonating a thermal detonator , which damaged the building . However , the Imperial Knight survived due to his Force powers . The bounty hunter then found Ania hiding in a cave . The assassin droid AG - 37 had carried her into the cave before shutting down due to internal damage caused by the acid storm . Ania fought with the bounty hunter and jumped into a chasm . However , the bounty hunter caught on to her boot with her laser whip . Ania then dragged her down with her and managed to grab a laser whip . Since the bounty hunter had rigged the whip to work with her prosthetic hand , Ania was unable to activate it . After revealing her identity to Ania , the bounty hunter knocked her unconscious and fastened her left hand to a metal restraint . She intended to amputate Ania ' s hand and implant her prosthetic hand in order to frame her for the murder of Teemen Alton . When Ania asked her why she still wanted to torture her , the bounty hunter explained that she had been punished by her Sith superiors for letting Ania escape . However , the bounty hunter then assumed Ania ' s identity , which enabled her to evade capture following the end of the Second Imperial Civil War . The bounty hunter also claimed responsibility for murdering Alton but blamed the Knight for his own death . Before she could carry out her surgery , the bounty hunter was ambushed by Jao Assam who managed to throw her to the ground , causing her to drop her remote . The TIE bomber then crashed into the pit . The masked bounty hunter fought back with her laser whip and managed to choke Jao with it . However , Jao managed to free Ania using his Force powers and the girl grabbed a blaster . Ania then shot the bounty hunter ' s prosthetic hand , causing her to drop her whip and to lose her grip on Jao . Before Jao could recover , the bounty hunter approached Ania and attempted to execute her with a blaster pistol . However , Ania grabbed the bounty hunter ' s remote and used the TIE bomber to ram into her , killing the bounty hunter . Legacy . The death of the masked bounty hunter ended the threat that she posed to Ania Solo . Despite her death , the damaged that she had wrought on Ania remained behind . Shortly after her death , a squad of Trandoshan stormtroopers arrested Ania for the alleged murder of Teemen Alton . Ania was flown to the galactic capital Coruscant to face trial . Having uncovered evidence pointing to the bounty hunter , Master Yalta Val represented her in court . When the military tribunal demanded evidence to corroborate Ania ' s innocence , the Imperial Knight Jao Assam presented the dead bounty hunter ' s severed hand . Faced with evidence pointing to Ania ' s innocence , the Triumvirate authorities were forced to exonerate Ania and release her from custody . Personality and traits . The masked bounty hunter had a reputation as a cruel and sadistic prison guard . She was hated by many of her former prisoners including Ania Solo . The masked bounty hunter also had a vindictive streak as evident when she went to great lengths to frame Ania for a crime that she herself had committed . She regarded the Fel Empire as " renegades " and was loyal to the One Sith and their Galactic Empire . The bounty hunter was also willing to kill without hesitation as shown when she murdered several creditors who happened to visit Ania ' s junk yard to collect debts . Later , she killed the entire population of a settlement on a remote world during her quest to hunt down Ania Solo . She also exhibited an unfriendly demeanor and had little patience for jokes and bantering . Powers and abilities . The masked bounty hunter was skilled in fighting and using laser whips . She was able to take on lightsaber - wielding Imperial Knights on at least two occasions . At some point , she lost her left hand and acquired a prosthetic hand that was rigged to operate her laser whip . She was also resourceful enough to use her whip as a lasso and a pair of improvised restraints . The bounty hunter was also a tough and resilient fighter , who was capable of taking damage . The bounty hunter also flew an antique TIE bomber , which had been modified to fly on autopilot when activated by a remote . She was also a skilled pilot and was able to down Ramid ' s starship . Behind the scenes . The masked bounty hunter first appeared as the main villain in " " , the third story arc in Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman ' s " " which ran from January 22 to May 28 , 2014 . She was designed by Jimmy Presler , drawn by Gabriel Hardman , and colored by Jordan Boyd . There was speculation among fans that the bounty hunter was Morrigan Corde , Cade Skywalker ' s mother and Ania ' s aunt . However , Bechko and Hardman dismissed the credibility of this plot twist and decided to keep the bounty hunter an unknown character .