Serji - X Arrogantus Serji - X Arrogantus was a male Human swoop jockey who toured the professional circuit on Caprioril during the Imperial Period . He was nicknamed " the Arrogant One , " due to his continual flagrant disregard for the rules and the dangers of professional swoop racing . He was usurped by the corporate - backed Dug racer Hodrix , and as his fans were rapidly siphoned away from him , Arrogantus attempted an incredibly dangerous stunt , in the hopes of attracting some of the attention he had once enjoyed . The stunt resulted in a perilous crash that almost claimed Arrogantus ' life . He was deemed unfit to race , so he left the professional circuit to race with swoop gangs in the Outer Rim Territories . Making his way to Aduba - 3 , Arrogantus formed the Cloud - Riders — a group of reprobates and degenerates who preyed upon the local farmers , exploiting the weak and innocent . Arrogantus in particular targeted the village of Onacra , with whom he had worked out a compromise in which they would pay him a considerable tithe each year , allaying his need to pillage their settlement . However , Arrogantus tired of the arrangement , and returned to his ransacking of the town . In 0 ABY , when attempting to claim one of the farm girls , Merri Shen , Arrogantus and the Cloud - Riders met resistance from a group of gunslingers led by Corellian smuggler Han Solo . Arrogantus was later killed when a large beast emerged from deep caverns near Onacra , wreaking havoc . Biography . The Arrogant One . Serji - X Arrogantus was a Human male who had a career as a professional swoop jockey on Caprioril in the Swo - O ' Rim racing circuit . He continued that line of work for several years , and earned himself the moniker of " the Arrogant One , " due to his flagrant disregard of both the rules and dangers that distinguished the sport of swoop racing . In 22 BBY , he participated in a race in the city of Tasjon on Corulag , against Ignar Ominaz , the top - ranked swoop racer at the time . It was a rare meeting of the two most significant talents in the swoop - racing field , as the Swo - O ' Rim circuit rarely overlapped with the TransGal circuit that Ominaz raced in . Although Ominaz won the race , Arrogantus finished nine seconds later . When speaking to HoloNet News after the race , Arrogantus confidently decried Ominaz ' s abilities , confident that his new Flare - P swoop from Mobquet Swoops and Speeders would give him the requisite edge to secure the top seed . HoloNet News believed that Arrogantus would secure the top seed at the Plooriod 940 on Corsin , a month after the Tasjon race . Arrogantus earned a great many fans for his opulent displays and showboating , but he was eventually usurped by the newcomer Hodrix , a Dug hailing from Malastare who had the advantage of corporate backing . Arrogantus ' manager took a job with the corporations , leaving Arrogantus alone to deal with his own affairs . In an attempt to regain his former standing , Arrogantus attempted a particularly dangerous and foolhardy stunt . As a result , he suffered a bad accident , and his prize speeder was wrecked . The only thing saving Arrogantus himself from death was his helmet . He sustained severe cranial trauma , and was ruled unfit to race . With his career at an end , Arrogantus made his way to the Outer Rim Territories . There , he participated in races with outlaw swoop gangs , and would relay stories of his former glory to the low - lifes that he was forced to gravitate to . He eventually made his way to Aduba - 3 , and formed a gang , the Cloud - Riders — a pack of miscreants who utilized stripped down skyspeeder s and swoops . They were loyal to Arrogantus only through their own ignorance . As his vehicle of choice , Arrogantus flew a modified Peregrine - 340 airspeeder . A devil . The Cloud - Riders maintained a small camp in the hills near the farming villages of Aduba - 3 . Arrogantus devised an extortion racket , in which they would prey upon the local farmers to their own benefit . They raided the villages , stealing both crops and women , before selling them to traders and slavers respectively in the port town of Tun Aduban for credits . They would also force the banthas that farmers used for both livestock and transportation to stampede . The closest of their targets was the village of Onacra . Rather than allow Arrogantus to repeatedly ransack their community , the village leaders , among them Oncho Shen and Ramiz , formulated a compromise with him . They would pay him an annual tithe of 9 , 000 credits , and Arrogantus would bypass Onacra altogether . He and the Cloud - Riders accepted the deal , as it required less hauling of grain and slaves to Tun Aduban . On the second year of their agreement , Arrogantus and his Cloud - Riders made a spectacular entrance into the town , crashing into several of the dwellings for effect . After three years , however , Arrogantus tired of the deal , and prepared to resume his ransacking of Onacra . In 0 ABY , a newcomer , Warto , joined Arrogantus ' gang . Arrogantus was impressed with the Boltrunian ' s strength , and his hunger for vengeance against several individuals who had humiliated him in the past . Arrogantus gave Warto a skyspeeder that had belonged to a Cloud Rider that had succumbed to a high - hound attack . Warto alerted Arrogantus to the fact that a Corellian smuggler , Han Solo , had been hired by the Onacrans to defend the village , and to that end had assembled a makeshift team of warriors , later to be known as the Star - Hoppers of Aduba - 3 . Arrogantus , Warto , and the rest of the Cloud - Riders rode to Tun Aduban to confront Solo , and while the Boltrunian goaded the Corellian , Arrogantus instructed him not to open fire until he had given word . Downfall and death . Confirming that he could approach Solo and the Star - Hoppers under a flag of truce , Arrogantus suggested that the Corellian abandon his mission . He claimed he was prepared to pay Solo a small sum for him to not work for the Onacrans , but felt sure that his price would by much higher than whatever the villagers could offer him . The Corellian countered with the fact that the villagers were offering all they could afford , and in Solo ' s view that was worth more than Arrogantus ' credits . Solo then advised Arrogantus to leave the village alone — the assertion amused the gang leader , as did Solo ' s ragtag team . Insulted , one of the team members , young Jimm Doshun , drew his weapon on Arrogantus , before being subdued by another Star - Hopper , Amaiza Foxtrain . Pointing out that Solo ' s team were already fighting amongst themselves , Arrogantus departed with the Cloud - Riders , confident that he would not be threatened by the newcomers . Meanwhile , one of the Onacran farm girls , Merri Shen , had aroused Arrogantus ' interest . He became genuinely smitten with her , and although he was more than capable of seizing her with brute force , he sought to win her over with his charms . As he returned to Onacra with the intention of doing just that , he found that the Star - Hoppers had not heeded his warning , and were defending the village . Arrogantus , leading his Cloud - Riders , opened fire , hoping to match the spectacle of the previous years ' entrance into the town . Declaring his intention to claim Shen as his own , Arrogantus approached the village , and met resistance from the Star - Hoppers . A skirmish ensued , and eventually a giant beast entered the fray . Narrowly avoiding one of the beast ' s claws , Arrogantus recalled hearing tell of such a monster in his youth . In particular , he remembered that such monsters usually left a path of destruction in their wake , and realized that if he allowed the monster to continue on its rampage unabated , it would destroy Onacra , preventing Arrogantus from claming either tribute or " female amusement . " He ordered his men to fire on the beast , but their collective efforts were in vain . The Cloud - Riders fell to the beast , who was seemingly ignoring Solo ' s Star - Hoppers altogether . Arrogantus could do little but watch as the behemoth engineered a landslide , killing a slew of the Cloud - Riders instantaneously . His subordinates protested , but Arrogantus was determined to have the beast destroyed , as well as claim Shen . When only a few of the Cloud - Riders remained , Arrogantus briefly entertained the possibility of retreat , but once again resolved to destroy the beast . He noticed one of the elderly villagers , the " Old One , " controlling the beast . Remembering that the Old One had continually talked of controlling a legendary monster , he realized that the villager was the source of his problem . Arrogantus raced towards the Old One with the intent of destroying him , but both he and the Old One were then trampled by the behemoth , killing them instantly . The Cloud - Riders later dissolved , and began fighting amongst themselves for possession of the savings back at their camp . Two years later , Arrogantus was profiled by historian Voren Na ' al . Personality and traits . Serji - X Arrogantus was noted for his callous disregard for the rules of swoop racing , and his arrogant attitude towards the real hazards and dangers posed by the sport . Such was his arrogance that he was nicknamed " the Arrogant One . " He enjoyed a strong fanbase , but upon losing them to the newcomer Hodrix , Arrogantus was driven to desperate measures , attempting an incredibly foolhardy stunt that almost claimed his life . He was able to attract unintelligent low - lifes to his cause when he formulated the Cloud - Riders , and although he was pragmatic enough to accept a deal with the village of Onacra , his impatience eventually got the better of him , and he returned to his pillaging ways . Arrogantus was labaled a " devil " by the villagers of Onacra . Conversely , he believed himself to possess delicate sensibilities , and was not particularly one to bandy words with his opponents . Respectively , he had a low opinion of the farmers , calling them " peons , " and Han Solo ' s Star - Hoppers . He was not averse to threatening his opponents , however , but had an inflated opinion of his own importance , scoffing at the idea that the assembled Star - Hoppers could even hope to challenge him . Arrogantus valued dramatic and opulent entrances , and determined that he would never surrender to anyone . When the behemoth of Aduba - 3 decimated his men , it affected him personally , and he resolved that the monster would die at his hands . Arrogantus considered himself a gentleman in private , although he conceded that he was a maladroit one . Rather than simply claiming his beloved , Merri Shen , though force , he wanted to seduce and woo her with his charms . In addition to his charms , Arrogantus possessed a blaster pistol , a personal skyspeeder , and a fake identification . He also had the ability to speak , read , and write Basic , and could also speak Dug . For his attire , he donned a brown leather flight jacket , and a set of green - lensed flight goggles . Behind the scenes . Serji - X Arrogantus first appeared in " " ( 1978 ) , which was written by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin . He was killed off two issues later , in " " ( 1978 ) , for which Don Glut was added to the writing team . The issues were loosely based on film " " ( 1954 ) , and Arrogantus filled the role of primary antagonist . Roy Thomas based the character ' s name on Sergio Aragonés , a figure of renown in the comics community , who worked extensively for . The character went untouched for many decades , much like many other elements of the early Marvel Comics " Star Wars " run , until profiled in the 2001 article " The Starhoppers of Aduba - 3 . "