Gizz's Gang

Gizz's Gang,Pirates & Privateers commonly referred to as Jabba's swoop gangShadows of the Empire Sourcebook was a motley swoop gang of mercenaries, bounty hunters, and other scoundrels in the employ of the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure during the Galactic Civil War. By the year 3.5 ABY, the gang was led by Gizman.
Big Gizz was the leader of Jabba's gang on Tatooine. The Hutt was often later annoyed by the gang riding their speeders inside the corridors of his palace. Spiker was Gizz's right hand man, and they were the only members of the gang to survive the encounter with Jedi Luke Skywalker. After Jabba's death, Gizz and Spiker were reunited, as Gizz was left for dead by Jix, a "fellow biker"/Imperial spy, and Spiker was shot in the attempt to retrieve Han Solo's carbonized body from Boba Fett. Having stolen a ship from Jabba's palace following the Rebel operation on Tatooine, Gizz and Spiker were almost killed by a deadly security device Jabba had installed onboard the craft, which turned out to be his personal treasure ship. After they crash-landed the ship, and escaped with their lives, the bikers left to find civilization in the company of Onoh, who had been guarding the ship.
==Behind the scenes==
The swoop gang is featured in all media of the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire multimedia project. It was inspired by the "conehead" swoop bikers designed by Industrial Light and Magic for the special edition of . In most media, they are faceless and nameless, but the comic series fleshes out their background, and some of the individual members.
In the video game they feature the "conehead" appearance,Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire video game and a "conehead" also appears in the cover of the third issue of the comic series, drawn by Hugh Fleming.Shadows of the Empire 3
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire novel 
*Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire abridged audiobook
*Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire junior novelization
*Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire video game
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*Shadows of the Empire 2
*Shadows of the Empire 3
*Shadows of the Empire 4
*Shadows of the Empire 5
*The Mandalorian Armor 
*"The Jabba Tape"
==Sources==
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*The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
*Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook 
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*Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Limited Collector's Edition
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*Pirates & Privateers 
*Star Wars: The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt
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==Notes and references==
Category:Hutt Clan organizations