Ochi

**Ochi**, was a humanoid alien male Jedi hunter and a Master assassin of the Sith known as **Ochi of Bestoon**, hailing from the world of the same name with a career spanning decades, from the twilight of the Galactic Republic, and the subsequent rise of the Galactic Empire to the era of the New Republic. Ochi possessed a personal Sith dagger used to commit acts of murder, and had head implants. Trained in combat and martial skills, Ochi was very capable fighter and lent his services to the Sith Lords Darth Sidious and Darth Vader, as well as the criminal underworld.

Born on the planet of Bestoon, Ochi became a member of the Assassin's Guild and was active by the time of the Clone Wars as a Jedi hunter and seeker of Sith arcana, where he would face down the likes of Jedi Masters Depa Billaba and Mace Windu.

During the Imperial Era, Ochi was an associate of advisor Yupe Tashu and was employed as an assassin by both the Emperor, Darth Sidious, and his right-hand, Darth Vader. Ochi also took part in the auction of Han Solo and became an undercover operative of Lady Qi'ra and Crimson Dawn following the Battle of Hoth.

He continued to work after the demise of the Sith as the New Republic arose, becoming a devotee of both the Acolytes of the Beyond and the Sith Eternal cults.

## History

At some point, Ochi acquired the services of the droid D-O from one of his victims, a scholar whom Ochi had murdered on Primus Cabru. In the time of the New Republic, Ochi partnered with Yupe Tashu and the pair joined the self-styled Acolytes of the Beyond.

In 7 ABY, Ochi received a distress signal sent by the droid R4-S9 on the volcanic planet Mustafar. He traveled to Mustafar in the *Bestoon Legacy* in an attempt to rescue the Sith Eternal cultist Chattar Lal, who had been defeated and captured by the bounty hunter Boba Fett. Ochi, finding Fett at his *Slave I*, taunted the bounty hunter about his success. However, Fett was unfazed by this, stating that he was only doing his job and taking Lal in for the greater good and also money. Ochi then engaged Fett in a fierce stand-off duel across the hellish plains of Mustafar, using his Sith dagger alongside his blaster pistol and spear. The pair subsequently took their duel to the lava sea, with Ochi standing on a large repulsorlift platform and Fett standing on a Mustafar Panning Droid as they clashed. Fett then used his jetpack to propel himself off the nimble mining droid and into Ochi's lava skiff. The repulsorlift veered off course following Fett's attack and smashed onto the shore, spilling both combatants onto the ground near the lava.

Getting away from the lava riverbank, the pair continued to fight at the Mensix Mining Facility and its surrounding grounds, and suddenly Fett brandished a lightsaber of his own, taking Ochi by surprise. Fett was able to hold his ground despite wielding the lightsaber with only basic skill, much to Ochi's disbelief. Soon after, Fett launched a missile from his jetpack at Ochi, knocking the assassin back and disarming him. As a result, Fett was the victor of the fight, continuing on to make preparations for delivering Chattar Lal to Indiana Jones. The beaten Ochi, having once again been bested due to his frequent assumption that he was better than his opponents, cursed Fett, saying that dark forces would soon come in the name of the Sith. His mission a failure, Ochi later retreated from Mustafar in the *Bestoon Legacy* to an unknown location.

## Personality and traits

Although he was an assassin of the Sith, Ochi of Bestoon was devoted to serving only the most powerful, hence his pledges of allegiance to Darth Sidious and Darth Vader. As such, during the Syndicate War, those around Ochi were unsure if he was loyal to the Sith and Empire or their enemies in Crimson Dawn. He remarked that he was "playing a lot of sides." Despite his tendency towards serving others, he was extremely arrogant and headstrong, eager to rush into fights even when the odds were stacked against him. He was also easily amused and frequently laughed when things went his way. While he possessed great talents as a fighter and a tracker, Ochi was frequently outwitted and caught off guard, largely due to his assumption that he was better than his opponents. But even when he was defeated or overwhelmed, he continued to press on and put himself at risk for the sake of his own ego.

At one point, he even boasted about his knowledge of the location of the Emperor's wayfinder in a cantina. After being blinded, he became obsessed with the incident and the "beauty" of the kyber crystal. Ochi was also obsessed with ancient Sith arcana. While not Force-sensitive himself, the relic hunter believed that the dark side of the Force propelled him and shaped his actions, considering his murders to be in the service of the greater darkness beyond the veil. He was also unkind to his droid D-O, whom he neglected and discarded. Ochi found standard Imperial caf awful to drink.

Ochi had an inflated view of his own skills and resourcefulness as a bounty hunter. Due to his embrace of the dark side, Ochi was also driven into homicidal frenzies which led him to kill other beings for real and perceived wrongs. Under the influence of a Sith dagger which drained the blood of sentient beings, Ochi was also at times driven to kill by blood lust.

Despite his arrogance, Ochi was a very capable fighter who could face several opponents at once and even hold his own against Darth Vader for a time. This proved to be a challenge for even Boba Fett, who even had to brandish a lightsaber in the later part of his duel with Ochi on Mustafar. During this fight, Ochi used his Sith dagger, which was capable of deflecting lightsabers, as shown when he used it to defend himself against Fett's lightsaber strikes. When outmatched by superior opponents, Ochi would create diversions in order to escape.

## Appearances

* Ochi of Bestoon (First appearance)
* Tales from Vader's Castle, Part I (Appears in Newsreel)