Cornelius Evazan

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A grubby, scarred smuggler from Alsakan, **Cornelius Evazan** was once a promising surgeon, but became notorious for conducting cruel medical experiments. Dr. Evazan tried to bully Luke Skywalker in the Mos Eisley cantina, boasting that he faced a death sentence in 12 systems. The doctor and his pal Ponda Baba assumed the young farmboy would be an easy target, and paid little heed to the old man in dusty robes who’d accompanied young Luke into the bar. That was a fatal mistake: when Evazan hurled Luke aside and pulled his blaster, Obi-Wan Kenobi coolly ignited his lightsaber and cut Evazan down.

## Biography

**Dr. Cornelius Evazan** was a  human from Alsakan who was a promising cosmetic surgeon until he became gripped by madness and began practicing "creative surgery" on his patients, leaving his victims horrifically disfigured. After information concerning his cruel medical experiments came to light, his face was hideously scarred in an encounter with a bounty hunter. The Aqualish thug Ponda Baba rescued Evazan from the hunter, following which the two formed an uneasy partnership and began smuggling spice for the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure. They became wanted men, and shortly before the Battle of Yavin, Evazan and Baba were patrons in the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine. When a drunk Baba decided to pick a fight with a local farmboy named Luke Skywalker, Evazan quickly escalated the conflict, boasting of the pair's notoriety before threatening the boy. Skywalker's guardian, a hermit named Obi-Wan Kenobi, attempted to calm tensions, but this only infuriated the pair of dangerous criminals. Evazan flung the farmboy aside, and the pirates drew their blaster pistols on the wizened old man—in secret one of the few remaining Jedi Masters—but Kenobi used his lightsaber to slash Evazan across his chest and sever Baba's right arm before they could discharge their weapons, much to the surprise of the cantina's other patrons. Evazan tried to use his medical training to reattach Baba's arm but failed, nearly killing the Aqualish in the process.

## Personality and Traits

Prior to being gripped by madness, Dr. Cornelius Evazan was considered to be a promising surgeon, though he later gained notoriety for the cruelty he inflicted upon his patients. He and Baba enjoyed brawling and gunning down defenceless beings and Evazan was boastful of his infamy, openly informing Luke Skywalker that he had the death sentence on twelve systems. After Baba began to bully Skywalker, Evazan was quick to escalate the argument, even going so far as to threaten Skywalker before Obi-Wan Kenobi, his guardian, interceded. Paying little heed to the old man's attempt to smooth over tensions, the doctor resorted to violence, shoving the farmboy aside and drawing his blaster pistol.

A male human, Evazan had fair skin and stood at a height of 1.77 Meters. His eyes were colored blue, though his right eye was damaged in an encounter with a bounty hunter that resulted in the horrific scarring of Evazan's nose and the right side of his face. Evazan's hair was colored black with patches of gray, though he showed signs of balding, and stubble covered the lower half of his face.

## Equipment

Evazan wore a long-sleeved khaki shirt underneath a brown vest, a black belt with a golden buckle, which had a holster for his SE-14C blaster pistol on its left and a pouch on its right, a pair of dark brown pants, and a pair of black boots.