Dengar

> "*For a second there, I thought you were this other guy.*"
> ― Dengar mistaking Indiana Jones for Han Solo
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**Dengar**, also known as "**Payback**" and **Dengar the Demolisher**, was a Corellian bounty hunter and the pilot of the *Punishing One*. Brought up in the culture of swoop bikes and becoming a successful racer himself, Dengar also led a double life as a successful bounty hunter during the Clone Wars, becoming one of the galaxy's most efficient mercenaries; he participated in an operation on Quarzite—during which he served as a member of Krayt's Claw, a syndicate of hunters including Boba Fett, Bossk, and Asajj Ventress—to secure property valuable to Lord Otua Blank of the planet Quarzite. Dengar also took jobs for clients such as the Grand Hutt Council, fighting against Maul and his Shadow Collective on Nal Hutta.

During the Imperial Era, Dengar became a well-known bounty hunter for hire. Dengar remained active through the Galactic Civil War, during which he was among an elite group of hunters recruited by Darth Vader to capture Solo and the passengers of the *Millennium Falcon* shortly after the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY. Though Dengar ultimately lost Vader's bounty to his rival and partner Boba Fett, he was later present with Bossk and Fett in Jabba's Palace on Tatooine during Solo's rescue by Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker.

Dengar's impressive longevity led him to continue his work as a bounty hunter even after the Empire was defeated at the Battle of Endor. Around a year later, he teamed up with other tenured hunters such as Embo when he joined Jas Emari and her crew after the Battle of Jakku. In 9 ABY Dengar teamed up with Doctor Indiana Jones to steal 4-A7's head from the Second Union at the Bora Vio cloning facility, which the Union forces there were using as their base.

## History

### Skirmish on Corellia

Some time after the Battle of Endor, Dengar got into a fight with the young bounty hunter Mercurial Swift, in a holoplex rooftop on Coronet City, Corellia. Dengar offered guidance, trying to convince him to join a bounty hunter alliance, but Mercurial refused, claiming he was old and ineffective. Dengar managed to have the advantage, aiming his particle array gun at his opponent, but was easily distracted and taken down when the hunter pretended to see Boba Fett standing behind him. Mercurial let him live, claiming to have no reason to kill him without a bounty to his head. The two hunters went on their separate paths, but not before Dengar gave him one last warning, saying times would be different for their kind with the New Republic in power, with the new government potentially forcing bounties on other bounty hunters. Dengar's prediction began to come true when the New Republic began denying services to bounty hunters due to the paranoia following the terrorist attacks that took place on Liberation Day.

### Working for Mercurial Swift

In the days leading up to the Battle of Jakku, Dengar along with his fellow bounty hunters Embo and the Rodian Jeeta accepted work as Mercurial Swift's crew. Swift wanted to collect the Black Sun crime boss Gyuti's bounty on the Zabrak Jas Emari, the niece of the hunter Sugi. In the past, Dengar had once worked with Sugi, who had always hated Dengar. Dengar in turn was unpopular among many of his fellow bounty hunters including Swift. After learning that the Hutt crime lady Niima had taken Jas captive, Dengar and his fellow bounty hunters traveled to Niima's temple of the Inner Rim world of Jakku to take Jas into custody.

However, Jas escaped from her captors and wounded Swift. She then managed to convince Embo, who was a friend of her aunt Sugi, to allow her to escape in Swift's Corellian shuttle. Dengar rushed back to the ship to apprehend her but was unable to stop Jas from escaping. After Jas returned with her friend Norra Wexley and the B1-series battle droid Mister Bones to Niima's temple, Dengar and his fellow hunters cornered Niima and Jas. Niima had earlier agreed to provide Jas and Norra with Imperial uniforms, an Imperial shuttle, and clearance codes to enter the Main Imperial base on Jakku out of gratitude for ferrying her back to her temple.

Niima initially refused to hand over Jas and grabbed Swift by the neck. However, Dengar pointed his blaster at Niima's throat and forced the Hutt to give up Jas. While the hunters were preoccupied, Norra and Bones escaped on the Imperial shuttle.

### Teaming up with Jas Emari

After taking Jas captive, Dengar and his fellow hunters returned to Swift's shuttle. Swift wanted to depart for Nar Shaddaa to hand Jas to Gyuti but was forced to delay his departure due to the Battle of Jakku. While Jeeta landed the ship in a canyon, Jas tormented Swift. Dengar then demanded that Swift tell them his plan.

When an enraged Swift struck Jas, Dengar mocked Swift, who had sustained a facial scar from Jas' horns. Despite Swift's objections, Dengar indicated that he was willing to listen to Jas' counter-offer. Dengar and Embo reacted positively to Jas' offer that the New Republic would reward them for helping to capture the Imperial Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, the alleged mastermind behind the Liberation Day attacks. When Dengar opined that working for the New Republic was not exactly "cozy-making," Jas promised to secure them full pardons if they worked with her. Jas also promised to share the money with Dengar and Embo.

Swift tried to reassert his authority but Dengar countered that he and Embo did not like him. Dengar clubbed Swift in the head with his blaster. Swift managed to grab Jas by the neck and take her hostage. However, the Zabrak headbutted Swift and then punched him in the middle before throwing him out of the shuttle's door. Disliking Swift and accepting Jas' offer, Dengar complimented her. Embo also expressed agreement. Jeeta, who was piloting the ship, also agreed to to work for Jas. Jas and her new crew then flew to the Jakku Observatory where they evacuated Norra.

The Battle of Jakku ultimately ended the Galactic Civil War as a New Republic victory. Following the signing of the Galactic Concordance, Jas managed to secure Dengar, Embo, and Jeeta full pardons and some money from the New Republic. While it was not a huge sum, the money was enough to stop them from killing her and to convince Dengar and his fellow hunters to continue working as Jas' crew. Dengar was particularly pleased by this turn of events and remarked that they needed to watch each others' backs because times were changing.

### Meeting Indiana Jones

In 9 ABY, Dengar was present on Nal Hutta. Doctor Indiana Jones, who was on a job to steal the head of the droid 4-A7 from an old cloning facility on Bora Vio, which military forces of the Second Union were using as their base, came to Dengar to enlist his help on the mission. Dengar agreed to help Jones, as the archaeologist agreed to pay him a hefty sum if the mission was a success.

### Mission to Bora Vio

Dengar and Jones traveled to Bora Vio in the *Punishing One*. They landed successfully and were immediately attacked by Second Union soldiers. During the skirmish aboard the cloning facility, Dengar used the sheer firepower of his DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle to kill many of the Second Union soldiers head-on, even engaging some of them in hand-to-hand combat. Eventually, Jones found 4-A7's head, giving Dengar the signal that they needed to leave.

### Tatooine

After the successful mission, Dengar and Jones traveled to Tatooine aboard the *Punishing One.*

## Personality and traits

Though considered by others to be crude and slovenly, Dengar thought highly of himself, often flirting with females such as Asajj Ventress. His confidence translated into his battle tactics, often taking the fight to the enemy head on with sheer firepower and destruction, which contrasted with the more cunning tactics of hunters like Cad Bane and Boba Fett. Dengar was known to be quite brutal in combat, going so far as to rush his enemies and beat them to death with his heavy blaster rifle. Thanks to his brutality and cunning, Dengar was able to regularly work with Hutt contracts, even often working alone on these missions. In addition, he was held in high regard by Fett for his excellent track record of hunting down his marks. Despite working for crime lords like Jabba, Dengar did not trust them, knowing one failure could lead to his end.

During much of his career, he was considered more ruthless than Boba Fett himself, and usually performed assassinations rather than live captures. Nevertheless, traces of self-recrimination and foggy memories of his past plagued his thoughts, resulting in deep self-loathing and despair. Despite this, Dengar, when working with Indiana Jones, he initially expressed some distrust at Jones due to the archaeologist looking too much like Han Solo, but eventually became a good friend of Jones. This was shown when they teamed up to steal the severed head of 4-A7 from the hands of the Second Union at the Bora Vio cloning facility, and at the end of the mission Dengar had grown to admire the famed archaeologist.

While Dengar worked with several bounty hunters, including Sugi and Mercurial Swift, he was widely disliked by them. Dengar in turn disliked Swift, regarding the younger bounty hunter as arrogant and opportunistic. Jas Emari managed to convince Dengar and his companions Embo and Jeeta to turn against Swift with the promise of financial rewards from the New Republic for hunting down Grand Admiral Sloane and securing full pardons. Dengar knew how to fire a blaster and was also familiar with melee combat.

## Appearances

* A Job Worth Payment (Mentioned only)
* The Final Stand (Mentioned only)
* Bounty (Mentioned only)
* "Hotshot"—*The Further Exploits of Indiana Jones* (First appearance)
* "Desert Sands"—*The Further Exploits of Indiana Jones*
* Beyond the Dune Sea II (Mentioned on datapad)