Lando Calrissian as Tamtel Skreej.
Tamtel Skreej is a fictional name featured in the Star Wars multimedia franchise. It is an alias used by Lando Calrissian while he was undercover infiltrating the crime cartel of gangster Jabba the Hutt.
Lando Calrissian was burdened with guilt over the part he played in the capture and carbonite freezing of his friend Han Solo. Now an outlaw and a member of the Rebel Alliance, Lando committed himself towards rescuing Han at all costs. Along with Rebel Alliance heroes Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa and Chewbacca, Lando played a key role in a complex rescue operation to save Han.
Han's frozen body had been taken to the palace of Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine where it was suspended on a wall as a decoration. Lando infiltrated Jabba's cartel and assumed the alias Tamtel Skreej. His cover identity was that he was a demolition racer, who piloted a Bantha-II cargo skiff in Jabba's illegal underground demolition circuit. As Skreej, Lando's disguise consisted of a suit of Tantel reconnaissance armor and a helmet fitted with a partial face mask of gondor tusks. To complete the disguise, Lando brandished a vibro-ax.
On the day that the rescue operation was to commence, Lando made sure that he was front and center when Leia Organa, disguised as a bounty hunter named Boushh, brought a supposedly captured Chewbacca into Jabba's Palace under the pretense of collecting the bounty. Lando and Leia took note of one another and exchanged glances, signalling each other that the operation was proceding as planned.
Fortunately, Lando was on the desert skiff used to ferry Luke Skywalker, a revived Han Solo and Chewbacca out to the Great Pit of Carkoon, where they were to be fed to the Sarlacc. On Luke's signal, Lando shed his Tamtel Skreej identity and began fighting up against Jabba's men. He grappled with a Kajain'sa'Nikto named Vedain, losing his helmet in the process. He almost lost a lot more than that when an impact shot sent him reeling over the edge of the skiff towards the Sarlacc's maw. Lando survived however and said farewell not only to Tatooine but to his one-time undercover identity as well.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The name Tamtel Skreej was provided on a card in the Star Wars Customizable Card Game: Jabba's Palace Limited expansion set.
- The name Tametel Skreej is wholly ficticious as per the Star Wars canon. However, a story called "Skreej", featured in Star Wars Tales #10 in 2001 shows that Tamtel Skreej was a separate individual who had the misfortune of having his armor and helmet stolen by Lando Calrissian.