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| Thuku | |
| Continuity: | Star Wars |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Occupation: | Bounty hunter |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Rodian |
| Location: | Rodia |
| Associations: | Chattza Clan Bounty Hunters' Guild |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | Star Wars: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina |
| Actor: | Diana Sadley Way |
Thuku is a fictional alien bounty hunter and a minor character featured in the Star Wars multimedia franchise. He appeared in a short story presented in Star Wars: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina titled "A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale". A previously unnamed character featured in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is now attributed to Thuku. The character was portrayed by an extra named Diana Sadley in the film.
Biography[]
Thuku was raised a member of the Chattza clan of the Rodian species on the planet, Rodia. During the Galactic Civil War, Thuku became an accomplished bounty hunter and often worked alongside his fellow clan-member, Neesh.
Both Thuku and Neesh were veterans of the Rodian Clan Wars perpetuated by the warlord known as Navik the Red. As such, they were always looking to assassinate members from the rival Tetsu clan. Neesh and Thuku hired an assassin named Spurch "Warhog" Goa to kill a young Tetsu mercenary named Greedo. Spurch had developed a relationship with Greedo and had helped the young Rodian develop his skills as a potential bounty hunter. Secretly, Spurch despised Rodians and took great joy in manipulating Greedo into going after the Corellian smuggler, Han Solo. Spurch knew that Solo would kill Greedo and he was able to successfully honor his commitment to Thuku without firing a single shot himself. Thuku and Neesh paid Spurch with a chest full of Rodian coinage, claiming that they would have killed Greedo themselves, but they did not want it to become common knowledge that they were hunting their own kind.
Physical appearance[]
Thuku was uncommonly tall for a Rodian, but aside from his height, he appeared no different than any other member of his clan. He commonly dressed in an insulated, green spacer's uniform and wore a tan-colored utility vest. Presumably, this style of attire was common to many Rodians within the bounty hunting trade.
Notes & Trivia[]
- Although Thuku was a male character, a female extra named Diana Sadley played the character in Episode IV.
- Thuku was the Rodian seen walking outside of the Mos Eisley Cantina, shortly after the death of Greedo in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
- In the Rodian tongue, Thuku’s name means stoic. The name is considered common and harkens to an historical lineage of the Chattza people.