AVON GARM JAKKAR
Jakkar was born on Corellia 25 years before the Battle of Yavin. ever
since he was a small boy, he has worn a hawk's talon on a chain around
his neck. he always quite liked it, and as a teenager, he came to believe that some day it would come to hold some meaning for him.
he was quite good at any number of things, mostly illegal. and all of
them virtual prerequisites to being a smuggler. he could perhaps have
gotten an honest job working for the Empire, but he was always opposed
to them. he hated the Empire, and for a time considered joining the
Rebellion. but for many years, they didn't seem to stand much of a
chance.
besides, he was more intrigued by a famous Corellian, Han Solo, as
well as others. and so at age 22, he bought himself a ship. a YT-1302,
he liked to call it. it had already been thru a few modifications by
its previous owner, but over the years, Jakkar would come to make
quite a few modifications of his own, including thoroughly redesigning
the drive section, extending the forward mandibles slightly, and
moving the cockpit. aside from those cosmetic changes, he made other,
more functional improvements...
he never had a regular copilot early on. over the first two years he
owned the ship he had renamed the Century Bat, he tried out a number
of possible partners, most of whom he parted with amicably after short
periods. some others not so amicably. but two years after he bought
the Bat, he decided to buy himself a droid. it was a brand new one,
fresh from the show room. its name was E-3PO, and they would have many
adventures together after that...
like most other smugglers, Jakkar occasionally worked for Jabba the
Hutt. he never much liked Jabba, and he only took jobs for him when
he was rather desperate. He managed to get by, though. at least he
never upset the Hutt. Still, business eventually started to get rather
scarce, especially for those who stuck to certain principles, as
Jakkar tended to do.
finally, he was beginning to think about just giving up. but then something surprising
happened. Jabba was killed. and suddenly every criminal in the galaxy was trying to get
a piece of his empire. new alliances were made, some were broken, some people were
killed, some got rich...the entire fringe was in chaos.
but it did seem, eventually, that the best group to join was that of Talon Karrde. Talon,
is it? well, then there's meaning for the necklace, thought Jakkar. so he joined the
organization, bringing E-3PO and the Century Bat with him. after that, he studied
practically everything Karrde or any of Karrde's top people ever did. Jakkar got to
know and quite like most of the people working for Karrde. and he felt great loyalty
and respect for Karrde, as well.
four years later, Karrde and his organization, despite Karrde's best efforts, became
hopelessly enmeshed in the Rebellion. Karrde formed the Smugglers' Alliance, which
was allied with the New Republic. Jakkar, of course, was ecstatic about this
development, though he did his best to hide his feelings from Karrde, who he thought
would have somewhat disapproved.
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