Greedo

Key events in Greedo's story

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44 BBY - Birth

Greedo is born a Rodian and later moves to Tatooine as a youth, growing up in Mos Espa.

32 BBY - Scuffle with Anakin Skywalker

After the Boonta Eve Classic, Greedo accuses young Anakin Skywalker of cheating to beat Sebulba and starts a fight. His friend Wald warns him that picking fights will lead to a bad end.

~21 BBY - Kidnapping of the Papanoida Daughters

Now working for Jabba the Hutt, Greedo is hired by the Trade Federation to abduct Chairman Papanoida's daughters to pressure Pantora into joining the Separatists. Che Amanwe strikes him with an idol and leaves his blood on it.

~21 BBY - Exposed at Jabba's Palace

Papanoida and his son Ion trace the blood to Greedo and present the evidence to Jabba. The Hutt forces Greedo to lead them to the Mos Eisley cantina, where the kidnappers are killed in a firefight. Greedo slips away.

Imperial Era - Trouble in Mos Eisley

While Obi-Wan Kenobi is in exile on Tatooine, a blaster-wielding Sullustan confronts Greedo in the back alley behind Chalmun's Cantina.

Imperial Era - Capturing Figrin D'an

Greedo delivers the indebted bandleader Figrin D'an to Jabba. While they serve the Hutt, the Modal Nodes learn that Greedo has been releasing small-time bounties so he can recapture them. They later tell Jabba, and a grudge forms.

Imperial Era - The Urn Heist on Corellia

Jabba pairs Greedo with Han Solo and Chewbacca to steal a verillix urn holding the ashes of Krestrel D'Naran. The break-in at Augustus Graves' penthouse fails, and Solo leaves Greedo stranded on Corellia.

Imperial Era - Betraying Solo

Picked up by Khel Tanna's crew, Greedo helps chase the impostor Corbus Tyra and shoots Solo in the chest on Paqualis III. He then helps recover the Millennium Falcon from an Imperial impound on Iakar and cheats his way to ownership of the ship at sabacc.

Imperial Era - Collecting on a Fake

Solo interrogates Greedo and knocks him out to retake the Falcon. Greedo then teams up with Tyra, passes burnt ronto meat off to Jabba as D'Naran's ashes, and collects the reward.

Imperial Era - Failure on Mygeeto

Sent by Jabba to kill IGBC Vice Chairman Anolo and seize a Givin codebreaker, Greedo kills Anolo and takes Ki-Adi-Mundi's old lightsaber, but loses the codebreaker. Jabba threatens to feed him to a rancor until Dok-Ondar buys the lightsaber.

1 BBY - The Hunt for Han Solo

Jabba gives Greedo one last chance: collect the bounty on Solo for dumping a Hutt cargo. Greedo hires Ponda Baba and Doctor Evazan as backup and leans on the Bith musician Lirin Car'n over a debt.

1 BBY - Death in Chalmun's Cantina

After his backup is lost to Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber, Greedo corners Solo alone and demands the money or the Millennium Falcon. He gloats for too long, and Solo shoots him dead from under the table. Wuher drags his body out of the cantina.

1 BBY - Aftermath

Rodians on Tatooine swear revenge on Solo, but he has already left the planet. Greedo's career is soon forgotten, remembered only for how it ended.