Dengar was a bounty hunter active from the early stages of the Clone Wars to the Era of the New Republic.
Background[]
Dengar was a human male Corellian bounty hunter active from the early stages of the Clone Wars to the Era of the New Republic. During his youth, Dengar established himself as a swoop racer on his homeworld of Corellia, and later as a gladiator, before becoming a member of the Bounty Hunters' Guild.
Following an operation on Kamino, Dengar joined the aspiring hunter Boba Fett and his team of mercenaries, where he accompanied them on several missions.
Following the rise of the Galactic Empire, Dengar worked for the Hutt Clan as a mercenary for Jabba, and in 3 ABY, accepted a job from Darth Vader to capture Han Solo. Though he ultimately lost out on the bounty to Fett, he returned to Jabba's Palace when Luke Skywalker arrived to rescue his friend.
Personality[]
Dengar is a crude, greedy, and brutish mercenary who cares mostly about money and self-preservation; often prioritizing profit and survival. Despite this he loves his girlfriend Manaroo. During the Clone Wars, while young he was cocky bounty hunter who work in Boba Fett's Krayt's Claw along with Bossk, Latts Razzi, C-21 Highsinger, Oked, and Asajj Ventress, which he flirted with the latter. By the time of the Galactic Civil War, he is one of the bounty hunters Vader hires to track the Millennium Falcon.
Abilities[]
- Cybernetic Enhancements: At some point near the end of the Clone Wars, Dengar received cyborg enhancements nearly much of his body after a near-fatal injury.
- Expert Fighter: Dengar is an excellent fighter, managing to fight Chewbacca at one point.
- Expert Marksman: Dengar is extremely skilled in utilizing blaster pistols and blaster rifles
- Explosives Expert: Dengar is extremely skilled in bombs, sticky-bombs, smoke-bombs, and fireworks.
- Expert Saboteur: Dengar is extremely skilled in sabotaging TIE fighters, buildings, or other such structures.
- Expert Tracker: As a bounty hunter, Dengar is skilled tracker.
- Expert Pilot: Dengar was a skilled pilot who owned an armed star-ship called the Punishing One that was capable on taking on other similar-sized ships. He also used the Punishing One to engage in star-fighter combat.
- Multilingual: Dengar is capable of fluently speaking Basic, Mando'a, Huttese, Rodese, Aqualish, Binary, and Shyriiwook.
Weapons and Equipment[]
- DLT-18 laser rifle (formerly): During the Clone Wars, Dengar carried a DL-18 laser rifle as his primary weapon.
- DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle: By the Imperial Era, Dengar began using a DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle (made from an MG34 machine gun), the successor of the DLT-18, as his primary weapon.
- Valken-38x blaster rifle: As an alternative to the DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle for close-range combat, Dengar carries a Valken-38x blaster rifle (made from an MG42 machine gun) as a blaster carbine in confined places.
- DL-21 blaster pistol: Dengar carried a DL-21 blaster pistol (made from a cutdown Armalite AR-7 rifle) as a secondary weapon.
- Glie-44 blaster pistol: In Bounty Hunters #23 comic, Dengar used a Glie-44 blaster pistol (made from an SIG-Sauer P226 gun) when he took a job from Crimson Dawn to assassinate Lord Khamdek.
- Modified riot gun: Dengar carried a modified riot gun, that was intended to disable and disperse multiple beings in an unruly crowd, Dengar changed it to target an individual.
- Gear: Dengar carries a lot of gear in his rugged armor, ranging from smoke grenades, sticky explosives, a shock bolt, and fire blade.
- Punishing One: Dengar pilots a modified JumpMaster 5000 scout ship called the Punishing One.
Appearances[]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars[]
Dengar appeared in a few episodes of the Clone Wars.
The Empire Strikes Back[]
Dengar is summoned aboard the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor by Darth Vader in his search for the Millennium Falcon. He is accompanied by his old friends Boba Fett and Bossk, along with IG-88, 4-LOM, and Zuckuss.
Return of the Jedi[]
Dengar was present at Jabba's Palace when Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker arrived and attempted to free Han Solo, Leia Organa, and Chewbacca.
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures[]
Dengar appeared as a secondary antagonist in LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures. He works for the Hutt crime lord Graballa, who is obsessed with finding the protagonist Rowan Freemaker.
Printed media[]
Dengar appears in several of the Marvel comics, like the Target Vader series. He joined Beilert Valance's crew to destroy Darth Vader, but Dengar revealed that he was hired by Vader to sabotage the effort to find the Hidden Hand syndicate that was supplying the Rebel Alliances.
Dengar also appears in the comic the Bounty Hunters. A flashback in Issue 23, showed Dengar's rivalry with Han Solo, where Han outwitted him in a swoop bike race.
Dengar appeared several times in the Aftermath trilogy where he joined Jas Emari along with several other bounty hunters Jeeta and Embo. As a result of their actions during the Battle of Jakku, the crew won recognition from the New Republic.
Trivia[]
- Dengar is different in new Canon than Legends:
- He was a swoop racer from Corellia and suffered severe injuries in a race against Han Solo, which left him scarred and cybernetically enhanced by the Empire. This also lead to having a huge grudge against Han.
- In Canon, the Bounty Hunters Issue 23, showed Dengar lost to Han in a swoop race but wasn't injured to the point where he received cybernetics as he was in Legends.
- He was one of Boba Fett's biggest rivals while in Canon he use to work with him on several jobs. Also in Legends, he later became an ally of Boba Fett, even helping rescue him after his escape from the Sarlacc.
- In Legends, he retired from bounty hunting and started a life with his girlfriend Manaroo.
- He was a swoop racer from Corellia and suffered severe injuries in a race against Han Solo, which left him scarred and cybernetically enhanced by the Empire. This also lead to having a huge grudge against Han.
- Before the cancellation of the Clone Wars, Dengar was set to appear in an unfinished bounty hunter arc. Dengar and Latts were not in any clips that involved the arc but they were seen in in image of one of the producer's computers with Bane and Highsinger. The arc had included the standoff with Boba Fett and Cad Bane, where Boba obtain his iconic helmet dent.
- In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, a bounty hunter called Rothgar Deng is said to be rumored to be Dengar, being from a similar homeworld and being cyborgs.
- The 2021 reference book "Din Djarin and Other Characters of the Underworld" went even further, adding that an in-universe rumor stated that Deng was in fact Dengar.
