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by: Leland Y Chee

date posted: Jan 19, 2006 3:02 PM | updated: Feb 23, 2006 1:35 PM

Movie Characters killed in the EU

Ever wonder what ultimately happened to your favorite characters? The Expanded Universe has revealed the fates of many characters whose deaths weren't shown onscreen.

Warning! Some of those listed below are spoilers from recently released sources.

Early-EU "near-deaths"
Some of the early intended deaths in the EU were later negated by appearances in later EU sources.

General Dodonna [Goodwin/Williamson comics]
Apparently killed while sacrificing himself to slow the Imperial counterattack on the Rebel base on Yavin 4, we learn later that Dodonna survived and was taken prisoner until the liberation of Coruscant.

Janson [Marvel comics]
Janson appeared to have died during the evacuation of Hoth after his and Wedge's escape craft is shot down. In the Rogue Squadron books and comics, he's alive and well. It has since been stated that the death on Hoth story is just a legend that is told to new Rogue Squadron recruits.

Hobbie and General Veers [ESB novelization]
In the novelization, Hobbie stops the assault of the lead Imperial walker by crashing his snowspeeder into AT-AT's head, killing Veers in the process. Hobbie later appears in the Rogue Squadron books and comics with reference often made to his ability to survive crashes. It was revealed that Veers survived only to die many years later on Balmorra.

EU Deaths
32 BBY Sifo-Dyas [Labyrinth of Evil]
31 BBY Gardulla the Hutt [Bounty Hunter video game]
27 BBY Yaddle [Jedi Quest juvenile series]
27 BBY Yarael Poof [Zam Wesell comic]
22 BBY Eeth Koth [Inside the Worlds of Star Wars AOTC]
22 BBY Sun Fac [Republic Commando video game]
20 BBY Adi Gallia [Obsession comic]
20 BBY Chancellor Valorum, Oppo Rancisis, Sora Bulq [Republic comics]
18 BBY Pablo-Jill, Roth-Del Masona [Labyrinth of Evil, Insider #86]
19 BBY Jocasta Nu [ROTS video game]
19 BBY Barriss Offee ["Reversal of Fortune" online comic]
19 BBY Luminara Unduli [ROTS comic adaptation]
18 BBY Bultar Swan, Koffi Arana, Ma'kis'shaalas [Purge comic]
18 Fang Zar, Commander Appo [Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader]
18 BBY Queen Apailana [Battlefront II]
0+ Feltipern Trevagg, Het Nkik, Mod Terrik [Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina]
3 ABY IG-88 (There are actually multiple IG-88s, one of which you see the remains of in the garbage dump of Cloud City in ESB.) [Tales of the Bounty Hunters][Shadows the Empire]
4 ABY EV-9D9 [Tales from Jabba's Palace RPG]
4 ABY Lak Sivrak [Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina]
4 ABY Ten Numb [X-Wing Rogue Leader]
12 ABY Crix Madine [Darksaber]
~24 ABY General Dodonna [The New Essential Guide to Characters]
24 ABY Mon Mothma [The New Essential Chronology]
25 ABY Chewbacca [Vector Prime]
28 ABY Admiral Ackbar [Unifying Force]
? Chief Chirpa [Essential Guide to Alien Species]
? Kardue'sai'Malloc (Labria) [Tatooine Manhunt RPG]

Non-Continuity Deaths
Watto[Visionaries]
Watto appears in the Galaxies video game

"Resurrections"
Boba Fett [Marvel Comics, Bounty Hunter Wars #1: The Mandalorian Armor, et al]
Boba Fett climbs out of the Sarlacc in the Marvel comic only to be thrown back in again while inside the hull of a sandcrawler. His real escape is chronicled elsewhere in various other sources.

Palpatine (clone) [Dark Empire comics]
Palpatine's clone dies, his life force enters another clone body, that clone body is killed, and another clone emerges. When that final clone entity attempts to possess the body of the newly born Anakin Solo, it is intercepted by the dying Empatojayos Brand, thus snuffing out the Emperor's will once and for all.

Darth Maul (clone or Sith magic or something) [Tales #9]
A version of Darth Maul is back long enough to have a Maul vs. Vader showdown. Note that Visionaries also had a Maul with a cybernetic lower half that is killed by Owen and Obi-Wan on Tatooine. And in Tales #17, there's a guy preserving Maul's brain.

Bib Fortuna [Tales from Jabba's Palace][Rogue Squadron: Battleground: Tatooine]
His death is not seen in the film, so this technically might not be a resurrection. Bib goes back to Jabba's palace to take over crime operations but he is among those who are subdued in a sudden insurrection by the B'omarr monks. Bib's brain is placed in a jar but he later manages to transfer his brain into the body of Firith Olan.

Grievous [Galaxies video game]
Not a resurrection of the alien entity that makes up Grievous, but a reuse of the Grievous technology.

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	wawaboy2 The Cantina
date Posted: Jan 19, 2006 3:20 PM Very Complete List. Also you see the details of EV-9D9's "death" in Tales from Jabba's Palace.

Sand Hill

date Posted: Jan 19, 2006 3:57 PM

Palpatine (clone) [Dark Empire comics]
Palpatine's clone dies, his life force enters another clone body, that clone body is killed, and another clone emerges. When that final clone entity attempts to possess the body of the newly born Anakin Skywalker, it is intercepted by the dying Empatojayos Brand, thus snuffing out the Emperor's will once and for all.

I think you mean Anakin Solo but its a nice list.

	Oboe-Wan Oboe-Wan's Hive of Scum & Villainy
date Posted: Jan 19, 2006 5:02 PM If you could, would you email me and tell me where to find Tales #9 so I can read about this knock down drag out battle between vader & maul? I am very very very new to EU so still unsure of where to look.

	Leland Y Chee Keeper of the Holocron's Blog
date Posted: Jan 19, 2006 5:12 PM Tales #9 is can be found in the Star Wars Tales Volume 3 trade paperback. I've made some corrections based on the comments above. Thanks and keep 'em coming.

	Rive Caedo Rive's Uncharted Settlements
date Posted: Jan 19, 2006 6:31 PM Hm... Could Dash Rendar be considered a film character now since the Outrider was added briefly to the shot over Mos Eisley in Episode IV Special Edition? The Vader vs. Maul brawl is canon? D'oh! That's just... silly. Insert tribute to Admiral Ackbar

	Grand Admiral Mitchell Scott Chewie, is that you?
date Posted: Jan 20, 2006 9:09 AM Poor Chewie.

	The_Agent_of_Evil
date Posted: Jan 20, 2006 9:48 AM Commander Appo was killed in Dark Lord.

Leland Y Chee
Keeper of the Holocron's Blog

date Posted: Jan 20, 2006 10:15 AM

The Vader vs. Maul brawl is canon? It's not quite the real Darth Maul. Hence the "or something." Who knows, it could have been a vision like Luke confronting Vader on Dagobah or just some sort of Sith illusion. Or a clone. Nothing's been determined as to what we are actually seeing, just that Vader and Maul have a pretty cool battle.

The Dash Rendar issue is moot because he's not dead yet (see Shadows of the Empire: Evolution and Star Wars Insider #75).

Appo added.

	**MasterYoda*** Master Jedi's Blog
date Posted: Jan 20, 2006 2:46 PM Sora Bulq was killed by Quinlan Vos in Republic 77

	Sompeetalay Sompeetalay's Source Blog
date Posted: Jan 20, 2006 3:30 PM More recently Ten Numb in the new 'Rogue Squadron' comics Why was that necessary?

	**MasterYoda*** Master Jedi's Blog
date Posted: Jan 20, 2006 3:41 PM But was Ten Numb ever in the moves?

	Pabawan Fragments from the Mind's Eye
date Posted: Jan 20, 2006 3:49 PM He's in the briefing room, if you believe he's wearing a red uniform. ph

	**MasterYoda*** Master Jedi's Blog
date Posted: Jan 21, 2006 6:23 AM Really? I've always wondered where he was.

	Rogue_Follower What Ever Happened to Grambo the Worrt?
date Posted: Jan 21, 2006 4:14 PM -"The Vader vs. Maul brawl is canon? D'oh! That's just... silly." Actually, many consider it one of the best Vader comics. IMHO, its not silly at all.

	jkthunder Seven Pieces
date Posted: Jan 21, 2006 8:14 PM dont remind me about chewie!! i dont think ill ever get over it

	CooperTFN Scotch Tape and Popsicle Sticks
date Posted: Jan 23, 2006 1:19 AM Nothing's been determined as to what we are actually seeing, just that Vader and Maul have a pretty cool battle. But the story is canon now?! Awesome.

	Sompeetalay Sompeetalay's Source Blog
date Posted: Jan 24, 2006 11:22 AM - Lak Sivrak doesn't die in 'GG ANH'. He died in 'Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina'. - Koffi Arana dies in 'Purge' and so does Ma'kis'shaalas.

	JMMC
date Posted: Jan 24, 2006 2:56 PM As near as I can tell, the New Essential Chronology does not mention Dodonna's death. Teh New Essential Character Guide mentions it, but gives no date. Is there another place this is mentioned? JMM

JMMC

date Posted: Jan 25, 2006 8:34 AM

There was an originally "Non-continuity death" in the Gameboy Advance game, "New Droid Army", but it has since been ret-conned into something else.

The game ends with Anakin defeating Count Dooku, likely killing him. But this was canonized/ret-conned by Abel Pena in a Fact Files article, which said that Anakin defeated a Force "doppelganger" of Dooku, an idea from the Dark Empire series when Luke appears to Leia from far away. Abel's detailed explanation can be found in this article on the SWFA website.

JMM

	Senator Yarua
date Posted: Jan 25, 2006 12:37 PM Finis Valorum was killed in Republic #61 (collected in Clone Wars Volume 5).

	The Dark Moose Moose Poodoo
date Posted: Jan 25, 2006 1:59 PM I've always assumed that the idea of a central character dying undergoes a lot of scrutinty and endures a little behind the scenes controversy. Would you say that's true? Seems like it would have to go a ways up the chain of command.

	Leland Y Chee Keeper of the Holocron's Blog
date Posted: Jan 25, 2006 3:45 PM Valorum added - I can't believe I missed that one. Seems like it would have to go a ways up the chain of command. Definitely for major characters. Usually much less so for minor characters. I have no idea how these types of things were handled in the early years.

	Sompeetalay Sompeetalay's Source Blog
date Posted: Jan 26, 2006 3:12 PM Quinlan Vos in the 'RotS'-comic. Master Vos is mentioned, just as Sifo-Dyas

	Sompeetalay Sompeetalay's Source Blog
date Posted: Jan 26, 2006 11:24 PM Or maybe he does survive? I guess we'll soon find out in the Republic comics

	Qymaen jai Sheelal
date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 5:56 PM San Hill and Shu Mai [ROTS comic adaptation]

	Ello137 Apocalypse Later
date Posted: Feb 03, 2006 5:01 PM As stated above, EV9D9 was killed circa 4ABY, during RotJ. The Gotal from the Cantina dies the day after he is seen. J'Quill and Tessek are disembodied in Tales From Jabba's Palace No specifics are given for Jerriko, but he is described as "hunted" Dr. Evazan doesn't die, its Ponda Baba, his Aqualish lackey takes the fall.

	Ello137 Apocalypse Later
date Posted: Feb 05, 2006 10:39 AM Also, given the announced far-future comic, EVERYONE could be considered to have died.

	Wari What noone else is thinking......
date Posted: Feb 09, 2006 12:07 PM Thanks for all the refferences!!!! I didnt know Bultar Swan survived order 66. Now I have to get my hands on a Purge comic.

	deadite_jedi Aren't you a little opinionated for a Stormtrooper?
date Posted: Apr 13, 2006 3:48 PM Sompeetalay said "- Lak Sivrak doesn't die in 'GG ANH'. He died in 'Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina'.", which is true, but if memory serves... I believe he aided the rebels on Hoth, and that was his actual place of death.

	Ello137 Apocalypse Later
date Posted: Apr 19, 2006 12:21 PM No, he dies over Endor. The Lamproid dies on Hoth.

	LtNOWIS
date Posted: May 06, 2006 1:11 PM Is the 18 BBY death-date for Queen Apailana a typo? I've heard it was 12 BBY.

	Leland Y Chee Keeper of the Holocron's Blog
date Posted: May 08, 2006 9:36 AM Not a typo.

jedivan2
Jedivan's Viewpoint

date Posted: May 17, 2006 8:51 PM

The Dark Empire Comic Trilogy is considered EU continuity. As a result, I'm puzzled why you list the Clone Emperor's death under "Non-continuity", since you refer to Dark Empire with reference to General Dodonna's "near-death". Author Michael Stackpole included Dodnna in the X-Wing novels The Krytos Trap and Isard's Revenge to explain the apparent discrepency between the Goodwin/Williamson comics and Dark Empire.

	Leland Y Chee Keeper of the Holocron's Blog
date Posted: May 18, 2006 9:18 AM The only non-continuity death listed here is Watto's. "Resurrections" under this list are in-continuity.

	JarenValnor Jaren Valnor's Thirsty Renegade Cantina
date Posted: Aug 11, 2006 6:38 PM So the resurrection of Maul in Visionaries is canonical? Is Tag and Bink canonical?

	ngrall
date Posted: Mar 10, 2007 1:50 PM So how exactly is the Resurrection story from Tales #9 considered canonical when it is clearly printed with the infinities logo accompanying it? It was printed in the tales #9, the tales Volume #3, and the Star Wars - The Comics Companion as an infinities tales. How exactly has this changed?

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