Vect Nokru

Vect Nokru was a human mercenary from the planet Alderaan who was active during the Imperial Era. In 9 BBY, he and his Black Mask gang were hired by the Third Sister of the Galactic Empire Jedi-hunting group the Inquisitorius to kidnap the ten year-old Princess Leia Organa of the planet Alderaan and use her as bait for the fugitive Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi. The trio captured the girl on Alderaan and took her to a spice den on the planet Daiyu.

Nokru and his assailants locked Leia away and set a trap for Kenobi with a decoy. The Jedi fell for the bait and was held at gunpoint by the mercenaries, Nokru taunting his new captive. However, Kenobi used a vial of spice to intoxicate the trio and escape, rescuing Leia in the process. The Third Sister reached Nokru to find her target had escaped and eventually used the mercenary to send a bounty on the Jedi across the city on Daiyu. The Grand Inquisitor, who had arrived to intervene with the Third Sister's unsanctioned actions, then apprehended Nokru. Interrogating the mercenary the Inquisitor demanded Kenobi's location before killing the mercenary with his lightsaber.

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