Short story
Of Possible Futures: The Tale of Zuckuss and 4-LOM
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"Of Possible Futures: The Tale of Zuckuss and 4-LOM" is a short story written by M. Shayne Bell and featured in Tales of the Bounty Hunters, which was published in December 1996 by Bantam Spectra. It concerns the backstory of the bounty hunters Zuckuss and 4-LOM.
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Facts
- Title
- "Of Possible Futures: The Tale of Zuckuss and 4-LOM"
- Author
- M. Shayne Bell
- Editor
- Kevin J. Anderson
- Publisher
- Bantam Spectra
- Released
- December 1996
- Published in
- Tales of the Bounty Hunters
- Timeline
- 3 ABY (38:6–38:7 GrS)
Who turns up here
Characters: 35
- 2-1B
- 4-LOM
- Bindu (first appearance)
- Bossk
- Bright Hope hacker droid (first appearance)
- C-3PO
- Crimmins (first appearance)
- Darklighter (first appearance)
- Dengar
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure (mentioned only)
- Samoc and Toryn Farr's mother (first mentioned)
- Samoc Farr (first appearance)
- Toryn Farr
- Boba Fett
- FX-7
- IG-88B
- Jabba's rancor (mentioned only)
- Nardix (first mentioned)
- Sala Natu (first appearance)
- Leia Organa
- Firmus Piett
- Dom Pricina (first appearance, in a flashback)
- R2-D2
- Carlist Rieekan
- Meghan Rivers (first appearance)
- Rory (first appearance)
- Seito (first appearance)
- Luke Skywalker (voice only)
- Han Solo
- Berec Tanaal (first appearance)
- Unidentified Imperial controller (first appearance)
- Unidentified Imperial controller (first appearance, voice only)
- Darth Vader
- Venka (indirect mention)
- Zuckuss
Species: 8
Planets: 7
- Darlyn Boda
- Gand (mentioned only)
- Hoth
- Hoth
- Hoth asteroid field (mentioned only)
- Mechis III (mentioned only)
- Rebel rendezvous point
Places: 3
- Darlyn Boda jewel shop
- Echo Base
- Jabba's Palace (mentioned only)
Galaxy: 2
- Galactic Core (mentioned only)
- Hoth system
Starships: 12
Vehicles: 1
- Snowspeeder (mentioned only)
Organizations: 11
- Bounty Hunters' Guild (mentioned only)
- Findsman
- Galactic Empire
- Snowtrooper
- Galactic Republic (mentioned only)
- New Republic (mentioned only)
- Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Alliance Special Forces (mentioned only)
- Rebel pilot
- Order of the Sith Lords
- Corellian
Events: 1
Technology: 16
- 2-1B surgical droid
- 3PO-series protocol droid
- FX-7 medical assistant droid
- IG-88 assassin droid
- LOM-series protocol droid
- R2-series astromech droid
- Computer
- Darth Vader's armor
- Hologram (mentioned only)
- Knife
- Power coupling (mentioned only)
- Power cell (mentioned only)
- Thermal detonator
- Ankarres Sapphire
- Award of Merit
- Galactic Credit Standard
Lore: 3
- Jedi Knight (in a vision)
- Gand wine
- Marble (in a flashback)
Everything else: 40
- Spy droid
- Slicer droid
- Darlyn Boda
- Bounty hunter
- Farr family
- Moff (mentioned only)
- Princess
- Chief Controller
- Commander
- General
- Acquisition cell one
- Star Destroyer
- Airlock
- Ammonia bomb
- Blaster
- Chrono
- Comlink
- Comm unit
- Containment shield
- Glowrod
- Grenade
- Headset comlink
- Intercom
- Memory bank
- Synth-sapph (mentioned only)
- Ammonia
- Bantha wool (first appearance)
- Cloning (mentioned only)
- Corellian Jiang (in a flashback)
- Diamond (in a flashback)
- Emerald (in a flashback)
- Garnet (in a flashback)
- Hyperspace
- Imperial Most Wanted List
- Jedi academy (in a vision)
- May the Force be with you
- Oxygen
- The Force (mentioned only)
- Dark side of the Force (mentioned only)
- Viewport
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