Short story
Payback: The Tale of Dengar
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"Payback: The Tale of Dengar" is a short story written by Dave Wolverton and featured in Tales of the Bounty Hunters, which was published in December 1996 by Bantam Spectra. As the title suggests, it concerns the backstory of the bounty hunter Dengar.
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Facts
- Title
- "Payback: The Tale of Dengar"
- Author
- Dave Wolverton
- Editor
- Kevin J. Anderson
- Publisher
- Bantam Spectra
- Released
- December 1996
- Published in
- Tales of the Bounty Hunters
- Timeline
- 3–4 ABY
Who turns up here
Characters: 20
- Abano (first appearance)
- Salacious B. Crumb
- Barada (mentioned only)
- Lando Calrissian (voice only)
- Yarna d'al' Gargan
- Dengar
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure
- Boba Fett
- Bib Fortuna (mentioned only)
- IG-88B
- Sinick Kritkeen (first appearance)
- Manaroo (first appearance)
- Lorth Needa (voice only)
- Palpatine (indirect mention)
- Firmus Piett
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo
- Tessek
- Darth Vader
- Jabba's rancor
Species: 17
- Bantha
- Bomat (mentioned only)
- Farrow bird
- Krayt dragon (mentioned only)
- Rancor
- Sarlacc (mentioned only)
- Snow demon
- Aruzan (first appearance)
- Askajian
- Gamorrean
- Human
- Hutt
- Kowakian monkey-lizard
- Quarren
- Sand People
- Twi'lek (mentioned only)
- Whiphid
Planets: 12
Places: 8
- Cloud City
- Platform 327 (indirect mention)
- Agrilat (mentioned only)
- Great Pit of Carkoon
- Jabba's Palace
- Motor pool (mentioned only)
- Mos Eisley
- Valley of the Winds
Galaxy: 2
- Corellian system (mentioned only)
- Hoth system
Starships: 16
- Death Squadron
- Death Star I (mentioned only)
- Super Star Destroyer
- Executor-class Star Dreadnought
- Executor
- Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft
- Slave I
- GR-75 medium transport
- Imperial prison barge
- JumpMaster 5000
- Punishing One
- Avenger (indirect mention)
- TIE/ln space superiority starfighter
- TIE/IN interceptor
- YT-1300 light freighter
- Millennium Falcon
Vehicles: 1
- Swoop (mentioned only)
Organizations: 10
- Galactic Empire
- Commission for the Preservation of the New Order
- Imperial Redesign Team (mentioned only)
- Imperial Navy
- Imperial Intelligence (mentioned only)
- Stormtrooper
- Kuat Systems Engineering (mentioned only)
- Order of the Sith Lords
- Rebel Alliance
- Corellian
Events: 3
- Battle of Hoth
- Occupation of Bespin
- Battle of Yavin (indirect mention)
Technology: 18
Lore: 6
- Galactic Emperor (mentioned only)
- Jedi Knight (mentioned only)
- Dark Lord of the Sith
- Huttese
- Force Choke
- Tusken
Real world: 1
Everything else: 66
- Assassin droid
- Cleaning droid (mentioned only)
- Bukeen (mentioned only)
- Bounty hunter
- Captain
- General
- Imperial Assassin
- Lieutenant
- Holy Children of Asrat (mentioned only)
- Moisture farmer
- Smuggler (mentioned only)
- Turan (first appearance)
- Launch bay twelve
- Landspeeder
- Personnel carrier
- Star Destroyer
- Attanni
- Chronometer
- Comm unit
- Cybernetic interface jack
- Deflector shield
- Fire extinguisher
- Heads-up display
- Ion cannon
- Leather
- Life support
- Metal war axe (mentioned only)
- Microtransmitter (mentioned only)
- Portable alarm
- Prosthetic replacement
- Proton torpedo
- Quad blaster (mentioned only)
- Redesign (mentioned only)
- Repulsorlift field
- Scrambler
- Sensor beacon
- Stone-bladed spear (mentioned only)
- Sublight engine
- Tractor beam
- Breechcloth
- Carbonite
- Credit chip (mentioned only)
- Cymbal
- Dola tree (mentioned only)
- Gold
- Grade One
- Hyperspace
- Brain (mentioned only)
- Imperial Military Code
- Section 2127
- Imperial Death warrant
- Inderrin tree
- Iron
- Mnemiotic drug (mentioned only)
- Necklace
- New Order
- Nickel
- Pearl (mentioned only)
- Platinum
- Rupin tree
- Sulfur (mentioned only)
- Tambour
- The Force
- The Teeth of Tatooine
- Tibanna
- Viewport
Not in the archive: 4
- Sinick Kritkeen's wife (mentioned only)
- Manaroo's mother (mentioned only)
- Attack frigate
- Glow globe
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