D'harhan

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A near-Human bounty hunter, D'harhan was a cyborg who sported a laser cannon built into his body, which was powered by a light mass core. He and Boba Fett had a long past together, and held each other in high regard.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Weapon system 3 Appearances 4 Sources

[edit] Biography

For unknown reasons, Boba Fett accompanied D'harhan when he received his surgery to become a cyborg, and as such, knew better than most the nature of D'harhan's enhancements.

D'harhan worked with Fett at multiple points in his career, including on Bellassa, hunting down the fugitive Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ferus Olin. He and Boba Fett attacked Olin, Kenobi, and Trever Flume at the Red Twins spaceport.

During the Bounty Hunter Wars, Fett hired D'harhan in 0 ABY, to join his team along with IG-88B, Bossk, and Zuckuss. When he arrived at their meeting point, D'harhan almost attacked Zuckuss when the Gand attempted to touch D'harhan's ship. Boba Fett calmed him down, the two bounty hunters commenting on how long it had been since they had seen one another. The group split in two groups to fly to Circumtore to meet with the Shell Hutts, with D'harhan joining Zuckuss aboard Slave I with Fett.

While D'harhan slept in the cargo hold, his cannon subconsciously tracked Zuckuss' movements, frightening the Gand into joining Fett in the cockpit. When Zuckuss — who was disturbed by the cyborg's transformation — pressed Fett for more information on D'harhan, and why he had never heard of him, Fett simply told him that D'harhan minded his own business, and traveled in areas of the galaxy Zuckuss would never go.

After arriving in orbit around Circumtore, the Shell Hutts demanded that all the bounty hunters come down to the planet unarmed. D'harhan balked at this demand, saying that he was a weapon, and would not be able to go. When Fett proposed that they take out his light mass core — the power for the weapon. D'harhan rejected the offer at first, saying his weapon was his spirit, and that if Fett took that by which D'harhan killed others, it would be like death to him. Fett told him it would only seem like death, and that real death would come later. D'harhan relented, and allowed Fett to reach deep inside his inner workings, from which Fett pulled the core. D'harhan collapsed to the floor, then declared that Fett owed him big time.

After meeting with Gheeta planetside, the Hutt betrayed the bounty hunters and released a large mercenary force upon the group. As the mercenaries attacked — wounding Zuckuss and Bossk — D'harhan stood in the middle of the room, howling in fury that he couldn't fire back. Seeing that their greatest weapon was useless and about to get himself killed in his anger, Fett ran out and slipped the power core back into place. D'harhan began to blast away at the mercenaries, decimating their numbers.

Soon though, his wounds began to accumulate, as his body was merely flesh and blood. First his knees buckled, then he fell to the ground, unable to hold up the great weight of his cannon any longer. Fett ran out to his comrade once more, and tore free the connections from D'harhan's back, allowing Fett to fire the weapon himself. Fett finished off most of the remaining mercenaries, forcing those who survived to surrender. Gheeta, furious his plan had failed, confronted both the mercenaries and Fett. Fett then pushed D'harhan forward, placing the cannon inside the Shell Hutt's armored body. He fired the weapon inside Gheeta's shell, completely liquefying the Hutt.

Fett then laid the mortally wounded bounty hunter on the ground, holding him as he lay dying. D'harhan said he should never have trusted Fett, to which Fett agreed. D'harhan then said that he could stop now, but Fett still must go on. He then died in Fett's arms.

Fett would later reflect that he considered D'harhan to be just another part of his past that had been erased.

[edit] Weapon system

D'harhan had — at some point in the distant past — submitted himself to a radical surgery, whereupon he was essentially transformed into a walking cannon. This weapon was reportedly strong enough to pierce light starship armor or vaporize enemy infantry. His entire head had been removed, and its functions replaced cybernetically. The cannon — which took the place of D'harhan's head — was bolted to his collarbones, as well as attached to an anchoring plate placed into his chest. A primitive gear functioned as the cannon's vertical lifting mechanism. Two power cylinders flanked his metal spine, and power cables looped under his arms and around his chest. He also possessed a saurian-like cybernetic tail, which was long and segmented. When firing, the tail functioned like the back leg of a tripod, steadying D'harhan against the weapon's kick. The weapon was cooled by a relatively primitive cooling system — one that dated back to the early days of the Republic, which generated a great deal of steam when the weapon was powered up (such as when D'harhan was angry) or when it was firing.

The cannon was flanked on either side with targeting sensors and indicator lights, all of which was wired directly into his nervous system. The targeting sensors functioned as his eyes, and the cannon "looked" everywhere D'harhan did. The indicator lights allowed others to know D'harhans mood — yellow was a stand-by mode, orange meant danger, and red meant he was ready to fire.

D'harhan's brain was moved to an armored box in his midsection, covered by a thick chest plate. As he no longer possessed a mouth, he required the use of a small box that he kept clipped to his belt, which contained both a speaker and a screen which could silently display words. A keyboard allowed D'harhan to communicate with others, albeit rarely, and slowly. It was mentioned by Boba Fett, during the mission to Circumtore, that when there were many cyborgs of the same type they communicated through an internal com-link network, presumably also attached directly to the nervous system.

During his "sleep" (more like a stand-by function), the cannon still tracked movements around him, as well as allowed him to both sense when others approached, and hear what was being said.

[edit] Appearances

• The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission
• The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning
• The Mandalorian Armor (First appearance) (Appears in flashback(s))
• Slave Ship (Mentioned only)

[edit] Sources

• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia