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Gir Kybo Ren-Cha

Gir Kybo Ren-Cha

Biographical information
Homeworld	Tarnoonga^[1]
Physical description
Species	Human^[1]
Gender	Male^[1]
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Dark brown
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era^[1]
Affiliation	Pirates of Tarnoonga

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"No one escapes the wrath of Kybo Ren!"

―Gir Kybo Ren-Cha^[src]

Gir Kybo Ren-Cha, commonly known as simply Kybo Ren, was a space pirate active during the years preceding the Battle of Yavin. He developed a fearsome reputation for terrorizing the Outer Rim Territories along with his loyal band of mercenaries.

1 Biography
2 Personality
3 Behind the scenes
4 Appearances
5 Sources
6 Notes and references
7 External links

BiographyEdit

A native of the planet Tarnoonga^[1] in the Outer Rim Territories^[2] the Human male Gir Kybo Ren-Cha, commonly known as Kybo Ren,^[1] was active as a pirate captain^[3] during the early years of the Galactic Empire. His mostly alien crew^[1] operated out of a base built into an island mountain extending from the ocean on his homeworld.^[3] Ren's crew operated a number of captured Imperial TIE fighters, decorated with the symbol of his gang—a red stylized wampa skull^[1]—on their solar panel wings.^[3] Ren himself flew a modified attack ship, the Dianoga,^[1] which was similarly marked with the pirate's emblem.^[3]

Ren frequently operated in the space around the planet Tammuz-an, conducting raids against convoys en route to the planet. Ren recognized that Tammuz-an was a world of great wealth and,^[1] in 15 BBY,^[4] he began to plan a major assault against the planet itself.^[1] In order to provide him with an advantage over Tammuz-an's naval forces, he stole^[3] the Gladiator-class Star Destroyer^[5] Demolisher from an Imperial repair dock for use in the raid. Knowing that the Empire would come looking for their missing ship, he made plans to scuttle it on a remote planet once it had served its purpose, destroying any evidence that would incriminate him in the theft.^[3]

Shortly before moving against Tammuz-an,^[3] Ren was aboard the Dianoga when a small freighter piloted by a young woman named Jessica Meade entered the system, transporting the Tammuz-an heir apparent, Prince Mon Julpa, back to his homeworld. Ren's ship attacked the transport, and managed to evade the returning fire to maneuver into the other vessel's path. As Ren closed on his target and prepared to disable its engines, the two ships collided. The pirates recovered quickly, but Meade and her passengers had time to abandon ship before Ren opened fire once more, destroying the freighter. Unbeknown to the pirates, Julpa's rival, Zatec-Cha, had hired the bounty hunter IG-88 to capture the prince. Determined to see his bounty unharmed, IG-88's starfighter fired on the Dianoga, allowing Meade and Julpa to safely reach Tammuz-an.^[6]

A short time later, Ren learned of a fuel shipment being delivered to Tammuz-an for use by the planet's starfighter defenses. Knowing that, without the fuel supply, Tammuz-an would be virtually defenseless and open to attack, Ren resolved to capture it. The newly instated King Mon Julpa anticipated Ren's actions and sent a decoy shipment ahead in an attempt to draw the pirate off. Ren's spies, however, alerted the pirate captain to the decoy and he allowed it to pass while waiting for the true shipment. The fuel transport soon arrived, piloted by Jessica Meade and guarded^[3] by an R-22 Spearhead^[7] piloted by Jann Tosh. Ren's TIE fighters attacked, drawing Tosh into a dogfight and allowing Ren to reach the transport in the Dianoga. Docking with the freighter, the pirates cut a hole through the other vessel's hull, and Ren personally led the boarding party, claiming the ship, its crew and cargo. When Tosh's protocol droid, C-3PO, contacted his master to warn him, Ren ordered Tosh to surrender. The pilot agreed and the Dianoga, still attached to Meade's ship, locked a tractor beam onto Tosh's fighter before returning to Tarnoonga.^[3]

Back at his base, Ren had the prisoners brought before him in his throne room.^[3] The pirate captain had become enamored with Meade's fiery spirit, and held her captive as his "personal guest."^[1] With his crew making final preparations to attack Tammuz-an, Ren was unwilling to risk Tosh interfering with his plans and ordered the young pilot's execution. Tosh, along with C-3PO and the astromech droid R2-D2, were taken out on a skiff over the nearby sea, which was inhabited by the predatory miridon. Making Tosh and the droids walk the plank, Ren left them for dead and returned to his base.^[3]

After returning to his base, Ren caught Meade attempting to escape from the quarters where she was being held. The pirate attempted to persuade her to stay with him voluntarily, promising to buy her kingdoms with the wealth of Tammuz-an. Meade pretended to be swayed by Ren's offer and, activating a nearby training remote, asked him to demonstrate his skills. Ren duly obliged and began chasing the remote around the room in an attempt to catch it. With Ren momentarily distracted, Meade attempted to slip out of the room, only to be stopped^[3] by Ren's first mate,^[8] Jyn Obah, who arrived to inform his captain that Tosh and the droids had survived and returned to the base for Meade. Leaving Obah to watch over Meade, Ren set off to catch the intruders.^[3]

Ren soon arrived in the base's combined hangar and sea dock to find it under attack from the miridon, which had followed Tosh into the base. Spotting Tosh and the droids, Ren attempted to apprehend them, but was taken unawares by Meade, who had escaped from Obah, and caught in a net. The pirate soon freed himself and ordered his crew to stop Tosh, Meade and the droids before they escaped. However, his crew were busy trying to fend off the miridon and the group managed to escape in the captured fuel transport and Tosh's R-22. With his plans in jeopardy, Ren ordered the attack on Tammuz-an to begin immediately.^[3]

As Ren's fighters launched, the pirate captain headed straight to the Demolisher and intercepted Tosh as the young pilot attempted to leave the system. Tosh's R-22 was caught in a tractor beam and brought aboard the Demolisher, where Ren had Tosh imprisoned and put C-3PO and R2-D2 to work loading torpedoes. With Tosh and the droids in custody, Ren took the Demolisher to hyperspace in a race against Meade to Tammuz-an.^[3]

The Demolisher found Jessica's freighter as she was leaving Tarnoonga and opened fire upon it. Fortunately, Jessica was able to flee the vessel via an escape pod. R2-D2 sabotaged the Demolisher's weapons systems, rendering many of the cruiser's command capabilities inoperable.

By this point, Mon Julpa, now the King of Tammuz-an, had sent a squad of R-22 Spearheads to assist Jessica and Jann. They engaged Kybo's TIE fighters and successfully forced the pirate crew to surrender. Captain Kybo was captured and imprisoned. Jyn Obah, one of Kybo's men, attempted to break him out of prison. Ohba was captured, but Kybo escaped with Princess Gerin and decided to hold her for ransom. He told Toda that if he wanted his daughter back, he would have to give up Kybo's crew, ship, and Mon Julpa. Julpa warned Toda that Kybo might not give Gerin back once he got what he wanted.

Meanwhile, Jann Tosh, Jessica Meade, Threepio, and R2-D2 reached the place where Kybo was. They rescued Gerin, but learned that Toda had made his deal with Kybo. Julpa told Kybo to let Gerin go, but he refused. Then Toda appeared with Sollag and an army. A battle ensued, and thanks to Threepio, Kybo and his men were defeated and recaptured.

PersonalityEdit

Captain Kybo was as aggressive as he was arrogant. He believed himself capable of conquering practically any foe, and no amount of pressure could dissuade him from a chosen course of action.

Kybo enjoyed bragging to members of his crew, often referring to himself in the third person. He would shout raspy-voiced commands to anyone within the sound of his voice, followed by a raucous, bellowing peal of laughter.

Captain Kybo's aide-de-camp was an alien of unknown species he was named Jyn Obah. Captain Kybo enlisted the service of several Gamorrean guards to safeguard his base on Tarnoonga.

Behind the scenesEdit

The actor who provided the voice for Gir Kybo Ren-Cha in the Star Wars: Droids animated series is said to be unknown, but is most likely Don Francks, given that he worked on other Nelvana productions at the time and he has the same raspy voice as Gir Kybo.