Nal Kenuun was a male Muun who resided in the city of Pilaan on the planet Muunilinst. He was a rich and powerful gambler who held high-staked games and participated in illegal podracing by sponsoring his own team. In 0 ABY, Kenuun captured the Rebels Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Tobin Elad after they killed his podracer pilot, Grunta. With an upcoming race looming, Kenuun offered to give the Rebels a datacard he had taken from Mak Luunim, a Rebel contact he had killed due to an unpaid debt, in exchange for one of the Rebels taking Grunta's spot in the race. Skywalker accepted the arrangement and eventually won the race. However, after the Rebels received the datacard from Kenuun, the Muun tried to collect the Imperial bounties on Solo and Elad. When Organa threatened to harm Urgiluu, Kenuun's pet krayt dragon, Kenuun consented to let the Rebels escape without further incident.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Personality and traits 3 Behind the scenes 4 Appearances 5 Notes and references 6 External links 6.1 In other languages

BiographyEdit

Nal Kenuun was a male Muun who resided in the city of Pilaan on the planet Muunilinst. Kenuun was taller and slimmer than most Muuns, as observed by Rebel pilot Luke Skywalker when he first met the Muun. Rich and powerful, Kenuun had many individuals in debt to him, including several Imperial stormtroopers stationed on the planet, whom he used as his own private guard. Other Muuns were wary of earning his ire, as Kenuun was generally known to have people who offended him killed. When fellow Muun Mak Luunim was unable to pay back his debt to Kenuun, Kenuun arranged his death—Luunim was killed when his airspeeder's central turbine failed in midair, an action carried out by Kenuun's stormtroopers.^[1]

In 0 ABY, Skywalker, accompanied by fellow Rebels Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and X-7, the latter of whom the Rebels were unaware was actually an Imperial assassin secretly using the alias Tobin Elad, went to Muunilinst in search of Luunim, who had been a Rebel contact managing a part of their funds. Luunim, however, was already dead by the time that Skywalker and the others arrived. Having learned that Kenuun had raided Luunim's apartment, taking everything of value, the Rebels concluded that Kenuun was in possession of a datacard that they had sought to retrieve from Luunim. The datacard contained a set of secret financial accounts that the Rebellion badly needed to replace their lost funds after Alderaan's destruction.^[1]

While looking for information on how to contact Kenuun, the Rebels were approached by Grunta, a Dug podracer pilot under the employ of Kenuun. Grunta offered to lead the Rebels to a high-staked gambling game that Kenuun was holding in exchange for a hundred-credit fee. However, Grunta turned on the Rebels when he led them into an ambush by four of his fellow Dugs flying swoops and armed with blasters who tried to rob them. After a short fight, the Rebels were able to drive the robbers away, killing Grunta in the process, but were ambushed again by Kenuun's stormtroopers. Owing to Grunta's penchant for trouble, Kenuun had a homing droid shadowing him as a precaution, which enabled Kenuun's stormtroopers to find and capture the Rebels. The Rebels were taken to Kenuun's home, where, after being restrained by stun cuffs on a makeshift prison for a certain length of time, they were finally able to meet Kenuun. Their captor inquired why they were keen to meet him, and after learning their reasons, Kenuun admitted that he did have Luunim's datacard. In exchange for it, however, the Muun demanded that one of them take Grunta's place and race for Kenuun in an upcoming podrace event. When the Rebels pointed out that podracing was not suited for a human, Kenuun warned them of the fate of individuals who chose not to repay their debts to him, subtly reminding them of Luunim's death. Eventually, Skywalker agreed to the proposition and volunteered himself.^[1]

Kenuun lent Skywalker Grunta's podracer, a Collor Pondrat Plug-2 Behemoth. While Skywalker was testing the podracer, one of its engines caught fire due to a defective current filter, and Skywalker lost control of the craft, which crashed into the ground and subsequently exploded. Unhurt and determined to win the race, Skywalker was able to convince Kenuun to lend him another one. Similarly bent on winning, Kenuun allowed Skywalker to choose another podracer from his vast collection. After a close race, Skywalker emerged as the winner, beating the other podracer pilots sponsored by Kenuun's Muun rivals. When Skywalker, Solo, and X-7 went back to Kenuun's apartment to collect the datacard, Kenuun proved true to his word handed over the datacard to the Rebels. As the Rebels tried to leave, however, Kenuun summoned his stormtroopers and then tried to collect the Imperial bounties on Solo and X-7 as payment for the first podracer that Skywalker crashed. The ensuing fight ended in a standoff, in which one of the stormtroopers leveled a blaster rifle on Solo, while X-7 raised one on Kenuun. In order to prove his loyalty and earn the Rebel's trust, X-7 offered himself to Kenuun in exchange for Solo's and Skywalker's safety. Kenuun agreed to the proposition when Organa suddenly appeared and declared a new agreement by threatening to harm Kenuun's pet krayt dragon, Urgiluu. Fearing that the krayt dragon pearl inside Urgiluu's stomach might be damaged, Kenuun allowed the Rebels to leave Muunilinst safely.^[1]

Personality and traitsEdit

A typical Muun, though considerably taller and slimmer compared to others of his kind, Kenuun was very particular when it came to monetary matters, deeming it dishonorable to renege or go back on one's word concerning financial dealings. Kenuun was also fastidious regarding his possessions, never failing to demand a replacement or a suitable payment be made in the instances in which his properties were destroyed. When his podracer pilot Grunta was killed by Skywalker and his fellow Rebels, Kenuun threatened to kill them unless someone took Grunta's place in the race, as Kenuun claimed Grunta to be his own property. After Skywalker won the podracing event, the Muun remained true to his word and handed over the datacard that he had promised to the Rebels. It was only after the exchange was made that he tried to collect the Imperial bounty on Solo and X-7.^[1]

Nal Kenuun had a reputation for being cold-hearted and cruel, which made his attachment to his pet krayt dragon all the more humorous to his Muun rivals, who mocked Kenuun behind his back. However, what his rivals did not know was that Kenuun held no affection for the creature, but was more interested in harvesting the valuable pearl that the dragon had in its stomach. Inspiring fear in everyone who knew him, Kenuun arranged the deaths of beings for reasons varying from not paying their debts to him to the simplest matter of angering him. One individual in particular who laughed in front of Kenuun upon learning his attachment to his pet was killed along with his entire family. However, being smart and calculating, Kenuun ensured that no proof was ever found tying himself to the murders.^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

Nal Kenuun was a character created by author Alex Wheeler for the 2008 novel Rebel Force: Target, the first novel in the Rebel Force series. To date, Rebel Force: Target is Kenuun's only appearance in Star Wars canon.

AppearancesEdit

• Rebel Force: Target (First appearance)

Notes and referencesEdit

External linksEdit

•  Nal Kenuun in The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia