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Vanya

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Vanya
Physical description
Species

Twi'lek

Gender

Male

Chronological and political information
Era(s)

Rise of the Empire era

"Uncle" Vanya was a Twi'lek crime boss from the Corporate Sector. It was Vanya who gave the Outrider, a Corellian YT-2400, to a pilot in his employ named Dash Rendar. Through some creative accounting by Rendar's droid Leebo, Vanya inadvertently paid to upgrade the Outrider to become a smuggling ship. After Rendar saved his life during an Espo raid, Vanya gave up his grudge against him.

[edit] Behind the scenes

Uncle Vanya is the name of a famous Russian play by Anton Chekhov. The name "Vanya" itself is the diminutive of "Ivan," which itself is the Russian equivalent of the Italian "Giovanni," German "Johannes," or the English "John."

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