Ok so The Book Of Boba Fett Episode 2 just introduced a big character from the expanded
lore. During the first part of the episode we were introduced to two of Jabba's cousins
and with them was one of the most fearsome Bounty Hunters in the galaxy. A giant black
wookie with gladiator armour and spiked Knuckle dusters.
He certainly left a massive impression without saying but but who is he and what can we
expect from the character?
Well throughout this video we're gonna be breaking down everything you need to know
about the Wookie and also talking about what we can expect from him. If you don't want
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Ok so like most Wookies, Black Krrsantan was born on Kashyyk. This lush forest greenland
featured in Revenge Of The Sith and though the Jedi managed to defend it against the
Sepratist army things became messed up once the Emporer got power. After the clone wars
ended the entirety of Kashyyk was enslaved and this is why we see Chewbacca chained up
in Solo A Star Wars Story.
The character made his debut in Darth Vader Issue 1 which released in 2015. Taking place
after the first death star's destruction this chronicles the events in the Star Wars saga
between a New Hope and The Empire Strikes back.
The book also brought Dr Aphra to the mainstream but we'll talk about her later on.
If you just wanna know his origin story though then you should pick up Doctor Aphra Annual
1 as that's where the majority of it is told through flashbacks.
Like many Wookies, Krrsantan is extremely strong and vicious when pushed and this has
made him an incredibly sought after Bounty hunter.
Little is known about his early life but we do know that he ended up leaving Kashyyyk
in disgrace. Wookies in general are a very honor driven species and Black K was somewhat
of a rebel went against their ways.
Time for a joke, What's Black Krrsantan's favourite rapper? Chewpacca.
Thank you what a terrific audience.
Now After learning a group of trandosshan slavers were travelling to the planet to capture
fighters for their gladiator matches he hatched a plan. Black K left a dead wookie as bait
as he knew it would draw them out. Waiting it out and stalking those that arrived, Krrsantan
killed several of the slavers before capturing one, demanding that they take him off world
and to the Xonti Brothers.
They were surprised to learn that unlike the rest of the captives that he actually volunteered
but they quickly enslaved him and put him to work.
The Xonti Brothers ran a pit fighting tournament which allowed him to become a master at combat
and overtime he became one of the most ferocious gladiators in the galaxy. During this time,
Krrsantan's hands were filled with metal which allowed him to have permanent Knuckle Dusters
something that will potentially pop up in the show. In episode 2 we can see that he
is wearing spiked knuckle dusters so things may have been changed up slightly.
Now Black K eventually earned his freedom but he vowed to get revenge on the Xonti brothers
and to hurt them much in the same way that they'd hurt him. In Wookie Society there's
something known as a life debt in which the person must return the same punishment that
they received. This means that though Black K won't kill them, he will torture them and
he'll also stop at nothing until the debt is paid off.
Krrsantan was sold and after gaining his freedom he became a bounty hunter that worked for
the crime lord Jabba The Hutt. He collected several big prizes and Krrsantan has sort
of been retrofitted into the Star Wars cannon. Over the years he's gone up against Han Solo
and Luke and there was even a story in which he went toe to toe with Obi Wan.
Being the loveable Gangster that he is, Jabba had started to Tax moisture farmers but one
of these defied him and actually stopped the payments from going through.
Jabba orderer him to track down a man who had put an end to this and this led him to
the area in which Obi Wan was currently residing at. Turned out he had put an end to it and
Krrsantan took Owen Lars hostage went into the desert and then made him scream for help.
Obi Wan appeared at this point and the two went head to head.
Obi Wan came out on top and Krrsantan ended up falling off a cliff.
He fled the planet for some time and this incensed Jabba but eventually the two ended
up working together again.
went home with his tails tucked between his legs. This actually takes place in Star Wars
Issue 20 if you wanna read up on the full fight.
I'd actually love to see this play out in the Obi-Wan Kenobi show which we know will
be releasing soon on Disney Plus. With him working alongside Jabba's cousins and also
being on Tattooine there are many ways that they can ties things in together and I'd love
to see some prequel elements in that series that help to set up things that happen in
the Book Of Boba Fett.
However as we saw with Cobb Vanth, when characters are brought across from the expanded lore
certain things are changed about them to fit the Disney Plus shows so who knows if the
Lars storyline will stay in place.
Now after the battle of Yavin, Darth Vader arrived on Tattooine in order to broker a
deal with Jabba and The Empire.
During this Vader requested that Jabba supply him with two bounty hunters to carry out jobs
for him. Jabba gave him Fett and Krrsantan and judging by Episode 2 it doesn't look like
they've met, however they might reveal that the two have worked together before.
Now Fett went off to find Luke Skywalker and Krrsantan was tasked with tracking down an
Agent of The Emperor. In the Darth Vader comics especially, they make it very clear that Vader
and Palpatine are pretty much always trying to screw the other one over and they're constantly
spying on each other to see what they're up to. Palpatine of course had several apprentices
taken out by other characters that then replaced them and as we saw in Return of The Jedi,
Vader wanted to use Luke's help to overthrow him.
This agent was called Cylo-IV and Krrsantan managed to capture him and take him to Vader.
However he himself never found out the information that Vader was after but Galaxy's biggest
dead beat dad appreciated him completing the mission and the skill it took.
It's during this time that he also met Dr. Aphra, a sort of female Indiana Jones for
the Star Wars universe. Aphra is a female archeologist that Vader tasked with doing
specific missions and she became one of his most trusted allies. However she ended up
falling out of favour with Vader and the character faked her own death to hide from him. Should've
should've just went back to where he grew up, he'd never think of looking there.
Anyway I think she's got a high possibility of showing up in the series too and though
there haven't been any casting announcements for her that I can find, if Black K is here
I imagine she is too. Now Aphra actually coined the Nickname Black K and also BK but the guy
isn't flipping burgers.
What.
Together she and Krrsantan ended up working together and alongisde Beebox, Bossk and IG-90
they carried out a heist together. Shortly after he travelled to Vrogas Vas in order
to capture Luke Skywalker. Krrsantan ended up attacking the millenium falcon and even
duked it out with Chewbacca. Just before the fight Chewbacca had actually been poisoned
and thus Krrsantan easily bested him. As he went to kill Solo, C-3PO intervened and Krrsantan
punched him. Having knuckle dusters built into his hands caused a reaction though and
Krrsantan was electrocuted by the droid.
Krrsantan was spared and his next job involved bringing in Aphra, dead or alive. Krrsantan
tracked her down and he ended up taking her to Vader's flagship The Executor. She was
shot into space as part of her...duh duh dun execution but Krrsantan actually ended up
rescuing her.
That should bring you fully up to speed with the character and going forward we know in
the year 9 BBY that he's working for The Hutt Twins who are the cousins of Jabba The Hutt.
Dr Aphra is not in sight and we know from the expanded lore that the pair ended up working
together.
No one really knows what happend to the pair Aphra that but it's clear they've gone their
separate ways. Now under the employ of the two Hutt Twins he's very much used as a means
of intimidation. I actually think that going forward, Boba will take out the pair and he'll
end up working with Big K in order to form a new crime syndicate. You have to remember,
he's a bounty hunter at the end of the day and due to his skills I think he'd be highly
sought after by Fett.
I hope that they keep him around for a while and it would be great if he also showed up
in the Obi Wan series to bring their showdown from the comics to life.
Now I'd of course love to hear your thoughts on the character and also what you think he's
gonna be doing in the series.
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