Danz Borin

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Danz Borin was a Human bounty hunter and gunner who worked for the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure. He tracked down the smuggler Han Solo and his starship, the Milliennium Falcon, to collect the bounty on Solo from Jabba. In 0 BBY, while on the planet Tatooine inside Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina, Borin nearly captured the bounty, before bounty hunter Greedo attempted to and was killed by Solo.

Biography

The Human Danz Borin was a bounty hunter[1] and gunner[4] who worked for the[2] Hutt crime lord[5] Jabba Desilijic Tiure[2] and maintained a residence[1] on the spaceport moon[4] Nar Shaddaa.[1] He tracked down the[1] Human smuggler[6] Han Solo and his starship, the modified YT-1300 light freighter[7] Millennium Falcon, to collect the bounty on Solo from Jabba.[1]

Borin tracked down and sought to collect the bounty on Han Solo (pictured).

Borin tracked down and sought to collect the bounty on Han Solo (pictured).

In 0 BBY,[8] Borin was on the[3] Outer Rim planet Tatooine[9] and visited Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina[3] in the spaceport city Mos Eisley,[10] seeking to collect on the bounty.[2] The bounty hunter, cup in hand, talked with a flight suited individual then went to the bar of the cantina as the moisture farmer Luke Skywalker, the protocol droid C-3PO, the astromech droid R2-D2 entered the cantina, searching for a pilot to take them and the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi to the planet Alderaan.[3]

When the droids were ordered out by the bartender Wuher, Borin sat in a booth and talked with another flight suited individual. A Morseerian[3] and the Rodian Neesh[11] also sat with them.[3] The bounty hunter and the flight suited individual looked in the direction of Skywalker and Kenobi when they got into a dispute with the criminals Cornelius Evazan and Ponda Baba.[9] Borin was about to claim the bounty on Solo but before he did, the Rodian bounty hunter Greedo, who was also employed by Jabba, beat him to it.[1] Borin counted himself fortunate[2] as just a minute later, Greedo was[1] easily[2] killed by Solo.[1]

Personality and traits

Borin had light skin and brown hair.[3] He was cocky[1] and nearly as good as he boasted, to his companions' delight.[4]

Equipment

Borin wore a white flight suit and a white helmet while at Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina.[3]

Behind the scenes

Danz Borin first appeared in the 1977 original trilogy film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.[3] The Cantina scenes that featured Borin, portrayed by Chris Bunn,[12] were shot at Shepperton Studios between April 12 and April 22, 1976.[13] Borin was first identified with a card released in A New Hope Limited,[4] the 1996[14] expansion set to Decipher's Star Wars Customizable Card Game.[4]

Appearances

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Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 86 ("Borin, Danz")
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 The Official Star Wars Fact File 22 CAN 1-6: Mos Eisley Cantina Characters
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Swccglogolg Star Wars Customizable Card Game — A New Hope Limited Card: Danz Borin (backup link)
  5. ↑ The Official Star Wars Fact File 38 JAB 1-4: Jabba the Hutt
  6. ↑ StarWars.com Encyclopedia Han Solo in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
  7. ↑ Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual
  8. ↑ The New Essential Chronology dates the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope to 0 BBY.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars: Complete Locations
  10. ↑ Databank title Mos Eisley in the Databank (original site is defunct)
  11. ↑ SW Force Collection Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Neesh (★★))
  12. ↑ Premium-Era-real Echo Base Live Bespin Bazaar: Saturday 1st October 2022: New guest announcements by Bayliss, Carl on Fantha Tracks (August 24, 2022) (backup link archived on August 24, 2022)
  13. ↑ The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
  14. ↑ SWInsider "Pick a Card, Any Card: Making Movie Magic at Decipher, Inc." — Star Wars Insider 31
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