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Nysad was one of Jabba the Hutt's many Kajain'sa'Nikto guards and servants.
Biography
Nysad was a Kajain'sa'Nikto[2] male[3] who worked as a guard for the[5] Hutt crime lord[6] Jabba Desilijic Tiure, whom the Nikto was fiercely loyal to. He stood guard on Jabba's sail barge,[5] the Khetanna,[7] during the Hutt's trips to Mos Eisley,[5] a spaceport city on the planet Tatooine.[8]
present in Jabba's Throne Room during the Max Rebo Band's performance of Jedi Rocks and Luke Skywalker's arrival to the Palace.[9]
Nysad was aboard the Khetanna at the Great Pit of Carkoon when Luke Skywalker was to be executed. He erupted from a top-opening hatch built into the deck, at the opposing end to the deck-mounted cannon, as the lightsaber wielding Skywalker turned to face him. Nysad managed to fire off one shot, which Skywalker deflected, before slicing Nysad across his chest with his lightsaber. Nysad subsequently fell through the hatch from whence he came.[9]
Personality and traits
Nysad had red skin[4] and was fiercely loyal to Jabba.[5]
Behind the scenes
The image of Nysad mistakenly identified as Lathe by Decipher.
Hasbro produced an action figure modeled after Nysad (named "Nikto Gunner") in 2009 as part of their Legacy series. The figure came packaged with an anti-personnel laser cannon, but the character never used such a weapon in the film (it was used by a different Nikto, Vizam).
Deciper has used the image of Nysad on the card representing Lathe for the Tatooine Limited set. Lathe was later retconned to be a different character.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
- Escape from Jabba's Palace
Sources
Prop helmet worn by Nysad
- 1983 Topps Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Series 1 Card: Watched by Boba Fett (backup link) (as Nikto)
- Return of the Jedi Weekly 21 (as Nikto)
- Return of the Jedi Weekly 23 (Cover only)
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book (1984) (Picture only)
- Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters (Cover only)
- The Complete Star Wars Trilogy Scrapbook (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive (Picture only)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Jabba's Palace Limited Card: Nysad (backup link)- Star Wars: Behind the Magic
- Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary (Picture only)
- "Who's Who in Jabba's Palace" — Star Wars Insider 60
- The Essential Atlas (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Legacy Collection (Pack: #23: Nikto Gunner) (backup link)
- The Unknown Regions
- "Rogues Gallery: An Audience with Jabba the Hutt" — Star Wars Insider 134 (reprinted in Rogues, Scoundrels, and Bounty Hunters)
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection
- "A Star Wars Family Legacy" — Star Wars Insider 141 (reprinted in Special Edition 2017) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Magazine 2 (Picture only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
"Who's Who in Jabba's Palace" — Star Wars Insider 60
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Return of the Jedi Weekly 21
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
Star Wars: Legacy Collection (Pack: #23: Nikto Gunner) (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Jabba's Palace Limited Card: Nysad (backup link)
- ↑ The Official Star Wars Fact File 38 JAB 1-4: Jabba the Hutt
- ↑ Star Wars: Incredible Cross-Sections
- ↑ Mos Eisley in the Databank (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
