Turk Falso

"Trust me. We're getting that spice!"

―Turk Falso — 20?cb=20250116042720

Turk Falso^[5] was a male Weequay member of the Ohnaka pirate gang. Falso was present when Hondo Ohnaka captured Count Dooku—leader of the Separatist Alliance—on Florrum during the Clone Wars. When a ransom of one million credits in spice was to be paid for Dooku's capture by the Galactic Republic,^[4] Falso sought to take the spice for himself, killing the diplomat Senator Kharrus in the process. His plan to betray Ohnaka failed, however, so Falso and another Weequay attempted to make an escape from Florrum. Before they could depart, Dooku escaped his prison and used the Force to make Falso kill his pirate ally before choking him to death.^[3]

Biography

Turk Falso was part of the Ohnaka Gang,^[4] despite disliking taking orders from Hondo Ohnaka.^[1]

Capture of Dooku

Ohnaka's gang found Count Dooku on Vanqor, after he escaped from a battle between him and two Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. Ohnaka offered Dooku passage to Florrum, a planet six parsecs away. When Dooku arrived on Florrum, he was captured by the pirates. Ohnaka contacted the Republic and demanded the Republic to pay 1,000,000 credits in spice in exchange for the captured Count. Jedi Knights Kenobi and Skywalker were tasked to go to Florrum and confirm if the pirates did indeed capture Dooku. Upon their arrival, Falso scanned them with a portable scanner for any hidden weapons and lead them to his leader. They met Ohnaka and saw Dooku locked up in a containment field in his cell. Kenobi contacted Chancellor Palpatine to confirm the capture of Dooku. Palpatine sent Senator Kharrus and Representative Jar Jar Binks on a ransom mission. Later Falso invited Kenobi and Skywalker to join them in a Weequay banquet.^[4]

Deception and death

Falso tried to double cross his captain, Hondo Ohnaka, the leader of the pirate gang on the backwater world of Florrum, to steal the spice ransom for himself. He ordered a fellow pirate, Barb Mentir, to shoot down the ship carrying the spice in order to get it. His plan worked, partially, but the clone troopers and Binks survived the crash, killing only the pilots and Kharrus. After Falso heard that there were possible survivors from Mentir, he went to acquire the spice himself along with some other pirates, traveling towards the crash site utilizing swoop bikes. Falso stole the spice from the wreckage of the ship located in the Doshar fields, but Binks and the surviving clones got it back after chasing Falso and his gang by riding on skalders, creatures native to Florrum.^[3]

Falso being by Count Dooku — Falso being Force choked by Count Dooku

After returning to the pirate base, Falso said to Ohnaka that the Republic hadn't send the spice, but an army. He asked if he could send tanks to destroy the army. Ohnaka gave him permission, but Falso's plan failed. One of the tanks was accidentally destroyed by Binks, who rammed it into one of the power lines to the pirate outpost. The remaining two tanks were attacked by Commander Stone and the clone troopers and both tanks were captured. They used them to quickly go to Ohnaka's pirate base and get in unnoticed. Falso was about to flee in a Flarestar-class attack shuttle knowing that Ohnaka would figure out his betrayal, when he was suddenly choked and lifted into the air by an unseen force. As Mentir watched, Dooku, who had escaped from the pirate prison during the power loss in the base, emerged from the shadows and manipulated Falso into shooting the other pirate in the chest before crushing Falso's throat with the Force, killing him. Dooku then escaped Florrum in the Weequay saucer craft, which the two pirates had been planning to escape in.^[3]

Personality and traits

Turk Falso was a Weequay male^[4] who stood at 1.92 meters (6 feet, 4 inches),^[1] and had gray eyes and gray skin.^[4] Falso was a scheming individual who was more loyal to his own interests than that of the Ohnaka Gang. Daydreaming of being his own boss, he was willing to disobey orders and instead form his own plans.^[1]

Skills and abilities

Turk Falso was exceptionally skilled in combat and speeder bike piloting. He also excelled in scheming,^[1] and attempted to steal the ransom the Republic sent to the Ohnaka Gang.^[3]