Rycar Ryjerd/Legends
Rycar Ryjerd was the father of Rayc Ryjerd. He was born on Corellia. Oftentimes, he found employment in the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine, training people to be pilots or to help smugglers make a run. At one point, he was a partner of Nabrun Leids, but they later went their own ways, while maintaining a friendly competition. Ryjerd was an expert gun-runner, and flew weapons for Jabba between Nar Shaddaa and Tatooine. He had a droll sense of humor, and was considered by others to be an idiot. His personal bodyguard was Shud Haloo.
In 3 ABY, he was one of the competitors in a race near Novolek Beacon organized by Mal Biron to select skilled smugglers for employment by Black Sun. His ship was named the Tower.
Behind the scenes
Rycar Ryjerd was played by Marcus Powell in A New Hope. Rycar was known on set as the "Flash Gordon Midget." A shot featuring Rycar and a towering alien played by Peter Barbour was filmed for A New Hope, but was not included in the final edit; the shot was recycled for The Star Wars Holiday Special.[source?]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- The Star Wars Holiday Special
"Running the Sisar" – Secrets of the Sisar Run
Sources
"The Star Wars Holiday Special" – Star Wars Insider 23 (Indirect mention only)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Premiere Limited (Card: Rycar Ryjerd) (backup link)- Secrets of the Sisar Run
- Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Jabba's Palace Limited (Card: Rayc Ryjerd) (backup link)
- Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Dagobah Limited (Card: Rycar's Run) (backup link)
- Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Dagobah Limited (Card: They'd Be Crazy To Follow Us) (backup link)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
"The Rycar Run" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)- Ultimate Alien Anthology
- Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 6 (HOT8, Escape from Hoth)
- The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
- Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 1 (Picture only)
- "I Have a Bad Feeling About This!" – Star Wars Insider 106
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars Art: Visions (Picture only)
- "A Blue Hope!" – Star Wars Insider 128 (Picture only)
External links
Aim for the Legs on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link)