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|image=[[File:Savan_-_SWGTCG.jpg]]
|name=Savan
|homeworld=[[Falleen (planet)/Legends|Falleen]]
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|species=[[Falleen/Legends|Falleen]]
|gender=[[Gender/Legends|Female]]
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'''Savan''' was a member of a [[Falleen/Legends|Falleen]] royal family and the niece of [[Prince/Legends|Prince]] [[Xizor/Legends|Xizor]]. While the rest of Xizor's family was on [[Falleen (planet)/Legends|Falleen]], Savan was offworld working for her uncle, therefore escaping [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader's]] incineration of their home city. Following Xizor's death in [[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]], she temporarily became the unofficial [[Underlord]] of Black Sun. She was arrested by the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] on [[Hurd's Moon]] shortly after the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]], while trying to acquire [[Guri]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
[[File:Savan.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Savan]]
Savan grew up as a member of one of the royal families of [[Falleen/Legends|Falleen]], quickly adapting to the constant scheming and fighting for position and prestige. She also came into contact with the [[Black Sun/Legends|Black Sun]] criminal organization, presumably through her uncle, [[Prince/Legends|Prince]] [[Xizor/Legends|Xizor]]. It is not known exactly when Savan joined Black Sun, but in [[7 BBY/Legends|7 BBY]], she worked for her uncle's syndicate offworld, being one of the relatively small number of Falleen to leave their [[Planet/Legends|planet]] of origin<ref name="Star Wars Republic 49: Sacrifice">[[Republic 49|''Republic'' 49]]</ref>. This was the reason why she was not present during the Imperial bombardment that killed much of her family. She was presumed dead by the authorities, although her body was never found, and she never corrected this assumption, as the anonymity that this conferred to her proved useful in her criminal career. It is unknown whether even Xizor himself knew of her survival; if he did, he never revealed it.

===Black Sun===
[[File:SavanDisguise.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Savan reveals her true identity.]]

Over the following years, Savan kept a low profile, working herself up through the ranks of her uncle's criminal empire. After Xizor's [[Death/Legends|death]], she gathered her strength and attempted to take control of Black Sun herself in [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]]. Disguised as a [[Color/Legends|dark]]-[[Hair/Legends|haired]] [[Human/Legends|Human]] woman, she somehow gained a seat on the council of the [[Vigo/Legends|Vigos]], the one remnant of central Black Sun authority. She replaced [[Green]], the Human Vigo Xizor had had executed for [[Treason/Legends|treason]] shortly before his own demise. True to her Falleen heritage, she quickly managed to exploit the vigos' differences and turn them against one another. While outwardly struggling to unite the bickering factions of the council, she controlled a widespread intelligence network that actually propagated their conflicts, escalating the various feuds until they resembled a virtual civil war. By dividing and conquering, she hoped to leave none of her rivals strong enough to challenge her ascent to power. One object was to give her the decisive advantage she required in order to move openly - her uncle's [[Human replica droid]], [[Guri]].<ref name="Shadows of the Empire: Evolution">''[[Shadows of the Empire: Evolution]]''</ref>

===The hunt for Guri===
[[File:SavanGuri.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Guri with Savan.]]

Savan knew that Guri carried many of the most important secrets of Black Sun in her electronic memory, given to her by Xizor himself when she had served as his lieutenant and chief enforcer. What's more, she also knew that she was the only person alive to know Guri's master command codes, which were based on her family's [[DNA/Legends|DNA]] configuration. Once apprehended, the droid would serve her as loyally as she had Xizor. Thus, Savan, under the alias of the elderly Falleen shopkeeper [[Azool]], contracted the [[Hiitian/Legends|Hiitian]] [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] [[Kar Yang]] to capture Guri for her. Unbeknownst to the hunter, she was also using his [[Droid/Legends|droid]], [[Lintu]], to spy on him and ensure his loyalty. Shortly thereafter, she was attacked by the [[Rodian/Legends|Rodian]] [[Prevaro]], who believed "Azool" to be Xizor in disguise. She resolved this situation peacefully by revealing her true identity to him and making him her new chief lieutenant.<ref name="Shadows of the Empire: Evolution" />

Meanwhile, Yang followed Guri's trail from [[Hurd's Moon]] to [[Murninkam]] and back to the moon, but realized that something was wrong and executed his assistant droid. He continued his mission, but now planned to capture Guri for himself and sell her. Realizing that her treachery had backfired, Savan prepared to travel to Hurd's Moon herself to personally supervise Guri's capture. She did, however, make one final appearance in her Human disguise, approaching an [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance]] party led by [[Prince/Legends|Princess]] [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] and [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] on behalf of her Black Sun faction, and tried to negotiate a truce. The meeting was attacked before anything conclusive came out of it, apparently by soldiers from a rival faction, but this was actually a false-flag operation masterminded by Savan herself to garner trust with the Rebels. Princess Leia became suspicious of her, however, and later managed to discover her true identity.<ref name="Shadows of the Empire: Evolution" />

===Enemy of the New Republic===
[[File:SavanBarabel.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Savan alongside [[Skahtul]].]]

When they arrived on Hurd's Moon, Savan and Prevaro quickly found out that Guri was in the custody of [[Massad Thrumble]], a retired [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] and droid engineer. They then raised a small army of local thugs to attack Thrumble's stronghold. Unbeknownst to them, two other parties were also marshaling to strike at the fortress: one an Alliance party comprising Han Solo, Leia Organa, [[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]], [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]], and [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]; the other being made up of rogue scientist [[Spinda Caveel]], who also wanted the information Guri carried, and his bodyguards, the [[Pikkel Sisters]].

When entering the fortress, Savan dispatched most of her soldiers to keep the others occupied while she searched for Guri. She found her with Thrumble and his medical droid, [[A-OIC]], who were trying to escape the battle. Keeping a [[Blaster/Legends|blaster]] trailed on them, she approached Guri and, smiling triumphantly, whispered the master command code in her ear. Seemingly getting the desired reaction, she then turned the deadly assassin droid loose on the researcher and his droid. To her surprise and horror, Guri suddenly turned around and attacked her instead, knocking her unconscious. It was later revealed that the code, presumably together with whatever knowledge of Black Sun she may have held, had been wiped from Guri's memory by Thrumble scant hours before.<ref name="Shadows of the Empire: Evolution" />

===Defeat and conviction===
[[File:SavanGuri-sotee5.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Guri attacks Savan.]]

Meanwhile, the Alliance party had gained the upper hand and moved in to arrest Savan. She was taken away by the local authorities, although it is uncertain what crimes she was actually charged with. As it turned out, all of Savan's efforts had been for naught, and Black Sun crumbled beneath the internecine wars that she had instigated. As the Vigos one by one killed each other, central authority disappeared, and the organization, left leaderless, fragmented. All this went according to plan, but Savan was no longer in any position to take advantage of it.<ref name="Shadows of the Empire: Evolution" />

==Talents==
Like all Falleen, Savan presumably possessed the ability to produce [[Pheromone]]s in order to attract humanoids of the opposite sex, as well as immunity to mind-affecting [[The Force/Legends|Force]] techniques, such as the infamous [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Mind trick/Legends|mind trick]]. She was also a good planner, able to predict the exact point at which the Black Sun leadership would deteriorate and time her actions accordingly. As was required of her in order to keep her true identity hidden, she was also adept at disguise and impersonation, able to pass for an elderly Falleen male or a Human woman using only plastic masks. Savan was also able to handle a [[Transport/Legends|transport]] [[Starship/Legends|starship]] and a blaster, perhaps as a legacy from her days as a lower echelon Black Sun operative.<ref name="Shadows of the Empire: Evolution" />

==Personality and traits==
[[File:Savan2.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Savan.]]

Like her uncle, Savan was proud and vain. Although not afraid to handle lower-level work personally if she had to, she typically espoused contempt for mercenaries and low-ranking Black Sun soldiers, which she saw as inferior.<ref name="Shadows of the Empire: Evolution" /> Her personality, perhaps formed by her Falleen upbringing among the intriguing noble houses, was otherwise calculating and distrusting.<ref name="Shadows of the Empire: Evolution" /> She preferred to maintain complete control of major operations and disliked delegating responsibility.<ref name="Shadows of the Empire: Evolution" />

==Behind the scenes==
When she first appeared in [[Shadows of the Empire: Evolution 2|''Shadows of the Empire: Evolution'' 2]], Savan was portrayed as having brown eyes. In all her subsequent appearances, her eyes have been shown as purple.

==Appearances==
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*[[Shadows of the Empire: Evolution 1|''Shadows of the Empire: Evolution'' 1]] {{1st}}
*[[Shadows of the Empire: Evolution 2|''Shadows of the Empire: Evolution'' 2]]
*[[Shadows of the Empire: Evolution 3|''Shadows of the Empire: Evolution'' 3]]
*[[Shadows of the Empire: Evolution 4|''Shadows of the Empire: Evolution'' 4]]
*[[Shadows of the Empire: Evolution 5|''Shadows of the Empire: Evolution'' 5]]

==Sources==
*{{CollectorCite|1|Around the Galaxy}} {{Po}}
*''[[Rebellion Era Sourcebook]]''
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Characters]]''
*''[[Coruscant and the Core Worlds]]''
*''[[Ultimate Alien Anthology]]''
*{{FFCite|130|SAV1-4, ''Savan''}}
*{{SonyCite|url=content.jsp?page=Star%20Wars%20Galaxies%20Most%20Wanted:%20Talus|text=Star Wars Galaxies Most Wanted: Talus|archivedate=20051016022432}} <!--  2005-04-05 -->
*''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*{{SWGTCG|set=The Shadow Syndicate|cardname=Savan}}
*{{DB|organization|blacksun|Black Sun|archivedate=20100318124917}}
*{{DB|droid|guri|Guri|archivedate=20100328090038}}
*{{DB|character|princexizor|Xizor, Prince|archivedate=20110629023013}}

==Notes and references==
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|title=Leader of [[Black Sun/Legends|Black Sun]]
|years=c. [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]]
|before=[[Xizor/Legends|Xizor]]
|after=[[Fliry Vorru]]
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[[Category:Falleen]]
[[Category:Females]]
[[Category:Nobility]]
[[Category:Vigos]]