The Last Hand (short story)

The Last Hand is a short story written by Paul Danner that was originally published in Star Wars Adventure Journal 13 by West End Games in May 1997, and later republished in Tales from the New Republic by Bantam Spectra in December 1999.

Plot summary

During the time of the Galactic Empire, a young man named Nyo seeks to acquire a lightsaber and become a Jedi Knight. Along the way, he meets a legendary smuggler and gambler who offers him transportation as well as helpful tips on how to survive in an unfriendly galaxy. They engage in high-stakes card games, firefights in space, and tests of wit as they fly to Nar Shaddaa and back again.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Aryzah (First appearance) (Appears as a ghost or spirit) Doune (First appearance) Nyo (First appearance) Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Kinnin Vo-Shay (First appearance) Yarrku (First appearance)

Creatures

Gundark (Mentioned only) Insect (Mentioned only) Nerf (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Dealer droid Vee-Six (First appearance)

Locations

Morado (First appearance) Mejgiss (First appearance) Docking bay 49 (First appearance) Nar Shaddaa Nygann Cantina (First appearance) Tyus Cluster (First mentioned)

Organizations and titles

Black marketeer Captain Crime lord (Mentioned only) Engineer (Mentioned only) First Mate Gambler Ghtroc Industries (Mentioned only) Jedi Jedi Knight (Mentioned only) Jedi Master Mercenary Merchant Pilot Sith (Mentioned only) Smuggler

Sentient species

Barabel Herglic Human Hutt (Mentioned only) Jawa (Mentioned only) Mon Calamari (Mentioned only)

Vehicles and vessels

Starship Freighter Light freighter Class 720 freighter Night Raider (First appearance) MC-18 light freighter (First appearance) Ashanda Ray (First appearance) Tramp freighter (Mentioned only) Garbage scow (Mentioned only) Z-95 Headhunter

Weapons and technology

Blaster Heavy blaster pistol Hold-out blaster Chronometer (Mentioned only) Comlink Datapad (Mentioned only) Deflector shield Hologram Hydroponics (Mentioned only) Hyperdrive Backup hyperdrive (Mentioned only) Ion cannon (Mentioned only) Laser Quad laser cannon Lightsaber Navigation computer (Mentioned only) Proton torpedo Proton torpedo launcher Sensor Stabilizer Sublight drive Thermal detonator (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

Black hole (Mentioned only) Black market Bootlegger turn Cantina Casino Centimeter Cloak Cockpit Corellian whiskey Credit chit (As "cred chit") Credit chip (Also as "credit stick") Ferrostone (First mentioned) Flower (Mentioned only) Galactic Credit Standard Gambling Hyperspace Imperial standard meter Lightspeed Lum Metric ton Micron Microsecond Necklace Obsidian Planet Robe Sabacc Idiot's Array The Evil One The Idiot Sith magic (Mentioned only) Standard century (Mentioned only) Standard hour Standard month (Mentioned only) Standard year (Mentioned only) The Force

Notes and references

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