Fendrilon Koozar

Fendrilon Koozar

Fendrilon Koozar was one ofEmperorPalpatine'sAdvisors during theGalactic Civil War. He had a habit of sticking hisnose where it was not welcome and often dined at the exclusiveManarairestaurant onCoruscant. In3.5 ABY,PrinceXizor secretly arranged Koozar's murder for prying into the affairs of theBlack Sun crime syndicate. The Manarai'shead chef,Tavvar Va'ran, introduced severalpoisons into Koozar's meal, which later caused him to throw a hallucinatory fit while aboard his luxuryairspeeder. Koozar crashed the speeder into agovernment building,killing himself in afiery explosion.

Biography[]

Meddling Imperial Advisor[]

Fendrilon Koozar was anImperial Advisor who servedEmperorPalpatine during theGalactic Civil War. Koozar developed an alarming habit of meddling in business where he was not welcome,^[2] including the operations of theBlack Sun crime syndicate.^[3] He regularly enjoyed the high cuisine of theManarairestaurant,^[2] the most exclusive dining venue inImperial City on theplanetCoruscant,^[4] where Black SunleaderPrinceXizor secretly arranged Koozar's murder^[3] in3.5 ABY.^[1]

Xizor's chieflieutenant,^[4]Guri, visited the Manarai and instructed the restaurant'sMaster Chef,Tavvar Va'ran, to give Koozar the "house special," a code for adding a combination of naturalfood seasonings and nearly untraceable chemicals into a victim's dishes throughout the meal. Thispoisoned recipe would work in conjunction with the natural oils andspices found within the meal, as well as Koozar's ownHuman digestive system, to cause certain unpleasant effects severalhours later, which often resulted in a painfuldeath.^[2]

A very special meal[]

Koozar's meal thatnight included an appetizer of rawWroonian flycatcher filet, followed by a bowl ofsufar greens topped withmecolar briddlings anddrezzle sauce, andfleek-eel broiled inzaffa oil for the main course; he had not yet ordered dessert. To satisfy Guri's desire for discreetness—she suggested something that might induce hallucinations and cause Koozar to step out of his movingspeeder or jump off his tower balcony—Va'ran added a dose of tastelessthetametabuterin to Koozar's flycatcher filet, a hybrid mold on the greens briddlings, and somecollafa spice in the zaffaoil.^[2]

The MasterChef's culinary work had the desired effect. The evening after Koozar's dinner at the Manarai, Va'ran saw on thenewsnets that theImperialAdvisor had thrown an uncontrollable fit while in his luxury airspeeder, wresting away the controls from hisdroid pilot and crashing the speeder into theMinistry of Land Management. Koozar died in thefiery explosion that followed.^[2]

Personality and traits[]

Fendrilon Koozar was a connoisseur of fine foods^[3] who often dined at the Manarai,^[2] Coruscant's most exclusive restaurant and the central gathering place for the Imperial Center elite.^[4] As one of theEmperor's Advisors, Koozar had a habit of poking hisnose in others' affairs,^[2] which eventually led to his murder, as orchestrated byPrince Xizor of Black Sun.^[3] Guri, fully trained in proper social etiquette and culture, displayed a distaste for the high tastes to which Koozar often treated himself.^[2]

Behind the scenes[]

Fendrilon Koozar was created for the short narrativeA Very Special Meal, written byPeter Schweighofer for theJune1996Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook.^[2]Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook explains that several influential beings, including an Imperial Advisor, were rumored to have a stake in the Manarai's ownership, but the text does not identify this individual.^[4]

Appearances[]

• "A Very Special Meal" —Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook(First mentioned)

Sources[]

• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

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