Vilmarh Grahrk
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- "Vilmarh Grahrk is the luckiest Devaronian who ever lived."
"You forget—also handsomest." - ―Quinlan Vos and Vilmarh Grahrk[1]
Vilmarh Grahrk, orVillie as he was often known, was amaleDevaroniansmuggler during the waningyears of theGalactic Republic and the early days of theGalactic Empire. A notoriousgambler,grifter andscoundrel, Villie took part in a number of underhanded schemes in his quest for money and women.
Biography[]
One of Grahrk's first schemes involved working for no less thanDarth Sidious himself. During his recruitment, he insultedDarth Maul, earning a briefForce choke from theSith apprentice. Together with his cousinHolmar, Villie was tasked with inciting theYinchorri into battle with theJedi. Theresulting conflict left a number of Jedi—includingCouncil memberMicah Giiett—dead, and Holmar captured. Grahrk was later questioned by the Jedi, but was deemed to know nothing of value.
Villie
Grahrk next came to the Jedi's attention when he encountered the amnesiacQuinlan Vos onNar Shaddaa. At this time Grahrk had once again gambled away his money, which he made from transporting theglitteryll that had wiped the minds of Vos and hisPadawanAayla Secura. Grahrk saw Vos as an opportunity to break even, and placed the bet with the longest odds of all—that Vos would survive long enough to get away from the Smugglers' Moon. Then, in a series of double and triple-crosses, Grahrk escaped with Vos on his ship, theInferno.
From Nar Shaddaa, Grahrk took Vos toKiffu,Ryloth andCoruscant. During this time, Grahrk killed Holmar and double-crossed the corrupt politicianChom Frey Kaa who had begun the glitteryll scandal.
Grahrk was next hired to smuggle weapons to the convicts onKiffex, but was shot down by theKiffu Guardians and imprisoned himself. He was found by no less than Quinlan Vos and hisMasterTholme in their hunt for the rogue Aayla Secura. Grahrk was uncomfortable being in the presence of two Jedi, and this discomfort only grew with the addition of MastersZao andT'ra Saa.
Although the Jedi would not allow Grahrk to leave the planet before the defeat ofVolfe Karkko, Quinlan Vos did agree to travel with him as he followed the will ofthe Force.
Grahrk's also had a part inKh'aris Fenn's plot to take control of Ryloth. Grahrk was hired as a pilot for theMorgukaiTsyr andBok when they kidnappedNat Secura and Tholme. Vos and Secura tracked Villie toOrd Mantell, hoping that he would reveal where he had taken the prisoners. With typical faithfulness to his employers, Grahrk told the Jedi everything he knew—though not before they had used the Force to help him win some dice rolls. Of course, providing aid to the Jedi didn't stop him for also working for his original employers. Grahrk spirited Fenn away from Ryloth before he was made to walk in the Bright Lands, saving both of them from serious trouble.
Villie withQuinlan Vos onKashyyyk
Sometime during theClone Wars, Grahrk angeredDurge. Perhaps due to this, in20 BBY, Grahrk came to theKashyyyk village ofPalsaang, and was allowed to stay as he smuggled goods onto the world. During this time he befriendedChak, who began calling him "Uncle Villie". When theBattle of Kashyyyk came, Grahrk saw Quinlan Vos and others fighting for their lives againstLM-432 crab droids andTrandoshans. Grahrk and hisWookiee friend Chak swooped down in theInferno and saved Jedi Vos,Luminara Unduli, and otherclone troopers and Wookiees.
After that, Vos attempted to contactKhaleen Hentz but the tall trees caused interference with theholocomm. Grahrk let Vos use his on theInferno. But Vos discovered Grahrk had been smuggling Wookiee hidden hyperspace routes. He was about to take Grahrk in when it turned out Chak showed him the routes so Grahrk didn't steal them. When the actual battle of Kashyyyk came, Grahrk decided to fight for the Wookiees but was shot down by aHeavy Missile Platform.
Grahrk and Chak were right in the path of aCorporate Alliance Tank Droid, but were saved by Vos'Juggernaut. Grahrk would soon set out to return the favor, asOrder 66 set Quinlan againstCommanderFaie and Kashyyyk's entire contingent of clones. Grahrk found Vos broken and beaten along side the corpse of Commander Faie. Grahrk then burned the trooper's body, and when questioned by a Clone Patrol, said he killed and burned the Jedi, out of respect. He then proceeded to smuggle Vos off planet and aided the Jedi in his recovery.
Eight months after the end of the war, Grahrk returned to Kashyyyk and was present at the reunion of Quinlan Vos and Khaleen.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
"Uncle Villie" fromStar Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back
Vilmarh Grahrk was voiced byTom Kane in the gameStar Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds and appears in the game as aGungan hero. His species functions as the Gungans' bounty hunter unit.
At around3 ABY, Han Solo and Chewbacca arrived inMos Eisley to meet Grahrk so that he could deliver their debt to Jabba. Unfortunately for them, Grahrk had other plans and captured Solo and the Wookiee and handed them over to Jabba before stealing theMillennium Falcon. However, Solo and Chewbacca would escape and recapture theFalcon from Grahrk.
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Sources[]
Vilmarh Grahrk: A Devil of a Smuggler onWizards.com(original site is defunct)- The New Essential Guide to Characters
- Power of the Jedi Sourcebook
- Ultimate Alien Anthology
- The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
- The New Essential Chronology
- Star Wars: Panel to Panel Volume 2: Expanding the Universe
- Saga Edition Web Enhancement: Devaronians onWizards.com(original site is defunct)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Grahrk, Vilmarh in theDatabank(original site is defunct)
- Morgukai in theDatabank(original site is defunct)
- Vos, Quinlan in theDatabank(original site is defunct)
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