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- "Zuckuss is a findsman. It is what my kind does, friend Losha…we find things…see?"
- ―Zuckuss, to Losha Tarkon
The findsmen (singular: findsman) were a Force-sensitive[3] mystic tradition of the Gand species that dated back centuries before the Galactic Civil War on their fog-shrouded homeworld of Gand. Findsmen were known for their uncanny tracking skills.[1] Using the Force[3] as a sixth sense, findsmen worked as expert trackers and hunters[4] after passing the Great Rite.[5] The pirate Hondo Ohnaka doubted their skills, as most findsmen remained on Gand itself instead of traveling across the galaxy.[4]
When the tradition began to die out on Gand, a Gand known as Zuckuss became one of the first to venture off-world, using his particular talents to become a renowned and highly sought-after bounty hunter.[1] The findsman Zuckuss was able to predict the future of Boba Fett.[6]
At the time of the Iron Blockade, the findsman Vakk operated in the Anoat sector. Unusual even among his mystically minded peers, Vakk was strictly non-violent, using his skills only to track and discover but never to apprehend or kill.[7]
Behind the scenes[]
Originally appearing unnamed in the 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, the findsmen were first identified as such in Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, a 1989 Star Wars Legends supplement written by Michael Stern for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.[8] The term became canon when it was utilized in Ultimate Star Wars, a reference book co-written by Patricia Barr, Adam Bray, Daniel Wallace, and Ryder Windham that was released in 2015.[9]
Appearances[]
Sources[]
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Zuckuss - Bounty Hunter - Base Series 1) (First identified as findsman)- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 7 (Droid Directory: LOM-series Protocol Droids)- Disciples of Harmony
Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Scum and Villainy Conversion Kit (Card: Gand Findsman)- Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
Star Wars Helmet Collection 78 (Helmets: Zuckuss)- Star Wars Helmet Collection 80 (Databank A-Z: Ziro the Hutt–Zygerria)
- Gadgets and Gear
- Star Wars: The Secrets of the Bounty Hunters
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- ↑ Bounty Hunters 31
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Disciples of Harmony
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Secrets of the Bounty Hunters
- ↑ Bounty Hunters 32
- ↑ War of the Bounty Hunters 1
- ↑ Star Wars: Uprising—Crew Member: "Vakk"
- ↑ Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars