- "Welcome home. He's waiting for you."
"Thanks, Toht." - ―Toht, greeting Qi'ra on Savareen
Toht Ra was a male Hylobon who served as member of Dryden Vos' security forces,[3] working as an attendant aboard the First Light. Ra confiscated all weapons brought aboard the yacht by guests. He carried a percussive cannon and vibrocutlass in case of trouble.[4] Qi'ra, Vos' lieutenant later used Ra's weapon when she fought Vos.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
In answering a fan question about whether or not Toht Ra's name derives from the Indiana Jones franchise, Phil Szostak noted that the character was named after Arnold Ernst Toht, the Gestapo agent from the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark (written by Lawrence Kasdan) who burns his hand on the headpiece to the Staff of Ra, though he suspects that Lucasfilm Story Group's Pablo Hidalgo was most likely the one who came up with the name.[6]
Appearances[]
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (First appearance)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition audiobook
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: A Junior Novel
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: A Junior Novel audiobook
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 6
Sources[]
2018 Topps Denny's Solo: A Star Wars Story (First mentioned)- Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide (First identified as Toht Ra)
"Melee and Ranged Weapons" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
Toht Ra in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide dates the Kessel Run depicted in Solo: A Star Wars Story: A Junior Novel to nine years after the formation of the Galactic Empire. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the formation of the Empire to 19 BBY, the aforementioned Solo events must take place in 10 BBY. As Toht Ra's death aboard the First Light on Savareen occurs shortly after the Kessel Run, it can deduced that his death occured in 10 BBY.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Solo: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Toht Ra in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ "Melee and Ranged Weapons" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑
Phil Szostak (@PhilSzostak) on Twitter: "Undoubtedly, Raiders was the source of those names. But I don't believe he was named by the Solo creature team that I interviewed. Very likely, Pablo Hidalgo came up with that one." (backup link)
