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Duel, Rik

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a smuggling friend from Han Solo's and Lando Calrissian's early years on Nar Shaddaa, Rik Duel helped the Alliance take out the bounty hunter base on Stenos. He and his companions, Chihdo and Dani, had joined the Alliance after seeing what the Empire was doing to freelance smugglers, and found themselves wrapped up in the ancient religion of the Stenax people. After the Alliance fled Stenos, Rik remained behind, ostensibly as a point of contact in case any other Alliance personnel returned to Stenos. In reality, Rik was searching for the statue of the lost god Vol, which he believed would earn him the respect and loyalty of the Stenaxes. However, as soon as the statue was located, Duel threatened to take the statue to Imperial Governor Matrin. He nearly succeeded, but the Stenaxes learned of his plans and set out to recover their statue. It was believed that Rik, along with Governor Matrin, were killed by the Stenaxes before they recovered the statue of Vol. However, Duel remained on Stenos and bided his time. When Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian returned to Stenos in an effort to locate Bossk, Luke ran into Rik during an escape from a bar mob. The group managed to overcome the efforts of Bossk and IG-88 to eliminate them, freeing Stenos from the control of the bounty hunters. Rik, meanwhile, began scheming a way to use the Stenaxes as a fighting force. This never materialized into a good plan, so he rejoined Dani amd Chihdo and set out for Iskalon to salvage what they could from the ruins of Pavillion. This plan also fell through when Mone demanded that they leave the planet.