| Despite an almost human appearance, this tall and guant Anzati is a predator who would just as soon suck some of the life force out of a victim as say hello. Like others of his species, he has a proboscis coiled in his cheek pockets; in an attack, he uncoils this flexible organ, inserts it into a victim's nostrils, and pierces the brain of his prey. Jerriko not only drinks his victims' blood, he sucks up what he calls the "soup" of their future. He attacks and kills mainly fellow bounty hunters and assassins, scum that few would miss. Jerriko, who takes pride in his looks-and he certainly doesn't look his age of 1,010 years-once tried to overcome his sick compulsion, but failed miserably. He is also addicted to his ever-present hookah. In a cantina in Mos Eisley, he first encountered a group whose "soup" he hungered for, for he sensed a mixture of the Force and fortune. But there, and years later in the palace of his sometimes employer Jabba the Hutt, he missed his chance to partake of the "soup" of the men-particulary Han Solo-and women who had become the heroes of the Rebel Alliance. Frustrated, he went on a murderous rampage throughout the palace. As a result, a huge price was put on his head by a number of members of the galactic underworld, and Jerriko has been forced to wander the galaxy as a fugitive.
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