Maythe Force Be With You
Original generated catalogue card for Bala-Tik

Catalogue entryHumanRise of the First Order

Bala-Tik

Negotiates for the Guavians, backed by soldiers who do not have faces.

Species
Human
Homeworld
Not established
Affiliation
Guavian Death Gang
First appearance
Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015)
Continuity
Canon
Gang
Guavian Death Gang
Weapon
Percussive cannon
Grievance
Unpaid debt owed by Han Solo

Bala-Tik is the negotiator for the Guavian Death Gang, in StarWars.com's words "an agent of the feared Guavian Death Gang" whose "black leather coat and percussive cannon indicate his status within the galactic underworld". He conducts business "backed by faceless, voiceless cybernetic soldiers awaiting the signal to take action".

The databank makes his exasperation specific and almost sympathetic: he "considers Han Solo a capable smuggler and a valuable source of information, but his patience with the slippery Corellian and his endless excuses has all but run out". He is the sequel trilogy's best short lesson in why the criminal underworld is a credit market before it is anything else.

Catalogue entry. This figure has a verified record here rather than a full write-up — the encyclopedia labels its own depth instead of padding it.

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