The galaxy was a huge place, as vast as the variety of intelligent species that made it up. Despite this immeasurable size, some individuals or creatures had earned such a reputation that they were known everywhere. Such was the case with the gambler, swindler and smuggler Landonis Balthazar Calrissian, who went from rogue to rebel hero in a matter of years. The galaxy was filled with people as colorful as he was, if not more so: from the Jawas raiders who roamed the deserts of Tatooine to the mercenaries and bounty hunters who operated in the Outer Rim after the fall of the Empire. All of these characters helped make the galaxy as colorful and extravagant as it was dangerous.