During the Galactic Civil War, Beilert Valance, a well-known hunter, employed Remel Fud, a mercenary and bounty hunter. Fud's original stomping grounds were in the Outer Rim within the Nembus sector. He was driven from his sector by Valance, who at the time was an ambitious young stormtrooper commander tasked with bringing order to the area. After leaving the Empire and becoming a bounty hunter himself, Valance eventually recruited Fud into his organization. Once Fud accepted Valance's offer, he assisted the cyborg Valance in his relentless pursuit of an unknown farmboy who had been involved in the Rebel rescue of Princess Leia Organa from Imperial forces.
Fud took part in Valance's destruction of Anglebay Station in 0 ABY, which was a medical facility located on Telos IV. It was there that he discovered a potential link between the "farmboy" and Jaxxon, a smuggler operating out of Nar Shaddaa. Valance sent Fud after this lead, and Fud located Jaxxon on Nar Shaddaa, capturing him and subjecting him to torturing to gain information. However, Jaxxon refused to cooperate, and Fud was quickly shot down by the smuggler's accomplice, Amaiza Foxtrain. Despite surviving the blaster wound, Fud decided not to rejoin Valance and instead resumed his independent bounty hunting career.
Remel Fud, a yellow-skinned alien from the Outer Rim Nembus sector, established himself as a mercenary and bounty hunter, offering his blaster skills to the highest bidder. He worked for various entities, including Thalassian slavers, the Hutt Cartel, and numerous other private clients, achieving success even though he was not a particularly skilled combatant. Fud compensated for his combat limitations by staying at the forefront of technology, always utilizing cutting-edge gadgets, including a torture device of his own invention called the "Agony Inducer."
Eventually, Fud's reputation grew to the point where he clashed with the Galactic Empire, which had dispatched Beilert Valance, a shrewd young stormtrooper commander, to rid the Nembus sector of undesirable elements. Valance's efforts proved highly effective, compelling numerous mercenaries, pirates, and slavers to relocate further along the hyperlanes. Although Fud was among those forced to abandon his home sector, he was plagued by allegations that he had betrayed several local smugglers and pirates to Valance in exchange for money and leniency, accusations he consistently and vehemently denied.
Regardless of the truth, Valance eventually located Fud, but not to bring the bounty hunter to justice. Valance had been compelled to leave the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps after sustaining serious combat injuries, resulting in his body being reconstructed with mechanical parts. Still committed to the ideals of Imperial justice, Valance embarked on a career as a bounty hunter and offered Fud a position on his newly formed crew. Upon Valance meeting his price, Fud readily accepted the offer, joining Valance's team aboard the starship Kill Switch.
However, the Valance that Fud encountered was not the same man he had known from their previous encounters in the Nembus sector. Driven to the brink of madness by his resentment of his cyborg body and a strong animosity towards droids, Valance had become fixated on finding an unnamed Rebel who had played a role in the rescue of Alderaanian Princess Leia Organa from the Death Star battle station in 0 BBY. In his quest for the "farmboy," Valance led Fud and the crew across the Outer Rim, looting as they progressed. While the compensation was substantial, the jobs became increasingly gruesome and peculiar over time. This trend culminated in 0 ABY when Valance commanded his crew to attack and destroy Anglebay Station, a neutral and entirely defenseless medical station on Telos IV where Valance had received his cyborg enhancements following his combat injuries.
Despite the fact that slaughtering a hospital filled with sick, injured, and elderly individuals went against Fud's personal moral code, Valance offered such a large sum of money that he participated in the raid. Fud accompanied Valance and the crew as they stormed Anglebay Station, personally killing several patients and staff members. While searching the in-patient wards, Fud overheard a potentially lucrative piece of information: a senile old man's incoherent ramblings about a man named Han Solo and a Lepi smuggler named Jaxxon. This sparked Fud's interest, as Solo, a Rebel hero for his actions at the Battle of Yavin, had a significant Imperial bounty on his head, and the old man's ravings suggested that Jaxxon had some kind of connection with him. However, Valance was interested in more than just the bounty—Solo was a known associate of the farmboy who was the object of his obsession, and the old man had mentioned an unnamed "boy" whom Valance believed might be him.
Valance tasked Fud with locating Jaxxon, who Fud knew operated out of the "Smuggler's Moon" of Nar Shaddaa, and extracting information on the whereabouts of Solo and the boy. Distrusting his unstable boss, Fud sought assistance from an outside source, enlisting a H'nemthe acquaintance named Dafi who harbored a long-standing grudge against Jaxxon. Accompanied by Dafi and some of Dafi's hired muscle, Fud tracked Jaxxon down on Nar Shaddaa, ambushing the Lepi in an alleyway and incapacitating him with an electroshock net. Fud and his group tied up Jaxxon and fitted him with Fud's Agony Inducer, brutally torturing the rabbit-like Lepi as Fud pressed him for information on the location of Solo and the farmboy. However, Jaxxon proved to be uncooperative, and his gun-wielding partner Amaiza Foxtrain arrived before the Lepi broke. Foxtrain caught Fud's group off guard and opened fire, shooting down Fud, Dafi, and their backups. Although Dafi died from his injuries, Fud managed to survive thanks to his resilient hide. However, he quietly resolved not to return to Valance's service, instead opting to resume his career as an independent bounty hunter.
Remel Fud's primary focus was his profession, and of course, credits. While money was his ultimate motivation, the yellow-skinned alien, nicknamed "Egghead," reveled in the excitement of the hunt, viewing himself as a sportsman. As such, Fud generally adhered to his concept of "fair game," considering the sick, wounded, and defenseless off-limits. However, as his involvement in the attack on Anglebay Station demonstrated, he was willing to disregard even his most deeply held beliefs if the financial incentive was sufficient. Despite his imposing size and thick, rubbery skin that provided resistance to blaster fire, Fud was never a particularly skilled fighter. Instead, he achieved success through his technological expertise. Always abreast of the latest gadgets, Fud favored the Golan Arms RGL-80 electronet grenade to capture his targets and the "Agony Inducer," a torture device of his own creation, to keep them subdued.
Rumors circulated that Fud had collaborated with Beilert Valance during the Imperial stormtrooper commander's efforts to cleanse the Nembus sector, and when Valance offered him a position on his crew, Fud readily accepted, joining forces with the man who had driven him from his home sector. However, Fud soon grew disillusioned with Valance, who had become a drastically different man after his injuries. Although Fud participated in the attack on Anglebay Station, it violated his personal values, and Fud became wary of Valance and what he perceived as his growing madness. Fud decided to sever ties completely after his near-death experience on Nar Shaddaa, choosing to refocus his life on his two passions: the hunt and profit.
Star Wars (1977) 16, penned by Archie Goodwin and released in 1978, marked the debut of Remel Fud. Conceived as an adversary of the rabbit-like Jaxxon, "Fud" was named in tribute to Elmer Fudd, a Looney Tunes character who hunted Bugs Bunny. The Not-So Magnificent Seven, a StarWars.com blog post authored by Greg Mitchell, provided much of Fud's backstory, including his first name, Remel, 35 years later. Walt Simonson illustrated Fud during his appearance in the Marvel Star Wars series.