“Phew! Dirty stench. Foul creatures.” - Centauri, after killing a Zando Zan.
The Zando-Zans are a race of bounty hunters, who often work for the Kodan, who refer to them as Extermination Emissaries. They are also referred to as Double Z Designates. Even Centauri himself has a low opinion of this extremely xenophobic and highly aggressive species, referring to Zando-Zans as interstellar hit-beasts, with microscopic little minds.
Physiology[]
Zando-Zans are capable of taking the form of other beings. It is unclear as to whether this is a biological or a technological ability. Zando-Zans also seem to be able to control limbs to some extent even after they are severed from the body. Although it remains unclear if the Zander-Zan’s themselves have the ability to regrow/regenerate lost limbs.
Culture and Behavior[]
The Zando-Zan’s have a very aggressive and highly xenophobic behavior and culture that shows them as nothing more than viscous interstellar hit beasts, with only one thing on their microscopic littles minds to hunt down and kill anyone that their employer want out of the way, which made them excellent mercenaries for hire by the Kodan Empire.
History[]
Attempted Assassination of Alex Rogan[]
A Zando-Zan was once sent to Earth to assassinate Alex Rogan. It sported a human disguise, which was burned away by the Starfighter game when he stood too close to it.
Nevertheless, the alien still attempted to complete its mission, but Centauri arrived in time to kill it and was severely wounded when the Zando-Zan fired at Centauri with a gun controlled by its severed arm.
A second Zando-Zan (Extermination Emissary Zeta-six one) attempted a more direct method. It attacked a policeman, stealing his identity and cruiser. The Zando-Zan drove the stolen squad car to a campsite where Jack Blake and Maggie Gordon were staying, and simply opened fire on Alex. However, it shot the Beta simuloid by mistake. It attempted to inform the Kodan Armada that Alex had been replaced by a simuloid, but Beta crashed Jack Blake's truck into the Zando-Zan ship. Transmission pulses were sent, but interrupted by Beta's heroic sacrifice. Lord Kril had received a sentence "The Last Starfighter..." before being cut off. The Ko-Dan captain wondered what the rest of the message was, but an overconfident Xur finished the sentence by saying "...is dead! The last Starfighter is dead!"
Trivia[]
Zando-Zan in human form.
- Ever since their debut in “The Last Starfighter”, the Zando-Zan’s have since become one of the most easily recognizable and extremely popular fictional hostile aliens in history.
- The Zando-Zan’s share a lot in common with the Trandoshan species from the “Star Wars” franchise.
- Both are are highly aggressive and extremely xenophobic bounty hunting species that enjoy killing their targets.
- And lastly, both the Zander-Zan’s and Trandoshan’s have the ability to regrow/regenerate lost limbs.