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== Appearances ==
=== Not Marvel comics ===
Black Krrsantan first appeared in the comic ''
Other comics tell more about Black Krrsantan and his past. In them, Black Krrsantan is disgraced by his own kind and is banned from his home planet of Kashyyyk for unknown reasons.<ref name="ScreenRantKrrsantan">{{Cite web |last=Harn |first=Darby |date=January 11, 2022 |title=10 Things Only Star Wars Comic Book Fans Know About Black Krrsantan |url=https://screenrant.com/star-wars-black-krrsantan-comic-books-boba-fett/ |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |archive-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113114953/https://screenrant.com/star-wars-black-krrsantan-comic-books-boba-fett/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After being exiled, he finds the Xonti Brothers, who own slaves and run a gladiator ring, and teach Krrsantan several combat moves and modify his body so he can become a gladiator. They added metal into his knuckles and made him look overall more appealing for slave trade.<ref name="ScreenRantKrrsantan" /> Black Krrsantan later escapes from being a gladiator and that is when he runs into Jabba the Hutt.<ref name="GameRantKrrsantan">{{Cite web |last=Mallet |first=Max Evan |date=January 20, 2022 |title=The Book Of Boba Fett: The History Of Black Krrsantan |url=https://gamerant.com/book-of-boba-fett-history-black-krrsantan-wookiee/ |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=GameRant |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128041910/https://gamerant.com/book-of-boba-fett-history-black-krrsantan-wookiee/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After serving many missions for Jabba, in a [[Flashback (narrative)|flashback]] ''Star Wars #20'', Black Krrsantan goes on a mission for the Hutt to enforce a water tax, but runs into [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]], who is trying to stop the water tax. They get into a brawl, and Kenobi injures the Wookiee by slashing him in the face with his lightsaber, giving him his iconic scar.<ref name="IgnKrrsantan" /><ref name="ScreenRantKrrsantan" /> Seeing that he lost to Obi-Wan, Black Krrsantan leaves Tatooine as he knew Jabba would not be happy. Years later, he comes back, which is when Jabba gives him his job with Darth Vader.<ref name="GameRantKrrsantan" />
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In ''Star Wars'' #14, part of the crossover sub-series ''[[Star Wars: Vader Down]]'', Black Krrsantan is hired to find [[Luke Skywalker]], but ends up fighting [[Chewbacca]] on the planet Vrogas Vas. While fighting, Black Krrsantan gets the upper hand on Chewbacca when Triple-Zero poisons him, but Chewbacca eventually defeats the rogue Wookiee when [[C-3PO]] electrocutes him.<ref name="RadarKrrsantan" /><ref name="ScreenRantKrrsantan" />
In ''Darth Vader'' #7, Black Krrsantan is hired by Doctor Aphra, who is a criminal [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], as her bodyguard. Black Krrsantan helps Aphra in one of her biggest heist, steal the treasure of the Son-tuul Pride, a criminal organization that used to have an alliance with the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Empire]], and help her fight against the [[Rebel Alliance]] during the [[Battle of Hoth]].<ref name="RadarKrrsantan" /><ref name="GameRantKrrsantan" /> Later, Darth Vader hires Black Krrsantan to track down Aphra and brings her to him. After bringing her to Vader, Cylo attacks the ship, and Black Krrsantan and Aphra escape together, although he later betrays her for the bounty on her head.<ref name="ScreenRantKrrsantan" />
=== ''The Book of Boba Fett'' ===
Black Krrsantan, simply referred to as Krrsantan, returns in "[[Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine]]", when [[Jabba the Hutt]]'s cousins, [[List of The Book of Boba Fett characters#Hutt Twins|the Twins]], bring him out Krrsantan as their bodyguard in an attempt to intimidate
In "[[Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa]]", the Twins send Krrsantan to assassinate Fett. Krrsantan rips Fett out of his [[Bacta (Star Wars)|bacta]] tank and starts to attack him. Fett quickly has his newly acquired [[List of The Book of Boba Fett characters#Drash and Skad|mod gang]] help him, and they lead him into the throne room of
While in The Sanctuary, a [[cantina]] owned by [[Garsa Fwip]], Krrsantan sees [[List of Star Wars species (P–T)#Trandoshans|Trandoshans]] gambling. He starts to fight them, because of the Trandoshans' backgrounds as Wookiee hunters. While holding one in his arm, Fwip tries to calm him down by helping him remember how he does not need to prove his strength anymore as he was a former gladiator. Fwip also tells him his bar debt is cleared in an attempt to settle things down, but Krrsantan does not listen and rips the arm off the Trandoshans and still hands her credits he took from the Trandoshans. After leaving the cantina, Fett hires him as a bodyguard.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oddo|first=Marco Vitto|date=January 22, 2022|title='The Book of Boba Fett': Why Did Black Krrsantan Attack the Trandoshans in Episode 4?|url=https://collider.com/book-of-boba-fett-black-krrsantan-trandoshans-episode-4-explained/|access-date=February 28, 2022|website=Collider|archive-date=January 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123062223/https://collider.com/book-of-boba-fett-black-krrsantan-trandoshans-episode-4-explained/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lovett|first=Jamie|date=January 23, 2022|title=Star Wars: Why Wookiee Black Krrsantan Attacked Those Aliens|url=https://comicbook.com/starwars/news/star-wars-book-of-boba-fett-episode-4-black-krrsantan-trandoshans/|access-date=February 28, 2022|website=ComicBook.com|archive-date=January 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124090122/https://comicbook.com/starwars/news/star-wars-book-of-boba-fett-episode-4-black-krrsantan-trandoshans/|url-status=live}}</ref>
During the war against the [[List of Star Wars species (P-T)#Pyke|Pyke]] syndicate, Krrsantan guards the central and business district of [[Mos Espa]], which is owned by the Trandoshan leader [[List of The Book of Boba Fett characters#Dokk Strassi|Dokk Strassi]], who told Fett that they would remain neutral in the war. The Trandoshans betray Fett and begin to attack Krrsantan. Krrsantan perseveres through and helps Fett fight off the rest of the Pykes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 9, 2022|title=The Krssantan Moment In The Book Of Boba Fett Chapter 7 That Had Fans Scratching Their Heads|url=https://www.looper.com/762673/the-krssantan-moment-in-the-book-of-boba-fett-chapter-7-that-had-fans-scratching-their-heads/|access-date=February 28, 2022|website=[[Looper.com]]|archive-date=February 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210033055/https://www.looper.com/762673/the-krssantan-moment-in-the-book-of-boba-fett-chapter-7-that-had-fans-scratching-their-heads/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Video games===
Alongside Fennec Shand and Boba Fett, Krrsantan was released as an outfit in the video game ''[[Fortnite Battle Royale]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Trevor |date=February 8, 2022 |title=Fortnite Adds 'The Book of Boba Fett' Fennec Shand and Krrsantan Skins |url=https://gamerant.com/fortnite-book-of-boba-fett-fennec-shand-krrsantan-skins/ |access-date=February 26, 2022 |website=GameRant |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226133736/https://gamerant.com/fortnite-book-of-boba-fett-fennec-shand-krrsantan-skins/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Knoop |first=Joseph |date=February 9, 2022 |title=You can now be a wookiee in Fortnite, but not Chewie |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/Krrsantan-fortnite-fennec-shand/ |access-date=February 26, 2022 |website=[[PC Gamer]] |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213023228/https://www.pcgamer.com/Krrsantan-fortnite-fennec-shand/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also appears as an unlockable character in the [[mobile game]] [[turn-based]] [[role-playing game]] ''[[Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kit Reveal: Krrsantan |url=https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/257638/kit-reveal-krrsantan |website=Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes forum |access-date=20 September 2023 |date=19 July 2022}}</ref>
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== Reception ==
=== Critical reception ===
Black Krrsantan has been praised by critics. Rachel Leishman of ''[[The Mary Sue]]'' stated "We're all a little in love with him after just one meeting", after his first appearance in ''The Book of Boba Fett''.<ref name="MarySueKrrsantan" /> ''[[MovieWeb]]'
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