Rodo was a Branded Aesthete and a former member of the Strikebirds who worked as a bouncer for Memah Roothes at the Soft Heart Cantina. Rodo was unusually soft spoken for someone of his profession, and was also a very skilled fighter, combining his large size with his large amount of martial arts experience to make himself a very effective bouncer. After the cantina burned down around 1 BBY, Rodo signed on with Roothes to work in an Imperial cantina at a military base. This new cantina, named the Hard Heart Cantina, was one of the first dining establishments opened on the first Death Star. Rodo's duties in the Hard Heart mainly involved removing the soldiers, workers, and other patrons who became violent after having too much to drink. Rodo met Sergeant Nova Stihl in the cantina after Stih