Accounts vary on what happened to the Death Sticks Guy after Obi-Wan’s little mind trick. The entry on Elan Sleazebaggano in 2011’s “Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia” states that he did, in fact, rethink his life, but soon drifted back into a life of crime. Perhaps this shows that the effects of Jedi mind tricks are shallow and short-lived. Or perhaps Elan simply reflected on his life peddling drugs to Coruscant clubbers and decided that he liked it just fine, thanks.
Other “Star Wars” supplementary materials disagree, declaring that Sleazebaggano stuck with his reformed ways. The comic “Star Wars Adventures” #25 features a panel where a character who resembles Sleazebaggano is seen cheerfully walking through Coruscant holding the hand of a small child — suggesting that he settled down, found himself a Mrs. Sleazebaggano, and started a Sleazebaggano family of his own.
The interest in the character among fans (a Reddit thread on the ethics of Obi-Wan brainwashing the Death Sticks Guy garnered more than 700 comments) speaks to just how intensely every corner of the “Star Wars” universe has been scrutinized — and monetized. Doran only has three lines in “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones,” and he told Empire that “it took longer to get past the security gate [at the studio] than to shoot the scene.” Nonetheless, Elan Sleazebaggano got his own action figure, complete with Death Sticks (real, not CGI) and a bar to lean on. Truly, he’s living the Coruscant dream.
The Death Sticks themselves made a comeback in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Look closely during the third act, and you’ll see some of the Rebel soldiers on Scarif have Death Sticks tucked into the straps of their helmets, adding to the Vietnam War aesthetics of that movie. Repeated use of Death Sticks will drastically reduce the user’s lifespan, but for the soldiers on Scarif, that wasn’t really much of an issue.