He along with all marquee toons follows the release cadence.
"Naraic;c-1476775" wrote:
"LukeTsithlord;d-160707" wrote:
There is no possible way to collect his shards and it is impossible to make him the strongest character he can be without them, could a location on cantina battles that is free or hard battles contain his shards please.
He will be added to crystal shipments in a week or two and made farmable 6-8 weeks after that
This.
https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/91791/character-release-cadence