Laze “Fixer” Loneozner

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Laze “Fixer” Loneozner (born ca. 21 BBY) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. Hailing from Anchorhead, Tatooine, Fixer was a friend of Luke Skywalker during his early years, as well as Biggs Darklighter. Fixer was also romantically involved with a third friend, named Camie. Fixer appeared briefly in Episode IV in a scene from the Anchorhead Story of Star Wars that was cut from the movie. In this scene, preserved in the novel, he is among a small group of friends that Luke Skywalker cavorts with at the Tosche Station, a local hangout in Anchorhead. Luke initially goes to this hangout to tell Fixer that he had just witnessed a starship battle that was visible in the afternoon sky. The Tosche Station is a trading post and repair station, primarily for agricultural-technology, and served as a meeting place for Anchorhead’s youth due to the fact that its owner, Merle Tosche, is seldom around. In his absence, Fixer runs the business, assisted by a repair droid. When Luke first comes across Biggs, his old friend is in a backroom of Tosche Station playing computer-assisted pool with Deak and Windy. Fixer and Cami, in the meantime, are spending their time co-habiting a single reclining chair in the repair room. Luke’s friends, including Biggs, are skeptical of his claim to have witnessed the starship battle (which had been, in actuality, the final battle of the Tantive IV), and Fixer tells Luke that the Empire is hardly concerned with Tatooine.

Laze "Fixer" Loneozner
Star Wars character

Position	Mechanic and Moisture farmer
Homeworld	Tatooine
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Unknown
Portrayed by	Anthony Forrest (Episode IV)

1 Character
2 Film Portrayal
3 Expanded Universe
4 References
5 Bibliography
6 External links

[edit] Character

Though the information is limited, some observations can be made regarding Fixer’s character. His age is roughly equivalent to Luke Skywalker (though, Fixer is probably slightly older). – an age when most young people leave Tatooine to pursue opportunities that were unavailable on the desert planet. Instead, Fixer spent his time at the Tosche Power Station, a trading post in Anchorhead, where he lounged around with his girlfriend, instead of actually working. Tosche Station was a popular hangout for the local youth. The “carefree” nature of this hangout is reflected in the disapproving remarks that Owen Lars shares with his nephew, Luke Skywalker, regarding Luke’s desire to see his friends at Tosche Station. Within this setting Fixer is a part of a small cast of characters who are otherwise known as Luke’s T-16 Skyhopper racing pals, including Fixer, Deak and Windy. These characters represent aimless youth, trapped in the daily malaise of life in the Outer Rim Territory – the very existence that the young Luke Skywalker longed to escape. Furthermore, Fixer represented a negative role-model in Luke Skywalker’s life. Unmotivated and complacent, Fixer was intended to contrast with that of Biggs Darklighter, a character who represented a positive role model in Luke Skywalker’s (a type of big brother), and symbolized Luke’s hope of someday leaving the lonely, desert planet of Tatooine.

[edit] Film Portrayal

Anthony Forrest played the role of Fixer in Episode IV, opposite Koo Stark (Camie) and Jay Benedict (Deak). Forrest's scenes, which were part of the Anchorhead Story of Star Wars, were cut from the original movie and never restored in any of the subsequent versions; though, they can be seen in the Star Wars: Behind the Magic CD-ROM Encyclopedia. In spite of this, the Anchorhead Story of Star Wars holds a certain mystique among many die-hard Star Wars fans. The scene focuses on Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), and offers a glimpse into his early life and associates on Tatooine. The scene also serves to introduce the character of Biggs Darklighter (played by Garrick Hagon), who appears later in the film as a doomed X-Wing fighter pilot in the Battle of Yavin. It is not known why George Lucas excluded the Tosche Power Station scene from the final cut of Star Wars – the scene was finely scripted and well acted (with strong jobs by Forrest, Koo Stark and Garrick Hagon). Lucas may have decided to minimize the number of youthful characters in the movie (which already included a teenage Carrie Fisher in the role of Princess Leia), in an attempt to avoid making what could have been considered an American Graffiti in space.

[edit] Expanded Universe

The character of Laze “Fixer” Loneozner appears in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, where additional (albeit limited) information can be found. Because of his early association with Luke Skywalker, some of the first comic book adaptations of Star Wars, published by Marvel, included Fixer, as a minor character, in their storylines dealing with Luke’s origins. In the Expanded Universe, Fixer finances his wedding (with Camie) by selling a pod racer at Mos Espa that he had built during his free time at Toschi Station. Camie and Fixer would eventually take over the old Lars moisture-farm, operating it for an outside corporation. At one point, they even betray Luke Skywalker to the Empire, when Skywalker returned to Tatooine, although they inform Luke of their actions, allowing him to escape.