List of podracers

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This is a list of professional podracers in the fictional Star Wars universe. A number of these characters are featured in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace or in the video game Star Wars: Episode I Racer. Also included is their "taunt" which is a short cutscene where the selected pod racer "taunts" the track favorite.

Contents 1 Aldar Beedo 2 Anakin Skywalker 3 Ark "Bumpy" Roose 4 Ben Quadinaros 5 Boles Roor 6 Clegg Holdfast 7 Dud Bolt 8 Ebe Endocott 9 Elan Mak 10 Gasgano 11 Mars Guo 12 Mawhonic 13 Neva Kee 14 Ody Mandrell 15 Ratts Tyerell 16 Teemto Pagalies 17 Wan Sandage 18 Sebulba 19 Bozzie Baranta 20 "Bullseye" Navior 21 Fud Sang 22 Slide Paramita 23 Toy Dampner

[edit] Aldar Beedo

Star Wars character
Aldar Beedo
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Malastare
Species	Glymphid
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

Aldar Beedo is a mercenary turned podracer, who has a history of being hired as a hitman for a money reward. He murdered Fluggrian crime lord Borzu Nale prior to the Boonta Eve Classic, which drove Nale's son Kam Nale to seek revenge. Kam entered the Podrace as Elan Mak with intent to destroy Beedo's racer. Meanwhile, Beedo accepted a job for fellow pod racer Wan Sandage who wanted Beedo to eliminate pod racer Sebulba. Beedo failed to destroy Sebulba's pod during the Boonta Eve Classic. He continued to track Sebulba, while being tracked himself by Kam Nale. Race after race occurred and neither pilot managed to kill their target. However, during this time, Beedo began to develop a great respect for Sebulba, one of the few pilots Beedo took as a serious competitor on the track. When Wan Sandage died, Beedo ceased his quest to annihilate Sebulba and was hired as his new bodyguard. With the money Sebulba gave him for bringing down other Podracers, Beedo could enhance his own Manta RamAir craft for an improved performance. Beedo was eventually killed when his pod was shot down by a bounty hunter in the middle of a Fire Mountain Rally race on the planet Baroonda. There is no known knowledge if the bounty hunter was hired by Kam Nale. Aldar Beedo came third in the Boonta Eve classic, clocking a time of 15:52:108.

• Taunt:"you'll get real used to the glow of my afterburners, friend"

[edit] Anakin Skywalker

Main article: Anakin Skywalker

Anakin Skywalker had a short lived career as a pod racer when he was a slave on Tatooine. He raced for Watto in the Boonta Eve Classic winning the race, and in turn, his freedom. Anakin had the quickest podracer of all, achieving a top speed of 947 kilometers per hour. Anakin completed the boonta eve classic in 15:42.

• "Man, I could run faster than your pod racer"

[edit] Ark "Bumpy" Roose

Star Wars character
Ark "Bumpy" Roose
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Sump
Species	Nuknog
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

Ark Roose was a particularly dim-witted pilot who cared little for specialized tactics and maneuvers -- his strategy on the track was simply to smash into whoever was nearby. The sectarian Sump government disapproved of this pilot, permitting him to race offworld only in a half-hearted hope that he might somehow improve the image of Nuknogs. While Roose never made it big, he did advance to some of the most elite courses across the galaxy, and there was even a course on Aquilaris (Bumpy's Breakers) named after him. Having nearly been bested by Anakin Skywalker in the last Boonta Eve Classic, Roose was out for revenge, and when Gardulla the Hutt's aide Diva Funquita offered him the chance to sabotage Skywalker's Podracer for money, he was more than willing to oblige. Unfortunately, not knowing which Podracer belonged to the human boy, Roose wound up disabling Ben Quadinaros' QuadraPod instead. During the Boonta Eve Classic, Dud Bolt collided with Roose in The Coil, bringing down both racers. Roose spent a couple of weeks in the hospital recovering, but was soon back on his feet and Podracing once more.

• Taunt: "Your podracer looks like rhino droppings"

[edit] Ben Quadinaros

Star Wars character
Ben Quadinaros
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Toong'1
Species	Toong
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

Ben Quadinaros was actually a very fearless creature; but like most Toongs, he buckled under when confronted with social interaction. This timidity around others quickly earned him an undeserved reputation as a coward. However, while he might not have been spineless, he didn't have the skill required to achieve success in the Boonta Eve Classic, having only raced before on the Pouffra Circuit (widely regarded as one of the safest -- and therefore, in the collective opinion of the Podracing elite, wimpiest -- courses in the galaxy). In fact Quadinaros wouldn't have entered the Boonta at all if not for the fact that Boles Roor, in his glimmik concert the night before the race, had drunkenly bet five million peggats that Quadinaros didn't have the guts to enter. The Toong accepted his bet, rented a Podracer, and soon found himself on the starting grid of the racetrack. He couldn't deny feeling great fear that he might meet his end on the unforgiving dunes of the Boonta. However, he was spared by the fact that his Podracer failed to take off at the part of the race -- it had been sabotaged by Ark "Bumpy" Roose earlier. Deprived of his dignity yet five million peggats richer as a result of his bet with Roor, Quadinaros happily stepped down from the expert courses, purchased a new Podracer, and returned to the Pouffra Circuit. Quadinaros had the second fastest podracer, with a top speed of 940 kilometers per hour.

• Taunt:"What's the matter?, your pit droids take a day off?"

[edit] Boles Roor

Star Wars character
Boles Roor
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Sneeve
Species	Sneevel
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

In better days, Boles Roor had twice walked away from the Boonta Eve Classic with the winner's prize under his arm. However, that had been before Sebulba's time, and when the Sneevel came back to Tatooine for a return performance, he was taken aback at how much more intense the racing scene had become. While his Bin Gassi Quadrijet was now obsolete and substandard when compared to the shiny new racing engines of the current top Podracer pilots, Roor was able to garner the support of many a Podracing spectator via his other career as a glimmik singer. Roor's reputation for loud, wild concerts earned him a more than substantial fanbase on the sandy planet, and there were many who bet that he would best Sebulba in the Boonta, despite being out of practice. On the night before the Boonta, Roor gave a glimmik show, during which he taunted the rookie pilot Ben Quadinaros, betting five million peggats that he wouldn't enter the Boonta. Quadinaros accepted, however, and Roor was chagrined to see his Podracer on the starting grid the next day. During the Podrace, Roor was able to finish sixth, and was obliged to pay the five million peggats to Quadinaros, who had also survived. To compensate for his losses, Roor put Podracing back on the shelf and took a tour around the galaxy performing glimmik. Roar was the last to finish in a time of 16:06:439.

• Taunt:"I've seen better parts at a junk market"

[edit] Clegg Holdfast

Star Wars character
Clegg Holdfast
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	New Plympto
Species	Nosaurian
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

Though the Nosaurian Clegg Holdfast was a third-rate Podracer pilot, he had made quite a name for himself on the Podracing scene, being one of the top journalists for Podracing Quarterly. In truth, this was Holdfast's primary career: Podracing itself was just a tool for him to get the inside scoop on the races. Many of his loyal readers protested that it was too risky a sport for him to take an active part in, but the Nosaurian's hardy hide enabled him to walk away more or less intact from the many crashes he took during his time. In the Boonta Eve Classic, Sebulba flame-jetted Holdfast's Podracer at The Notch while they were in the second lap. Holdfast's flaming engines crashed into the rock wall, and he took severe injuries. Once he had recovered in the Mos Espa hospital, he returned to Podracing, and used his connections as a journalist to change the official records to show that he had finished the Boonta Eve Classic in seventh place, with a time of nearly thirty minutes. His reputation thus preserved, Holdfast continued to write for Podracing Quarterly.

• Taunt:"MY engines are faster than YOURS!"

[edit] Dud Bolt

Star Wars character
Bolt Dudd
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Sneeve
Species	Vulptereen
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

Dud Bolt served as Sebulba's midair bodyguard. The Dug would give him a cash bonus for every Podracer he could bring down on the track, with an even further bonus for casualties. As a result, Dud Bolt's racing strategy was not to reach the finish line as quickly as possible, but to aggressively take on anyone who happened to be nearby. In fact, Podracing spectators would typically make bets not on whether Dud would finish first, but on how many vehicles he would destroy along the way. It was a slow day for Dud during the Boonta Eve Classic, in which he only managed to take out one other pilot — Ark "Bumpy" Roose — during the third lap, and destroyed his own Podracer in doing so. Sebulba gave him a hefty bonus for putting the Nuknog out of action, but refused to finance Dudd's need to purchase a new racer, and grew less and less forgiving with the Vulptereen as time went on. Eventually, Bolt simply abandoned all ties with Sebulba and went solo, racing his replacement Vulptereen 557 on the courses of Malastare and other worlds. His first priority remained destroying his fellow Podracers, but this was now simply a habit, and not a career in itself. Sebulba, for his part, soon found a new bodyguard in the form of Aldar Beedo.

• Taunt:"Watto must have short-changed you on that part"

[edit] Ebe Endocott

Star Wars character
Ebe Endcott
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Triffis
Species	Triffian
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

Ebe Endocott's career as a Podracer began with his job as a cargo deliveryman on his homeworld. He was focused on getting his cargo from place to place as soon as possible, and found dangerous shortcuts through his towering city that he would recklessly take in order to complete his job. Concerned that he was taking such risks but impressed that he got the job done efficiently and without a scratch each time, his boss suggested that he look into Podracing. The young Triffian purchased a sleek Jak Racing J930 and traveled to Malastare, where he was able to secure three consecutive wins on the Malastare 100. Confident in his abilities, Endocott moved on to even riskier courses, such as the volcanic Fire Mountain Rally on Baroonda. Eventually, he came to Tatooine to compete in the Boonta Eve Classic. He knew he could rely on his own skills, but hadn't counted on those of the pilots around him -- especially Sebulba. Through some raw talent and some sheer luck, he was able to place fourth in the Boonta Eve Classic. His confidence increased, he remained on Tatooine to see what other courses this planet had to offer, and within mere months had established himself as one of the reigning champions on the planet. Endocott completed the race in 15:57:649.

• Taunt:"You need to go back to racing school."

[edit] Elan Mak

Star Wars character
Elan Mak
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Ploo IV
Species	Fluggrian
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

When Aldar Beedo the hitman picked off Fluggrian crime lord Borzu Nale with a laser rifle shot, he didn't consider some of the consequences -- especially that of Nale's son, Kam. Kam, distraught at his father's death, swore to annihilate Beedo in return. When he learned that Beedo was going to race in the Boonta Eve Classic, Kam saw his chance. Adopting the alias of Elan Mak, he purchased an outdated Kurtob Podracer with bulbous engines and used the money his father had left him to buy his way into the Boonta Classic. Few people suspected he could finish with a Podracer like that, but Mak did manage to place fifth despite having never Podraced before. Realizing this skill, Mak elected to look further into Podracing, and his races doubled as a front for his mission to eliminate Beedo. When it became clear that the Kurtob wasn't fast or strong enough to give him victory, Mak switched to a prototype Dantel R0 Conejet and reinvented himself as a hardcore racer. He became famous for ruthlessly taking the aggressive on the track, but he always kept one yellow eye on his Glymphid target. Eventually, Beedo was picked off by a bounty hunter in the middle of a Fire Mountain Rally race, but no evidence can support any connection between this bounty hunter and Elan Mak. As one of the few to finish, Elan came fifth in a time of 15:59:395.

• Taunt:"I have seen better parts on a scrap wagon"

[edit] Gasgano

Star Wars character
Gasgano
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Troiken
Species	Xexto
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

"If you give him the option of ignoring you, he will. If you don't give him that option, you're in trouble." So Beed has said about the four-armed Xexto pilot Gasgano. Easily ranking among the most famous Podracers in the galaxy, Gasgano was one of the deadliest fiends on the track... but only if you got him angry. Otherwise, he'd just fly by you, totally focused on getting to the finish line first instead of bullying other racers around. Gasgano's custom-built Ord Pedrovia placed a heavy emphasis on acceleration, helping him take the lead in the critical early seconds of a Podrace. The Xexto had little patience for humans and often condemned lesser pilot Anakin Skywalker as a rookie wannabe, while at the same time being impressed that the human boy had ever dared to strap himself into a Pod in the first place. Gasgano championed Gardulla the Hutt, although she was far from the only spectator who bet on him: many predicted Gasgano would overtake Sebulba in the Boonta Eve Classic. While Gasgano placed second behind Skywalker in this race, Sebulba's defeat and subsequent temporary loss of dignity provided the Xexto with an excellent chance to further his own career as a Podracer. Not bothering to rest from his partial victory in the Boonta, the competitive Gasgano quickly moved on to other races, and soon became the favorite pilot on the barren Podracing asteroid of Oovo IV. Gasgano completed the race in second in 15:51:987.

• Taunt:Oh..I've seen better in Watto's junkyard"

[edit] Mars Guo

Star Wars character
Mars Guo
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Phu
Species	Phuii
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

Mars Guo had a propensity for heavy drinking and pretty women, and his loud mouth frequently got him into trouble. He would often pick fights with the local riffraff of Mos Espa despite his diminutive statue, which constantly led to his own defeat. Guo wasn't the best Podracer pilot on the circuit, but he had made quite a name for himself in the Minor Rim leagues, and he felt confident that he could pull off a victory in the Boonta. Unfortunately, he made the mistake of imbibing one too many drinks at Boles Roor's glimmik concert the previous night, and the even worse mistake of hitting on one of Sebulba's Twi'lek masseuses, Ann Gella. The Veknoid Teemto Pagalies, who had long been infatuated with Ann, overheard this encounter. Outraged, he reported the incident to Sebulba the next day, who responded by subtly sabotaging Guo's racer. During the second lap, Sebulba was vexed by the fact that Guo's Plug-2 Behemoth was still in the running, and to finish the matter he broke off a small bit of his Pod and tossed it behind him into one of Guo's colossal engines. The craft was shattered and Guo's Pod was sent flying. Many believed this was the end of the swaggering Phuii pilot, but Guo managed to survive and limped back to his home planet of Phu. It was a long time before he showed up on the Podracing circuit again. When he did though, he did in a big way, winning a record 59 races in a row and becoming one of the biggest names in the sport.

• Taunt:"You're gonna fry."

[edit] Mawhonic

Star Wars character
Mawhonic
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Hok
Species	Gran
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

Few Podracer pilots can lay claim to being as much of a thorn in Sebulba's side as Mawhonic. He was one of only a handful of racers, also including Gasgano, that Sebulba ever counted as a real threat to his career. Mawhonic would become vicious whenever Sebulba was around, whereas otherwise he was quite good-natured. An unspoken alliance between Mawhonic and Gasgano revealed itself whenever they were racing against Sebulba: if an opportunity to work together to bring the Dug down presented itself, they would do so. However, they rarely had anything to do with each other in their off hours, as each found the other's personality detestable. In the Boonta Eve Classic, Mawhonic's Podracer was destroyed by Sebulba as they were passing through the Mushroom Mesa. However, Mawhonic returned later on to compete in Malastare's Vintage Harvest Classic, apparently no worse for wear. Astonished, Sebulba accused him of being an impostor, but all evidence pointed to the fact that he was genuine. Rumors began to fly around that there had been an impostor Mawhonic, but this had been the one who perished in the Boonta Eve Classic -- that Mawhonic himself hadn't raced in the Boonta to begin with. These rumors remain unconfirmed.

• Taunt:Unknown

[edit] Neva Kee

Star Wars character
Neva Kee
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Xagobah
Species	Xamster
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

You would need a twisted mind to design a Podracer the way Farwan & Glott did. But you would need to be totally insane to actually fly one. So said one Podracer pilot in reference to that legendary little Xamster, Neva Kee. Racing authorities thought he was committing the gravest breach of Podracing rules in the history of the sport, his extensive fan base thought he was a courageous rebel devoted to changing Podracing forever, and his fellow pilots just thought he was out of his mind. Kee's astonishing vehicle placed the Pod at the front end of the machine, with the engines attached behind it not by cable, but by plain metal. Furthermore, no power coupling was required to hold the engines together. That the Pod was in the front made crashes extremely dangerous, but the Podracer as a whole turned and handled far better than the competition. After having won several races on Baroonda, Kee entered the Boonta Classic with intent to assert his position among Podracing champions. Though he performed well for the first part of the race, he swerved off-course while flying over the Hutt Flats on the second lap. Inexplicably, Kee vanished. It is now unknown whether Kee is somewhere in the Dune Sea or whether he has simply perished.

• Taunt:"Hehehe...Did watto sell you that podracer?!"

[edit] Ody Mandrell

Star Wars character
Ody Mandrell
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Tatooine
Species	Er’Kit
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

The Er'Kit are an all-but-unknown species hailing from a distant planet of the same name. Ody Mandrell, however, was born and raised on the dusty world Tatooine. One of the youngest Podracers to participate in the sport, Mandrell was barely more than a teenager. His naturally resilient skin, an inherent characteristic of nearly all Er'Kit, allowed him to walk away from most of his crashes nearly unscathed — and Mandrell experienced more crashes than most. The quintessential daredevil, Mandrell raced not for money or fame, but simply for the adrenaline rush. He relished mind-boggling risk, and constantly flew at top speed, edging around corners by the seat of his pants as he whooped and laughed like a madman. Mandrell was a powerful contender in the midrace battles that frequented Podracing: with his powerful Exelbrok machine, he could deliver serious damage to other Podracers… and it never seemed to bother him that they might be better pilots. Fans enjoyed his bravado, and he was a favorite among the spectators of the Boonta Classic. During the race in which Anakin won his freedom, Mandrell's Podracer was disabled in the pits when the droid DUM-4 was sucked into one massive engine and spit out the other end. However, he was able to repair the engine after the race, and was soon back on the Podracing circuit.

• Taunt:Unknown

[edit] Ratts Tyerell

Star Wars character
Ratts Tyerell
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Aleen
Species	Aleena
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

Though he was the tiniest competitor in the Boonta Classic, the warrior tradition of the Aleena gave Ratts Tyerell a warped honor code all his own. He found it unbearable that Sebulba had gotten to where he was by cheating, and vowed to eliminate the Dug… by cheating if necessary. Tyerell incorporated illegal weaponry into his Vokoff-Strood (nicknamed the “Scatalpen” after a vicious predator of Aleen) and entered it into the Podracing circuit. The irony of his move was not lost on many of the spectators, who viewed the Aleena as a joke. Other pilots, however, got along quite well with Tyerell — Sebulba being the obvious exception. Sadly, Tyerell lost his life when he crashed into a stalagmite in the Laguna Cave, before ever getting to exact justice upon the Dug. Worse, his brother then sold his daughter Djulla as a slave to none other than Sebulba himself. Tyerell's son Deland, racing under the nickname “Pabs”, was able to win Djulla back from Sebulba on a bet that he could beat the Dug in a Podrace on Euceron. Later, Deland went on to form the Ratts Tyerell Association, an organization devoted to making Podracing a safer sport in order to preserve the lives of those pilots who had families to maintain in addition to Podracers.

• Taunt:"you're headed for a burnout pally!"

[edit] Teemto Pagalies

Star Wars character
Teemto Pagalies
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Moonus Mandel
Species	Veknoid
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

Considered handsome by Veknoid standards, Teemto Pagalies was exiled from his home planet after unwittingly attracting the attention of a beautiful Veknoid princess and resisting her attempts at matrimony. Subsequently, he became a fringer, desperately trying to find work in the Outer Rim, but he could find solace nowhere. As a last resort Pagalies tried Podracing, and he finally found his talent. When he came to Tatooine, he became infatuated with the lovely Ann Gella, a masseuse of Sebulba, but couldn't get her to notice him. Of the pilots who entered the Boonta Eve Classic, Pagalies' Podracer boasted the longest engines, and he was confident that between this and the internal stabilizer ring built into his Pod, Pagalies' Podracer was technologically superior and could not help but win. Unfortunately, his lofty theories were proved incorrect by a well-placed Tusken Raider potshot, destroying his engines and sending his Pod whirling into the air (Jawas salvaged parts of the wreck shortly afterwards). Pagalies sustained some injuries from that incident, but recovered fairly quickly and soon returned to the races. He came to be known for trying daring stunts and became a great crowd pleaser. Though he jumped around Podracing planets for a while, he eventually settled on the spice-mining world of Mon Gazza, where the long, open tracks were perfect for the feats he was able to coax out of his Podracer.

Taunt:"Follow too close and you'll get cooked"

[edit] Wan Sandage

Star Wars character
Wan Sandage
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Ord Radama
Species	Devlikk
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

Though Ord Radama had once been a world of marshes and wetlands, most of the planet became coated with cities and streets. On their homeworld, the short-lived Devlikks (a Standard decade was a reasonable approximation of the average Devlikk lifespan) possessed an innate sense of direction and orientation that made them natural Podracer pilots. Many female Devlikks such as Isko Patanos became renowned pilots, but males who dabbled in the sport were few. The charismatic Wan Sandage, however, had been piloting since the age of two, using a Podracer fashioned on Ord Radama itself. On his homeworld, he attained great fame, but on other planets, his sense of direction was distorted, rendering him constantly discombobulated. Before the Boonta Classic, Sandage (now six) enlisted the aid of the hitman Aldar Beedo to dispatch Sebulba in midrace, leaving the path to victory open for Sandage. Beedo's attempts failed, but for several years they continued to work together in an effort to eliminate Sebulba. Eventually Sandage found himself on his deathbed, his only visitor the solemn Glymphid. He assumed Beedo would continue trying to kill Sebulba, but on the contrary, Beedo announced his plan to enter the Dug's service. Distraught, Sandage demanded to know why, but Beedo simply abandoned him. And so the Devlikk died, his final thought of disbelieving shock.

• Taunt: "You race like an old moisture farmer!"

[edit] Sebulba

Main article: Sebulba

Sebulba was one of the most dirty podracers at the boonta eve classic. His podracer had many tricks like flamethrowers as well as his own tricks. He had the so called mighty Dud Bolt to do some of his dirty work, which he paid him credit to every racer he knocked off the course. Sebulba's podracer had a top speed of 829 Kilometers per hour (808 was the average), as well as the greatest of acceleration, on par with Clegg Holdfast.

Taunt:"you smell like bantha fodder"

[edit] Bozzie Baranta

Star Wars character
Bozzie Baranta
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Unknown
Species	Unknown
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

During the time of the Boonta Eve Classic, Bozzie Baranta was a simple mechanic on Gasgano's pit crew. However, he fostered dreams of becoming a pilot himself. He secretly practiced with the Ord Pedrovia until he felt he could at least hold his own on the Amateur circuit. At that point, he made his request to part ways with Gasgano. Once the Xexto saw how he could race, Gasgano agreed to let him off the pit crew, and even helped in funding Baranta's campaign to buy a Podracer. After securing a Shelba of his own, Baranta painted the machine in bright colors.

• Taunt:"I hope Watto charged you for that part"

[edit] "Bullseye" Navior

Star Wars character
"Bullseye" Navior
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Unknown
Species	Unknown
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

A rather touchy Podracer prone to sudden mood swings, "Bullseye" Navior (actual first name unknown) raced a tiny vehicle known for zipping around obstacles that would swiftly destroy larger Podracers. Though he never got along very well with his fellow Podracer pilots, he was admired by the fans, since he never seemed to crash. However, when his Irateq Dart finally met its end in the forests of Gamorr, Navior took heavy injuries and was forced to drop out of the Podracing circuit.

Taunt:"Is that your podracer, or a you selling scrap metal?!"

[edit] Fud Sang

Star Wars character
Fud Sang
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Huelos IV
Species	sanhueil
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

The tiny Fud Sang was an incessant paranoid, always sure his fellow Podracer pilots planned to sabotage him. In truth, it is the popular Podracers who risk getting sabotaged — Sang had participated in so few races as to leave him completely inconspicuous to Podracing saboteurs. In the Boonta Classic race prior to Anakin's gamble for freedom, Sang had a bad opening position, but was soon able to muscle his way into second place. It didn't last long, however, for Sebulba nail-jetted Sang's racer in the Whip during the first lap. Sang's vehicle slammed into the wall as Sebulba soared away.

Taunt:"First time racing, eh rookie fodder?"

[edit] Slide Paramita

Star Wars character
Slide Paramita
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	Tund
Species	Ciasi
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

Haughty and persnickety, Slide Paramita disapproved of pilots who used large, overpowering machines, relying on only a small Pizer-Errol and his own cunning to win races. Though his craft was delicate, it responded well on turns and proved a great asset to Paramita on the galaxy's twistier courses. He became the crowd favorite on Ando Prime Centrum, with its narrow, serpentine corridors and tight turns. When the city was destroyed during the Yuuzhan Vong incursion, Paramita fled the planet, leaving his Pizer-Errol behind. His current whereabouts are unknown.

• Taunt:"Look for my podracer when I lap you!!"

[edit] Toy Dampner

Star Wars character
Toy Dampner
Position	Podracer pilot
Homeworld	New Cov
Species	Unknowm
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Podracing Circuit
Portrayed by	Not applicable

One of the most menacing Podracer pilots around, Toy Dampner was a champion on Oovo IV, a prison asteroid that boasted some of the deadliest tracks on the circuit. Despite being badly maintained by a sub-average pit crew, Dampner's Turca vehicle was a strong Podracer that handled very well on slippery terrain. Though Dampner occasionally raced off of Oovo IV, he preferred to stay there, in his element, surrounded by crowds cheering his name. He is said to have beaten the all-time Podracing speed record while racing through the zero-gravity tunnels of the Oovo IV course, Malevolent.

Taunt:"Nice cropduster"