Wat Tambor/Legends

"The Techno Union army [...] is at your disposal, Count."

- Wat Tambor to Count Dooku

Wat Tambor was the Skakoan Foreman of the Techno Union and Executive of Baktoid Armor Workshop during the Clone Wars. He was a member of the Crimlin Clan.

He was also the Techno Union's representative in the Galactic Senate and later a member of the Separatist Council.

Biography
"With these new battle droids we built for you, you'll have the finest army in the galaxy."

- Tambor to Dooku

Early life
A Skakoan from Skako, Tambor spent much of his time on the harsh industrial world of Metalorn. As one of the few Skakoans to venture offworld, Wat Tambor wore a full-body pressure suit to prevent being explosively decompressed in standard atmospheres, as the native atmospheric pressure of Skako was completely different from that of most planets. He was fluent in Verpine and Sluissese.

Techno Union Representative


Following the Incident at Dorvalla in 33 BBY, Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum proposed that the Republic instigate the taxation of trade routes. Tambor, knowing that this would damage the Union, was not in favour of the motion, and found himself in luck when Senator Palpatine of Naboo proposed that the matter be resolved at a Trade Summit on Eriadu. However, things went awry at the summit, with several influential figures in the Trade Federation being assassinated, and the taxation bill went on to be passed in the Senate.

Techno Union Foreman, and Executive of Baktoid
Tambor was interested in joining the growing Separatist movement. He was a close associate of InterGalactic Banking Clan Chairman San Hill. When San began to show sympathy for the Separatists and even helped Count Dooku spread his anti-Republic propaganda, Wat became even more supportive of the Separatists. Wat was eventually approached by Count Dooku, the leader of the Separatist movement himself, and was convinced to secretly prepare battle droids and other weapons for the Separatists. It was not until other corporations interested in joining the Separatists met with Count Dooku and Archduke Poggle the Lesser on Geonosis that Wat pledged the support of the Techno Union to the CIS, as well as the Techno Union's droid army. Shortly after the Battle of Geonosis broke out, Wat escaped to his Hardcell-class transport and left with the remaining Techno Union ships.

Wat was later captured by Anakin Skywalker on Metalorn and put in prison on Delrian. Skakoan commandos, having discovered Tambor's prison cell, sacrificed themselves by purging their pressure suits in order to blast through the door of Wat's cell, allowing Tambor to escape.



Tambor eventually came to a Techno Union fortress on Xagobah. While there, the Second Battle of Xagobah erupted. Boba Fett arrived on the planet to capture Tambor for Jabba Desilijic Tiure, but failed after confronting General Grievous. In a short battle, Wat managed to blast young Boba with a energy shot from his robotic arms. Even though Boba was wearing his fathers Mandalorian battle armor, he was stunned by the blast. General Grievous came in to kill Boba with his four lightsabers, but was confused as Boba incapaciated himself with the dangerous vegetation that grew in the facility in which they were fighting. Mistaking Boba to have died from the exposure to the vegetation, Grievous let back on his assault and left Boba alive, unknowingly. Tambor and Grievous managed to evade both the Republic and young Fett. However, Boba was still determined to complete his mission when he regained consciousness, so he followed them in the Slave I but got caught up in the ensuing space battle, crash-landing on one of Xagobah's moons.

Along with the rest of the Separatist Council, Tambor was put under the personal protection of General Grievous by Count Dooku. Grievous eventually chose Utapau as the council's hideout, but, on the orders of Darth Sidious, relocated the Separatist Council to the volcanic planet Mustafar, which was owned by the Techno Union, in the final days of the war. It was here that he was killed by Anakin Skywalker, now Darth Sidious's new apprentice Darth Vader, along with the other members of the council. Wat tried to break through the wall of the Separatist Council Conference Room with his metal arms, but Vader reached him before he succeeded. Vader then stabbed his lightsaber into the unarmed Tambor's chest.

Behind the scenes



 * He was voiced by Chris Truswell in Attack of the Clones.


 * In the novelization of Revenge of the Sith, in an attempt to spare his life, Wat promised to give Vader anything he wanted, to which Vader agreed by taking Tambor's arms and head off with his lightsaber. Vader thanked him for the offer.


 * "Wat Tambor" in Spanish means "Watt Drum".

Appearances

 * Cloak of Deception
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
 * Honor Bound
 * Star Wars: The New Droid Army
 * The Cestus Deception
 * CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 14:4:12 Edition
 * CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 14:7:01 Edition
 * CIS Shadowfeed Year's Start Fete Day Edition
 * CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 15:01:15 Edition
 * Boba Fett: A New Threat
 * Boba Fett: Pursuit
 * Bailed Out
 * Wat Tambor and the Quest for the Sacred Eye of the Albino Cyclops
 * Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith comic
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith game
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith comic
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith game