Boles Roor/Legends

"Muh first number is about courage! It's not dedicated to all the spineless rejects who just watch the Boonta!"

- Boles Roor

Boles Roor was a male Sneevel, a professional and successful glimmik singer and a podracer pilot. When racing, he favored a Bin Gassi Racing Engines Quadrijet 4-Barrel 904E, even after the model had become obsolete.

Biography
Boles Roor was an accomplished podracer, commonly racing in non-protective clothing. His high-output machine with modified cockpit could reach 790 km/h, and Roor could control it at that speed. Roor was the great favorite on Zugga Challenge of Mon Gazza, and during his career he won twice the prestigious Boonta Eve Classic. Critics, however, attributed his victories less to any real talent and more to sheer luck. .

Roor, who regarded himself a crooner before a racer, concentrated on his vocation as a glimmik singer, obtaining important achievements. While Roor raced in full clothes, he was naked when singing or casual. Half-retired from podracing by the time Sebulba started in that business, Roor sang in distinguished venues such as the Kallarak Amphitheater of Coruscant, probably in front of a full house.

Disattending his vehicle's upkeep, Roor hired a crew of Ishi Tibs to perform this task while he was singing. At some point, he also hired Shrivel Braittrand, a Kulless, as his chief mechanic. Even with their work, the pod began to suffer: Its dual combustion chambers failed to cool properly, its internal componentes were replaced by sub-par when needed, and the soldered seams were poor-quality. It also had poor-quality welding in its left engine.

After an important leave from the podracing pro circuit, Roor returned to the Boonta Eve Classic for the race of 32 BBY. He was not the only old-timer in the race, but both his vehicle and his skills had grown rusty, and the racing scene had evolved without him knowing.

The day before the race, Roor and some of the favorites of the race (Gasgano, Mawhonic, Clegg Holdfast and Sebulba) were featured in announcer FodesinBeed's show. Sebulba taunted each of his challengers, with Roor being the only one to reply him back. The Sneevel also announced his glimmik performance for that same night.

On the night before the Boonta, Roor gave his glimmik show in the Poodoo Lounge. During his act, Roor taunted the rookie Toong pilot Ben Quadinaros, betting five million wupiupi that a cowardly Toong like Quadinaros wouldn't enter the Boonta. To everybody's surprise (including Quadinaros's), Quadinaros accepted. . Roor avoided public embarrassment by dedicating his first song to Quadinaros, and continued with a loud concert that made Fode's ears ring for the following day.

In the Boonta Race, Roor was upset to see Quadinaros in the 18th starting block from Roor's own 10th post. By then, his bet with the Toong was public knowledge. However, Quadinaros's quickly-rented quadra-pod was sabotaged by another pilot, Ark Roose, who was trying to damage Anakin Skywalker's vehicle. As a result, Quadinaros did not really even take off and he easily survived the race against all odds, but he had nevertheless win his bet.

Meanwhile, Roor was racing at high speed, probably in seventh position during the second lap. Roor finished the race in 6th place, with a total time of 16.42:473 and an average speed of 781 km/h. His other rival Sebulba did not even finish the race, as he crashed before reaching the finish. During party after the race, Roor's bet was the talk of the pilots. Even disgruntled, Roor promptly paid Quadinaros his money.

To compensate for his losses, Roor put Podracing back on the shelf and took a tour around the galaxy performing glimmik. In this period of time, he gave his pod to his chief mechanic Braittrand. Braittrand modified it, and used it in further races.

Ten years after that race, Roor had became a legend in Sneeve. He abandoned his retirement to publicly support Senator Jollin Resbin of Sneeve, a partidary of the Military Creation Act during the Separatist Crisis. Roor appeared in holographic endorsement and ran in charity races in the Mid Rim to spread Resbin's message in the area. He was supposed to run in the Dasoor Challenge the same day of the final vote on the Act, although the climate could have altered the plans.

Personality and traits


"I've seen better parts at a junk market!"

- Boles Roor

At 1.60 meters, Boles Roor was relatively short for a Sneevel, who commonly range from 1.60 to 2.10 meters. . Like many others from his species, Roor gave off a pungent smell than was one of his personal trademarks. Another one was his powerful voice, which he used to his advantage in his singing career.

Many Sneevels felt a need for thrill. Roor was not the only of his species that resorted to dangerous sports as a way of life. Roor was also considered an unruly person, and apparently was a mediocre mechanic.

These facts apparently mark Roor as mostly a typical representative of his species.

When singing glimmik, Roor played a pink instrument with a long neck. He appeared to carry it nonchalantly.

Roor's podracing skills were not competitive as of 32 BBY, even although they could have been better in his times.

Behind the scenes
Boles Roor was first known as "Shaggy" (or "Shaggy Podracer" ), due to his appearance in an early illustration by Terryl Whitlatch.

Roor is never seen on screen in The Phantom Menace. When the announcer FodesinBeed calls his name, only his empty cockpit is seen.

The revised rough draft of The Phantom Menace mentioned the podracer Boles Roor, from a planet named Ord Padrove. The name of the planet might have evolved to Ord Pedrovia, Gasgano's podracer.

Boles Roor was voiced by Peter Lurie in Star Wars Episode I: Racer.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace novelization
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace comic
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Episode I Racer
 * Podracing Tales
 * Star Wars: Racer Revenge