Roodown

"There's a scrounger in Niima named Crusher Roodown. For years he was one of the Blobfish's best scavengers, but he got into a dispute with the Blobfish, and Unkar sent his thugs to cut off Crusher's arms."

- Rey describes Roodown in her journal

Roodown, nicknamed "Crusher" Roodown, was a Abednedo scavenger on the planet Jakku who angered his employer, the junk dealer Unkar Plutt. As a consequence, his arms were cut off by Plutt's thugs as they suspected he was selling salvage to a buyer other than Plutt. His life as a scavenger over, Roodown was allowed to work as a strongback around Niima Outpost using his replacement load-lifter arms which greatly increased his strength. Around thirty years after the Battle of Endor, he was present in the outpost shortly after the First Order attacked the nearby Tuanul village and passed by the scavenger Rey.

Biography
"Crusher does odd jobs around Niima for half rations now, which is how I know the Blobfish regrets what he did&mdash;otherwise he would have had Crusher killed."

- Rey theorizes on why Roodown is still alive

"Crusher" Roodown was an Abednedo male who for years was one of the best scavengers operating out of Niima Outpost on the planet Jakku where he would bring his junk to trade with the junk dealer Unkar Plutt, who ran the outpost. After Roodown and Plutt had a dispute, Plutt sent his thugs to cut off the scavenger's arms in the belief that Roodown was selling salvage to another buyer. Roodown had replacement, aftermarket load-lifter arms installed. Unable to salvage again, he was allowed by Plutt to work around Niima, offering his services as a strongback to other scavengers and completing other small jobs for half portions of food including occasional work as an enforcer-for-hire.

The human scavenger Rey wrote about Roodown in a survival guide she compiled and theorized that he had been allowed to live and work in Niima after losing his arms only because Plutt regretted the incident. Around thirty years after the Battle of Endor and shortly after the First Order attacked the nearby Tuanul village, Roodown was dragging a sled full of three non-functional I2-CG droids around Niima when he passed Rey, who had just returned from scavenging in the wreck of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Inflictor. Around a day later, Niima was attacked by the forces of the First Order.

Personality and traits
Roodown was a large member of the Abednedo species. His load-lifter arms were yellow, while his eyes were black and his skin was a mottled pink and gray. His cybernetic arms granted him greatly enhanced strength.

Equipment
Roodown used a sled in Niima that was made up of a scrapped water tank shell and salvaged thruster frame spokes.

Behind the scenes
Roodown first appeared in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, a film released in North America on December 18, 2015. He was not identified in the film, but was named in both Star Wars: Rey's Survival Guide by Jason Fry and Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary by Pablo Hidalgo, a pair of reference books both released simultaneously in conjunction with the film.

Like all members of the Abednedo species named by Hidalgo in the Visual Dictionary, the character was named in reference to a song by the Beastie Boys as director of The Force Awakens J.J. Abrams is a big fan of the group. Roodown is likely a reference to the song "Root Down".

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens