Groodo

"Let's get down to business ... Senator, I promised you a fortune in return for your help in putting Fondor out of the starship-manufacturing business. Now, I followed your instructions to the letter, constructing the fake Sun Runner to distract your people as well as the Nallastians, supplying the weapons to wipe out Fondor's starship yards, and so on. You were supposed to prevent any Jedi from meddling. What went wrong?" "The Jedi were more cunning than I realized. However, they are presently on Fondor's moon, Nallastia. If we are to fulfill our plan to bring Fondor to ruin, we must act now."

- Groodo the Hutt, manufacturer of the Sun Runner replica, and Senator Rodd of Fondor.

Groodo the Hutt—the brother of Rigorra and the father of Boonda—operated what he claimed to be 'legitimate' business interests, particularly in starship manufacturing, during the waning years of the Galactic Republic.

Biography
The crimelord's luxurious domicile was a palace in Calamar, the capital city of Esseles in the Darpa sector and a major center of hypernautics and advanced hyperdrive specialization. Groodo's criminal activities were fronted by 'legitimate' business interests in Esseles, including the operation of a successful factory that specialized in the manufacture of customized hyperdrive engines. While still maintaining ownership of the factory, he later turned it over to his son Boonda when he focused his energies on the development of Groodo Starship Yards, which orbited Esseles.

Responsible for the Bartokk attack on Trinkatta Starships' factory on Esseles in 33 BBY, Groodo had been hired by the Trade Federation to build a small but powerful hyperdrive. Darth Maul eradicated Groodo's plans to steal both the hyperdrive prototype and the 50 Vulture-class droid starfighters its manufacture would power. But instead of killing him, Maul left him to live on in fear.

In 23 BBY, Groodo produced a counterfeit of the ancient transport vessel, the Sun Runner, which he intended to use to destroy the Fondor Shipyards in the Tapani sector, in order to gain more business for his own factories. The replica ship was deliberately distressed to make it look four thousand years old, but outfitted with a state-of-the-art power source, navigational equipment, and armaments. Groodo's scheme, carried out in collusion with Senator Rodd and Hurlo Holowan, to both destroy the shipyards and take over and destroy the Fondor Spaceport was foiled, however, by the Jedi Bultar Swan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu, and Kit Fisto.

A year before the Clone Wars, Groodo was hunted down by Cradossk and his son Bossk who were hired by Wat Tambor, a member of the Separatist Council.

Personality and traits
Groodo spared few luxuries—in life, in general, but also on his private cruiser. Like most Hutts, however, his aesthetic tastes were questionable. Groodo's cruiser had broad fins, large oval viewports, and a lurid color scheme of red, orange, and yellow; Groodo's lush cabin was lined with striped animal pelts. Everything was designed for maximum visibility and to show off Groodo's considerable wealth.

Though Groodo indulged in many pleasures, revenge was at the top of his list: the Hutt actually looked forward to being wronged, so that he might exact vengeance upon his enemies.

Appearances

 * Millennium Falcon
 * Episode I Adventures 3: The Fury of Darth Maul
 * Episode I Adventures 4: Jedi Emergency
 * Star Wars Adventures 1: Hunt the Sun Runner
 * Star Wars Adventures 2: The Cavern of Screaming Skulls
 * Star Wars Adventures 3: The Hostage Princess
 * Star Wars Adventures 4: Jango Fett vs. the Razor Eaters
 * Star Wars Adventures 5: The Shape-Shifter Strikes
 * Star Wars Adventures 6: The Warlords of Balmorra