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NOTES: ''This page is an experiment of sorts. The goal of this page is too catalogue the Podracing season that takes place in Star Wars: Racer Revenge. I have no idea if this kind of article is allowed, as I have not seen it before. However, I have believe there is enough data to create this page and go through the seasons as an event, similar to how we have pages regarding Wars.''

"Podracing, back with a vengeance!"

- Dax Gazaway

The 24 BBY Podracing season was widely regarded as one of the more brutal seasons that appeared in the sport. The season saw the return of the Dug pilot Sebulba, who had previously retired eight years before after his humiliating defeat during that year's Boonta Eve Classic at the hands of a young Human boy named Anakin Skywalker. At the beckoning of Sebulba, Skywalker, now a Jedi in training, also returned to the sport. Sebulba, still fuming over his defeat, pinpointed his vengeance on Skywalker, and planned to knock him out during a race for good. Aside from them, the season saw a number of old professionals and several newcomers arrive for the season. Among them were the hitmen Aldar Beedo and Dud Bolt. Bolt had previously worked for Sebulba, but had since been fired and replaced with Beedo. The Kulless Shrivel Braittrand was once a mechanic for retired racer Boles Roor, now a Podracer on his own.

The season started on the Outer Rim planet of Tatooine and wound through the rest of the Outer Rim, landing on locations such as the jungle world of Gamorr, the watery planet Mon Calamari, the world of Sullust, and the Twi'lek homeworld of Ryloth, before returning to Tatooine for the closing Boonta Eve Classic. Each world had at least three courses associated with it, and the season was made up of three circuits: the Galactic Trials, the Podracing Open, and the Hutt Championships. The tournament was hosted by the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure, who would later present the tournament trophy to the season's winner. Dax Gazaway served as a broadcaster for every race.

Prelude to the season
"Poodoo!"

- Sebulba after crashing during the 32 BBY Boonta Eve Classic

As the year of 24 BBY rolled by, so did the new season of Podracing. A sport that consisted of pilots driving machines built out of a cockpit pulled along by two engines attached by cables, the sport attracted those looking for high-speed thrills and explosive collisions. Perhaps the biggest draw to the event was the Dug pilot from Malastare, Sebulba, coming out of retirement. During the Boonta Eve Classic of 32 BBY, Sebulba faced off against his Human rival, Anakin Skywalker, a nine-year-old child, and lost after a humiliating crash during the race's final stretch. As such, Skywalker ended up winning the Boonta as his first major Podracing victory, and as a bonus, he won his freedom from slavery. Sebulba, angry and humiliated, retired from Podracing. As a new project, Sebulba began to train his son, Hekula, to become a Podracer pilot. Several years after that fateful Boonta, Sebulba had a chance encounter with Skywalker, now a Jedi in training, on Euceron, a planet that was hosting a galaxy wide sports competition known as the Galactic Games. Skywalker, filling in for an injured pilot, raced against Hekula and won yet another race. Sebulba, angry at his son's failure, forbid Hekula to ever race again.

Continually bitter about his defeats from a Human boy, Sebulba eventually opted to finally return to the Podracing circuit. With a new crew of sadistic mechanics and henchmen, including the Glymphid assassin Aldar Beedo, Sebulba returned to Podracing for the new 24 BBY season, dead set on settling old scores. This new season, being hosted by the famous crime lord Jabba the Hutt, the new season differed in several ways when compared to Sebulba's last season. While the dusty desert world of Tatooine, home of the Boonta Eve Classic, still served as a primary world for races, planets such as Gamorr and Sullust were added to the new location roster. In addition to many of the seasoned pros who decided to join the new season, including an older Skywalker, many new comers also found their way into the game. These included participants such as Occo Ninebar and Kraid Nemmeso, who joined the season in order to settle personal goals. The Syboona Knire Dark joined the sport in order to covertly smuggle illegal contraband without suspicion. The returning pilots also had numerous goals, such as the Vulptereen Dud Bolt.

Bolt, a mean-spirited hitman, once worked as an on-track bodyguard for Sebulba. Having been fired and replaced with Beedo, Bolt was out take out both his old employer and his new hire. The Er'Kit Ody Mandrell had returned in order to make up for his own loss during the 32 BBY Boonta as well. Having been ousted out of that race when one his DUM-series pit droids got caught in his engine turbine, Mandrell was still fuming over the event. Mandrell had also raced on Euceron for the Galactic Games, only to crash during the first lap. Gasgano was a pilot sponsored by Gardulla the Hutt, but he was dropped sometime prior. However, for the 24 BBY season, Gardulla's rival and the tournament host, Jabba, picked Gasgano up as his new head racer. And in addition to targeting Skywalker, Sebulba was also out for the blood of Teemto Pagalies, a Veknoid who had ran off with one of the Dug's Twi'lek slaves, Ann Gella.

Contestants
The 24 BBY season saw a total of at least eighteen contestants, ranging from old pros to complete newcomers.

Sebulba
A Dug from Malastare, a world known for Podracing, Sebulba retired for eight years after losing the Boonta Eve Classic in 32 BBY. When the new season attracted his old rival, Anakin Skywalker, Sebulba was quick to sign up along with a new sadistic crew and a brand new Collor Pondrat Plug-F Gargantuan Split-X Podracer. After firing his old henchman, Dud Bolt, Sebulba hired the Glymphid Podracer Aldar Beedo, who had been previously hired by the Devlikk Wan Sandage to kill Sebulba. With Sandage passing away due to old age, Beedo ended up dropping the contract. While the move did nothing for Sandage's son, Wan Sandage Jr., it did provoke the anger of Bolt. With Beedo's help, Sebulba planned to decimate both Skywalker and Teemto Pagalies, pilots who Sebulba had debts to settle with. Even after his retirement of eight years, Sebulba still reigned as the crowd favorite for the Boonta Eve Classic. During a race on Sullust, Sebulba was neck and neck with Skywalker as they sped through a tunnel filled with pipes. Skywalker rammed his Podracer into Sebulba's Gargantuan, causing it to spin out of control and crash. With a new or rebuilt racer, Sebulba continued the season. He and Skywalker later went on to compete in the Boonta Eve Classic. While racing through the Laguna Cave, Sebulba rammed into the pods of Pagalies and Gasgano, causing them both to crash into a wall.

Anakin Skywalker
A Human from the planet of Tatooine, Skywalker won his freedom from slavery after winning the Boonta of 32 BBY. During the same race, he humiliated Sebulba during the last stretch of the race by causing the Dug to crash. After leaving Tatooine, Skywalker began his training to become a Jedi. However, despite his duty to the Galactic Republic and his commitments to the Jedi Order, Skywalker couldn't stay away from the sport forever. Returning for the new season in a rebuilt and updated version of his old Radon-Ulzer 620C Podracer. The seventeen-year old Skywalker quickly retook to the sport. Skywalker was something of an icon in his hometown of Mos Espa, and as such served as the crowd favorite for the Mos Espa Open course, which was the first race of the season. During the race he pushed Aldar Beedo into a wall, eliminating the Glymphid from the race. Later during a race on Sullust, Skywalker smashed up Sebulba's new Podracer. While Skywalker has come back to enjoy the sport, he was quite aware of the Dug's vendetta against him.

Occo Ninebar
A male Neelabi from Neelabi, Occo Ninebar wished to leave his homeworld to join in on the Podracing spectacle, against the wishes of his elders. Now exiled, Ninebar believes that his only chance to return home is too become a Podracing champion. Piloting a blue Enser Flay 254, the Ninebar equipped the Podracer with a unique cockpit that would keep Ninebar sheltered from the sunlight while keeping him fully enclosed in water. Unable to breathe oxygen, Ninebar would die if his cockpit broke during a crash and exposed him to the elements. As such, the sport became an extremely dangerous activity for him, as the 24 BBY season was noted for having more aggressive pilots than before. Ninebar primarily raced in the Galactic Trials, and was the crowd favorite on the course that sped through the Mon Calamari city of Orotoru G'am.

Shrivel Braittrand
A Kulless pilot from Gerres Gule, Shrivel Braittrand originally worked as the chief mechanic for Podracer and Glimmik singer Boles Roor. When Roor finally retired from Podracing to focus on his music career, he attempted to pass down his old Podracer to Braittrand, who was looking to compete in the sport himself. Instead of accepting the old Podracer, Braittrand went ahead and built a new custom Podracer from scratch, which he christened as the Kulless Squall. The Podracer was recognizable for its two large, bulbous engines and brown color scheme. Braittrand primarily participated in the Galactic Trials, but made it as far as the Boonta Eve Classic for the season. The Kulless eventually made head-ways on Sullust, becoming the crowd favorite for a course that wove through a SoroSuub Facility, the second track on the Galactic Trials circuit. Braittrand held several speed records on the course, and was also recorded for having the second highest amount of competitor knockouts on the track. In fact, it was the only course where Braittrand had set any records for the season at all.

Aldar Beedo
A vicious Glymphid hitman, Aldar Beedo was a Podracer who was popular on the planet Ando Prime. Known to sell his services to other pilots, he was hired by the Devlikk Wan Sandage a day before the Boonta Eve Classic of 32 BBY to kill Sebulba during the race. Beedo failed, but finished the race ahead of Sandage, who didn't finish at all. Beedo continued to go after Sebulba until Sandage's demise during 29 BBY, a result of his failing health. Sebulba, aware of Beedo's attempted hits, decided to do away with his old bodyguard, Dud Bolt, and hire the Glymphid for the 24 BBY season. Becoming popular on Gamorr's Watchtower Run race event, Beedo topped competitor knockout charts across the board, and participated in all three major circuits, being the Galactic Trials, the Podracing Open, and the Hutt Championships. Out for Sebulba's targets, Beedo dueled Anakin Skywalker at least once during the Mos Espa Open, while fighting for first position. Skywalker pushed Beedo into a boulder, effectively knocking the Glymphid from the race. Later during the season, Beedo attempted to take out the Devlikk pilot Wan Sandage Jr. alongside the vicious Kraid Nemmeso. Sandage avoided the attack, and Beedo and Nemmeso inadvertently rammed into each other, obliterating their pods while Sandage continued unscathed.

Ben Quadinaros
The Toong Ben Quadinaros was once renowned as a rookie pilot who only entered the Boonta Eve Classic of 32 BBY under a bet which he ultimately won. Although he never got to fly his rented BT310 quadra-Podracer during the event do to a malfunction, he nonetheless decided to stick with the Podracer for his later career. One of the least aggressive pilots on the circuit, Quadinaros primarily raced in the Galactic Trials. While still considered to be an inept pilot, Quadinaros held several speed records throughout the Trials. Two years after the 24 BBY season, Quadinaros won his first major Podracing event on the planet of Mon Gazza during the Mon Gazza Maze.

Dud Bolt
A Vulptereen pilot from the Core World of Vulpter, Dud Bolt had long served as the on-track bodyguard for Sebulba. Piloting a Vulptereen RS 557 Podracer, Bolt was a known bruiser. But it seemed his skills weren't enough for him to hold his job with Sebulba, and by 24 BBY Bolt was ousted from the position. Sebulba then hired Aldar Beedo, an assassin who had earlier been hired by Wan Sandage, a rival of the Dug's, to kill him. When Sandage succumbed to natural causes, Beedo dropped the contract. Angry and feeling betrayed, Bolt souped up his aging Podracer with newer parts that turned it into a machine of both strength and speed. In addition, he put both Sebulba and Beedo in his sights, set on destroying them both. Whereas Bolt was once a champion on the planet of Malastare, the world was not a part of the season's circuits, and Bolt did not hold the favor of crowd on any of the season's courses. In addition, Bolt primarily participated in the Galactic Trials, although he did make it as far as the Boonta Eve Classic. His skills as a road warrior were well documented, as he held several records for destroyed opponents.

Ody Mandrell
An Er'Kit who was born on Tatooine, Ody Mandrell participated in the 32 BBY Boonta race up until lap two. While stopping in the pits, one of his record setting pit droids happened to walk in front of a running engine turbine. The droid lost his footing and was sucked in and shot out the back exhaust tube. While the droid survived, the engine was wasted, costing Mandrell the race. Mandrell continued to race afterwards, but never let go of his anger regarding the event, having been working to fix the error ever since. With the new season, Mandrell saw a new chance to succeed. However, Mandrell's plan basically revolved around the idea that smashing apart the competition would be the correct road to take. Piloting a massive red Exelbrok XL 5115 Podracer, Mandrell had one of the sturdier vehicles in the sport, which was just perfect for literally crushing the opponents. However, as a drawback, the 5115 was considerably slow. Participating in the Galactic Trials, Mandrell only held two KO records, proving his murderous mantra.

Teemto Pagalies
A male Veknoid from Moonus Mandel, Pagalies had the unfortunate pleasure of being gunned down during the 32 BBY Boonta by nomadic Tusken Raiders, who were blasting at the pilots for sport. Although Pagalies survived, his Podracer was destroyed and he failed to finish the race. Infatuated with Twi'lek slave Ann Gella, who was owned by Sebulba, Pagalies held on to a mild hatred for the Dug. However, when he was given a chance to free her after winning a later race, he instead opted to spend his winnings on the freedom of the Rodian slave Trax Bonkik, the brother of Pagalies' mechanic, Pax Bonkik. However, on the lighter side of things, Pagalies did eventually get to run away with a freed Gella, which happened to earn him the ire of Sebulba. Although the relationship was short-lived, Pagalies still held onto his feelings for her, as did Sebulba hold onto his feelings for Pagalies. During the 24 BBY season Pagalies earned several speed records, primarily on the courses set within the Galactic Trials. The Veknoid also made it as far as the year's Boonta Eve Classic, where he pitted himself against Sebulba while driving through the Laguna Cave. Sebulba, sandwiched between Pagalies and the Xexto Gasgano, managed to best both pilots though after pushing them out of the path of the cave's exit, causing the pilots to crash into a wall on either side of the exit.

Kraid Nemmeso
A male Ghishi who hailed from his species' homeworld of the same name, Kraid Nemmeso was from a race of mantid-like aliens who were renowned warriors. Nemmeso, however, was notably scrawnier than his fellow Ghishi, and as a result he was unsuited for physical combat. Wanting to impress his elders, Nemmeso conjured up the idea to enter into the next Podracing season for the sake of vehicular combat. Piloting a massive Vesper Dux Ultra-3 Podracer, Nemmeso was far more interested in using it as a weapon as opposed to using it to win races. In his mind, the ability to prove his worth in one form of combat was the way to gain the affections of his elders. As a result, Nemmeso held numerous knockout records and was the track favorite of the Ruins of Carnuss Gorgull course, a track located on the world of Gamorr, home to the vicious warrior race of aliens known as the Gamorreans. However, despite his tendency to destroy the competition, Nemmeso was involved in several wrecks himself. One wreck occured when he was trying to destroy the Podracer of Sandage, only to smash into Aldar Beedo instead. Beedo's pod did go down, but so did Nemmeso's. Nemmeso also crashed while racing on Mon Calamari, smashing into an obstacle when the thickness of the pack made him unable to move out of the way.