Macemillian-winduarté

Macemillian-winduarté was a Squib trader. He began his career as chief bartender officer in the reclamation cruiser Two-for-One. In this capacity, he traveled the galaxy, indulged his snit-spore habit, and learned a great deal of useless trivia. He went by the nickname Mace Windu, possibly in reference to the Jedi by that name who had won the Battle of Skor II in 21 BBY and become a hero to the Squib people.

Biography
When the Two-for-One visited Mos Eisley on Tatooine, Macemillian-winduarté left the ship to meet with some locals. He got delayed at Chalmun's Cantina, and the cruiser left without him. Suddenly alone in an unknown place, the Squib was forced to accept odd jobs to get by.

He eventually became indebted to Aguilae, a Jawa who ran a business called Jawa Traders in the spaceport. Aguilae was having trouble managing the business, so she took Macemillian-winduarté on as a salesman and forgave his debts in return. He mainly worked at her droid store in Mos Eisley.



While at work one day, the Squib trader acquired an accounting droid known as CZ-3. Unbeknownst to Mace, however, the criminal businessman Opun "Black Hole" Mcgrrrr was looking for the droid because it had information that he wanted to use to blackmail Jabba Desilijic Tiure. Aguilae made the best of the situation and sold the droid before Mcgrrrr could find it at her store. Aguilae had second thoughts, however, and soon after decided to recover the droid.

CZ-3 was by this time on a Jawa Sandcrawler run by Het Nkik's tribe. Aguilae and Macemillian-winduarté tracked the droid there, but CZ-3 was no longer present. Instead, they found Imperial stormtroopers. The two barely escaped with their lives.

Behind the scenes

 * The name "Mace Windu" actually dates back to the earliest incarnation of Star Wars, a 13-page treatment written by George Lucas in 1973. The name was applied in 1993 to the character detailed here for the West End Games sourcebook Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley.

The full name is given as "Macemillian-winduarté" in "Spare Parts" by Pablo Hidalgo, published in November 1996. The name Mace Windu is, of course, re-introduced in The Phantom Menace as the name of a powerful Jedi character. The HoloNet article (also by Pablo Hidalgo) serves as a kind of retcon, making it reasonable to assume that the Squib's name is somehow related to the the Jedi Mace Windu's due to that Jedi's participation and heroic status on Skor II.

Appearances

 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:9:01
 * Spare Parts