Rooty

"Hey, it was a great game. You're the best sabacc player I've ever faced. Really"

- Lando Calrissian

Rooty was a Cragmoloid gambler that frequented the casinos on Nar Shadaa. He was also a moderately successful smuggler, however, his love of drinking and gambling always kept him almost one credit away from bankruptcy.

Biography
Rooty left his homeworld of Ankus around 10 BBY and arrived on Nar Shadaa to start life as a smuggler. During his tenure on the smuggler's moon, Rooty mixed with many of the high profile smugglers of the time including Han Solo, Salla Zend, and Lando Calrissian. Rooty was involved in the Battle of Nar Shadaa] where he flew his modified CRX-Tug known as the Solar Grazer.

Rooty continued to frequent the moon after the engagement, leading an extravagant and wasteful lifestyle. Rooty kept up his wild ways in hopes that he might forget the shame he felt from abandoning his subjugated homeworld Ankus and from cutting off his own tusks to discourage hunters who killed cragomoloids for their tusks.

Around 0 BBY, Rooty was involved in a high stakes sabacc game with Calrissian. He bested the gambling champion, winning around 20,000 credits. However, Lando couldn't cover the debt and tried to pay the Cragmoloid with a ship from his lot. Rooty didn't want another ship and was ready to kill the gambler when Bib Fortuna appeared to cover Calrissian's debt. Fortuna needed Calrissian to find the Yavin Vassilika for Jabba the Hutt. Rooty continued to hold a grudge against Calrissian for betting money he didn't have.

Appearances

 * Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika