Grunta

"Grunta may have had many failings, but he was an excellent Podracer."

- Nal Kenuun on Grunta.

Grunta was a male Dug podracer who resided on the planet Muunilinst. He died when a swoop crashed on him after leading Luke Skywalker and his group to an ambush.

Biography
"Getting into trouble was one of Grunta's few talents. It's the reason I had him shadowed by a homing droid."

- Nal Kenuun on Grunta.

In 0 ABY, Grunta offered to lead Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa and X-7, who was secretly using the alias Tobin Elad, in meeting the gambler Nal Kenuun. Instead, Grunta led the group into an ambush by four of his fellow Dugs flying swoops and armed with blasters. After a short skirmish, the Dugs chose to retreat after one of their members was killed. Grunta himself was also killed when one of the swoops crashed on him.

Skywalker and his group were then captured by stormtroopers under the employ of Kenuun, who then revealed that Grunta was a podracer under his employ. A Podracing event was coming and with Grunta's death, Skywalker offered to take his place in the race in exchange for a datacard&mdash;which was their group's mission objective on the planet&mdash;Kenuun took from Mak Luunim, a Rebel Alliance contact on the planet.

Appearances

 * Rebel Force: Target