Slide Paramita

"Chuba pitdroid!"

- Slide Paramita

Slide Paramita was a male Ciasi podracer from the planet Tund. Haughty and persnickety, he disapproved of pilots who used large, overpowering machines. He relied on only a small Pizer-Errol Stinger 627 S and his own cunning to win races. Though his craft was delicate, it responded well on turns and proved a great asset to Paramita on the galaxy’s twistier courses. He became the crowd favorite on the Ando Prime Centrum, with its narrow, serpentine corridors and tight turns.

Biography
"Look for my podracer when I lap you!"

- Slide Paramita taunting

Hailing from the Toong homeworld of Tund, the male Ciasi Slide Paramita was renowned through the podracing circuits for his short temper on the racetrack. Something of a haughty podracer elitist, he disapproved of pilots who relied on large over-bearing vehicles, instead preferring vehicles built for speed, like Paramita's own yellow Pizer-Errol Stinger 627 S. Valuing maneuverability, the Stinger was renowned for its tight handling, quick cooling system, and high acceleration. However, the podracer was also known for how frail it was and a rather low top speed. With the fast cool down though, Paramita was afforded the ability to boost often and take opponents by surprise. However, if he ever caught himself falling behind anyways, he'd generally lose his cool and turn aggressive, taking his anger out on other pilots, despite the craft's fragility.

A natural expert on ice racing, Paramita gained high favors on the courses for the ice world Ando Prime. One such course was known as the Ando Prime Centrum, a large course that weaved in and out of a water purification plant that then goes through one of Ando Prime's bustling cities. Due to how non-linear the track was, pilots often needed to create their own path through the city. Paramita managed to master the track enough to become a crowd pleaser for the course, as his nimble craft was perfect for moving through tight tunnels, serpentine corridors, and long straightaways that made good use of his boost thrusters. Paramita gained further success on Ando Prime though by becoming a favored pilot on an Ando Prime drag course, where Paramita would challenge other pilots to one-on-one matches.

Personality and traits
Slide Paramita was known for dislike of large podracers and his short temper. He didn't believe in using large craft for racing, and far preferred smaller craft built for speed. His temper could occasionally spark an aggressiveness in him that would put his fragile vehicle at risk. Paramita was also somewhat athletic, as he could perform back-flips fairly well.

Paramita was a fairly thin individual that had brownish-gray skin and double-jointed legs. He had a medium sized tail and a small elephant like trunk with two ivory colored tusks coming from either side of it. He also had two large, pointed ears and had small black eyes. His nostrils were set between his eyes.

Behind the Scenes
Slide Paramita first appeared in early scripts for the 1999 film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace as a podracer pilot from the planet of Tund. Ultimately he was cut from the script, though the world of Tund remained as the homeworld of Ben Quadinaros. Paramita, like several scrapped podracers, received his first actual appearance in the 1999 Nintendo 64 video game Star Wars: Episode I Racer, where he was voiced by Tom Kane, who also provided the voice for Elan Mak in the game.

Pāramitā is a word meaning 'perfection' or 'completeness'. In Buddhism the pāramitās are the perfection of certain virtues by an individual as a means of purifying karma on the way to enlightenment.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode I Racer