Mondo-Mod

"&laquo;Are you ready, Jedi?&raquo; "Yes." &laquo;Then let the battle begin!&raquo;"

- Mondo-Mod and Master Unduli

A Hutt with a masculine personality, Mondo-Mod was the owner of a gladiatorial fighting ring, the Arena of Doom, in the last years of the Republic. During the Clone Wars, Mondo-Mod came into possession of the coordinate for a secret Confederate weapons factory on Diorda, and was subsequently approached by the Jedi Master Luminara Unduli for said coordinates. Mondo-Mod agreed to give Unduli the factory's location, provided that she be able to defeat three of Mondo-Mod's best gladiators, without using her lightsaber or powers over the Force, in the Arena of Doom, a task the Hutt thought to be impossible. However, despite Mondo-Mod's belief to the contrary, Unduli managed to best her three opponents&mdash;a wampa, a durkii, and the advanced gladiator droid Evil Supreme&mdash;in three separate matches, forcing Mondo-Mod to reluctantly supply the Jedi with the information she requested. During the fights, Unduli's former Padawan, Barriss Offee, disguised as a anonymous spectator, wagered a hefty sum of credits on Unduli in the final match. Required to pay off the bet, Mondo-Mod was left with his entire accounts depleted.

Biography
Mondo-Mod was a wealthy Hutt business executive that lived during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. During this time, Mondo-Mod owned and operated the Arena of Doom, a gladiatorial pit fighting ring known for its extravagant matches. Dozens of spectators and fans would come a watch Mondo-Mods' gladiator competitions, and the Hutt grew his fortune with the bets the onlookers placed on the matches.

During the Clone Wars against the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Mondo-Mod acquired the location of a secret Confederate weapons factory on the planet Diorda. The Hutt business owner was soon approached by Jedi Master Luminara Unduli, who wished to purchase the location of the Confederate arms factory from Mondo-Mod. Mondo-Mod agreed to supply the Jedi the knowledge she required, but not until Unduli completed a task for Mondo-Mod: the Jedi Master had to first defeat three of the Hutt's greatest gladiators in the Arean of Doom, and she would not allowed to wield her lightsaber or utilize her powers over the Force. Mondo-Mod was certain that Jedi Master would lose one of the matches and be killed.

Unduli accepted Mondo-Mod's challenge, and the Jedi was soon in the Arena of Doom, prepared to fight against her first opponent, a wampa from Hoth. With a crowd of spectators watching the Jedi in battle and betting on the results, Mondo-Mod, resting on top of a pedestal overlooking the arena pit, announced for the fight to commence. The wampa emerged from one of the arena's cages and charged at Unduli; however, the Jedi Master somersaulted over the wampa's head, grabbed the creatures' horns, and threw the gladiatorial beast into the arena's wall, immobilizing it. With the first match complete and Unduli the victor, Mondo-Mod interjected, claiming that Unduli had cheated by using her Force abilities against the wampa. Unduli replied that she had utilized simple physics by turning the wampa's momentum and size against itself, and Mondo-Mod allowed the Jedi Master to continue on with the challenge.

For the second match, Unduli took on a large durkii, which struck the Jedi Master with its massive tail, sending her crashing into the the arena's wall. Seriously injured, Unduli struggled to rise, and Mondo-Mod joked that she could not use her "simple physics" to win this match. However, Unduli ran between the durkii's legs, and the creature attempted to follow the Jedi as she did so, causing the beast to rollover and crash heavily onto the ground. With the durkii bested, Unduli was allowed to continue onto her third match, having again used simple physics and the durkii's own stupidity against it. Mondo-Mod did not believe, though, that Unduli could defeat her final opponent as she was too badly injured and tired.

Mondo-Mod released Unduli's last competitor, a large, multi–limbed gladiator droid named Evil Supreme that towered over the Jedi Master. However, as Evil Supreme approached her, Unduli kicked a small pebble into the droid's faceplate, destroying its primary circuits and disabling the droid. Mondo-Mod was shocked that Unduli had completed his challenge, but fulfilled his agreement and provided her with the coordinates to the Confederate weapons factory. The Hutt had Unduli escorted out of the Arena of Doom, ordering that she never return.

Unbeknownst to Mondo-Mod, Unduli's former Padawan, Barriss Offee, was at the Arena of Doom during the fights, disguised as an anonymous patron. For Unduli's match against Evil Supreme, Offee placed a bet of ten million credits on her former master. After Unduli defeated Evil Supreme, Sniddly&mdash;one of Mondo-Mod's underlings&mdash;was forced to pay off Offee's wager, depleting Mondo-Mod's entire funds. Sniddly later reported this to Mondo-Mod, forcing the Hutt to close the Arena of Doom until he could recover his losses.

Personality and traits
Although all members of the Hutt species were hermaphrodites, Mondo-Mod possessed a masculine personality. Mondo-Mod enjoyed watching Unduli fight in the Arena of Doom, and was sure prior to the Unduli's victory that the Jedi Master would die. However, the Hutt believed that it was no dishonor to die in the Arena of Doom, as many great warriors had fallen in the fighting pit. After Mondo-Mod was told that he had lost all his wealth due to Unduli's actions, the Hutt stated that he hated the Jedi. Mondo-Mod had green eyes, brown skin, no hair, and spoke a language other than Basic, but could understand Basic.

Behind the scenes
Mondo-Mod first appeared in Versus, an eighteen–page comic in Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 8, released June 20, 2007. Mondo-Mod later received an entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, released December 9, 2008.