LobwuWa Loba

LobwuWa Loba, an Ualaq Aqualish from the planet of Tatooine, was an aspiring Podracer pilot in 32 BBY. Over the next decade, Loba was able to build a reputation in the Podracing world and, in 22 BBY, he competed in a race held in the Mos Espa Grand Arena on his homeworld.

History
In 32 BBY, the Ualaq Aqualish LobwuWa Loba wanted to pilot Podracers for a living. Loba, a Tatooinian, was present in that world's Mos Espa Grand Arena to watch the Boonta Eve Classic from the personal box of a junk dealer named Watto.

The Aqualish became a relatively established Podracer over the next ten years. In 22 BBY, Loba returned to the Grand Arena as the local favorite to win a Podracing competition. Loba's was among the names of competitors that a neophyte bounty hunter, Boba Fett, could recognize as an appreciator of the sport. The winner of the race had been predetermined by the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure.

Personality and traits
Loba was a thuggish-looking Ualaq Aqualish with four black eyes, light brown skin, and blond hair.

Behind the scenes
LobwuWa Loba appeared on a viewscreen in the young reader novel Boba Fett: Hunted (2003) by Elizabeth Hand, set between the chronologically second and third Star Wars films. In 2012, the incarnation of Star Wars Insider Rogues Gallery from Issue 131, "An Audience of Aliens," identified individuals in Watto's viewing box from the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace film (1999). The article established retroactively that Loba was among them. As a background character, Loba was not mentioned in any of the Episode I adaptations as most do not depict Watto's box. While the booth did make an appearance in the video game, Loba was absent.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Boba Fett: Hunted