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- "Well, it looks like Quadinaros is having engine trouble also."
- ―Fodesinbeed Annodue
The BT310 Quadra was a model of podracer manufactured by Balta-Trabaat[2] that had four engines.[3] In the year 32 BBY,[5] the inexperienced Toong podracing pilot Ben Quadinaros[6] rented[7] a hastily put together[6] BT310 for use in the Boonta Eve Classic,[7] an annual podrace hosted on the planet Tatooine by the Hutts to commemorate the Boonta Eve holiday.[8] However, the quadra-Podracer suffered from an engine malfunction[9] that caused it to stall on the starting grid.[6] When its engines did ignite, the BT310's power couplings shorted out,[3] causing them to break loose and blast off in all directions[6] of Mos Espa Grand Arena,[3] destroying the podracer.[9] Despite this, Quadinaros continued piloting a BT310 and was depicted using one in The Sport's Greatest Rivalry, a poster pitting him against his arch-rival, Sebulba.[10]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Ben Quadinaros, in the "Explode-At-The-Starting-Line-Mobile.""
- ―Fodesinbeed Annodue
The BT310 Quadra was created for the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[4] It was first identified in Ben Quadinaros's entry in the now-discontinued Encyclopedia on StarWars.com.[1]
It is likely that the BT310's "quadra-Pod" racing engines factored in the naming of Ben Quadinaros. It was realized as a detailed concept model and then rendered as a computer-generated vehicle.[12]
In the LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures episode "Race on Tatooine," Quadinaros piloted a BT310 during the 29th Annual Bricklayers' Classic on Tatooine; as he was about to win the race, its engines broke loose as a podracer piloted by Zander Freemaker collided with the quadra-Podracer, causing the Toong to lose.[13]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Rise of Clovis" (Appears on poster)- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Bad Batch" (Appears on poster)
- Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow (Appears on poster)
- Star Wars Rebels – "The Holocrons of Fate" (Appears on poster)
Non-canon appearances[]
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "Race on Tatooine"
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Exit from Endor"
Sources[]
- Ben Quadinaros in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) (First identified as BT310 quadra-Podracer)
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars: Star Pilot
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy (Picture only)
- Endless Vigil (First identified as BT310 Quadra)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 17 (Weapons & Uniforms: Sebulba and Rival Pilots) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 45 (Databank A-Z: Petranaki Arena–Proton Torpedoes) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- Star Wars Search and Find Volume I
- Ben Quadinaros in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Ben Quadinaros in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Endless Vigil
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ben Quadinaros in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars: Star Pilot
- ↑ Boonta Eve Classic Podracer Pilots in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
- ↑ LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Exit from Endor"
- ↑ Podracer, Ben Quadinaros' in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "Race on Tatooine"
