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- "Oh, I don't care what universe you're from. That's gotta hurt!"
- ―Fode
Fodesinbeed Annodue, better known as Fode and Beed, was a Troig podracing announcer. Both heads acted as separate beings, with the red head named Fode and the green head named Beed. During races, Fode and Beed would provide color commentary; Fode would speak in a Galactic Basic drawl while Beed would provide information in Huttese. Fode and Beed were on the call to announce the Boonta Eve Classic on the planet Tatooine in 32 BBY.[3]
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Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Scott Capurro and Greg Proops portraying Fode and Beed
Fode and Beed first made their appearance in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, and appeared in subsequent media related to The Phantom Menace and podracing. They were portrayed by comedians Greg Proops and Scott Capurro respectively. During pre-production, attempts were made to have them appear in make-up with the rest of their bodies covered in blue suits for compositing later. Ultimately the marriage of their live-action performances with CGI was not realistic enough, and the character became fully computer generated. At that point, Proops and Capurro were playing Beed and Fode respectively. The reason for the reversal of their roles remains unknown. The first Fode and Beed action figure used the original actors' faces.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy – A Graphic Novel (Voice only)
Non-canon appearances[edit | edit source]
- William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "Race on Tatooine"- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "The Embersteel Blade"
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Exit from Endor" (In flashback(s))
- The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (Voice only)
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Boonta Eve Classic Podracer Pilots in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Fode and Beed in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Fode and Beed - Topps Choice)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know (First identified as Fodesinbeed Annodue)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 2 (Databank A-Z: Alzoc III–Antilles)
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- Star Wars Search and Find Volume I
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- "Tatooine" – Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Star Wars Book of Monsters, Ooze and Slime
- Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga: The Official Collector's Edition
- Fode and Beed in the Databank (backup link)
