LobwuWa Loba

LobwuWa Loba, an Ualaq Aqualish from the planet of Tatooine, was an aspiring Podracer pilot in 32 BBY, when Loba attended the Boonta Eve Classic as a spectator. Over the next decade, Loba was able to build a reputation in the Podracing world and, in 22 BBY, Loba competed in a race held in the Mos Espa Grand Arena on Tatooine.

History[edit | edit source]

In 32 BBY,^[3] the Ualaq Aqualish^[2] LobwuWa Loba^[1] wanted to pilot podracers for a living.^[4] Loba, a Tatooinian,^[1] 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.^[4]

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 recognized as an appreciator of the sport. The winner of the race had been predetermined by the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure.^[1]

Personality and traits[edit | edit source]

Loba was thuggish-looking^[1] with four black eyes, brown skin, and light blond hair.^[2] The Aqualish had the ability to pilot a podracer and determination enough to make this dream to become a professional racer^[4] a reality.^[1]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

LobwuWa Loba appeared on a viewscreen in the young reader novel Boba Fett: Hunted (2003) by Elizabeth Hand, which was chronologically set between the second and third Star Wars films.^[1] In 2012, the incarnation of Star Wars Insider's 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.^[4] As a background character, Loba was not mentioned in any of the Episode I adaptations, as most did not depict Watto's box. While the booth did make an appearance in the video game, Loba was absent.^[5]