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.
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History[]
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[]
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[]
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]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance) (Retcon)
- Boba Fett: Hunted (Appears on viewscreen) (First identified as LobwuWa Loba)
Sources[]
Star Wars: Episode I (Pack: Watto's Box) (backup link) (Picture only) (Retcon)- Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Tatooine Limited (Card: Watto's Box) (Picture only) (Retcon)
- Young Jedi Collectible Card Game – Boonta Eve Podrace (YJCCG) (Card: Graxol Kelvyyn and Shakka) (Picture only) (Retcon)
- "Rogues Gallery: An Audience of Aliens"—Star Wars Insider 131
- Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: The Expanded Visual Dictionary
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Boba Fett: Hunted
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology established that events of The Phantom Menace took place in the year 32 BBY.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3
"Rogues Gallery: An Audience of Aliens"—Star Wars Insider 131
