Nardi Shodu was a Rodian female who frequented the Outlander Club on the planet Coruscant. In 22 BBY, she visited the club on an errand with the woman Booton Piton when the bounty hunter Zam Wesell ran in to hide from the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.
Biography[]
Nardi Shodu walked into the Outlander Club with Booton Piton.
Nardi Shodu was a Rodian female who frequented the Outlander Club,[1] a nightclub and gambling hall in the Uscru Entertainment District of the[2] planet[3] Coruscant.[2] During a night[4] in 22 BBY,[5] Shodu and the Human[4] Booton Piton[6] approached the crash site of the bounty hunter Zam Wesell's[4] Koro-2 all-environment exodrive airspeeder[7] in the Uscru Entertainment District.[4]
Shortly after,[4] she[1] traveled on an errand to the Outlander Club with Piton.[6] Piton and Shodu entered the club arm in arm just in front of the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, who were there to capture Wesell. Shodu and Piton then walked behind a[4] turbolift[3] in the club.[4]
Personality and traits[]
Being a Rodian, her species added to the interplanetary feel of the club that night she visited the club.[8] Shodu had green skin and black eyes.[1] She had a Rodian first name of interchangeable gender that meant "dramatic." Her surname, which could be used as a first name, meant "gracious" in a feminine context, and "vengeful" in a masculine context.[9]
Equipment[]
On the night she visited the Uscru Entertainment District, Shodu wore a black coat, black pants, and black shoes.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
- "When this goes on, I'm a totally different person. I'm female."
- ―The extra playing Shodu talks about their mask
Nardi Shodu first appeared in the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, and in its video game adaptation.[4][11] Both released on May 16, 2002.[12][13] The Outlander Club scenes including Shodu, who was portrayed by an uncredited extra, were shot at Fox Studios, Sydney on July 17, 2000.[14] Like most masked extras playing aliens, the extra playing Shodu was guided around by an extra playing a Human.[6] Prior to the film's release, the character was first pictured in the documentary "A Twinkle Beyond Pluto,"[15] released on July 31, 2001.[16] In the documentary, the extra playing Shodu is briefly spotlighted, and they describe what it's like to be the character, commenting that they are a "totally different person."[15] Shodu was first identified in the 2003 web article "Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases."[17]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Cine-Manga (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones video game (Picture only)
Sources[]
Making Episode II Webdocs: Part 5: A Twinkle Beyond Pluto on StarWars.com (backup link) (First pictured)- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones home video release — "Depth Commentary" Featurette
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 47 ASS 1-4: The Search for Amidala's Assassin (Picture only)
- Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases on StarWars.com (backup link) (original site is defunct) (First identified as Nardi Shodu)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 96 OUT 1-2: Outlander Nightclub Patrons
- "Who's Who in the Outlander Club: It's Ladies' Night" — Star Wars Insider 75
- The Women of Star Wars: The Women of the Prequel Trilogy on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
- Shodu, Nardi in the Databank (original site is defunct)
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Ultimate Illustrated Guide (Picture only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7
Shodu, Nardi in the Databank (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 431 ("Outlander Club")
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology dates the events of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones to 22 BBY.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2
"Who's Who in the Outlander Club: It's Ladies' Night" — Star Wars Insider 75
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
- ↑ The Official Star Wars Fact File 96 OUT 1-2: Outlander Nightclub Patrons
- ↑ Galactic Campaign Guide
- ↑ Making Episode II Webdocs: Part 5: A Twinkle Beyond Pluto on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones video game
- ↑ Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle
- ↑ Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (GBA) by Craig Harris on IGN (May 15, 2002) (backup link archived on March 25, 2016)
- ↑ Mythmaking: Behind the Scenes of Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Making Episode II Webdocs: Part 5: A Twinkle Beyond Pluto on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Making Episode II Webdocs archive on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases on StarWars.com (backup link) (original site is defunct)
External links[]
- Outlander Patron Roster on Sompeetalay's Source Blog — Tim Veekhoven's StarWars.com Blog (original site is defunct)
