Nic Whoma

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Nic Whoma was an unsavory Gran gambler.^[1] During a night^[2] in 22 BBY,^[3] the Gran attended the Outlander Club, a nightclub and gambling hall on^[4] the planet^[5] Coruscant.^[4] During Whoma's visit, the bounty hunter Zam Wesell ran into the club trying to escape from the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. When Skywalker separated from his partner to survey the crowd, Whoma was stood with a group of clubgoers,^[2] including the Ithorian Ror Ithh.^[1] When Skywalker walked near the group again, Whoma and Ithh interacted with two Rodians.^[2]

Whoma had orange skin and black eyes.^[2] Being a Gran, the gambler added to the interplanetary feel of the club on the night of their visit.^[6] Whoma wore gray armor during their visit to the club.^[2]

Behind the scenes[]

Nic Whoma was created for the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones,^[2] which released on May 16, 2002.^[7] The character's costume,^[8] partially created by special effects artist Nick Dudman,^[9] was reused from the character Mawhonic, who appeared in the previous prequel trilogy film, 1999's Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.^[8] The Outlander Club scenes, where the character was portrayed by an uncredited extra,^[2] were shot on July 17, 2000 at Fox Studios, Sydney.^[10] Prior to the release of Episode II, the character made its first appearance^[11] on April 17, 2002,^[12] with the release of the first issue of the Dark Horse Comics adaptation of the film. The issue was written by Henry Gilroy and illustrated by Jan Duursema.^[11]

The character's name was first mentioned in an image in the May 2, 2003 StarWars.com web article "Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases", where it was applied to an image of Mawhonic.^[13] The name was first tied to the character appearing in Episode II through the StarWars.com Image Attack feature on November 6, 2003.^[1] Whoma's name, anagrammed from Mawhonic, is a tribute to the character.^[8]