- «4,000 credits … only 4000. You look like you could use a break, kid. Sold.»
- ―Wioslea
Wioslea was a female Vuvrian. Like all Vuvrians, she had multiple eyes located around her head, and two large tentacles coming off the top of her head.
Biography[]
- Luke Skywalker: "I want to sell this speeder."
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: "If we can get a fair price."
- Luke Skywalker: "Yeah. I paid twenty-four hundred for it, and I put a lot of work into it. I think it's worth a lot more."
- Wioslea: "Fifteen hundred is all I can offer you, human."
- Luke Skywalker: "Fifteen hundred? Look, this landspeeder's in great shape, even if it's not very pretty."
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: "We can accept no less than two thousand."
- Wioslea: "Your grip on reality is fragile, humans. It's the newer models that are in demand now, not these old ones. I shall probably have to sell it at a loss."
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: "But it's still not a fair price."
- Wioslea: "You touch a responsive chord in my… charitable nature, humans. Sixteen hundred."
- ―Wiosela negotiating the sale of Luke's landspeeder[2]
Wioslea was a female Vuvrian who lived on Tatooine and worked as a salesperson at Spaceport Speeders, a local Mos Eisley company that bought and sold landspeeders and other vehicles.[1] She bought Luke Skywalker's X-34 landspeeder,[3] which he sold in order to finance the negotiated upfront fee for passage aboard the Millennium Falcon. Obi-Wan Kenobi used a Jedi mind trick to persuade Wioslea into paying 2,000 credits for the speeder, much more than it was worth.[4]
Seven months after the Battle of Yavin, Wioslea sold a landspeeder to Senior Anthropologist Mammon Hoole.
Personality and traits[]
Wioslea did not speak about events from her past prior to her employment by Unut Poll. She hoped to someday relocate to another planet after paying off her debts; at one time, she owed 1,000 credits to an underling of the crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure. As a result, she began spying for Jabba.[1]
Skills and abilities[]
Wioslea was proficient in multiple languages: Aqualish, Arcona, Huttese, Rodian, Sullustan, and Vregg.[1]
Equipment[]
Wioslea wore simple robes very similar to a Jedi Knight's.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Wioslea was played in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope by actor David Stone, who later played Will Scotian in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Keyan Farlander in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.[5][6][7] Wioslea was designed by Star Wars creator George Lucas himself.[8]
The novelization says a "tall, slightly insectoid" male purchased Luke's landspeeder, but this individual is never named or described any further. It says he haggles with Luke and Obi-Wan but provides no details.
Wioslea was released as a Hasbro action figure in 2009.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The National Public Radio Dramatization
- Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- Star Wars: A New Hope novelization (First appearance)
- The Star Wars Storybook
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope junior novelization
- Star Wars (1977) 2
- Star Wars radio drama — "The Han Solo Solution"
- Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force
- "Spare Parts" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 11
- Galaxy of Fear: Ghost of the Jedi
Sources[]
- Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley (First identified as Wioslea)
- Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
- Star Wars: Chronicles
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- "The Last Page" — Star Wars Insider 48
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: The Legacy Collection (Pack: Wioslea) (backup link)
- "Launch Pad" — Star Wars Insider 128 (Picture only)
- Wioslea in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- "Rogues Gallery: The Unusual Suspects: Who's Who in Mos Eisley" — Star Wars Insider 130
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
- ↑ Star Wars radio drama — "The Han Solo Solution"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice
- ↑ Adrian Lacey (@al4wfc) on Twitter (backup link)
- ↑ Wantage Comic Con 2019 to feature Oscar winner Ben Morris on www.oxfordmail.co.uk (archived from the original on December 7, 2021)
- ↑ (@StarwarsAutographCollecting) on Facebook: [1] (October 22, 2015): "David Stone B wing pilot Autograph" (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars, Objets du mythe
External links[]
- An Honest Face on Hyperspace (content obsolete and backup link not available)