Dud Bolt | |
Continuity: | Star Wars |
Notability: | Minor character |
Type: | Podracer |
Occupation: | Assassin |
Gender: | Male |
Race: | Vulptereen |
Location: | Vulpter |
Status: | Alive |
First: | Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace |
Dud Bolt is a fictional alien and a minor character featured in the Star Wars multimedia franchise. He first appeared in the 1999 feature film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
Biography[]
Dud Bolt was a member of the Vulptereen race of the planet Vulpter. He was also an accomplished podracer of some reknown and participated in many podrace tournaments, including the Boonta Eve Classic. Dud Bolt piloted the Vulptereen 327 podracer.
Although being a podracer was Dud Bolt's public persona, he was also a hired assassin, who had been working with a Dug named Sebulba. Sebulba had earned himself a nasty reputation on the racing circuit, so he hired Bolt to work as his bodyguard.
Bolt raced in the Boonta Eve Classic on Tatooine in 32 BBY. During the third lap of the race, Dud Bolt slammed his podracer against the one driven by Bumpy Roose, which caused not only Roose's Plug-8G 927 Cluster Array engine pod to crash, but wrecked Bolt's Vulptereen 327 as well.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Dud Bolt was created by director, executive producer and screenwriter George Lucas.
- Dud Bolt was a completely computer generated character in the film.
- Dud Bolt and his Vulptereen 327 make a small cameo appearance on a holo-screen monitor on Coruscant in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
See also[]
Media
The World of Star Wars
Star Wars miscellaneous
External Links[]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (novelization)
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (junior novel)
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 2
- Star Wars Episode I: Racer
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Cameo on a video monitor)