Recommended music: Steely Dan – Do It Again
Behold, this #StarWarsSaturday from the archives, we’ve got another podracer pilot. From The Saga Collection, it’s Dud Bolt!
This figure was released in 2006 on a single card packed with Mars Guo. It was rereleased six years later in a 5-pack of podracer pilots with minimal paint changes. For some reason, a rifle that originally came with Durge was included. His character does get a shout-out in the film and serves as a bodyguard of sorts for Sebulba until crashing on the last lap of the Boonta Eve pod race.
“And back again, it’s the mighty Dud Bolt with that incredible racing machine, the Vulptereen 327!”
Behind the scenes, the character’s name is a play on the term “deadbolt” and is one of two pod racer pilots who were practical puppets on the set, and not CGI.
The Phantom Menace turned 25 years old last year, and I “figure” there’ll be a new Episode I figure to share here for the rest of the year. Happy 25+ years of The Phantom Menace!
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