Watto was a male Toydarian, who apon arriving on Tatooine, set up a junk shop in the small village of Mos Espa. He had all kinds of goods, such as Gonk Droids and speeder parts, plus an interest in the Pod races they ran there, particularly when he won money on them.
He also had 2 slaves; Shmi Skywalker and her son Anakin, who helped him in his shop and occasionally raced for him, though Anakin crashed every time, so there was soon no pod to race, prompting Anakin to build his own.
One day a Jedi named Qui Gon-Jinn came into the shop and asked for parts to his Nubian spacecraft, but the costs were too high and the Jedi had only republic credits, and to quote; "Mind tricks don't work on him", so the Jedi was forced to find an alternative payment and with the backing from the Skywalkers, Pod racing was chosen. Soon though, Anakin realised Qui Gon was a Jedi and thought he'd came to rescue them, but he hadn't, however sensing something in the boy, Qui Gon posed a new ploy, if Anakin won, Watto would have the winning to the race, but would have to release the slaves and if he lost, he would keep their ship. Watto mused on this, but soon agreed, but only for the boy. Qui Gon agreed and after a tough race, the boy did indeed win, he was free and with a threat to take matters to Jabba the Hutt by Qui Gon, Watto had no choice but to let Anakin go.
Several years later, Anakin returned, looking for his mother and hoping to free her, but it was too late, Watto had already sold her to the Lars Family and whilst she was out, she was attacked by Tusken raiders and died as he arrived.
Despite his harsh streak and penchant for money, Watto actually wasn't a bad slave master and mostly the pair were actually quite happy in Mos Espa.
Homeworld: Toydaria
Species: Toydarian
Factions: Neutral
Fame rating (out of 100): 18
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