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Hoover

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Hoover
Skin color

Brown[1]

Eye color

Black[2]

Distinctions
Famous members

Attark[3]

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The Hoovers were a small quadruped sentient species, little-known throughout the galaxy. They were brown, with black eyes, and had disproportionately a large trunk; with this they were able to suck the blood of other sentients. Hoovers could become sophisticated technicians, utilizing their small size to effect repairs from inside machines. The technician Attark was a pet of Jabba Desilijic Tiure, living in his Palace on Tatooine in 4 ABY.

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[edit] Biology and appearance

The Hoovers were a sentient species of quadrupeds.[4] They were a small species,[5] with disproportionately long souts compared to their body size.[4] They could use these snouts—also known as nose trunks—to slither through clothing or around blankets. It also enabled them to suck the blood of sleeping victims, belying their otherwise harmless appearance. They had two large,[3] black, pupiless eyes[2] and a small tail.[3]

[edit] History

Attark the Hoover.
"I am taking Captain Solo and his friends. You can either profit by this or be destroyed. It's your choice, but I warn you not to underestimate my powers."
―Luke Skywalker to Jabba the Hutt[src]

To the wider galaxy, the Hoovers were a mysterious[3] and little-known species.[4] They were part of the the galactic community from at least 4 ABY, when the Hoover Attark was a member of the Tatooine court of the Hutt crimelord Jabba Desilijic Tiure. Although considered to be a pet of the Hutt,[3] he had tremendous technical abilities, and, due to his small size, was able to manipulate detailed electronics,[2] oft times crawling inside machinery to repair it from within.[6] During the night, Attark drank the blood of other members of Jabba's retuine.[3] He was present when Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa and Chewbacca infiltrated Jabba's Palace to rescue a carbonite-encased Han Solo, an event which subsequently led to the death of Jabba and the splintering of his criminal empire.[5]

[edit] Behind the scenes

The original color scheme for the Hoover.

The sole Hoover in Star Wars canon first appeared in the background of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, released in 1983. Originally painted grey with red spots on his back, he appeared in the film painted brown.[7] He was given the moniker "Hoover" by the creature shop of Industrial Light & Magic. Given his long trunk, this was likely a reference to the Hoover vacuum cleaner.[6] A second nickname found in the original design sketches for this creature was "Dogephant." The puppet was to be operated by a puppeteer's arm through the floor.[7]

Early reference works such as A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (1994) and Star Wars: Chronicles (1997), treated Hoover as the name of an individual, leaving the species unidentified.[8] The Decipher, Inc. Star Wars Customizable Card Game (1998) first identified Hoover as the species, giving the individual in Jabba's Palace the name Attark.[2] The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (2008) missed this connection, and, while having a separate entry for Attark, once again treated Hoover as the name of an individual, while at the same time affirming Hoover as his species name.[4]

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[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Jabba's Palace Limited (Card: Attark)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, 47.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, 57.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Who's Who in Jabba's Palace" - Star Wars Insider 60, 84.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars Chronicles, 239.
  8. ↑ A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, 212.

[edit] External links

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