Lorca Oviedo

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Lorca Oviedo was the Director of Oviedo Engineering during the final years of the Galactic Republic.

[edit] Biography

Oviedo tried to gain profit by negotiating with Wat Tambor, although he already promised the Republic to sell his weapons to them. Their plan was to ensure that the Senate would continue to order weapons for the clone army, thus enabling the Confederacy of Independent Systems to find out about troop numbers and deployments. Since Oviedo's loyalty was already in question, however, they decided to conduct a staged attack to reconfirm his standing in the Republic.

Oviedo's ship managed to land on the remote moon Asturias, as did a handful of clone commandos assigned to protect him. The clone squad with RC-Θ288 discovered Oviedo's plans, captured him and brought him back to Coruscant as a prisoner. He died of a failure after his arrival on Coruscant, but it so far remains ambiguous whether he died of natural causes or he was killed by application of poison or the Force (probably by Palpatine himself).

[edit] Behind the scenes

• Oviedo is the capital city of The Principality of Asturias, a region in Spain which also includes the city of Avilés. Ian Edginton used this name in Honor Bound after he went to the Salón del Cómic de Avilés, a Spanish Comic Con. Other names influenced by Edginton's visit were Aviles Prime and Asturias.
• About the word Lorca, it could be based on another Spanish city, Lorca, in south-eastern Murcia, which is quite distant from Avilés. However, it is more probably based on the name of Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), a famous Spanish poet.

[edit] Appearances

• Honor Bound