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Unidentified Gotal (Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina)
Physical description
Species	Gotal[1]
Gender	Male[2]
Hair color	Brown[1]
Skin color	Brown[1]
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rebellion era[1]

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Around 1.5 ABY, a Gotal male sat drinking with the Rodian Bludlow in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina, located in the planet Tatooine's city of Mos Eisley. When a system-wide curfew was declared by an officer of the Galactic Empire, the Gotal was one of many patrons who refused to leave the cantina. Ackmena the bartender responded by serving them all a free round of drinks and singing the song "Goodnight, But Not Goodbye," which prompted the Gotal and every other customer to waltz out the front door. The evening's events were recorded and shown to all members of the Imperial forces.

BiographyEdit

A brown-eyed, brown-haired Gotal^[1] male^[2] was in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina, a bar located in the planet Tatooine's city of Mos Eisley, one evening^[1] around 1.5 ABY.^[3] He took a seat at an empty table and, after being served by a waitress, was joined by an Advozse, who later left and was replaced by the Rodian Bludlow. As the Gotal and Bludlow sat drinking, an officer of the Galactic Empire appeared on the cantina's wallscreen and announced that a curfew was being imposed on the entire Tatoo system. When the Human bartender Ackmena attempted to usher everyone out, the Gotal was one of several patrons who responded by throwing garbage at her.^[1]

When Ackmena's further appeals failed, the Gotal and Bludlow joined in a cantina-wide call for one more round of drinks, which the bartender reluctantly obliged them. She sang the song "Goodnight, But Not Goodbye" while serving her intoxicated customers, and when she called for everyone to follow her, the Gotal and Bludlow joined in a dancing line and waltzed out the front door. The evening's events were recorded and broadcasted throughout the galaxy as a program called "Life on Tatooine," which was required viewing for all members of the Imperial forces. The program was shown with the hope that its viewers would be uplifted by a feeling of superiority over the cantina's lowly denizens.^[1]

Personality and traitsEdit

The Gotal initially refused to leave Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina despite the issuance of an Imperial curfew, and he responded to Ackmena's insistence that he depart by throwing garbage in her direction. However, he later exited during a musical number after being served a free drink. The Gotal comforted Bludlow after Ackmena deemed the Rodian "heartless."^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

This Gotal was featured in Star Wars canon as a nameless background alien in the cantina scene of 1978's The Star Wars Holiday Special,^[1] in which he was played by an uncredited actor.^[4] Several of the alien masks used in the scene were recycled from the cantina set of 1977's original Star Wars film,^[5] which featured two Gotal characters: Feltipern Trevagg and an unnamed Gotal.^[6] The Gotal mask used in the original film was created by makeup artist Rick Baker,^[7] as were all the costumes created newly for the Holiday Special's cantina scene. Filming of the latter took twenty-four hours,^[8] and some of the actors in alien suits passed out due to a lack of oxygen.^[9]

The only source to equate the Holiday Special's Gotal with one of the Gotal characters in the original Star Wars film is Star Wars Insider 48's edition of the recurring Insider feature "The Last Page"—published in 2000, it used a picture of the Holiday Special's Gotal to represent Trevagg.^[10] However, Trevagg was established as dying prior to the events of the Holiday Special in the 1995 short story Nightlily: The Lovers' Tale.^[11]

AppearancesEdit

• The Star Wars Holiday Special (First appearance)

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars: Behind the Magic (Picture only)
• "The Last Page"—Star Wars Insider 48 (Picture only)
• Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 1 (Picture only)

Notes and referencesEdit

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