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    "They have podracing on Malastare. Very fast, very dangerous."
    ―Qui-Gon Jinn[2]

    Podracing was a dangerous, sometimes lethal, racing sport performed by repulsorcrafts known as podracers, which were small, one-man crafts propelled by large engines. Popular on planets such as Malastare, Kergans, Theron, Cantonica, and Tatooine, individuals who competed in these games were also known as podracers.[2] Racers would perform multiple laps on a particular race track, moving at dangerous and, at times, deadly speeds. Races could then be projected in entertainment establishments throughout the galaxy.[3]

    Podracers needed to have extremely fast reaction times to compete. It was a sport generally partaken in by aliens. The human slave Anakin Skywalker believed himself to be the only human capable of podracing.[2] In 32 BBY,[4] he was the only member of the species who participated in podraces around the Mos Espa region.[2] During the Galactic Civil War, by the time of the skirmish on Hradreek, rumors of humans winning podraces were heard of in the Outer Rim systems.[5]

    During the Trade Federation Invasion of Naboo, Anakin Skywalker won the Boonta Eve Classic on Tatooine, upsetting the heavy favorite, Sebulba, and securing his freedom from a life of slavery. Betting on the races was a popular pastime with many of the watchers on Tatooine, and it was through Qui-Gon Jinn's bet with Watto, a bet that Skywalker would win the race, that Skywalker was freed.[2]

    The planet Ankhural formerly had a podracing track, but it was abandoned. Shortly after the Battle of Hoth, the 61st Mobile Infantry hid from the Galactic Empire there.[6] In the Anoat sector, during the Iron Blockade, the Ivax Syndicate oversaw podracing and other activities.[7] Podracing was outlawed by the New Republic due to its dangerous nature[8] a long time before[9] 9 ABY.[10] Despite this, the sport was still practiced on certain remote worlds such as Batuu[8] and Vespaara.[9]

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    1. ↑ Endless Vigil
    2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
    3. ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
    4. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
    5. ↑ Star Wars Annual (2015) 4
    6. ↑ Battlefront: Twilight Company
    7. ↑ Star Wars: Uprising
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire
    9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars: Hunters
    10. ↑ ArenaNews-Logo  Hunters Goes Galactic! on Arena News (original site is defunct) establishes that Star Wars: Hunters begins when the Grand Arena partners with the Outer Rim Sports Network, dated to 9 ABY in Star Wars: Timelines.

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