Dud Bolt Dud Bolt was a Vulptereen Podracer pilot who was known to participate in the Boonta Eve Classic , preferring the use of a Vulptereen 327 Podracer . During a Boonta race that took place shortly before the Battle of Naboo , Bolt raced against a young human boy named Anakin Skywalker , who would eventually win the Boonta and earn a life free from slavery . Bolt continued to race up to the start of the Clone Wars , including participation on a snow covered planet . Biography . A short , shovel - nosed Vulptereen Podracer pilot , Dud Bolt piloted a Vulptereen 327 Podracer . Sometime before the Invasion of Naboo , Bolt participated in the Boonta Eve Classic , an annual race held on the Outer Rim planet Tatooine . Shortly before the Battle of Naboo , at least a year after the last annual Boonta race , Bolt participated in yet another Boonta . By this time Bolt ' s Vulptereen 327 was well respected by the Troig commentators Fode and Beed . This year , Bolt ' s competitors included the Xexto pilot Gasgano , the vile Dug Sebulba , and the young human slave Anakin Skywalker , among fourteen others . Bolt began the race , which was located at the Mos Espa Grand Arena , on the second row of the starting grid . Eventually , the race ' s host , Jabba the Hutt , signaled the start of the race . Early on , Bolt fell behind the main pack , and was never able to make it close to the lead pilots , who by the third lap were Skywalker , Sebulba , and Gasgano , in that order . Ultimately , Skywalker won the race , while Sebulba crashed shortly before the finish line . As such , with Skywalker ' s victory came Bolt ' s inability to win the race . However , Bolt continued racing , and several years after the Boonta Bolt participated in a race on a snow covered planet shortly before the start of the galactic event known as the Clone Wars . The race was broadcast over the HoloNet , and was aired in a club on the planet Coruscant . Personality and traits . Dud Bolt was a short alien with the fast reflexes one needed in order to be successful in a sport such as Podracing . Bolt had bluish - gray skin , yellow eye s , and a flat shovel - nose that had three tusks protruding from either side . Equipment . Dud Bolt piloted a Vulptereen 327 Podracer , a vehicle that was respected by the Podrace commentators Fode and Beed . Bolt ' s Podracer engine s were predominantly red , with the front of the engines being silver and the back ends being blue . Bolt ' s cockpit was blue with red glyphs painted on the side . Behind the scenes . Dud Bolt was created for the 1999 film , . Bolt appeared during the film ' s Podracing scenes , both as a puppet for close ups in his cockpit and as a low resolution digital model for distance shots . Unlike most of the Podracer pilots , Bolt did not appear in the film ' s by Terry Brooks , making the film Bolt ' s first appearance in both canon and " Star Wars " Legends timelines . He later briefly appeared in the sequel , . Bolt also appeared in several film tie - in video game s , such as " " and the " " . He also appeared in " Racer " ' s 2002 sequel " " and the 2012 video game " Kinect Star Wars " . However , these appearances are considered to be part of the Legends timeline , and are no longer a part of proper canon . Bolt has appeared as an action figure twice . His first plastic appearance was in 2006 as a part of Hasbro ' s " " . Bolt was packaged with another Podracer pilot , Mars Guo , and both pilots came with a blaster accessory and removable headgear . During the 2012 " " line , Bolt and Guo , along with Podracer pilots Clegg Holdfast , Teemto Pagalies , and Gasgano , were released as part of a large multipack . Bolt used the same toy model from earlier , but now with a darker paint job , a new flag accessory , a new base on which to stand on , plus a trading card .