White Witch The White Witch was a Mobquet C / L - 82 landspeeder that was heavily modified by the popular racing team of Thall Joben and Jord Dusat during the early years of the New Order . After Dusat was kidnapped by the Fromm Gang , the " White Witch " made its debut as Joben and R2 - D2 used it to rescue the young mechanic . The team eventually made their way to Boonta , where they planned to enter the " White Witch " in the Boonta Speeder Race in 15 BBY . However , the race was jeopardized when Tig Fromm , seeking revenge , planted a thermal detonator in the " White Witch " . Fortunately for Joben , the detonator was dislodged by Boba Fett ' s " Silver Speeder " , which was pursuing the " White Witch " throughout the race , and Joben and R2 - D2 went on to win . The victory was enough to earn both racers jobs with the Zebulon Dak Speeder Corporation . Description . The Mobquet C / L - 82 landspeeder had been a popular model in the Core Worlds shortly before the Clone Wars . Although the popularity of the C / L - 82 had declined by 18 BBY , it was still popular with Outer Rim teens due to its reliability and ease of maintenance . This made it an ideal choice for the young racing team of Thall Joben and Jord Dusat . The two overhauled most of the landspeeder ' s systems and installed several modifications to improve its performance . The finished " White Witch " , painted white to match its name , was 3 . 5 meters in length and capable of traveling at 380 kilometers per hour . As a result of the joyhopper system installed by Dusat , the speeder could , for a short period of time , ride noticeably higher than an average speeder and had a maximum altitude of four meters . The speeder could also bank to allow it to negotiate tight corners . The speeder ' s cockpit had space for two , allowing a single passenger to ride in the vehicle , behind the pilot . Both driver and passenger seats were equipped with seatbelts . A socket , situated by the engines to the rear of the cockpit , was designed for an astromech droid to assist with controlling the vehicle , while the pilot maintained control with a stick in the cockpit . A dashboard hosted a variety of other controls , mounted around a monitor that could be used to display data from the astromech droid . Another monitor and some controls were situated behind the pilot for use from the rear passenger seat . The speeder also had limited cargo space , allowing it to carry 15 kilograms . History . Construction . In the early years of the Galactic Empire , the speeder racers Thall Joben and Jord Dusat came into possession of a C / L - 82 landspeeder . Naming it the " White Witch " , the two began modifying the speeder in their speeder shop on Ingo , with a view to entering it into the Boonta Speeder Race , for what would be their first major competition . Over the course of three years Dusat worked as mechanic , implementing Joben ' s designs into the speeder as they sought to create a superior racing landspeeder . By 15 BBY , the " White Witch " was nearing completion , but there was one major component missing — an astromech droid to assist the driver . Fortunately for them , as Joben and Dusat raced their speeders through the Vaj Desert on Ingo , they encountered the droids R2 - D2 and C - 3PO , who had just been dumped by their previous owner , the smuggler Zevel Hortine , along with his cargo as he attempted to evade the authorities . R2 - D2 was ideal for the role , so the two racers became the droids ' new masters . The Fromm Gang . As Joben and Dusat attempted to return to the speeder shop , they accidentally entered the restricted zone around the secret base of Tig Fromm , son of Sise Fromm and prominent member of the Fromm Gang . Pursued by sentry droids , they were able to escape with the aid of Kea Moll , a member of the Annoo resistance who was investigating reports that Fromm was developing a powerful weapons satellite called the " Trigon One " . However , the racers had made enemies of the Fromms , who feared that they might leak details of the secret base to rival gangs . Returning to the speeder shop , the racers planned to test R2 - D2 with the " White Witch " the following morning . However , shortly after Joben and the droids left for the night , muscle droid s sent by Tig Fromm captured Dusat . Upon returning to the shop , Joben was told by Moll what had happened to Dusat . They soon came under attack from more muscle droids who had sabotaged Joben ' s speeder to prevent his escape . Acting quickly , Moll and R2 - D2 activated the " White Witch " , allowing the group to escape . Taking the " White Witch " , Joben , Moll and the droids were able to gain entry to Fromm ' s base . While Moll and C - 3PO guided them , Joben and R2 - D2 flew the " White Witch " through the base ' s network of service tubes and elevator shafts and rescued Dusat , picking up the others as they headed for the exit . Fromm tried to stop their escape , ordering his droid cruiser s outside to await them after first disabling his sentry droids to prevent them attacking the cruisers . However , C - 3PO was able to use the security system to reactivate the sentry droids . As the two groups of droids opened fire on each other , the " White Witch " evaded pursuing repulsor ball s and escaped . The incident had an unexpected bonus — Joben and Dusat had been looking for a way to transport the " White Witch " to Boonta for the race and now found a solution when Moll agreed to transport them on her ship , the " Sand Sloth " , with the " White Witch " secured to the hull . The journey would not run smoothly , however , and a hyperdrive malfunction caused them to head to Annoo for repairs . The Fromm Gang ' s spies reported the group ' s presence on Annoo to Sise , who vowed to deal with them himself . An attempt to capture them at the spaceport failed when R2 - D2 created a distraction , allowing them to once again escape in the " White Witch " . Heading for the farm owned by Moll ' s mother , Demma , they stored the " White Witch " there for the duration of their stay . Arrival at Boonta . The trip to Boonta was , however , put on hold when the young racers agreed to help Kea and Demma in their fight against the Fromms . At some point , as Tig Fromm prepared for the launch of the " Trigon One " , Dusat and R2 - D2 took the " White Witch " , accompanied by Joben and C - 3PO in another landspeeder , to where the weapons satellite was hidden among the desert mountains . While Joben created a distraction , Dusat and R2 - D2 boarded the ship and disabled it before the group made their escape . After destroying both the " Trigon One " and Sise Fromm ' s stronghold on Annoo , the group resumed their journey to Boonta . As C - 3PO and R2 - D2 secured the " White Witch " for the jump to hyperspace , the Fromms attempted to get revenge by attacking Moll ' s ship with their one remaining vessel . They succeeded in damaging the engine on the " Sand Sloth " but a weapons malfunction on the Fromm ' s rundown shuttle , the " Voor Viper " , allowed the speeder racers to escape before the gangsters could destroy them . However , upon arrival at Boonta the damage the ship had taken caught up with them , forcing a crash landing . Though the " White Witch " broke free of its restraints during the crash , it survived with only minimal damage . However , Dusat , who was supposed to drive in the upcoming race , injured his arm , forcing Joben to take over . The racers also required somewhere to repair the " White Witch " before the race . C - 3PO found a solution when a droid called BL - 17 offered the use of his master ' s garage . Unknown to the racers , BL - 17 was the property of the bounty hunter Boba Fett , who had been hired by Sise Fromm to extract his revenge . While Moll worked on repairing the " White Witch " , BL - 17 attempted to gas her , making it look like an accident . She escaped with the help of R2 - D2 . BL - 17 suggested moving the " White Witch " to a processing plant where it would be safe until the race . However , this proved to be a trap , and Fett soon attacked Joben and Moll . During the ensuing confusion , Tig Fromm and his bodyguard , Vlix Oncard , planted a thermal detonator on the speeder , which was set to go off after the tenth and final lap of the race . Joben used the " White Witch " to lead Fett away from the others , heading straight to the race with Fett pursuing in his own " Silver Speeder " . However , Proto One , a droid the racers had met on Boonta , saw Fromm plant the device and warned Moll . Boonta Speeder Race . Fromm headed straight to the Boonta Speeder Race where his family had requisitioned a private box off its unwitting owners . By the time Moll reached the race track the " White Witch " was already participating in the race . With no way to warn Joben it appeared that Fromm ' s plan was set to work . However , Fett had followed Joben into the race and attacked him throughout , unaware of the thermal detonator . Fett fired cables to attach his speeder to the " White Witch " in an effort to slow it down , but R2 - D2 was able to cut the cables and free the speeder . Fett then fired a blaster at the " White Witch " , inflicting damage and causing smoke to pour from the speeder , but R2 - D2 was able to patch up the damage and keep it in the race . As Joben continued to pull ahead of the competition , Fett stayed with him attacking again with a magnetic beam . Fett ' s attack loosened the thermal detonator , which fell off and attached to Fett ' s pursuing speeder . Fett ejected in time , though his speeder was destroyed . Joben went on to win the race . As Joben celebrated with his friends after the race , they were approached by Zebulon Dak , owner of Zebulon Dak Speeder Corporation . Dak was so impressed with the " White Witch " that he offered Joben and Dusat full - time jobs designing and engineering speeders , an offer the two racers accepted without hesitation . Owners and operators . Thall Joben . A native of the planet Beheboth , Thall Joben wanted to become a speeder racer from an early age , but was forbidden by his father , who feared that his son would come to harm . In defiance of his father , Joben traveled to Boonta in the hopes of entering the Boonta Speeder Race . Joben met Jord Dusat on Boonta and the two became friends and business partners , running a speeder shop on Ingo . Joben designed the " White Witch " with the Boonta Speeder Race in mind and worked together with Joben to construct the landspeeder . When Dusat was injured upon their arrival on Boonta , Joben took over piloting duties and secured victory . Jord Dusat . Jord Dusat was an orphan living on Boonta when he first met Thall Joben . Dusat challenged Joben to a race and was impressed when Joben defeated him by more than five seconds . After establishing their speeder shop on Ingo , Dusat worked to construct the " White Witch " and was supposed to pilot the landspeeder in the Boonta Speeder Race in 15 BBY . Although an injury left Dusat unable to enter the race , Joben ' s victory secured both men jobs designing speeders with the Zebulon Dak Speeder Corporation . R2 - D2 . R2 - D2 was an Industrial Automaton R2 - series astromech droid . R2 - D2 was discovered by Joben and Dusat after he and his counterpart , C - 3PO , were abandoned by their owner , the smuggler Zevel Hortine , in the Vaj Desert on Ingo . With the two speeder racers in search of an astromech unit to operate the " White Witch " , they recruited R2 - D2 to their cause . The astromech proved his worth by assisting Joben to operate the " White Witch " during the rescue of Dusat from Tig Fromm ' s base and later the victory on Boonta . Behind the scenes . The " White Witch " was created for the 1985 Nelvana animated series " " and lent its name to the episode " The White Witch , " in which it first appeared . The " Star Wars : Droids " opening credits depicted a scene in which the " White Witch " , flown by a white - helmeted pilot and with both C - 3PO and R2 - D2 aboard , attempts to evade capture by a pursuing droid . This scene is not taken from any episode of the series . Further information on the " White Witch " was later given in the 2004 Rich Handley and Abel G . Peña article " " , which appeared in " Polyhedron 170 " . The article was illustrated by Jeff Carlisle , who had shown a sketch of the " White Witch " to Erik Mona of Paizo Publishing at a convention the previous year . Carlisle later included the " White Witch " , along with Joben , Dusat and Mungo Baobab , in the background of the official artwork for Celebration Anaheim in 2015 . A toy of the " White Witch " was intended to be released as part of Kenner ' s " " action figure range . The company produced prototypes of the vehicle but , due to declining interest in " Star Wars " at the time , the line was canceled before the finished toy entered production . In 1986 , publisher Editorial Gepsa released a comic series called MyComyc featuring characters from popular cartoon series , including " Star Wars : Droids " and " " , in a number of two - page short adventures . The comics were unknown in the until 2013 , when Dark Horse Comics Vice President of Publishing Randy Stradley explored the possibility of republishing them . However , Lucasfilm staff were unable to find proof that the comics were officially licensed and they are considered ambiguously canon . The " White Witch " was featured in the MyComyc story " Neutralizing Trigon I " . The comic depicts events which are not shown in the television series and its chronological placement is unclear . Abel G . Peña , who translated the comics to English , has commented that the story may be an alternate retelling of events in the " Droids " cartoon .