Drez Unlin Drez Unlin was a male Felucian Podracer who lived during the last decades of the Galactic Republic . At some point during the Clone Wars , he captured the Jedi Master Plo Koon and made him his hostage , until Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano came to their colleague ' s rescue . Unlin promised to release Koon if one of the two Jedi could beat him on a race , but he broke his promise after Tano did so . Unlin was ultimately neutralized by his own electroshock net during a fight with the Jedi . Once Plo Koon was freed , Unlin got transferred to the planet Coruscant , where he would spend the rest of the war in prison . Biography . A male Felucian , Drez Unlin lived during the waning decades of the Galactic Republic . Around 20 BBY , he was a professional Podracer in the Dustig sector and resided on Malastare . At some point after the Battle of Teth , Unlin had business with the Confederacy of Independent Systems . One day , the Jedi Master Plo Koon stopped on Malastare to refuel while on his way back to the galactic capital of Coruscant , and he spotted Unlin talking to a well - known Separatist general . When the Jedi tried to enter Unlin ' s tent , the Podracer dropped an electroshock net , rendering the intruder unconscious . Unlin was now in the possession of a precious hostage , and he soon received the visit of the Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano . Suspecting the Podracer was holding his colleague hostage , Skywalker challenged Unlin to a race : if the Jedi won , Koon would be released , while if Unlin won , both Skywalker and Tano would become his prisoners . Unlin , however , deemed Skywalker too tall to fit in a Podracer , which is why the Tano was chosen to race in her master ' s stead . During the race , which consisted of a single lap , Unlin tried to sabotage Tano ' s Podracer , but the Padawan countered his treachery by using the Force . Despite the young woman ' s victory , Unlin refused to hand over Koon , and he sicced a group of four B1 battle droids on the Jedi . The two warriors disposed of the droids quickly , and Unlin approached Tano behind her back , disarming her and placing her in the threat of his blaster . However , the Jedi acted quickly : while Tano pushed her opponent under the tent ' s electroshock net , Skywalker pushed the button that made it fall , thus neutralizing Unlin . Master Plo Koon was freed and the Podracer was subsequently brought to Coruscant and put in jail . While Unlin claimed that Count Dooku , leader of the Confederacy , would come and free him eventually , Skywalker pointed out how unlikely that was given the Podracer ' s failure . Personality and traits . Unlin was an orange - skinned Felucian . He stood somewhere between 1 . 61 and 1 . 88 meters . According to Anakin Skywalker , Unlin ' s main weakness was his overconfidence . He was also notedly materialistic , as he immediately inquired about his possessions upon being arrested . He had a hypocritical view of cheating , as he considered his own deceptions as fair game but would not tolerate a Jedi using the Force to counter them . Skills and abilities . Despite being a capable pilot , Unlin routinely cheated during the Podraces he participated in . His racing vehicle was notably equipped with a circular saw that was designed to dismantle his opponents ' engines . Behind the scenes . Drez Unlin only appeared in " The Masked Racer " , an eight - page comic story published on March 6 , 2014 , in the third issue of the magazine " Star Wars Comic " .