Lampay Fay

Lampay Fay was a Pau'an Male who served as aide-de-camp to Port Administrator Tion Medon of Pau City on the planet Utapau. After the planet was occupied by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars in 19 BBY, Fay accompanied Medon to meet with the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi when Kenobi arrived on Utapau in search of Separatist General Grievous. Medon covertly informed the Jedi of Grievous's presence, and after the Jedi told the administrator to prepare their warriors, Fay asked if Kenobi had mentioned bringing additional forces. Republic clone forces then arrived and fought alongside the Pau'ans to defeat the Separatists. 
==Biography==
Lampay Fay was a Pau'an male who hailed from an eminent lineage on the planet Utapau, the patriach of which was among the first to encourage trade between the world's natives and other planets. During the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems, Fay served as the aide-de-camp to Tion Medon, Port AdministratorStar Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition and Prime Minister of Pau City on Utapau. Although Utapau remained neutral during the war, it was occupied by the Separatists in the final days of the conflict when General Grievous selected it as a hiding place for the Executive Separatist Council.Star Wars: Complete Locations Pau City's occupants were then held hostage by the occupiers.
When the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi arrived in Pau City in 19 BBYStar Wars: Timelines dates the events of to 19 BBY. while searching the Outer Rim Territories for Grievous, the Separatists remained out of view while Medon, Fay, and a number of other Pau'ans approached Kenobi's ship on a landing pad. Fay hung back while Medon spoke with Kenobi, with the Prime Minister initially claiming the war had not reached Utapau when Kenobi asked for fuel and to use the planet as a base during his search; however, once a group of Utai began the refueling process, Medon stepped closer to Kenobi and revealed the presence of Grievous and the size of his forces to the Jedi in hushed tones. Kenobi warned Medon to have his people take shelter and prepare any warriors they had then returned to his starfighter.
Medon returned to Fay and the other Pau'ans and as they left the landing pad, Fay asked Medon whether Kenobi had said he would bring additional warriors. Medon informed the aide-de-camp that the Jedi had not clarified, although Kenobi had in fact already contacted his clone forces to inform them about Grievous. Kenobi then sought out Grievous and confronted him, with the clone forces arriving as the two fought. Pau'an Warriors then fought alongside the clones against the Separatists, succeeding in defeating the occupiers, killing the general, and reclaiming the world.
==Personality and traits==
Lampay Fay had black eyes and gray, bloodless skin with scarlet offsets. The skin's color was the result of underground living and a raw meat diet.
==Equipment==
Fay wore a dark red robe.
==Behind the scenes==
Lampay Fay was portrayed by Goran Kleut in the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, which was released on May 19, 2005.Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition Kleut was one of many tall actors who auditioned for the roles of the two Pau'ans that accompany Medon in the film, as Lucasfilm wanted people who matched the physique of Medon's actor, Bruce Spence. After Kleut was chosen, he had to regularly visit the film's creature shop in order to test parts of the costume or the mask. Kleut's platform scene was then filmed on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 on Stage 1 at Fox Studios, Sydney.The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
Kleut also filmed an additional scene as Fay during pick-ups that would have acted as an alternative to the platform scene, but was not ultimately used. Involving a close-up of Fay that required the character to have a detailed mask, the scene was set in a golden room and was filmed against green screen on a sound stage. It took several takes before director George Lucas was satisfied, with Lucas asking that the scene be faster. Fay's dialogue in the final release of the film was actually recorded for the cut scene and later dubbed over the platform version.
In the current Star Wars canon, Lampay Fay's name was first used in the mobile card game Star Wars: Force Collection, which initially launched in 2013. Although the launch of Force Collection predates the Star Wars canon reset of 2014, Lucasfilm Story Group member Leland Chee confirmed that the game was kept updated to fit with canon. — Leland Chee of the Lucasfilm Story Group has confirmed that in-universe information from Star Wars: Force Collection conforms with Star Wars canon. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Lampay Fay was mentioned prior to the release of the film in the reference book Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary, which was written by James LucenoStar Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary and released on April 2, 2005.
==Appearances==
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*Force Collector 
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
*Star Wars Day-at-a-Time Calendar 2021 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Clerical workers and assistants
Category:Individuals with unspecified pronouns
Category:Males
Category:Pau'ans