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Groodo

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this Hutt crimelord was the being responsible for the Bartokk attack on the Trinkatta Starships works on Esseles, just before the Battle of Naboo. Prior to this, Groodo had been employed by the Trade Federation to design and build a small, powerful hyperdrive unit for use on droid starfighters. However, the Trade Federation refused to pay for the prototype after Groodo delivered it. Groodo arranged for the Bartokks to steal the droid starfighters being built for the Trade Federation, then planned to destroy the Corulag Academy with them. Groodo's hope was that the Trade Federation would be blamed for the attack, allowing him to recover the prototype and receive payment for it. Groodo hoped to destroy the Corulag Academy after it refused to allow his son, Boonda, to attend schooling there. He nearly succeeded, but Darth Maul intercepted the droid starfighters and slaved them to his Sith Infiltrator's targetting computer. After warning Groodo to flea Corulag, Maul opened fire on the Hutt's freighter with the combined firepower of 25 starfighters. Groodo and his son escaped in a lifepod, and Maul let them go. Darth Sidious had told him to allow Groodo to live in fear after the starfighters were recovered.