Ren-Quarr was a Quarren[1] barfly[3] with orange skin[2] and well-groomed tentacles. He frequented the Outlander Club,[1] a nightclub and gambling hall located in the Uscru Entertainment District of the[4] planet[5] Coruscant,[4] prior to the outbreak of the Clone Wars[1] in 22 BBY.[6]
During a night[2] in that year,[6] he was present in the Outlander Club as Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker entered, searching for bounty hunter Zam Wesell.[2] As Skywalker walked around the club, he[2] lurked[3] behind[2] the Twi'lek Lunae Minx and the criminal Achk Med-Beq.[3] Being a Quarren, Ren-Quarr's species added to the interplanetary feel of the club on that night.[7] He wore dark colored clothing while at the club.[2]
Behind the scenes
- "Given that Squid Heads are known as Quarren, this barfly's name is more akin to a nonalien character introducing himself as “Mann Hugh""
- ―Daniel Wallace
Ren-Quarr first appeared in the 2002 prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.[2] The Outlander Club scenes including Ren-Quarr were shot at Fox Studios, Sydney on July 17, 2000.[8] Prior to the film's release, the character was first pictured in the documentary "A Twinkle Beyond Pluto,"[9] released on July 31, 2001.[10]
The character's name first appeared in the 2003 article "Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases," where it was applied to a picture of[11] the Quarren Senator Tikkes.[12] The name would first be applied to the character seen in Episode II in the article "Who's Who in the Outlander Club: It's Ladies' Night," published in the seventy-fifth issue of the Star Wars Insider magazine[3] on April 6, 2004.[13] The author of the article, Daniel Wallace, commented that Ren-Quarr's name is akin to a nonalien character introducing himself as Mann Hugh and that his groomed tentacles gave him the appearance of a Rollie Fingers-style handlebar mustache.[3]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
Sources
Making Episode II Webdocs: Part 5: A Twinkle Beyond Pluto on StarWars.com (backup link) (First pictured) (Video clip only)- Mythmaking: Behind the Scenes of Attack of the Clones (Picture only)
- Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases on StarWars.com (backup link) (original site is defunct) (First mentioned)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 96 OUT 1-2: Outlander Nightclub Patrons
- "Who's Who in the Outlander Club: It's Ladies' Night" — Star Wars Insider 75
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I–III, 1999–2005 (Picture only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 14 ("Ren-Quarr")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5
"Who's Who in the Outlander Club: It's Ladies' Night" — Star Wars Insider 75
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 431 ("Outlander Club")
- ↑ Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The New Essential Chronology dates the events of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones to 22 BBY.
- ↑ The Official Star Wars Fact File 96 OUT 1-2: Outlander Nightclub Patrons
- ↑ Mythmaking: Behind the Scenes of Attack of the Clones
- ↑
Making Episode II Webdocs: Part 5: A Twinkle Beyond Pluto on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Making Episode II Webdocs archive on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases on StarWars.com (backup link) (original site is defunct)
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 248 ("Tikkes")
- ↑ The New Face of Evil on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
External links
- Outlander Patron Roster on Sompeetalay's Source Blog — Tim Veekhoven's StarWars.com Blog (original site is defunct)
