Tann Gella

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Tann Gella was an Rutian Twi'lek female[2] from the planet Ryloth.[1] She was the twin sister of Ann Gella.[2] By 32 BBY,[3] they had been enslaved and were purchased as property by the Dug podracer Sebulba from the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure.[2] In that year, the twins were with Sebulba on the planet Tatooine.[4]

The Dug planned to take part in the Boonta Eve Classic podrace[4] outside Mos Espa spaceport,[5] and before the race began, the twins helped Sebulba prepare. While he sat with his podracer in the Mos Espa Grand Arena's hangar, Tann massaged his shoulders while Ann[4] manicured[5] his toenails. The Dug enjoyed the ministrations of the Twi'leks and considered them comely,[6] although he was actually using the massage as a cover so he could guard his vehicle from race officials and other pilots.[7] Tann had blue skin and brown eyes.[2] The twins wore matching yellow net outfits with a gray headpiece and a silver collar while on Tatooine.[4]

Behind the scenes

Tann Gella was portrayed by actress Nishan Hindes in the film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace[8] which was released on May 19, 1999.[9] Nishan acted alongside her real-life twin sister, Nifa Hindes, who played Ann Gella.[8] Their scene was filmed on B Stage at Leavesden Studios.[10]

Tann did not receive a name in the film[4] and was first identified in the current Star Wars canon by the mobile card game Star Wars: Force Collection,[2] which initially launched in 2013. Although the launch of Force Collection predates[11] the Star Wars canon reset of 2014,[12] Lucasfilm Story Group member Leland Chee confirmed that the game was kept updated to fit with canon.[13] The name originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first used in the Star Wars: Episode I: The Visual Dictionary reference book written by David West Reynolds[14] and released on May 26, 1999.[15]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z (French version only)
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 SW Force Collection Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Tann Gella (★))
  3. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace to 32 BBY.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
  6. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Sebulba Biography Gallery in the Databank (backup link) (Slide 3)
  7. ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 StarWars.com Star Wars, A Family Affair on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
  9. ↑ Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition
  10. ↑ Creating the Worlds of Star Wars: 365 Days
  11. ↑ StarWars.com Announcing Star Wars: Force Collection on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
  12. ↑ StarWars.com The Legendary Star Wars Expanded Universe Turns a New Page on StarWars.com (backup link)
  13. ↑ TwitterLogo Leland Chee (@holocronkeeper) on Twitter (post on March 28, 2017): "I'm not gonna go through the trouble of changing them and I don't have any reason to believe currently that anyone would. […] On the off-chance that we DID have a current need to change any of these, we would have for Force Collection." (backup link) — Leland Chee of the Lucasfilm Story Group has confirmed that in-universe information from Star Wars: Force Collection conforms with Star Wars canon.
  14. ↑ Star Wars: Episode I: The Visual Dictionary
  15. ↑ GalaxyCollector "Books with Bite" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 6