Wioslea

I have a bad feeling about this…

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«4,000 credits … only 4000. You look like you could use a break, kid. Sold.»

―Wioslea^[1]

Wioslea was a female Vuvrian. Like all Vuvrians, she had multiple eyes located around her head, and two large tentacles coming off the top of her head.

Biography

Luke Skywalker: "I want to sell this speeder."

Obi-Wan Kenobi: "If we can get a fair price."

Luke Skywalker: "Yeah. I paid twenty-four hundred for it, and I put a lot of work into it. I think it's worth a lot more."

Wioslea: "Fifteen hundred is all I can offer you, human."

Luke Skywalker: "Fifteen hundred? Look, this landspeeder's in great shape, even if it's not very pretty."

Obi-Wan Kenobi: "We can accept no less than two thousand."

Wioslea: "Your grip on reality is fragile, humans. It's the newer models that are in demand now, not these old ones. I shall probably have to sell it at a loss."

Obi-Wan Kenobi: "But it's still not a fair price."

Wioslea: "You touch a responsive chord in my… charitable nature, humans. Sixteen hundred."

―Wiosela negotiating the sale of Luke's landspeeder^[2]

Wioslea purchases Luke Skywalker's landspeeder

Wioslea was a female Vuvrian who lived on Tatooine and worked as a salesperson at Spaceport Speeders, a local Mos Eisley company that bought and sold landspeeders and other vehicles.^[1] She bought Luke Skywalker's X-34 landspeeder,^[3] which he sold in order to finance the negotiated upfront fee for passage aboard the Millennium Falcon. Obi-Wan Kenobi used a Jedi mind trick to persuade Wioslea into paying 2,000 credits for the speeder, much more than it was worth.^[4]

Seven months after the Battle of Yavin, Wioslea sold a landspeeder to Senior Anthropologist Mammon Hoole.

Personality and traits

Wioslea did not speak about events from her past prior to her employment by Unut Poll. She hoped to someday relocate to another planet after paying off her debts; at one time, she owed 1,000 credits to an underling of the crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure. As a result, she began spying for Jabba.^[1]

Skills and abilities

Wioslea was proficient in multiple languages: Aqualish, Arcona, Huttese, Rodian, Sullustan, and Vregg.^[1]

Equipment

Wioslea wore simple robes very similar to a Jedi Knight's.^[3]

Behind the scenes

Wioslea was played in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope by actor David Stone, who later played Will Scotian in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Keyan Farlander in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.^[5]^[6]^[7] Wioslea was designed by Star Wars creator George Lucas himself.^[8]

The novelization says a "tall, slightly insectoid" male purchased Luke's landspeeder, but this individual is never named or described any further. It says he haggles with Luke and Obi-Wan but provides no details.

Wioslea was released as a Hasbro action figure in 2009.