Zabaka

Zabaka was a female Toydarian who ran Toydarian Toymaker toyshop in Black Spire Outpost on the planet Batuu.

Biography

Zabaka, a female Toydarian, owned and operated the toyshop Toydarian Toymaker in Black Spire Outpost on the Outer Rim planet Batuu. Zabaka had a slight feud with Bina, the proprietor of the nearby Creature Stall, as Bina's pets would often escape their containers and steal toys from Zabaka's shop. The Toydarian also had a great admiration for Oga Garra, the owner of Oga's Cantina and crime boss in control of Black Spire Outpost.^[1]

In 34 ABY,^[3] Resistance spy Vi Moradi arrived on Batuu to establish a Resistance outpost. Salju, a Batuuan who operated Black Spire Station, advised Moradi about Zabaka's loyalties to Garra which made the Toydarian unlikely to join the Resistance. Zabaka purchased carvings of a convor and a frog-dog made by former First Order stormtrooper Archex, and she told him to bring other items of similar quality to sell to her.^[2]

That same year, Zabaka was tasked by musician manager Raithe Kole with creating a decoy replica of the Hayananeya stone, an ancient Twi'lek relic^[4] which had been contained within the antique hyperspace compass displayed in the atrium of the MPO-1400 Purgill-class star cruiser Halcyon for centuries.^[5] After Kole's collaborators sliced into Zabaka's comms to covertly send her the schematics for the valuable stone, the Toydarian successfully crafted a convincing decoy stone.^[4] Kole later used Zabaka's counterfeit to steal the Hayananeya back for the Twi'lek people without the crew of the ship noticing it was missing.^[6]

Personality and traits

Zabaka was a kind individual, and she found immense joy in bringing happiness to others through her handcrafted toys.

Skills and abilities

She was skilled with a blaster and was not afraid to use one against those who intended to cause harm to other beings or her creations.

Behind the scenes

Zabaka was first named in an article on StarWars.com titled "The Aliens, Droids, and Shops of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge." She was created as the shopkeeper for the retail location Toydarian Toymaker found within Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge,^[7] the themed land that first opened at Disneyland on May 31, 2019.^[8] She can be seen by customers in silhouette, flying around and working in her office behind a translucent window.^[9]