Ark'ik

Ark'ik was a Verpine technological prodigy who made a home for some time on Tatooine, where his expertise was in high demand.  He eventually crossed paths with Quinn Algernon in Mos Espa on the anniversary of the Boonta Eve Classic podrace that had seen young slaveboy Anakin Skywalker win his freedom from bondage thirty-six years ago.  Ark'ik helped reassemble Quinn's podracer for the epic anniversary race, but found himself swept up, as if in a whirling sandstorm, into the path of adventure.