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Ayy Vida was a Twi'lek dancer and assassin[4] who frequented Coruscant's Outlander Club.[2]
History[]
Dancer Ayy Vida
Vida used her alluring dancing to get close to her marks.[4] She was often accompanied by her friend, the purple-skinned Lunae Minx.[5] She was the unwilling consort of the petty criminal Hat Lo, and would have fled from him if not for her fear of his Weequay bodyguard, Tas Kee.[3]
One night in 22 BBY, she caught the eye of Achk Med-Beq, a young Republic officer. She may have believed that he would take her away from the lifestyle, but in truth he was nothing more than a con artist. Ayy was already treading dangerous territory as she was already flirting with Achk's partner in crime Dannl Faytonni.[5] Fortunately for her, an unrelated incident—Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker pursuing Zam Wesell in the same bar—broke the tension at the right moment.[2]
Vida's appearance was unusual among Twi'leks because her yellow skin featured a mottled pattern of red-orange stripes, as opposed to the typical uniformly colored skin of her species.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Karina Wakefield offstage with Anthony Daniels
- "I've never looked like this before. I have been airbrushed all over."
- ―Karina Wakefield, speaking about her costume
Ayy Vida was played by Karina Wakefield in the 2002 prequel trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.[7] The Outlander Club scenes including Vida were shot at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia on July 17, 2000.[8] Wakefield's costume was airbrushed all over for her part as Vida.[6]
Most sources have portrayed Vida only as a frequent visitor to clubs on Coruscant and the consort of the criminal Hat Lo. The Bounty Hunters set from the Star Wars Miniatures game revealed that she was also a dancer and a secret assassin.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
- Boba Fett: Pursuit
Sources[]
Concept artwork
On Location: Part 3 - Creative People Producing Solutions on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
Making Episode II Webdocs Part 5: A Twinkle Beyond Pluto on StarWars.com (backup link)- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Scrapbook (First identified as Ayy Vida)
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary (Picture only)
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Spysprite mini-holocam — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #45 (content now obsolete; backup link) (Picture only) - The Official Star Wars Fact File 44 (COR21, Coruscant - Outlander Club) (Picture only)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 68 (TWI, Twi'leks)
- Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 96 (OUT2, Outlander Club Patrons)
Star Wars Saga (Pack: Ayy Vida) (backup link)
"Who's Who in the Outlander Club: It's Ladies' Night" — Star Wars Insider 75
Star Wars Miniatures — Bounty Hunters (Pack: Ayy Vida) (backup link)- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 305–306 ("Vida, Ayy")
Med-Beq, Achk in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)- Minx, Lunae in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Vida, Ayy in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection
2013 Topps Star Wars Galactic Files Series 2 (Card: Ayy Vida) (backup link)- The Official Star Wars Fact File (2014) Part 1 (COR22) (Picture only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Scrapbook
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 305–306 ("Vida, Ayy")
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Miniatures — Bounty Hunters (Pack: Ayy Vida) (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Vida, Ayy in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Making Episode II Webdocs Part 5: A Twinkle Beyond Pluto on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars
- ↑ Mythmaking: Behind the Scenes of Attack of the Clones
External links[]
Episode II On Location: Part 3 - Creative People Producing Solutions on the turbo1975 YouTube channel (backup link)- Ayy Vida fan site on AyyVida.com (content now obsolete; archived from the original on October 2, 2016)
