#unidentified Bith

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[ Fanfare ]

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Complete Podrace Grid Sequence 02:15

The only instrument I’m not 100% sure on is the “speetamor” found on pg 101 of the Visual Encyclopedia. It’s found with several of the other instruments that appear in this shot.

Hard to tell in the screenshot above, but in addition to the five Bith, the band also includes a Quarren playing the floonorp, a Nikto playing the kettlebox blower bell, a Pacithhip playing the podport bandfill, a Nikto playing the stompsqueezer, and an Ishi Tib playing a sort of keyboard.

Also, the podport bandfill's name derives from the bandfill instrument played by Nalan Cheel of the Modal Nodes in A New Hope (as well as presumably being made of Podracer parts).

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Ha on-Bith, a boy who suffered from heart pain after a car accident, dreams of dying by unidentified assailants who came one day.

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The Crowd Cheers for Anakin

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:09:44

There are some odd effects appearing here, seems to be instances where the background extras were superimposed over each other. The Bith's head fades into the Rodian behind, and the Ishi Tib in front of them blends into the two extras on either side. Easier to see in motion.

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[ Spectators Cheering ]

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:08:47

There are several unnamed extras who have appeared in previous shots in this scene including the man who sat with Sebulba at Akim's Munch when Anakin saved Jar Jar (bottom left next to Rum Sleg).

The woman in the yellow suit who has appeared in several different spots in crowd scenes (in the row in front of and to the left of the Veknoid).

This man with his face painted black and white (one row up and to the right of Rum Sleg) has appeared in several other scenes (center beside the Rodian at 01:02:22).

Also there are MANY "copied and pasted" extras in this scene (and all the crowd scenes). Rango Tel raising his arms up is the most noticeable.

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Amazing!

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:06:36

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The Crowd Goes Wild

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:04:28

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The Crowd Jeers

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:00:23

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Tah Oos Azalus Ooval Poddraces

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:55:14

The Huttese from these last two shots comes from the Illustrated Screenplay (pg 69), which translates Beed's introduction to the Grand Arena as: "We have perfect weather today for the Boonta Classic, the most hazardous of all podraces."

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Going Back to Watto's

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:44:18

The two droids on the left side of this shot (and the next), R2-T0 and WEL-1708, are more visible in some still photos. You can just spot the tank on WEL-1708's back. I believe WEL-1708 was only named in the Ep. I Expanded Visual Dictionary.

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A Nubian, Huh?

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:44:49