#unidentified Podrace spectators

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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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Moments Before Disaster

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:02:09

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And There Goes Skywalker!

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:00:36

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Ben Quadinaros Squirms

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:00:25

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Start Your Engines

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:58:58

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A Pacithhip Podrace Fan Cheers

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:56:20

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This is So Wizard, Ani

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:54:29

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The Crowd Cheers for Anakin

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:09:25

In the canceled Reflections Gold expansion to Decipher's Star Wars CCG, the Ishi Tib in the bottom left would have been named Drem Redins and the Klatooinian to their right would have been named Griff Mirtong. (Let's hope someday these two aliens can receive their names!)

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Did He Crash-ed?

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:06:44

There's a large object in the background of this shot on the top right side, that wasn't present in an earlier shot. Maybe the sandcrawler that was shown in the intro of the arena at 00:55:03? It's big, and apparently mobile, whatever it is.

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The Crowd Roars

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:58:14

The podrace spectator in the bottom right corner here was featured in a close up on the 10/23/00 edition of Episode I Snapshot.

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Podrace Crowd Cheers

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Complete Podrace Grid Sequence 05:06

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[ Ululating ]

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Complete Podrace Grid Sequence 05:05

Found this photo in Star Wars Gamer #3 which shows some of the extras on the far right of this scene. You can clearly see the Rodian and the red-hatted person to their left, and the Weequay to the Rodian's right is visible.

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Woah!

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Complete Podrace Grid Sequence 03:52

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Mom, I Did It!

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:09:53

The Rodian in this scene and the one before could be either Pax Bonkik or his younger brother Trax, or any of the other similarly dressed Rodians who are seemingly part of Mars Guo's pit team.

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Yay, Ani!

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:09:49

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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.