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|title={{PAGENAME}}
|image=File:Boles-Roor.png
|author=[[Brennan C. Renwick]]
|series=''[[Tales from the Boonta Eve Classic]]''
|length=3,760 words
|source=[https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Tales_from_the_Boonta_Eve_Classic/works/59348362 AO3]
|date=October 22, 2024
|timelineplace=32 BBY
|canontier=F
|preceding=''[[Tales from the New Republic]]''
|following="[[The Once and Future Ben: The Tale of Ben Quadinaros]]"
}}

'''"Stardust: The Tale of Boles Roor"''' is a short story by [[Brennan C. Renwick]]. It is the first story in the [[Tales from the Boonta Eve Classic]] short story anthology, and was first released on [[Archive of Our Own|AO3]] on October 22, 2024.<ref name="discord">Ken Palpatine (@shisstopus), "Hello all, happy to begin to present Tales from the Boonta Eve Classic starting today we will be releasing one story per day in our recommended reading order. Today we have Stardust: The Tale of Boles Roor by Brennan C. Renwick AKA Quinlan Vos," Discord, October 22, 2024, https://discord.com/channels/1197017424042664016/1197161203798114364/1298386454468100166.</ref> The story centers around the misadventures of podracer and [[glimmik]] star [[Boles Roor]] in the days before and after the [[Boonta Eve Classic]] on [[Tatooine]].

==Blurb==
''Nasty podracer Boles Roor contemplates a career change, after an unlikely set of circumstances occurs during the annual Boonta.''<ref name="ao3">"Stardust: The Tale of Boles Roor"</ref>

==Plot Summary==
Boles Roor is a galaxy-renowned podracer and glimmik idol&mdash;and an ill-tempered [[giggledust]] addict. Every year, he performs at the [[Pre-Boonta Eve Concert]] hosted at the [[Poodoo Lounge]]. The proprietor, an [[Elespad]] named [[Ersik]], endures Roor's insults in exchange for the prestige (and credits) the Sneevel brings to the Poodoo Lounge. Ersik also indulges Roor's giggledust habit,

After shouting several slurs, Roor departs the Poodoo Lounge, and is almost trampled by a Cerean Aryx Bird. He is saved at the last moment by a Kiffar; however, his anti-human prejudice results in him meeting his savior with contempt instead of thanks.

When Roor starts his set at the Pre-Boonta Eve Concert the following night, he is heckled by a [[Toong]] in the audience. Roor bets five million wupiupi that the Toong&mdash;revealed to be [[Ben Quadinaros]]&mdash;is too cowardly to enter the Boonta Eve.

The next day, Roor places sixth in the podrace. After he learns that [[Anakin Skywalker]] was declared the winner, he recalls a boast he made during an interview on [[Malastare]] in which he declared he would never race again should a [[Human]] win. Refusing to renege on his word, Roor gives his podracer to his mechanic, [[Shrivel Braittrand]], and focuses on his music career.

==Appearances==
===Characters===
*[[Boles Roor]]
*[[Ersik]]
*[[Quinlan Vos]]
*[[Shrivel Braittrand]]
*[[Baboo]]
*[[Anakin Skywalker]] <small>(Mentioned only)</small>
*[[Xelbrees]] <small>(Mentioned only)</small>
*[[Sebulba]] <small>(Mentioned only)</small>
*[[Ben Quadinaros]]
*[[Gasgano]] <small>(Mentioned only)</small>

===Planets===
*[[Tatooine]]
*[[Malastare]] <small>(Mentioned only}</small>

==Behind the Scenes==
Boles Roor's story was first expounded in the webcomic "[[wikia:starwars:Podracing Tales|Podracing Tales]]" by [[Ryder Wyndham]].<ref name="tales">"Podracing Tales", Ryder Wyndham, December 19, 2000.</ref> The exchange between Quadrinaros and Roor at the climax of "Stardust" is adapted from this comic.<ref name="yt">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IWUxhnPpMQ Quinlan Vos, "My Star Wars Fanfiction Stardust: The Tale of Boles Roor Released Online"].</ref>

Renwick stated that the character of Ersik was created to provide more representation for an obscure species.<ref name="yt" /> This species was created for the 1987 Famicom game ''Star Wars'', released only in Japan. To date, the game remains their only appearance in official Legends material<ref name="wook">[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Elespad|"Elespad" on ''Wookieepedia'']</ref>, making Ersik the first named Elespad in ''Star Wars'' continuity.

==References==
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[[Category:Short stories]]
[[Category:Media by Brennan C. Renwick]]