#droideka

"I’ve never seen star wars but these freaks are really hot. Think abt it you could cock warm them forever cuz they’re shaped like a chair"

Droideka Sketch

Droideka

Continued from Part 28.

The next Hunter we're going to look at is the team of Dizzy the Ugnaught and his destroyer droid, who compete as the duo Slingshot. Their logo incorporates the droideka's wheel form as the "G" in Slingshot.

Dizzy has modified the droideka to allow himself to ride "inside" it. Unlike other characters, Dizzy doesn't have a single weapon like a blaster, his weapon is the droideka.

Dizzy's species, the Ugnaughts, were first seen on Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back. They hail from the planet Gentes in the Anoat system, midway between Hoth and Bespin along the Ison Trade Corridor. Recently, the Ugnaught Kuill appeared in the first season of The Mandalorian.

Destroyer droids, or droidekas in the Colicoid language, were part of the Trade Federation and Separatist army throughout the prequel trilogy. They could curl up in a ball to travel and shielded themselves with deflector shields. They didn't have the capability of carrying a passenger though.

Slingshot's banner features Aurebesh at the top left, DY (presumably for the first and last letters of Dizzy's name) along with the number 26 in the bottom right corner.

Their player icon features a drawing of Dizzy's face.

Dizzy's base costume, Wild Racer, sees him suited up in a red racing suit with a jerkin, harness, checkered shoulder pads and goggles. Most of his costumes follow this same trend. There's a small but of Aurebesh below the hose on his harness, WIN.

His Uncommon costumes include palette swaps of his jerkin, in Purple, Yellow, White, Green, and Black.

Each Uncommon and Rare costume shares the same description:

"Gotta dress right! Don't want to get burned!"

His droideka's default base wrap, Beloved Paintwork, is styled similarly to his banner, predominantly purple with DY in Aurebesh, a prominent number 26, and an upside down reversed Huttese numeral 8 along its backshell plate.

His droideka is where we see the most variety in Dizzy's different skin sets. The Uncommon wraps are in the same color as Dizzy's costumes: Purple, Yellow, White, Green, and Black which see the variation in the racing stripes and graphics while keeping the deep purple base color.

Dizzy's affection for his droid is evident in the Uncommon and Rare descriptions, treating it like a pet:

"Who's a good destroyer? You are! Yes you are!"

Let's take a look at the Rare costumes for Slingshot, starting with Twilight Racer. The game files refer to this one as "Plum Hornet" and sees Dizzy sporting a blue and yellow outfit.

The Twilight Paintwork for his droideka features the same color combo.

Next up for Dizzy is the Goldie Racer costume. This is a reference to R3-S6, nicknamed "Goldie", who first appeared in The Clone Wars Season 1, Episode 6 "Downfall of a Droid". Dizzy sports clothing inspired by Goldie's black and gold plating.

The Goldie Paintwork wrap for his droideka continues this color scheme while introducing red accents.

The next Uncommon costume for Dizzy is Rouge Racer. This sees Dizzy decked out in shades of pink, and is another droid reference, this time to QT-KT from the D-Squad arc of The Clone Wars Season 5. This is evident by its name in the game files, "QT Mayhem".

The droideka wrap for this costume is Rouge Paintwork, which sees the destroyer painted up in a very vibrant pink with white and yellow highlights.

Next up for Dizzy we have the Shadow Racer costume. This sees him wearing a red and dark green racing outfit and is referred to as "Swift Shadow" in the game files.

The destroyer droid wrap, Shadow Paintwork, carries a similar style, predominantly dark green with red and white stripes.

The next Uncommon costume is Acidic Racer. Called "Acid Havoc" in the game files, this costume has Dizzy wearing various shades of green and yellow.