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Watto

 Background
  Watto is the cranky slave owner of Anakin and Shmi Skywalker. Watto shares many similarities with the Ben-Hur character Sheik Ilderim. Both Watto and Ilderim are short, gruff, and have pot-bellies and thick eyebrows.

Also Sheik Ilderim sponsors and wagers money on Ben-Hur, while Watto sponsors and wagers money on Anakin Skywalker.

  Watto from The Phantom Menace
 
 Appears in the Following Films
  Attack of the Clones (2002)
The Phantom Menace
(1999)
     
 References
  Brennan, Kristen. “Ben-Hur.” Star Wars Origins. 2006. <jitterbug.com/origins>.  


     
       

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