Po Ruddle Lingsnot

"Our history is a saga of foresight, daring, and extravagant riches."

―Lingsnot describing Bespin

Po Ruddle Lingsnot was a used cloud car salesman who was elected to the Council of Tourism and Extra-Planetary Investment of his home city, Cloud City on the planet Bespin. Also a member of Cloud City's ruling bureaucratic class, the Exex, Lingsnot extolled Bespin's virtues, and hoped to eventually become Cloud City's Baron Administrator.

Biography

"The overall concern of the Exex—as of politicians everywhere—is to maintain the status quo and to eliminate drastic changes for the citizenry."

―Lingsnot, an Exex himself, describing his group

Cloud City, where Lingsnot lived

Po Ruddle Lingsnot was a Humanoid male individual who lived in the planet Bespin's Cloud City. Lingsnot was a used cloud car salesman who got himself elected to the Council of Tourism and Extra-Planetary Investment and became an established member of Cloud City's ruling bureaucratic class, the Exex. He wrote a report describing Bespin at some point after Lando Calrissian became the Baron Administrator of Cloud City in 1 ABY.

Personality and traits

"Get carried away on the winds!"

―Lingsnot concluding his report

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Lando Calrissian, Baron Administrator of Cloud City, whose title was sought by Lingsnot

Lingsnot worked hard to get elected to the Council of Tourism and Extra-Planetary Investment. A tireless promoter, the councilman would not be content just attending meetings or remaining in his plush offices, but instead attended all vital civic events with a smiling welcome for all visiting interplanetary dignitaries. He openly aimed to be Cloud City's next Baron Administrator.

Lingsnot always extolled Bespin's virtues, and his report presented the same enthusiasm. Lingsnot expressed certain opinions in writing his detailed report. He expressed it being sad that Cloud City's unlicensed Port Town casinos frequently preyed on financially desperate individuals, while writing that the city was at a loss for a solution. In discussing the planet's creatures, he considered thrantas some of the most interesting, and he also wrote that it was wise for Cloud City to forbid hunting beldons, since that species was speculated to exhale Tibanna, a gas essential for Cloud City's economy. He had tan skin.

Equipment

Lingsnot wore a white robe over a blue shirt. He also had a golden necklace.

Behind the scenes

The rightmost character in this non-canon image of the Lingsnots was the basis for Po Ruddle Lingsnot.

"The Lingsnots" were created by 1993's Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas, written by Bob Carrau. Those images accompanied a holiday newsletter where the Lingsnots wrote about their children, Ussto, Miiliki-spoorr, and Ciption, over the past year. Material from Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas is non-canon unless referenced in later publications. The book's illustration that would be later used to represent Po Ruddle Lingsnot in-universe is similar to Nilo Rodis-Jamero's concept art for the character Bib Fortuna in the 1983 original trilogy film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.

In November 1995, Po Ruddle Lingsnot was brought into the Star Wars Legends continuity by Kevin J. Anderson's The Illustrated Star Wars Universe. Prior to that, in the summer of the same year, Lingsnot was mentioned, unnamed, in "The Write Stuff," an article that was published in Star Wars Insider 26. With that being Lingsnot's first mention in licensed Star Wars media, October 1, 1995's "Another Spin Around the Galaxy," published in Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 5, was the first licensed source to use Po Ruddle Lingsnot's name prior to his in-universe introduction in The Illustrated Star Wars Universe.

Sources

• Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas (First mentioned) (Non-canonical appearance)
• "The Write Stuff" – Star Wars Insider 26 (Indirect mention only) (First mentioned in licensed Star Wars media)
• "Another Spin Around the Galaxy" – Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 5 (First licensed use of Po Ruddle Lingsnot's name)
• The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (First in-universe mention)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

Notes and references

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