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In Star Wars Episode One, the bounty hunter Aurra Sing can be seen for a few seconds watching the pod race on Tatooine. She never reappears again in this episode or any other episodes, though later she appears in the Clone Wars cartoon.

Aurra Sing in Episode One

Does anyone know why she was in the movie? Was there any particular reason for her (and not someone else from the Expanded Universe) appearing in the movie watching that race (other than selling some more merchandising stuff)? Or were there some other scenes that featured her but were cut out later?

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I suppose it was to make her known and then put her in some small scene with Fett's son for training But as we see later it doesn't happen. Cut in the script somewhere? – phwd Dec 1 '11 at 20:12
@Alonzo You might be right, I don't know. Never found an answer to this on the Net, though (for some strange reason) it always interested me. – bazmegakapa Dec 1 '11 at 20:31

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As far as I know, there were no intended extra scenes for Aurra Sing. She was based on a sketch by the concept artist Doug Chiang who was designing female bounty hunters at the time, and was popular enough with GL to get one of his 'stamps' on the artwork and a live appearance. She turned out to be enigmatic enough to become a fan favorite, and prompted a slew of back story which also resulted in her appearance in the new Clone Wars series.

So many of these 'blink and you miss 'em' characters appear in the Star Wars saga - often elevated to more prominence due to fan demand (look at Hammerhead in the cantina, or Bossk from Vader's bounty hunter team). For me, it's part of the appeal of the saga - a glimpse at a much larger galaxy.

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