| “ | The Techno Union army… [Electronic Warbling] is at your disposal, Count. | „ |
| ~ Wat Tambor to Count Dooku, and his most famous quote. |
Foreman Wat Tambor is a supporting antagonist in the Star Wars franchise. Serving as a minor antagonist in the prequel trilogy, a recurring antagonist in the animated TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
He is a male Skakoan from the planet Skako Minor. He was the Foreman of the Techno Union, an executive and leader of the Baktoid Armor Workshop, and held the title of Emir of Ryloth. Leading up to the Clone Wars, he joins other known business leaders and corporate heads who had all joined up with Count Dooku and became members of the newly formed Confederacy of Independent Systems, and he becomes a member of the Separatist Council. Over the course of the Clone Wars, Tambor leads the Confederacy throughout the galaxy and supplies their armies with weapons and droids.
He was voiced by Matthew Wood, who also voiced General Grievous in the same franchise.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- He joined the Separatists out of greed rather than any genuine loyalty and commitment to their cause. This is showcased when he neglects to inform Admiral Trench about the Bad Batch simply to increase his own profits, uncaring that his inaction would lead to the loss of the Battle of Anaxes as well as Trench's own demise.
- He is the one who supplies the Separatists with all their weapons, including their droid army, making him largely responsible for all the deaths that occurred during the Clone Wars.
- As shown in canon material such as Rise of the Separatists, Tambor supplies both sides of the conflict with weaponry in order to prolong the war for profit.
- He occupied the planet Ryloth, ruling it with an iron fist while forcing most of the planet into starvation and slave labor.
- He ordered the tactical droid TX-20 and his forces to utilize Twi'leks as living shields against the Republic to prevent them from launching reprisal strikes.
- When it became clear that he and Count Dooku were about to lose a victory over Ryloth, he ordered the bombing of every village on the planet in the hopes of showing the galaxy the cost of a victory. While Dooku was responsible for issuing this order, Tambor exacerbates it further by explicitly stating "the inhabited ones first," fully intending on wiping out all life on the planet.
- He conducted experiments on the local population of Skako Minor.
- After capturing Echo, he engaged in horrendous experiments on him, turning him into a living computer against his will and making him relive his last moments at the Citadel for months on end. Furthermore, he refers him as "an experiment" rather than a living being.
- He ordered his droids to execute the Bad Batch while mockingly thanking the clones for doing their part and coldly telling Captain Rex that Echo is "dead".
- When regaining consciousness, a D-Wing Droid asks Wat Tambor for orders. Tambor responds by punching that droid in the head, proving that he does not care about his own minions.
- After losing Echo, Wat Tambor orders D-Wing Droids to attack the Polotec village where Jedi General Anakin Skywalker, Rex, and Clone Force 99 were guarding him. While still dehumanizing Echo "an experiment", Tambor consistently remained uncaring about the lives lost in a simple attempt to re-capture him. The aftermath fuels the Polotecs' anger of Skywalker and the clones, revealing the reason why they did not want to bring the war into Skako Minor.
- Although Tambor had a son, it is unknown if he truly cared for him or not. The fact that he named his son after himself increases the likelihood that he merely saw his offspring as an extension of himself.
- He cowardly tries to hide from Darth Vader in an attempt to spare himself.
- Before his well-deserved death in the Legends continuity, he even attempted to bribe Darth Vader into sparing his life by telling him he could give him what he wanted. This showcases that in the end, he was truly a coward who cares about nobody but himself.
- Despite the extremely high heinous standards of the Star Wars franchise, Tambor manages to stand out due to his unique crime of forcing someone to relive their last moments on loop for months on end, as well as his limited resources in comparison to other prominent villains.
Trivia[]
- Wat Tambor does not engage in any particularly heinous atrocities in either Attack of the Clones or Revenge of the Sith, where he has little to no personality or character in the movies. Tambor finally reveals his monstrosity in Star Wars: The Clone Wars with how cruel, greedy, and ruthless he truly is is.
- In the unfinished version of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "On the Wings of Keeradaks," Wat Tambor tested the Decimator with a Poletec test subject, where he callously vaporized him and went on to describe his death. This was likely cut due to being too graphic for a kids' cartoon. In the finished version of the episode, Tambor never tests the Decimator on anyone, only sending it right out in a failed attempt to kill the heroes. Had this concept been kept in the final version, this would have made Tambor even more heinous.
External Links[]
- Wat Tambor on the Villains Wiki
- Wat Tambor on the Star Wars Wiki
- Wat Tambor on the Hate Sink Wiki
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