The annual Boonta Eve Podrace at Mos Espa is perhaps the most exciting, action-packed sporting event in the galaxy. Completing a time-honoured race ritual, crime lord Jabba the Hutt bites the head off a chuba and spits it at the traditional race-starting gong. The Podracers are off! While the two-headed announcer narrates the play-by-play, a young Podracer named Anakin Skywlaker races towards his destiny.