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Earth-type sports in Star Wars universe

Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked on August 7, 2021

Apart from droid NFL-style football and board games are there any examples of sports similar to ours? I.e., snooker/pool, football/soccer, tennis, etc?

3 Answers

In the club scene of Attack of The Clones, we see a screen broadcasting a droid sport match. In the Zare Leonis books, he played some type of sport.

Answered by SpyBoxOnline on August 7, 2021

In the videogame Knights of the Old Republic, there is a combat arena on Taris. I don't know if you'd count that as a sport, but the audience seems to, and the real world considers Mixed Martial Arts a sport.

Also in Knights of the Old Republic, A card game, Pazaak, is very popular and can be played in many locations. I don't know if you'd count that as a sport, but we have the World Series of Poker, and the Star Wars universe seems to take Pazaak about as seriously.

Answered by Ryan_L on August 7, 2021

Starwars.com ran a two-part blog on this subject:

THIS IS PODRACING: SPORTS IN THE STAR WARS GALAXY, PART 1

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME: SPORTS IN THE STAR WARS GALAXY, PART 2

They list the following sporting activities that certainly relate to Earth sports. I will name the in-universe sport followed by the the Earth analogue in parenthesis, but some may not have a direct link or not enough information to provide a guess.

  • Racing with Machines
    • Podracing (auto racing)
    • Swoop Racing (auto racing)
  • Racing with Legs and Animals
    • Ronto Racing (horse racing)
    • Odupiendo Racing (ostrich racing)
  • Ball sports
    • Smashball
    • Shockball (dodgeball)
    • Grav-ball/Zoneball (basketball)
    • Wegsphere
    • Huttball (capture the flag)
    • Limmie/Bolo-ball
    • Nuna-ball and Gulliball (American football)
    • Greenputt (golf)
  • Martial arts and boxing
    • Pugil (mixed martial-arts)
    • Shockboxing (boxing)
    • Teräs Käsi (generalized martial-arts)
  • Recreational sports

In addition to lead up of the release of Attack of the Clones, an official in-universe website named HoloNet News regulary ran a "Sports" column.

Answered by Skooba on August 7, 2021

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