A week ago, actor Richard Summers-Calvert read the phrase \u2018Glup Shitto\u2019 for the first time. \u201cI went, \u2018What’s this?\u2019,\u201d he recalls of seeing it hit his mentions. \u201c\u2019Is it rude?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n Yes, and no. Coined by Tumbler user \u2018gomjabbar\u2019 in 2020, the term began as a somewhat derisory Star Wars<\/em> meme, poking fun at the saga\u2019s myriad oddball bit-players. That guy in the background of the Cantina, who someone will inevitably claim as their favourite Star Wars<\/em> character? Oh, that\u2019s Glup Shitto. In the intervening years, the notion of a \u2018Glup Shitto\u2019 has been re-embraced. It\u2019s a badge of honour. If you love Star Wars<\/em>, it\u2019s likely for the Glup Shittos. And a new one has just entered the chat: welcome, Biddy Blas.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It happened as soon as Star Wars: Galactic Racer<\/em> launched; a new super-speedy racing game which casts players as Shade, a rising star battling on the track for dominance against all kinds of galactic foes. There\u2019s Sebulba from The Phantom Menace<\/em>, your in-game nemesis Kestar Bool, and\u2026 wait, who\u2019s that<\/em>? A little crocodile man, with a snout full of jagged teeth. Waist-height, in human terms. A little helmet and goggles on. And it gets weirder when he speaks: a screaming high-pitched yelp, belting out Huttese phrases with gleeful venom. The only way Jabba would ever speak like this is if someone stood on the tip of his tail. He is Biddy Blas, the one and only. And he\u2019s voiced by Summers-Calvert, who had no idea the sort of instant internet fame the character would achieve.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The memes began on day one. \u201cAnd then day two, it was just another thing. It just got bigger and bigger and bigger,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen something like this happens, it can be quite daunting.\u201d Thankfully, the internet only has love for Biddy Blas. \u201cWhether you love him, or you love him because you love to hate him, [Biddy] is unanimously appreciated,\u201d he grins.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There\u2019s one big question, though. \u201cI’m having people argue online if I am a Glup Shitto, or not a Glup Shitto,\u201d he says. \u201cI absolutely am a Star Wars<\/em> fan. I love Star Wars<\/em>. However, this experience has made me realise maybe how little I knew about Star Wars<\/em>. I’m just below the knowledge of \u2018Glup Shitto\u2019.\u201d Start your engines.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n —-<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Even before he knew what Biddy Blas looked like \u2013 before he knew about Glup Shittos, before he even knew that he was auditioning for a new Star Wars<\/em> game \u2013 the limited character information Summers-Calvert received led him down a specific path. \u201cI decided that this character has little man syndrome,\u201d he says. \u201cMaybe lacking confidence, slightly anxious, and it comes out in rage.\u201d This is what he channelled in his first read (in Basic, of course).<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t exactly what developers Fuse Games first envisioned. \u201cI was imagining in my head more of a deeper fantasy dwarf voice,\u201d says Ren Alex-Rose, Narrative Designer. \u201cAnd then when we heard Richard’s audition, we were like, \u2018No, that’s it. That’s absolutely it. That is the perfect direction for this character.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n We wanted a bad loser, and a worse winner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n In the game\u2019s earliest stages, Biddy Blas was simply known as \u2018Rager\u2019 \u2013 one of many memorable competitors for Shade to race against. \u201cWe wanted a character that really embodied the spirit of anger and rage \u2013 a bad loser, and a worse winner,\u201d says Nathaniel Daw, Galactic Racer<\/em>\u2019s Narrative Director. The influences were many. It was partly Daw\u2019s own outbursts when playing games online (\u201cThere\u2019s a reason I don\u2019t play multiplayer anymore,\u201d he laughs), and Alex-Rose\u2019s dog. \u201cHe’s small and he’s got an underbite, and he’s very angry about that all the time,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Cross-referencing this archetype with the roster of Star Wars<\/em> species, they settled on a little-seen one: the Crocin, briefly glimpsed in Solo: A Star Wars Story<\/em>, angrily losing a game of Sabacc and shredding his cards in his jagged maw. \u201cAs soon as we saw the artwork, we said \u2018This is perfect. Put him in,\u2019\u201d says Daw. In fact, we have his wife to thank for Biddy Blas\u2019 eventual design. \u201cShe said, \u2018You need more little weird guys [in the game]\u2019,\u201d he recalls. \u201cIn the last week, she’s been saying, \u2018I told you! I told you that’s what you needed!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Summers-Calvert knew none of this when he first went up for the role. But hearing about the demeanour and stature of \u2018Rager\u2019, he was ready to take a bold creative swing. \u201cThe moment I heard there’s a smaller character, I went higher pitched,\u201d he remembers. \u201cHis energy needs to be three times the size of him.\u201d It was an instant hit with the Fuse team; the role was his. But stepping into the booth brought new challenges. \u201cI found out I was speaking Huttese when they displayed gibberish up on the screen,\u201d laughs Summers-Calvert. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018What is this?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n That might be a key reason why Biddy Blas has become so beloved: frankly, you\u2019ve never heard Huttese spoken like this. For all the character\u2019s screeching alien dialogue, it\u2019s easy to transpose it over the English translation underneath; it\u2019s nonsense, but intentional nonsense. \u201c[The lines] are authentic,\u201d Summers-Calvert says. \u201cI have read the English verse, so I know exactly what I’m saying, the inflection\u2019s in the right places. And then I go from that to sight-reading Huttese. That’s why it’s worked, I feel. I’m very proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Ding dong, bookie, ding dong!\u2019 is just iconic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n That wild Biddy Blas energy was apparent in the recording sessions. \u201cI do think we laughed more in Richard’s sessions than maybe any other,\u201d admits Daw, who was there through it all. He would help direct Summers-Calvert\u2019s performance, modulating between Blas\u2019 in-race put-downs (\u201cRemember, you\u2019re a high-pitched menace\u201d), paddock interactions (\u201cFor this, we can bring it down\u201d), and pure high-speed terror. \u201cI have a fond memory of intense screams during the racing,\u201d the actor laughs. \u201cI remember veins popping out of my head.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n All the pieces were in place: the Crocin design, the rage-fuelled character dynamic, the unhinged voice. Even before release, the Fuse team wondered if a star was born. \u201cI can remember doing an interview before release where someone said, \u2018Who’s your favourite character?\u2019 And I did say Biddy Blas,\u201d says Daw. \u201cSo before all of this, I called my shot. I’ll claim that!\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n It was time for the world to meet him.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n —-<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cScrib doon!\u201d This is the Biddy Blas line that did it. In the first stage of Galactic Racer<\/em>\u2019s campaign, players get an early interaction with the Crocin rager: a braggadocious encounter in which he gleefully informs you of his name (\u201cBiddy Blaaaas!\u201d) and tells you to write it down. Or, in Huttese, \u201cscrib doon\u201d. This was the clip that Summers-Calvert put on his own social feeds, by way of announcing that he had \u2013 against all his expectations \u2013 somehow entered the Star Wars<\/em> galaxy.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The genie was not going back in the bottle. \u201cThe next morning, I woke up and my followers had jumped up,\u201d he says. \u201cIt got to a point where I’m seeing likes and shares and retweets that are so beyond what my brain can fathom.\u201d Affection for Biddy Blas spread across the internet like wildfire. \u201cI’ve never experienced anything like this. Not to this level,\u201d he adds. New Biddy memes arrive every day. \u2018Scrib Dune\u2019, with sandworms. \u2018Scrib Doom\u2019, like the classic \u201890s shooter. \u2018Absolute scrib doon\u2019, to paraphrase internet-Scorsese. The world at large seems charmed and delighted by the unexpected anti-hero.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The deeper you get into the game, there\u2019s much more than just \u201cscrib doon\u201d \u2013 Galactic Racer<\/em> is littered with meme-worthy Biddy-isms. \u201c\u2018Ding dong, bookie, ding dong!\u2019 is just iconic,\u201d the actor laughs. \u201cI really love that one.\u201d (\u201cIn Huttese, \u2018Bookie\u2019 is \u2018buddy\u2019,\u201d clarifies Daw). There\u2019s the misspelt trophy. \u201c\u2018It says Buddy<\/em> Blas!\u2019, he\u2019s screaming at them,\u201d Daw chuckles. \u201cIt\u2019s the worst thing that could happen to him.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n And then there\u2019s the character\u2019s unexpected sweet side. Beneath the blaze and the bluster, all that obnoxiousness, is a character simply wanting to make his family proud. \u201cHe’s very much a mama’s boy,\u201d says Alex-Rose. \u201cHe’ll send his credits home to his mama, and it’s his mama’s dream to see him on a cereal box. Yes, it’s his dream to be famous \u2013 but it’s all for mama.\u201d There\u2019s an inherent goofy pathos to Biddy Blas that\u2019s hard to dislike. \u201cPeople online love just seeing him sat down,\u201d points out Summers-Calvert. \u201cIt\u2019s because his legs don\u2019t touch the floor. His limbs are too short.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Already, Biddy Blas is making his way beyond Galactic Racer<\/em>. Fans are building custom LEGO sets, imagining fan-canon, and\u2026 other things. \u201cThe Biddy Blas thirst traps… that is so left field,\u201d laughs Summers-Calvert. There\u2019s the more wholesome stuff too. \u201cI love seeing all the fan art,\u201d Alex-Rose says. \u201cSeeing people engage with our work using their own talents, their own interpretations, little comics that they make, is really fulfilling. I have people that I haven’t spoken to in a decade sending me things. It’s wild.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n I love him so much, I want to throw him at the wall.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n The next step? Biddy Blas cosplay, surely. \u201cPlease. Please<\/em>,\u201d begs Daw. \u201cNothing would please us more than to see cosplay of all these characters. Please do it!\u201d Who knows \u2013 maybe even an appearance in live-action, or an animated series, could be on the cards. \u201cOur dreams are as big as Biddy’s dreams,\u201d saw Daw. \u201cHe wants to be the most famous Crocin in the galaxy.\u201d Alex-Rose concurs: \u201cIt\u2019s our dream for him too.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n For now, gamers can spend plenty of time with Biddy Blas as they race through Galactic Racer<\/em>\u2019s hard-as-nails campaign. \u201cYes, I\u2019m playing the game,\u201d says Summers-Calvert. \u201cYes, I love the game. Am I any good at it? That\u2019s another question.\u201d Whizzing round those tracks means even the actor himself is being taunted by Biddy Blas. \u201cHe’s incredibly annoying,\u201d he laughs. \u201cThere’s that thing called \u2018cuteness aggression\u2019. I love him so much, I want to throw him at the wall. That’s<\/em> how I feel about Biddy Blas.\u201d Your new favourite Glup Shitto is here, and you\u2019ll want to remember his name. Scrib doon.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Star Wars: Galactic Racer is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and more<\/em><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A week ago, actor Richard Summers-Calvert read the phrase \u2018Glup Shitto\u2019 for the first time. \u201cI went, \u2018What’s this?\u2019,\u201d he recalls of seeing it hit his mentions. \u201c\u2019Is it rude?\u2019\u201d Yes, and no. 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