This is a list of species and races from the fictional universe of Star Wars.
Abyssin
This species has been most often described as "primitive and violent," and are often hired as petty thugs should one travel off-world. They inhabit the planet Biss and are a nomadic race. At about two metres tall, the hulking, humanoid Abyssin have long limbs and a single large eye that dominates their greenish-tan foreheads. They can heal quickly and regenerate any body part, and because of this condone a high degree of physical violence.
Adarian
Adarians are humanoids from planet Adari.
Anx
The Anx are humanoids from planete Gravlex Med.
Aqualish
The most notorious of the Aqualish, Pondo Baba, was the being whose arm was severed by Obi-Wan Kenobi during the fight in the Mos Eisley cantina. The species has a reputation for being nasty, crude and aggressive, and generally pursue careers as mercenaries, bounty hunters and pirates. The Aqualish hail from the planet Ando; they are tusked and walrus-faced humanoids. Their home planet is almost entirely covered by water. The only hospitable land consists of a few rocky outcroppings and swamp-covered islands. The two species of Aqualish, the Aquala and the Quara, are distinguished by their different hands.
Arcona
A strange species, Arcona are reptiles without scales, but have a humanoid body. They have flat, anvil-shaped heads, with clear, marblelike eyes, and skin tone that ranges from mahogany to ebony. The native planet of the Arcona, Cona, is always hot, and has very little water. The atmosphere is filled with ammonia vapor. The Arcona's weaknesses have been exploited in the past; off-worlders used to trade water for mineral rights, but discovered their easy addiction to salt. Traders then imported large amounts of the element before communities outlawed the dealings.
Bimm
The Bimm are peaceful humanoids natives from planet Bimm.
Bith
Bith are native to the planet Clak'dor VII. They have pale skin, large heads and eyes, and long fingers. Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes are a Bith band seen playing music in the Mos Eisley Cantina in A New Hope.
Bothan
Bothan is a species first mentioned, though not seen, in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi, the third film of the Star Wars saga. Many members of this race, often sought out as spies and intelligence agents, died to obtain information about the second Death Star battle station under construction at Endor. Also, a few have been a part of Rogue Squadron. The incident in which they obtained this information in documented in the Steve Perry novel Shadows of the Empire.
Bothans make their first appearance as 1.5-meter-tall feline humanoids in the Timothy Zahn novel Heir to the Empire. As represented by Borsk Fey'lya (who would later become the New Republic's Chief of State), Bothans are eager to advance their personal power any way that they can. From their forested homeworld of Bothawui, Bothans operate an advanced spynet that rivals both Rebel and Imperial intelligence gathering, and in some ways surpasses them.
Celegian
Chazrach
The Chazrach are a short, stocky, reptilian humanoid race that serve the Yuuzhan Vong as slaves. They first appeared in the NJO book Dark Tide: Ruin where they were used as support troops to capture Dubrillion. They are shorter and less intelligent than their Vong masters.
Chiss
The Chiss are a fictional near-human race from the Star Wars Expanded Universe. The Chiss are from the planet Csilla which is part of the(previously) Unknown Regions and are characterized by blue skin and glowing red eyes. Chiss also have the ability to see in the dark because of their glowing red eyes. A famous Chiss was Grand Admiral Thrawn.
Being a race that emphasizes honour and glory in combat, the Chiss were the first to understand the threat that lurks beyond the Outer Rim of the galaxy.
Chistori
The Chistori are a lizard-type humanoid racee. One example is Desann.
Clawdite
Clawdite's are a humanoid species with minor shapeshifting abilities. Zam Wesell, the bounty hunter working with Jango Fett on Corusant in Episode II, is the only known example of a Clawdite in the STAR WARS movies.
Coway
The Coway are a fur-covered humanoid species that are native to the planet Mimban, of the Circarpous Major system. The Coway live deep underground, and have a strong aversion to surface-dwellers. Coways have small eyes, but are able to see in the dark due to their infrared vision. Additionally, they are able to eat foods normally poisonous to humans as a result of their more tolerant digestive sytem. They wear simple, primative clothing.
The underground world of the Coway can be reached through deep shafts known as Thrella Shafts (named after the Thrella, an extinct species known for their numerous underground tunnels and wells). Often these have side-tunnels which lead to Coway dwellings. The Coways' government consists of three members who make decisions.
Crokes
Dashade
Dashades are tall, humanoid reptiles with dark skin. They are powerful warriors and assassins, and they are not affected by the powers of the Force. Their planet, Urkupp, was almost destroyed during the Great Sith War, killing most of the Dashades. As far as is known now, only one Dashade remains, Ket Maliss, an assassin for Black Sun who was cryonized when his boss discovered that only a few Dashades remained. Some theorize about undiscovered Dashade colonies.
Defel
The Defel (colloquially known as Wraiths) are barely visible beings who appear to most other species as shadows, re-enforcing the misconception that they are chameleon-like beings or "living shadows". Typically, they are employed as mercenaries or guards. they are from a large, high-gravity, seldom-visited world orbiting the ultraviolet supergiant Ka'Dedus. Af'El has no ozone layer and ultraviolet light passes freely to the surface, while other light wavelengths are blocked by the heavy gases in the planet's atmosphere. Thus, all lifeforms on Af'El can only see in ultraviolet light ranges, and are blind to other wavelengths of light. Af'El is the homeworld of the Defel, or "wraiths," whose bodies absorb visible light, giving them the appearance of shadows. The Defel live in underground cities to escape Af'El's violent storms. A main export of the planet is the metal meleenium (used in durasteel), which is only known to exist on Af'El.
Devaronian
Devaronians are a humanoid species from the world of Devaron in the Expansion Region, a planet of low mountains and deep valleys linked by thousands of rivers. The males are completely hairless, with red-tinted skin and a pair of large horns growing from their heads. Female Devaronians are covered in thick fur that ranges in color from brown to white and are hornless. In addition, the teeth of the males are all incisors, but the females also have molars and prominent canines. Devaronians were one of the first species in the galaxy to develop interstellar travel, and the males of the species have been common sights in spaceports throughout the galaxy for thousands of years. Devaronian males are driven by an urge to wander, usually taking the first opportunity to move on from one place to another. As such, they are often found traveling the galaxy as tramp freighter captains and scouts. Female Devaronians, on the other hand, are content to remain in a single ___location, and, as such, raise the young and run the government of Devaron. The males send as much money as they can manage back to their homeworld to support their families, but otherwise hardly ever return once they have begun to travel the stars. The females are content with this arrangement, as they tend to view the restless males as disruptive to home life.
The Devaronian are one of the most unique races in the galaxy, as their male and female sexes are so vastly different in appearance and temperament. The males are docile, non-aggressive creatures with smooth, hairless skin and short horns on their heads. They take great pride in their horns, and groom them quite regularly. The females, on the other hand, are covered in calico fur and do not have horns. They are aggressive by nature, and tend to dominate their culture. It is believed that they are descended from a race of primates that lived in the mountains of Devaron, their homeworld, and that their horns were a genetic mutation that proved useful in fending off predatory birds.
Dug
Dugs are slender, powerfully-built beings with a somewhat humanoid build and a unique method of walking. Their strong arms are used as legs, and their lower limbs are used as arms. Dugs have smooth skin, which hangs loose and pouchy around their necks, fin-like ears, and pronounced snouts. Dugs are known for their ill-tempered demeanor, and many are little more than bullying thugs. Diminutive Dugs often feel the need to throw around their strength in bids to establish dominance. One of the best known Dugs is Sebulba, a Podracing champion from Pixelito on Malastare.
Duros
Duros said to be among the first spacefaring humanoid species, including humans. They are known for their superior astro-navigational skills. A duros can be seen in the cantina scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Duros are possibly related to the Neimodians, the aliens in charge of the Trade Federation in the prequel films.
Elom
Native to the planet Elom, members of this species are short and stocky, and are covered with thick, oily hair. They have two tusks covering the opening of their mouth, and have two small eyes set on a pair of stalks protruding from either side of their head. In addition, they are herbivores.
Eloms originally developed on the surface of the planet Elom, but were forced to move underground when water became scarce. Since then, they remained isolated from the rest of the galaxy, with many Eloms continuing to retreat further underground.
Ewoks are a primitive tribal species from the moon of Endor. They are small and furry and appear to be distantly related to Wookiees. The Ewoks are best known for their aid to the Rebels in taking down the shield generator that was protecting the Second Death Star.
Falleen
The Falleen are a reptilian species known to be as long lived as Hutts. They are capable of exuding pheromones that make all but the most determined of humanoids of opposite sex strongly attracted to them. The Falleen are best represented by Prince Xizor, the head of the criminal organization Black Sun during the late Empire. More information about Falleens on the HoloNet
Feeorin
Fosh
The Fosh are a sentient avian species, able to fly at will. They are first mentioned in the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order series. The only Fosh mentioned in all the Star Wars books was the Jedi Knight Vergere.
The Fosh, as a species, never had a large population on their planet, preventing them from becoming an influential race, as humans are in the Star Wars universe.
Gamorrean
Gamorreans are large smelly creatures of little intelligence that are often hired as guards. The crime boss Jabba the Hutt was fond of hiring them because they were so inexpensive. On their home planet Gamorreans exist in a sort of tribal political system dominated by the females, sows. This society is much like that of primitive humans.
Physically, Gamorreans appear in the movie as greenish, slimy creatures (and apparently smelly). They can be best described closest to pigs with their mouths and grunting king of language. They are stocky, and very muscular, making them excellent melee/hand to hand fighters. They wear little clothing, consisting usually of a loincloth and primitive armour.
As a result of their physical characteristics and low intelligence, Gamorreans away from their home planet are usually employed as mercenary fighters, guards, or heavy labourers. One notable exception to this was the Wraith Squadron pilot Voort Sabring, who was biochemically altered by the BinRing Corporation to bring his attention span and intelligence more in line with humans'.
Gand
Gands are insectoids who evolved in the homonymous planet, which is a gas giant. There are two main sub-species of Gands: With and without lungs. Gands with lungs are used to Gand's atmosphere, but they are poisoned by oxygen and must use a special breathing gear if they want to leave Gand. Gands without lungs have special regeneration properties.
Gands are not allowed to use names if they have never achieved anything. A young or underachiever Gand talks about himself or herself in third person and calling himself "gand". If they do a feat, they can use their family surname, but will still use the third person. A second, more impressive feat allows the heroic Gand to choose a first name for himself. Only the best-known Gands are allowed to use the first person, and it takes a ritual to test aptitude with a jury. However, should a Gand be ashamed of his deeds, he would reduce his name when talking about himself.
Some Gands choose a strange profession, the findsman. A findsman is a shaman as well as a policeman. The findsman will interpret the shapes of gases and make prophecies, usually about fugitives. Then, the findsman in person will track the fugitive to bring him to justice. During the Empire, some findsmen became bounty hunters
Gands live in a totalitarian monarchy.
Garindan
The Garindan is a insect-eating species that have been known to be informants for the Empire. One such Garindan led Stormtroopers to the droids on Tatooine in A New Hope.
Geonosian
The Geonosians are an insectoid species native to the planet Geonosis. Geonosians reside in hive colonies in organic-looking spires. All Geonosians have a hard exoskeleton, elongated faces, multi-jointed limbs, and speak in a strange clicking language. They are a barbaric race and their bloodthirsty minds view brutal violence as entertainment. They enjoy watching victims trying to survive in the massive execution arenas while savage creatures vie for their blood.
Geonosis (As seen in Episode II) is a barren rocky world home to thousands of factories geared towards mechanical construction. Many of the Galaxy's biggest manufacturing concerns hold contracts with the Geonosians.
In Geonosian society there are two main types of Geonosian: the wingless drones that mostly work as laborers, and the winged aristocrat, which includes royal warriors serving as scouts and providing security to the hive. Geonosians do not have a standing military. They instead use their droid foundries to build armies for corporate interests wealthy enough to afford them — entities such as the Trade Federation and the Techno Union.
Poggle the Lesser was a Geonosian who appeared in Episode II and oversaw the production of battle droids for the Trade Federation and later provided the bulk of the troops for the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Givin
The Givin are from the planet Yag'Dhul and are often found doing starship repair work because of their exoskeleton, which allows them to withstand depressurization.
Gorax
The Goraxes are a race of behemoths from the Forest Moon of Endor. They can grow up to more than 30 metres and dwell on high crags far from the forests of the forest moon. They are mentioned in the Illustrated Star Wars Universe book. They resemble humans but they have primate faces and narrow chins. They have enormous ears that are the size of dragon wings that are highly sensitive to noises made by small animals. They make communicate by making grumbling noises. The Goraxes wear fur cloths. The Goraxes are primitive and powerful and they frequently make raids on Ewok villages, where they smah through walls and kidnap Ewoks. They hunt at night since their eyes are sensitive to bright light.
Gotal
Gran
The Gran are a three-eyed alien race native to the planet Kinyen, though they have colonies across the galaxy, such as on the planets Hok and Malastare. Gran had a great deal of power within the Galactic Senate, during the later years of the Old Republic, but by the time the Emperor's reign descended over the galaxy, Gran became less common.
Gungan
The Gungans have humanoid bodies, but their heads are elongated with large, dangling finlike ears. They live in underwater cities on the planet Naboo. The principal Gungan character in the movies is Jar Jar Binks; the ruler of the Gungans is Boss Nass. The only other Gungan to be given a name in the films is Captain Tarpals, though the novelisation also mentions a General Ceel.
The Gungans and the Naboo (human inhabitants of Naboo) didn't get along, as the Gungans believed the Naboo to be pompous cowards while the Naboo believed the Gungans to be barbarians. This attitude lasted until Queen Amidala united the Gungans and Naboo to fight the Trade Federation in the Battle of Naboo.
After the Battle of Naboo, the Gungans attained representation in the Senate through Representative Jar Jar Binks.
H'nemthe
Identical to our human race, the humans from 'Star Wars' are not really considered aliens. The human race from the 'Star Wars' galaxy seem to have many different cultures mixed in (like Luminar Uldini from the Jedi Council. She appears human but it looks like there is another type of species mixed in).
The humans in 'Star Wars' seem to be have ties to a greater metachlorian count- like human Jedi and descendents to them. What is not touched upon is the fact that our human culture uses different languages between humans. 'Star Wars' humans only seem to use english (and aurebesh) to communicate with other humans.
Hutt
Hutts are large, slimy, sluglike creatures who control a large space empire. The species hails originally from the planet Varl, but their capital is on Nal Hutta. Their language is Huttese, which is similar to Quechua. Although the Hutt Empire is powerful in its own right, many ambitious Hutts move to other worlds to become overlords in organized crime. Most Hutts do not use their surnames, preferring to just be called "the Hutt" ("Jabba the Hutt," for example). Hutts have a life-span of well over 600 years.
Ishi Tib
Ithorian
Ithorians are a species of intelligent herbivores from the planet Ithor. They are commonly called "Hammerheads" because of their long, curving neck and T-shaped head.
An Ithorian, an exile named Momaw Nadon, was present in the Mos Eisley Cantina in Star Wars: A New Hope.
In the events of The New Jedi Order, the planet Ithor was destroyed by the Yuuzhan Vong as part of their invasion.
Jawa
Jawas are a species of alien from the Star Wars universe, natives of Tatooine. They are scavengers, often seeking out technology for sale or trade in the deep deserts in their huge sandcrawler transports. They are also a pygmy and rodentlike race, and considered "remarkably ugly". They are about 1 meter tall and characterised by their brown robes, yellow eyes, and quickly spoken language. In most Jawa clans, half the clan works and lives in the sandcrawlers while the other family unit dwells in fortresses deep in the desert where wares collected are stored. These fortresses have high walls made from large chunks of old wrecked spaceships for protection against Tusken Raiders and krayt dragons.
A band of Jawas were responsible for locating C-3PO and R2-D2 and selling them to Luke Skywalker's uncle Owen Lars. Another tribe of jawas was also responsible for finding Jabba the Hutt's rancor.
Kaminoan
Kaminoans are the tall, pale skinned alien species that clone the army of the Republic. They reside on the isolated planet of Kamino where they monitor the cloning and training stations, elevated by massive platforms above the sea.
Kitonak
Kitonaks are white, pudgy aliens from Kirdo III. They show a tough skin which folds to seal vulnerable openings, a trait evolved to protect them from the harsh environment of Kirdo's deserts. They also have some double organs, including two pairs of lungs.
Kitonaks are very dexterous, but also very patient. They never rush. This is because they feed on animals called choobas and they must stand motionless for a long time until a chooba gets near them. Even when talking with Humans or other aliens, Kitonaks are painfully slow to answer any question, and equally slow to walk (as they do not move their legs, but expand and contract the feet's muscles). They eat once a month. They also have a phobia to quicksands and caves.
Droopy McCool of the Max Rebo Band was an example of a Kitonak.
Klatoonian
Lamproid
Massassi
The Massassi is an ancient race. Their home was on the planet Yavin IV where they were brought by the early Sith.
During the Galactic Civil War, the Rebel Alliance built a base in the old Massassi temples on Yavin IV. It was from this base that the two Rebel squadrons of X-Wings and Y-Wings attacked the first Death Star.
Mimbanite
Molemen
Mon Calamari
The Mon Calamari are an amphibious race from the planet Dac (The planet is called Mon Calamari by humans).
During the Galactic Civil War, the Mon Calamari eventually joined the Rebel Alliance and proved a invaluable asset. This was primarily due to the Mon Calamari being masters of starship construction and supplying the Alliance with badly needed capital ships that could take on the Galactic Empire's ships of the line. Prior to joining the Alliance, the Mon Calamari had only built passenger liners because of their peaceful ethos.
The most famous individual is Admiral Ackbar, the supreme admiral of the Rebel Alliance's naval forces. Admiral Ackbar also assisted with the design of the B-wing starfighter.
Nagai
Neimodian
Neimodians well known because of Nute Gunray and the other leaders of the Trade Federation. Much how the Imperial Officers were given British accents, the Neimoidians have been given Asian accents. This mushmouthed accent has been interpreted as stereotypically Chinese by some.
According to the Expanded Universe, Neimodians are decendents of Duros colonists that landed on Neimoidia in the year of the Republic inception. They are born as grubs and placed in communal hives. Neimoidians tend to be fearful of death and greedy. Neimoidians have been sterotyped by other races in the galaxy as corrupt, particularly after the Battle of Naboo.
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Noghri
Noghri are primitive humanoid species. They have steely gray skin, and are extremely skilled assassins due to their abilities in stealth and hand-to-hand combat. They are much like the Wookiee species culturally, in that they respect honor above all else.
They are natives of the planet Honoghr, which was ravaged by toxins from an Old Republic cruiser destroyed in a battle during the Clone Wars. Darth Vader visited the planet some time later under the guise of helping it recover from ecological disaster, in return for most of the young males of the planet entering slavery as the personal assassins of Emperor Palpatine.
The Noghri remained in service to the Galactic Empire after the death of Palpatine. About five years after the death of the Emperor, Grand Admiral Thrawn ordered the Noghri to kidnap the pregnant Leia Organa Solo. Realizing that neither she or her children would be truly safe as long as the Noghri served the Empire, she went to Honoghr in order to convince the Noghri to leave the Empire's service. She was able to use the fact that she was the daughter of Darth Vader to convince the Noghri that the Empire had been lying to them and kept them in virtual slavery for many years. As a result, the Noghri turned against the Empire. Grand Admiral Thrawn died when his Noghri bodyguard Rukh turned on him and stabbed him.
Following the death of Thrawn, the Noghri came into the service of the New Republic. They helped resettle the Noghri to other planets to give Honoghr time to heal. Leia and her entire family became very highly respected figures in Noghri society.
The Noghri appear extensively in the Thrawn trilogy of novels, written by Timothy Zahn.
Omwati
Although the Omwati are not a branch of humanity, the differences are extremely small. The Omwati skin is a bluish color and their eyes are generally blue or black. The size of an adult Omwati borders that of a human, although their morphology is typically slightly frailer with regard to females. There are very few Omwati with a stout physiology. Their most striking characteristic is their "hair" which appears to be made of small, diaphanous feathers of an iridescent color. Omwati do not have any other hair.
Qui Xux is perhaps the best known member of the Omwati species. She was a researching at the Imperial Maw Installation and a principle designer of the Death Star. Her memories of both this technology and her past were ripped from her mind by the Rogue Jedi Kyp Duron. The Omwati make their appearance in the Expanded Universe trilogy "The Jedi Academy" by Kevin J. Anderson.
Ortoloan
The Ortoloans are a race of blue-skinned creatures with long snouts. One example is Max Rebo.
Oswaft
Paonidd
Psadan
One of the indigenous races of the planet Wayland. This race appeared in the last novel of the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn. In The Last Command, they are one of the races that the cloned and insane Jedi master Joruus C'Baoth kept under his rule at the foot of Mount Tantiss.
P'w'eck
The P'w'ecks are a warm-blooded, dinosaur-like species similar in appearance to the Ssi-Ruu but with lower intelligence, smaller size, short tails and drooping eyes. The Ssi-Ruuk have dominated the P'w'ecks for thousands of years, enslaving and controlling their lives. They are used as slaves, guards and beasts of burden and perform the lowest jobs in Ssi-Ruuvi society. The P'w'eck first appeared in the Expanded Universe novel The Truce at Bakura where they served onboard the Ssi-Ruuk warships.
Quarren
Quarrens or Qarrens are a species of aquatic humanoids that share the planet of another sentient aquatic species, the Mon Calamari. They are more introverted than their neighbours, preferring the deep water to the surface and rarely inviting guests to their ___domain.
Rancor
Rancors are five meter tall monsters with large teeth and claws and armored skin that can absorb blaster bolts. They originate from the planet of Dathomir. Jabba the Hutt kept one as a pet in a pit beneath his palace courts, dropping victims in to feed it.
The animal handler Malakili was hired by Jabba as the rancor's keeper, and grew quite fond of the beast.
Rodian
Rodians are a race of green, antenna-sporting, bug-eyed humanoids; the most notable specimen was Greedo, the bounty hunter shot by Han Solo in the Mos Eisley cantina in the original Star Wars movie ("Episode IV: A New Hope"). A young Rodian named Wald (played by Warwick Davis), a friend of Anakin Skywalker, appears in Episode I. In Episode II, Rodians are represented by Senator Onaconda Farr, and Palpatine's aide Dar Warc.
Saffa
Saurin
Selkath
Selkath are the native species of the planet Manaan. An aquatic species, they are very good swimmers and have the ability to breathe out of water. They resemble anthromorphic catfish and have aqua-colored skin. In ancient times, their ancestors were slaves to the Rakata. Their planet has only one city above land, the capital, Ahto City, and it is the position of the Selkath to remain neutral in times intergalactic conflict. Their laws are very harsh, and it is not uncommon for violence or attempts to compromise Manaan's neutrality to be punished by death.
Selonian
A furry, burrowing species from the Corellian system., Selonians resemble giant weasels in appearance. Most selonians are infertile females, only 1 in every 100 is a male, and 5 in 100 are fertile females. Selonians live in clans, always headed by a female. Although they do possess advanced technology, they usually stay on-planet.
Sharu
Shistavanen
Colloquially nicknamed "wolfmen," the Shistavanen appear just that way. Their bodies are covered in dark hair and they have intimidating, glowing red eyes and sharp fangs. Like the Wookiees, the Shistavanen are naturally well-suited to work as scouts, but unlike the Wookiees, are more commonly employed by the Empire. The race has not been much developed even in the Extended Universe, but one is visible in the Mos Eisley cantina in A New Hope.
Snivvian
Snivvians are a race similar in feature to Trandoshans and considered a sociopathic species.
Squib
A species from Skor II, Squibs are known for collecting knickknacks and for their love of trading/haggling.
Ssi-Ruuk
The Ssi-Ruuk are a saurian race that invaded from outside the known galaxy in the novel immediately following Star Wars: Episode VI, The Truce at Bakura. They resemble dinosaurs and are covered with a thick scaly hide. Their skin is so thick that it can withstand blast shots with only minor burns to show for it. They have clawed hands and feet, strong hind legs and powerful tails. The Ssi-Ruuk also had a rigid caste system based on skin colour. Their caste system comprised of four main groups: blue, gold, red and green. Blue Ssi-ruuk are the politicians and leaders of Ssi-ruuvi society. Gold-scaled Ssi Ruuk served as the clergy while red-scaled Ssi-Ruuk were the military caste. The largest caste were the green scaled Ssi-Ruuk who were workers. There is also a related species, the P'w'eck that are only slaves.
This race relied on a technology called entechment that involved capturing the life-energy of beings and using them as power sources. Apparently contacted by the Emperor Palpatine through the Force, the Ssi-Ruuk came to the galaxy to trade some of their battle drones for slaves to entech. The Ssi-Ruuk had discovered that humans lasted the longest as batteries when the Emperor died. Stranded at the edge of the galaxy, they tried to invade and capture more beings for power. Early in their invasion, they had captured and brainwashed a Force-sensitive boy named Dev Sibwarra and used him to calm the subjects being enteched. Bakura was the Imperial world where the Ssi-Ruuk were stopped after the Rebellion sent a force to aid the planet. The Imperials and Rebels made a temporary truce to fight off the Ssi-Ruuk, who, upon being defeated mainly through the efforts of Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker departed and were not heard from again until the Yuuzhan Vong war.
Sullustan
A small, mousy, big-eared species that live in caves on the planet Sullust, most Sullustans work for the Sorusuub Corporation. The majority of those that have found their way offworld work as pilots. They have a reputation for excellence and intuition for piloting, which has mostly been earned through simple hard work. They are also intuitively very good when walking a way they know, a skill that also applies when piloting a ship; thus, they are good navigators.
Famous Sullustans include Nien Nunb, copilot of the Millenium Falcon at the Second Death Star battle.
Talz
The Talz are a small furry race with two distinct sets of eyes: one for day vision, and one for night vision.
Taun-taun
The Taun-taun were from The Empire Strikes Back. They resemble a large, gray-furred kangaroo with horns, four nostrils, and white patch on the underbelly. It was represented in the film by a combination of puppetry and stopmotion animation.
The Rebel Alliance use the creatures as mounts on the ice planet of Hoth. Luke Skywalker rides one of the creatures, as does Han Solo. Han Solo must cut the belly of a Taun-Taun open to store Luke inside it to protect him from the freezing cold.
Teek
Teeks are rodentlike, simian creatures that live in the Forest Moon of Endor. They were first mentioned in The Illustrated Star Wars Universe book. They have a reputation of scavenging and stealing form animal nests and from Ewok dwellings. Teeks have long,pointed ears, scruffy white fur, beady black eyes and they communicate by constant chattering. They wear clothes with many belts, pouches and pockets for the things they have managed to steal.
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Tofs
Toydarian
Toydarians are a flying species with large wings and a wrinkled snout. Watto is of this race, and claimed that Toydarians could not be Jedi mind-tricked.
Trandoshan
Trandoshan are large, reptilian humanoids from the planet Trandosha (or Dosha), they have supersensitive eyes that can see into the infrared range and the ability to regenerate lost limbs when they are young. They also shed their skin. The Trandoshans are a warlike species who allied early with the Empire, taking Wookiees as slaves. Trandoshan religion consists mainly of trying to score enough Jagannath points, earned through bounty-hunting or slavery-based kills, to appease the main goddess, or Scorekeeper. Thus, many Trandoshans are bounty hunters or slavers, operating both inside and outside the boundaries of the law. They take particular pleasure in skinning Wookiees for their pelts. A notable Trandoshan is Bossk, who had a cameo role in the movies and is a longtime enemy of both Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee.
Twi'leks are a species with two tails - called lekku - protruding from their heads and colored skin. They have a homeworld in the Star Wars galaxy but their existence was known to the Old Republic. They understand most alien languages but prefer to speak their own kind. Many Twi'lek females are sold to slavery as dancers for crimelords and such, while others take jobs to dance at cantinas. This is a result of the females' legendary beauty. Twi'Lek's are a prominent race in the Expanded Universe series of books, games, and other media. Twi'leks served in both the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance.
Ubese
Ugnaught
The Ugnaughts are a race seen working on Lando Calrissian's Cloud City. They appear like dwarf-sized humans with some pig-like features, such as a slightly upturned nose and chubby belly. They are well known for annoying Chewbacca while he is trying to get back the pieces of C-3PO after he is blown apart. Their role was once again reprised in the games Jedi Knight and Jedi Knight II, the latter of which has an ugnaught as one of the choosable multiplayer models.
Vaathkree
Vornskr
The Vornskr is an animal native to the planet Myrkr that has the unusual ability to hunt using the Force. They are wild and vicious canine-like beasts. The smuggler Talon Karrde kept two as pets. He discovered that cutting off their whip-like tails removes most of their hunting aggression.
Wampas
Wampas are horned, white, ape-like species who reside on the frozen world of Hoth. They are a semi-sentient race which subsists in the cold climate by hunting taun-tauns and other such creatures.
Luke Skywalker had a famous encounter with a wampa in the film The Empire Strikes Back, which resulted in the wampa losing an arm.
In the EU novel Darksaber, Luke Skywalker, his love interest at the time, and a group of big-game hunters again came into contact with the now one-armed wampa, as well as a horde of his angry brethren. Luke and his girlfriend, Callista, barely escaped from the encounter, while all of the poachers were far less fortunate.
Weequay
The Weequay are a low-intelligence species that lives primarily on the planet Tatooine. The majority of the Weequay population are simultaneously farmers and criminals. Weequays are widely used throughout the galaxy as henchmen (or henchweequays).
They are a race of indianesque humanoid creatures which also hail from the planet Sriluur, a harsh desert planet lending to the species' tanned skin tone and rough, sandy, wrinkled skin. Their eyes are dark and slightly recessed into their skull; their hair tied into one or two long braids — a staple characteristic and symbol of status among their kin.
Their role is usually minor, as their ignorant and mean-spirited temperaments leave them to be ill suited for more grand ventures, while their suspicious and xenophobic nature prevent them from carving new settlements in strange worlds. They are occasionally hired as bodyguards in Hutt syndicates when they chose to make their lives in the galaxy.
Whiphid
Whiphids are a race with white thick fur and tusks from the cold planet of Toola. One particular Whiphid was J'Quille, who while working under Jabba the Hutt, tryed to assassinate him with a slow-acting poison in his food.
Wirutid
A Wirutid is a hyper-intelligent fungus that evolves into a human form to secure shelter and trap prey.
Wookiees are an extremely tall and muscular race of furred humanoids from the planet Kashyyyk.
Wraith
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Yevetha
The Yevetha are a skeletal-looking race of humanoids from the the planet Yevetha, near the Galactic Core. They are extremely racially biased, considering all other races to be vermin in their eyes. The Empire utilized them as shipyard workers during the Galactic Civil War because of their extreme intelligence, but this backfired when the Yevetha took over all the shipyards and killed or enslaved all the Imperials during an Imperial retreat.
Yuzzumi
The Yuzzums are a race mentioned in the Illustrated Star Wars Universe book from the Forest Moon of Endor. The Yuzzums have a wide mouth with protruding teeth on top of their heads and long legs. They are less intelligent than the Ewoks and dwell on the plains of the forest moon. Groups of Yuzzums often hunt in packs through the tall grass of the plains hunting for rodents to eat.
Zabrak
Zabraks are humanoids that are born with spikes on the top of their head. Their homeplant is Iridonia, though they have established many colonies on nearby worlds. They have excellent willpower and are a stubborn, proud people.
Known Zabraks include Agen Kolar, Bao-Dur, Eeth Koth and Darth Maul.