INFO: The Ugnaughts were vaguely porcine humanoids with slightly upturned noses from the planet Gentes. Compared to baseline humans, their height would be considered short or dwarfed. Ugnaughts were industrious and loyal workers and also had a rich oral tradition. They were quite hardy, able to withstand long periods of discomfort, and lived to around two hundred years of age.
RACE: Ugnaught
HEIGHT: 1 to 1.6 Meters Tall
SKIN: Tanned pink
DISTINCTION: Dwarf-sized
LANGUAGE: Gentese
HOMEWORLD:Gentes was one of three habitable planets in the Anoat system of the Anoat sector, located in the Greater Javin of the Outer Rim. It was the homeworld of the Ugnaughts. The planet's surface was covered by volcanoes and swamps. For further info on the planet please see post below.
BIOLOGY AND APPEARANCE:The Ugnaught are a race of small, pig like creatures known for their mechanical abilities. The Ugnaughts are native to the planet Gentes. There, they have grown to become strong, efficient creatures, able to withstand a great deal of discomfort. However, the planetary hostile environment forces them to move elsewhere. Due to their good teamwork and cooperation skills, many tribes of Ugnaughts were stolen and sold or leased as slaves. One of the nearest planets to Gentes is Bespin, where they have become an integral part of the society on Cloud City. The Ugnaughts are great storytellers, and much of their history is collected and passed on in long tales. There have also been tales about a library where they wrote down all their stories and stored them. Unfortunately, most people never believed that tale because the race is also known for their exaggeration. It is also told that whoever finds the library will have access to a large collection of ancient literature. Because of this, many have devoted their lives to discovering the location of such a library.
CULTURE AND HISTORY:Ugnaughts were ruled by elected terend councils, which are led by elected ufflor officers. They were also represented in the Cloud City's Parliament of Guilds. Ugnaughts lived their lives in accordance to their "blood profession", with Ugnaught parents teaching their children their trade. Infant Ugnaughts were known as Ugletts. If the number of new Ugnaughts in a given profession exceeded the needed, a blood duel was called. When the Ugnaughts reached their twentieth year of age, these fights were held to the death, with the victor winning the right to inherit their blood profession. Despite this outdated violent custom, the Ugnaughts were generally a peaceful people with a rich culture.
When greeting an Ugnaught, it was advised to bow silently, then wait for a guttural purring as a positive response. Otherwise, it was advisable to duck and cover, as various mechanical implements would be thrown one's way.
Originally from the planet Gentes in the remote Anoat system, Ugnaughts were taken away from their homeworld as slaves long before the Imperial era. Entire tribes would often be sold into slavery. The remaining Ugnaughts lived on the planet's less-than-hospitable surface.
In 32 BBY, some Ugnaughts worked at the Oovo IV maximum security prison. When the facility was infiltrated by bounty hunter Jango Fett, he encountered these Ugnaughts while escaping the facility.
During the Clone Wars in 20 BBY, the Separatist General Grievous led an invasion of Gentes. His forces destroyed the Ugnaught Administration Hub and disabled the planet's defenses. He then took the entire Ugnaught population prisoner and put them to work in the CIS droid foundries on Geonosis. Later he massacred the remaining Ugnaughts, except for some survivors who were later killed by General Grievous, when attempting to rescue a group of Padawans. A shipment of these Ugnaught slaves was rescued by the Jedi Treetower and the H.O.P.E. Squad on Yorn Skot.
Under the Human-centric Galactic Empire, the Ugnaughts slavery continued and they were used for many Imperial projects.
Two thousand years earlier, when the Corellian eccentric and noble Lord Ecclessis Figg wished to build a floating mining complex on Bespin, he decided to recruit several Ugnaught tribes to help in the mining of the base metals needed to build the structure. He bought the services of three Ugnaught tribes: the Botrut, the Isced, and the Irden.
He promised them freedom, livelihood and a share in the Figg & Associates profits. Once Cloud City was built, the noble Ecclessis Figg remembered his promise and gave them their freedom. To make themselves feel at home, the Ugnaughts constructed many labyrinthine tunnels throughout the city, which could only be navigated by their kind
Shortly after the Battle of Hoth, the Cloud City mining colony fell under the rule of Imperial Captain Hugo Treece, who enslaved the Ugnaughts. Many Ugnaughts fled the city, led by the wealthy King Ozz who sheltered the refugees on floating platforms terraformed to mimic the original Ugnaught home world. There, King Ozz's Ugnaughts formed a resistance movement on Bespin, which planted bombs throughout the colony. As a result, Cloud City was evacuated until the bombs could be defused. When the New Republic recaptured Bespin, the Ugnaughts returned. The fall of the Empire meant that things would return to normal for the Ugnaughts.
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"Marked" - Star Wars Tales 24
"Holes"
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
Star Wars Republic: Emissaries to Malastare
Boba Fett: Crossfire
MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
"MedStar: Intermezzo" - Star Wars Insider 83
MedStar II: Jedi Healer
Star Wars: General Grievous
Boba Fett: A New Threat
"It Takes a Thief" - Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 6
"The Drop" - Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 6
Star Wars Republic: Into the Unknown
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The Queen of Air and Darkness
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed comic (Appears in flashback(s))
A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale (Mentioned only)
"Fair Prey" - Star Wars Gamer 1 (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: Empire at War (Mentioned only)
Death Star (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: Rebellion (Mentioned only)
Star Wars Empire: Idiot's Array
Star Wars Adventures Volume 2: Princess Leia and the Royal Ransom (Mentioned only)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novel (First appearance)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
"Thank the Maker!" - Star Wars Tales 6
The Emperor's Trophy (Mentioned only)
Star Wars 56: Coffin in the Clouds
Star Wars 57: Hello, Bespin, Goodbye
Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
X-wing: Rogue Squadron
Heir to the Empire (Mentioned only)
X-wing: Isard's Revenge
Jedi Search
Dark Apprentice
Champions of the Force
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (Appears only in non-storyline event)
Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance
Young Jedi Knights: Delusions of Grandeur
Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Bounty
Young Jedi Knights: The Emperor's Plague
Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City
Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial (Mentioned only)
Force Heretic III: Reunion
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