INFO: Although the Ishi Tib have little interest in leaving their homeworld, they are highly sought after by galactic corporations and industrial concerns due to their organizational skills. Once hired, they fill managerial positions. Ishi tib tend to choose firms focused on ecologically sensitive activites.
As a result, most Ishi Tib in the galaxy are quite wealthy, having been lured from their home by substantial offers of corporate salaries and benefits.
RACE: Ishi Tib
HEIGHT: 1.7 to 1.9 Meters Tall
SKIN: Green
DISTINCTION: Eye-stalks, salt water dependancy
LANGUAGE: Tibranese
HOMEWORLD:Tibrin (pronounced /?t?br?n/ or /t??br?n/) was the homeworld of the Ishi Tib. The planet was completely covered by small oceans, with many coral reefs and sandbars protruding to the surface. The ocean currents distributed warm water around the planet creating a temperate zone which covered the entire planet. Ishi Tib cities were built on the reefs and even built out of their material. Edible seaweed was grown and fish were bred for food in Tibrin's underwater corrals.
Because of the Ishi Tib's reliance on the planet's natural resources, environmental efforts were a primary consideration on the planet. Technology was carefully tested before it was implemented into their society. In an effort to further this environmentalism, Ishi Tib used beasts to perform many tasks on the planet that would normally be performed by machines.
The planet was ruled by the murderous dictator Suribran Tu, who sided with the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. After Count Dooku conquered the world in 21 BBY, he offered to work with the Confederacy of Independent Systems, but was instead executed by Dooku to gain the sympathy and support of the Ishi Tib—which he did.
Sora Bulq then was made temporary Confederate governor of Tibrin. Even after Tibrin joined the Confederacy, it was represented in the Galactic Senate by Gume Saam. It was the site of the Battle of Tibrin.
BIOLOGY AND APPEARANCE:The Ishi Tib were amphibious beings with large eyes on stalks and beak-like mouths. Their heads were often described as star-shaped, with their eyestalks, beaks, and cheek pouches forming a five-pointed star. Their lungs doubled as internal gills, and they had an acute sense of smell on land or in the water. Their green skins retained humidity, but an Ishi Tib had to bathe in salt water every thirty hours or so, or their skin would crack open, resulting in internal and external bleeding and death. Their language was Tibranese.
CULTURE AND HISTORY:Ishi Tib evolved from fish who escaped predators by jumping out of the oceans and on to the above-water portions of Tibrin's coral reefs. As they evolved intelligence, their cities were built on these same coral reefs, with underwater farms which grew fish, seaweed, and crustaceans for food. Their society was centered on small communities (called "schools") of up to 10,000 Ishi Tib. Schools were governed by representatives who were elected to one-year terms. The most important laws of the Ishi Tib were concerned with ecological preservation.
Ishi Tib reproduction was governed by the needs of the school, with fertilized eggs laid in hatcheries near the reefs, and children raised communally. Marriage was unknown among the Ishi Tib, and no Ishi Tib knew who his or her parents or children were.
Ishi Tib were considered meticulous strategists and managers. The minority of Ishi Tib who left Tibrin often found work offworld as executives, accountants, and project managers. Their organizational skills and drive to complete their projects placed them in high demand, making many offworld Ishi Tib quite wealthy. Ishi Tib were also known for their environmental consciousness, often choosing to work in positions where reverence for nature was as or more important than profit. There was also a primal undercurrent to their personalities, however—they were ferocious in combat, often tearing opponents apart with their beaks.
Ishi Tib enjoyed listening to music that had loud sirens, along with clanging, whoops, flashing lights, and ringing bells.
During the Clone Wars, the Ishi Tib were divided in their loyalties—Tibrin was brought into the Confederacy of Independent Systems by Count Dooku, though it was still represented in the Galactic Senate by Gume Saam. However, the majority of Ishi Tib on Tibrin itself overwhelmingly supported Dooku, at least initially, as he had liberated their planet from the tyrannical rule of Suribran Tu.
In 19 BBY, shortly after the end of the Clone Wars, a less-than-reputable Ishi Tib named Haka Hai made his base on the swampy world of Mimban. Hai commanded a number of thugs and involved himself in illegal deals. He was responsible for the imprisonment, torture, enslavement, and in some cases death of crew-members off of the freighter Uhumele.
In 4 ABY, there were Ishi Tib in Jabba Desilijic Tiure's palace, as well as at the Rebel briefing before the attack on the second Death Star. During the time of the Dark Nest Crisis there were two female Ishi Tib in a Killik cantina in the Lizil nest.
APPERANCES:Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Reunion
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Nights of Anger (Appears in hologram)
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 36: Prophet Motive, Part 1
Jedi vs. Sith
Survivors
Jedi Council: Acts of War
Cloak of Deception
Star Wars: Darth Maul 3
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Episode I: Queen Amidala
Star Wars Republic: Outlander
Star Wars Republic: Twilight
Star Wars Republic: Darkness
Star Wars Republic: Rite of Passage
Coruscant Eliminated in Galactic Cup Opening Round—HoloNet News Vol. 531 47
Anti-War Rally Dispersed by Senate Guard—HoloNet News Vol. 531 55
Judicial Fired for Complaints of Species-Bias—HoloNet News Vol. 531 55 (Mentioned only)
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
Jedi: Count Dooku
Star Wars Republic 63: Striking from the Shadows
MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
"MedStar: Intermezzo" - Star Wars Insider 83
MedStar II: Jedi Healer
It Takes a Thief
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Dark Times: The Path to Nowhere
Star Wars Dark Times: Parallels
Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight
The Emperor's Court (Non-canonical appearance)
Allegiance
Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand
Three Against the Galaxy
X-wing Rogue Squadron: Family Ties
The Courtship of Princess Leia
The Trouble with Squibs
Heir to the Empire
Crimson Empire
Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood
Jedi Search (Mentioned only)
Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City
Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance
Destiny's Way
Ylesia
Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
Invincible (Vision to Darth Caedus)
Star Wars Legacy 20: Indomitable, Part 1
Star Wars Legacy 38: Tatooine, Part 2
SOURCES:Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races
Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995)
Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
Heroes & Rogues
The Essential Guide to Alien Species
Star Wars Encyclopedia
Ultimate Alien Anthology
The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
Star Wars Miniatures: Clone Strike
Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
Episode I Insider's Guide
A Night at Tosche Station on Wizards.com (article)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Jabba's Palace Limited (Card: Ishi Tib)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Special Edition Limited (Card: Tibrin Operative)
Ishi Tib in the Databank
Orrimaarko in the Databank
Boles Roor's Podracer in the Databank
I would like to thank Wookieepedia for this info.
