Skin/Fur Color
Greenish-black
The Kubaz or Kubazian were an insectivorous species native to the planet Kubindi in the Outer Rim Territories. Although relatively new to the Galactic community at the time of the institution of the New Order, the species was already ubiquitous throughout the Republic during the Clone Wars.
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Appearance and Society
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Their physiology included long snouts for sucking insects out of hives, green-black skin, pointed heads growing with black bristles, and two-toed feet. Additionally, their sensitive eyes had to be covered when on other worlds with yellow or red suns. Kubaz had hand gestures that indicated their intentions. For example, a palm down indicated agreement. During the Galactic Civil War they shared these and other signals with military commanders on both sides. Touching the nose, head, or shoulders could indicate intent, direction, and number.
The homeworld of Kubindi was plagued by radiation bombardment in the form of solar flares by its blue giant sun, and many wealthy hives moved offworld to Ku'Bakai 6, 8, and 11.
On Kubindi, the Kubaz hives dwelled in underground nests. Each hive was ruled by a queen, after whom the hive is named. All Kubaz within a hive were descendants of the queen.
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Kubaz in the Galaxy
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| Many Kubaz abroad were spies sent to other worlds by their respective hives to learn about other worlds' politics, cultures, and cuisine (to the Kubaz, this would be native insects).
Their taste for insects sometimes caused problems. Not recognizing insectoid beings as anything other than a food source, Kubaz would sometimes illegally purchase the bodies and body parts of sentient insectoid species.
Spying, however, was not the only path Kubaz took, but rather they were an highly educated species that appreciated art, music, and literature. They were social beings that focused on mannerism and refinement and embraced traditions and history of their kind, so placing them under one occupation would not be representative of the species.
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History
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| One Kubaz, by the name of Garindan, a member of Hive Zabin, led stormtroopers to C-3PO and R2-D2 while Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker tried to smuggle them off Tatooine. His close relative, Udin, was a bounty hunter, who later captured Luke Skywalker for the Empire, but accidentally turned him over to the Rebel Alliance.
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Language
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| As mentioned above, they largely used hand gestures to make their intent known. They did have a common language, of course, although it is unknown whether this is called Kubindi (like the planet) or simply Kubaz.
They could understand and speak Basic, but had a hideous accent: Being able to pronounce only a, e, and i vowels, they dropped o and u sounds entirely, making words extremely difficult to understand. Furthermore, the a and e vowels were drawn out in a braying sound, the y were simply pronounced as an e or left off entirely, and sometimes they also had a slight lisp which turned s into shh. So the first sentence would sound something like this:
"The-e-e c'd nde-e-e-rshhta-a-a-nd a-a-and shhpe-e-e-k Ba-a-a-shhic, b't ha-a-a-d a-a-a hide-e-e-shh acshhe-e-e-nt."
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Famous Kubaz
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There aren't all that many Kubaz known due to their relatively late emergence, and the sort of occupation the ones that did leave the planet would adopt has furthermore helped keep the mystery intact. However, there are several known Kubaz:
- Garindan
- Udan
- Lorindan
- Rbann
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