Yarkora/Legends

The Yarkora were bipedal, anthropomorphic beings resembling cameloids. They hailed from an unknown desert world presumably in Wild Space or the Unknown Regions.

Biology and appearance


Yarkora spoke the Yarkora language. Yakora had immense three-fingered hands, a long snout with wide nostrils, smooth fur, and rough tufts of hair. Despite being so tall and looking as strange as they did, Yarkora more often than not didn't attract attention to themselves.

Yarkora were known as crafty con artist and scoundrels. They would masterfully dissect information from others, despite almost never talking about their own past, culture or interest.

Common Yarkora names

 * Adaka-Vanae
 * Haesh-Rulan
 * Nemor-Jelak
 * Rault-Sanik

History
The first recorded encounter with a Yarkora was dated 3 BBY. Since that encounter no one has been able to find their homeworld. Despite this, Schurk-Heren was a Yarkora smuggler, and was captain of the vessel Uhumele when the Jedi Dass Jennir tried to hijack his ship to escape New Plympto after the end of the Clone Wars. It is unknown if they developed their own hyperdrive technology or if it was given to them by (or stolen from) another spacefaring species.

During the Galactic Civil War, groups of Yarkora helped the Rebel Alliance with counter-espionage, while a few served the Galactic Empire as couriers; others worked as scouts and t'bac farmers. Their presence in the galaxy at large had increased after the formation of the New Republic.

Yarkora were known to live on Phaeda and some also worked for Grappa the Hutt.

Appearances



 * Jedi vs. Sith
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul
 * Star Wars: Jango Fett
 * Shatterpoint
 * Star Wars Republic: Into the Unknown
 * Star Wars Dark Times: The Path to Nowhere
 * Star Wars Dark Times: Parallels
 * Star Wars Dark Times 11: Vector, Part 5
 * Star Wars Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy
 * Star Wars Rebellion: The Ahakista Gambit
 * Three Against the Galaxy
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair
 * Crimson Empire
 * Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood
 * Or Die Trying
 * Force Heretic III: Reunion

Notes and references
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