Massassi/Legends

The Massassi were the warrior class of the ancient Sith race that was enslaved by the exiled Dark Jedi. Many Massassi captives were subject to Sith Alchemy, resulting in them being more deadly and easier for their Sith masters to control. They were distinguished with blue blood, quills and bone spurs which erupted from their skin, and their abnormally giant size. They would serve as soldiers for the Sith Empire. During the Great Hyperspace War, the Massassi were present in many battles. Following the end of the Great Hyperspace War, the Republic and the Jedi cleansed Ziost and Korriban in an act of genocide against the Sith species.



In 5,000 BBY, an army of Massassi was brought to Yavin 4 by the Sith Lord Naga Sadow, who was on the run from the Republic and the Jedi. There, Sadow conducted cruel genetic experiments on them, turning the formerly red-skinned humanoids into fearsome, savage, hunchbacked predators. Despite these abuses, the Massassi treated Naga Sadow as a god, building huge temples and palaces to honor their Sith Lord. Eventually the Massassi on the moon evolved into a primitive hunter-warrior society.

In 3,997 BBY, Exar Kun elevated himself to the status of a god and enslaved the Massassi race. He then forced them to construct a great complex of temples that were used in arcane Sith ceremonies and rites. He also experimented on his slaves and created the Golden Globe that trapped the children of the Massassi and allowed him to drain their energies for his own purposes. During the Sith War in 3,996 BBY, the species became nearly extinct when Exar Kun sapped the life out of every Massassi on Yavin 4 so that he could free his soul from his body in order to escape the pursuing Jedi. The only Massassi that survived Kun's procedure was Kalgrath. However, there was at least one half-Massassi living on Korriban in 3,993 BBY, indicating that at least some members of the race survived.

During the Galactic Civil War, the Rebel Alliance built a base in the old Massassi temples on Yavin 4. It was from this base that the two Rebel squadrons of X-wings and Y-wings attacked the Death Star I.

Notable Massassi

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Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
 * Shadows and Light
 * Classic Star Wars 9
 * Junior Jedi Knights: The Golden Globe
 * Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World
 * Junior Jedi Knights: Promises
 * Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy