Ree-Yees/Legends

Ree-Yees was a Gran from Kinyen. He suffered from a recessive genetic mutation, uncommon among Gran, which caused his hands to be deformed.

Biography
Ree-Yees enjoyed visiting other planets via Star Tours, and often brought his custom three eyed camera to take pictures, despite flash photography not being allowed.

Ree-Yees was convicted of murder on Kinyen, and was in hiding on Tatooine as a member of Jabba Desilijic Tiure's court. He was an alcoholic, and was often seen associating with Tessek. Ree-Yees was assigned the task of taking care of Jabba's Frog-Dog pet Bubo.

The distrustful Jabba had a short-range bomb implanted in him. When Jabba said a certain phrase, the bomb would explode, killing Ree-Yees and any one next to him. This bomb could be used to kill an assassin, or if Ree-Yees himself was planning to kill Jabba (as he was).



Ree-Yees and Tessek were conspiring to plant a bomb on the Khetanna in order to assassinate Jabba. Prefect Eugene Talmont, who was in on this scheme, promised to clear Ree-Yees's criminal record, which would allow him to return to Kinyen.

Ree-Yees then had Imperial surgeons place a small panel under Bubo's flesh, which the Gran operative could use to order in components for a thermal detonator (hidden inside shipments of goatgrass) which he and Tessek planned to use to destroy Jabba's sail barge. However, when the last and most vital component, the detonator, went missing, the plan seemed to be doomed. Bubo, angry at his mistreatment at the hands of Ree-Yees, had eaten it, thus ensuring Tessek's plot would fail. Tessek, however, planted another thermal detonator on the barge.

Ree-Yees didn't let his disappointment stop him making a few bets with his companions when the Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker was thrown to the rancor's pit after he had enraged Jabba. Much to everyone's surprise, Skywalker killed the beast. Ree-Yees was at Carkoon onboard Jabba's sail barge when Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca were to be fed to the sarlacc. When Princess Leia Organa was strangling Jabba, the Hutt triggered the hypnotic trigger to make Ree-Yees grab Leia and self-destruct. However, Jabba died before he could complete the sequence. Ree-Yees was killed during the sail barge's explosion shortly afterwards.

Behind the scenes
Ree-Yees's name is a play on the words "three eyes."

In Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi, historian Voren Na'al mentions speaking with Ree-Yees some time after the Battle of Endor, suggesting he actually survived the destruction of Jabba's Sail Barge, contradicting most other sources.

In Dark Forces and Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, any Gran enemy is referred to as Ree-Yees. In Jedi Outcast, the Gran were appropriately named. In the games, thermal detonators were their primary weapon.

A Ree-Yees action figure was released by Kenner in 1983, and another Ree-Yees came out in 1998 as part of the Power of the Force 2 line.

Ree-Yees can be seen in the boarding video for Star Tours at Disneyland Park and Disney's Hollywood Studios, irritating Chewbacca and other guests by using a flash-bulb camera on board the ride. The Ree-Yees on the ride was also included in a Star Tours Action Figure battlepack with the camera.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novel
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novel
 * Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 1: In the Hands of Jabba the Hutt
 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition
 * Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef
 * Let Us Prey: The Whiphid's Tale
 * And Then There Were Some: The Gamorrean Guard's Tale
 * Old Friends: Ephant Mon's Tale
 * Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees
 * The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays
 * A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale
 * Tongue-tied: Bubo's Tale
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast
 * Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand
 * Star Tours
 * Star Tours