Mummy/Legends

The name mummy was given to any corpse where the fleshy parts had been somehow preserved. Some culture would intentionally mummify the dead so that their bodies would not decay further.

Mummies in history
The Sith species would embalm the corpses and wrap them in inked shrouds before entombment. This ritual was still being observed even after the majority of Sith Lords were of other species (several Humans like Freedon Nadd or Darsin were mummified). The Duros also practiced mummification in the distant past (as exemplified by Vardovin IV.

Later in history, at the time of the Galactic Civil War, Palpatine's third cousin Volpau was embalmed and wrapped in strips of cloth.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Boba Fett ½: Salvage
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords