Moogan/Legends

"If we add it, we can make twice as much tea at twice the profit."

- Moogan Tee Va on adding slabin to tea.

Moogans were a sentient humanoid species native to the planet Mooga, located in the Perkell sector. They were on average taller than Humans. Members of the species had hands and feet with four digits each, as well as green skin. Some Moogans had a proclivity for wearing headdresses and sandals.

A group of Moogans led by the smuggler Tee Va arrived on the planet Mandalore during the Clone Wars to distribute bottled tea with a chemical introduced on-planet. This substance diluted the tea and thus increased the Moogans' profits. However, the mixture, when introduced to the populace, poisoned some of the children in the New Mandalorian capital of Sundari. The Moogans' plans were thwarted by an investigation headed by the Duchess of Mandalore, Satine Kryze, and a visiting senator, Padmé Amidala; the smugglers were subsequently arrested.

Biology and appearance
Moogans were tall, thin, bipedal humanoids. Typically green in color, the species exhibited dark green mottling on their faces and limbs. Their faces were slender, with pronounced cheek bones and accentuated brows. They possessed long necks, four-fingered hands, four-toed feet, and sharpened teeth.

Society and culture
"It must be a clerical oversight. I'm sure it won't happen&mdash;again."

- Moogan Tee Va while bribing a customs official.

Some members of the Moogan species wore headdresses, tunics, and sandals, particularly those of smuggler Tee Va's group. Moogans were not against committing bribery, poisoning, and other crimes to achieve their goals due to their inherent greed. They were capable of learning to speak Galactic Basic Standard. Tee Va's smuggling crew preferred blasters as a form of self-defense, and hired Gotals to serve them on missions. The group transported their cargos in a giant, ovoid gunship, which was capable of walking on mechanical legs upon reaching a surface.

History
The Moogans originated on the planet Mooga, in the Mooga system of the Perkell sector, located along the northeastern border of the Mid Rim. Mooga, while not positioned far from the Perlemian Trade Route, was largely ignored by the blossoming Galactic Republic until some point between 5,000 BBY and 4,000 BBY. Around 3,956 BBY, the planet was in Sith territory controlled by Darth Revan. As the centuries progressed up to the Ruusan campaign, Mooga continued its existence on the borders of Sith space and unaligned territory.

By the time of the Clone Wars, their planet fell under the control of the Commerce Guild and became integrated into Separatist space. Officials from the planet Mandalore, which had its supply lines cut due to its neutral stance against the war, began communicating with the Moogans in order to smuggle products to the surface and establish a black market. The smuggling ring was identified and decimated by Mandalorian police, led by the Duchess of Mandalore, Satine Kryze, and a visiting Republic senator, Padmé Amidala. The criminal operation was ultimately linked to Almec, the Prime Minister of the New Mandalorians.

After the fall of the Galactic Republic, Moogan space was added to territory under the control of the Galactic Empire and remained so for the duration of the Empire's existence. By 4 ABY, the Empire had fractured into several rival territories. The Greater Maldrood was one of the outlying regions; it incorporated space surrounding Mooga, and held it until the territory's fragmentation between 9 ABY and 12 ABY, after which, Mooga's region was considered to lay within the Borderland Regions. The Perkell sector existed for several years split between Imperial and New Republic interests until the Yuuzhan Vong War, in which many worlds surrounding Mooga were attacked and conquered by the Yuuzhan Vong. The space surrounding the Mooga system again fell under Sith control by 137 ABY with the rise of Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire.

Moogans in the galaxy


Around 21 BBY, smugglers led by the Moogan Tee Va and assisted by Gotals came to the New Mandalorian capital city, Sundari, where they distributed bottled tea diluted with a hazardous chemical, slabin; the resulting admixture thus doubled their profits. All the while, the smugglers paid off the on-planet customs officials to distribute the product and overlook the illicit operation. The mixture ended up in the hands of countless Sundari schoolchildren, who became sick and were hospitalized across the city and the planet. The Moogans returned a few days later with another shipment of tea and once again bribed customs with Republic credit ingots. Two Mandalorian police officers were used as guards for the dock warehouse in which the Moogans mixed the slabin with the tea. When the Moogans were discovered by Duchess Satine Kryze and Senator Padmé Amidala, Tee Va and his crew took up arms against the accompanying New Mandalorian police forces and Mandalorian Royal Guard. The Moogans and their Gotal counterparts took down a police captain and two Royal Guards. However, the victory was short-lived, as Amidala and the remaining Royal Guard pushed forward a shipping container and closed in on the smugglers' position, killing one Moogan crew member and a few Gotals. The surviving smugglers and assisting Mandalorians were arrested, and the smuggled products were subsequently destroyed with flamethrowers by the order of Satine.

Behind the scenes
The only appearances of Moogans have been in material surrounding Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. Such appearances including two episodes in the program's third season, which originally aired in 2010, and in the Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures video game. The game released new items for each episode of the series that could be purchased with in-game credits, Jedi Membership, or Station Cash. In October 2010, a three-piece outfit of headdress, robe, and sandals marketed as Planetary Forces Gear and worn by Tee Va was available with in-game credits. Other outfits released during this episode included the Mandalorian Royal Guard and the Mandalorian police captain uniforms. The update in the game and the accompanying website was the first appearance of the smuggler's name. The species's name and a brief backstory were provided by the StarWars.com Episode Guide for "Corruption." Their home planet of Mooga was placed in the galaxy via the The Essential Atlas Online Companion. Later, the Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic UK 6.15 mentioned the Moogans in its contents.

The clothing of the Tee Va's group of Moogans resembles that of the ancient Egyptians, especially their pharaoh-like metallic headdresses.