Dug/Legends

"Your buddy here was about to be turned into orange goo. He picked a fight with a Dug. An especially dangerous Dug."

- Anakin Skywalker on Tatooine

Dugs were a species native to the planet Malastare.

Physiology
Dugs were slender, powerfully built beings with a somewhat humanoid build and a unique method of walking that hailed from the high gravity world Malastare. Their strong arms were used as legs, and their lower limbs were used as arms. Their hands did not completely lack dexterity, but their feet were generaly used as fine manipulators.

Dugs had smooth skin, which hung loosely around their necks, only to inflate during mating season calls. They also possessed fin-like ears and pronounced snouts. They lived mainly in the forests of the western continent of their homeworld in primitive tree villages called "tree thorps". On their homeworld Malastare, the Dugs were arboreal beings. They brachiated among the canopies with alarming speed using all four limbs.

Culture
Due to their oppression under their Gran rulers who colonized Malastare, many Dugs often felt the need to throw around their strength in bids to establish dominance. As a result, they were known for their ill-tempered demeanor, and many were little more than bullying thugs.

On their homeworld of Malastare, the vast majority of Dugs were little more than labourers toiling for the enrichment of the Gran. With the species excluded from much of the power and money on Malastare, many Dugs, such as Sebulba, turned to podracing as their only means to achieve fame and fortune. In all other areas, the Dugs were exploited and disenfranchized.

History
In ca. 8,000 BBY, the Galactic Republic established an outpost on Malastare since it was located at a key spot along the Hydian Way trade route. Later, in ca. 1,000 BBY, a contingent of Gran colonists settled on the planet. First contact between the Gran and the Dugs was bloody, and a long, brutal war ensued.

Because of the power and influence the Gran wielded in the Galactic Senate, the Republic settled the violence in the Gran's favor. The Dugs were demilitarized, stripped of political power, and relocated to the western continent of their own planet. The Gran ruled Malastare and represented the planet in the Galactic Senate. Dugs were little more than subservient labourers treated as slaves and paid minute wages. An organization called Dugs for Democracy opposed the Military Creation Act.

During the New Republic Era, Dugs were granted equal rights and a Dug represented Malastare in the New Republic Senate. Sadly, Malastare was conquered by the Yuuzhan Vong.



Notable Dugs

 * Darnada - Black Sun Vigo
 * Dewanga - Slaver
 * Guanolta - Criminal wanted by Malastarian Art Union.
 * Hekula - Son of Sebulba
 * Hodrix - Swoop racer
 * Keluda - Assassin
 * Leaft - No Luck Required crewman
 * Pixolga - Member of the Anti-Artist Federation
 * Pugwis - Alleged grandson of Sebulba. Also a podracer.
 * Seboca - Popular holodrama star
 * Sebolto - Crime Lord
 * Sebulba - Podracing champion
 * Tartuta - Bounty hunter
 * Zadalgo - Death stick dealer

Appearances

 * Cloak of Deception
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul
 * Urchins
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * Star Wars Republic: Emissaries to Malastare
 * Star Wars Republic: The Devaronian Version
 * Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games
 * Star Wars: Jango Fett
 * Star Wars: Zam Wesell
 * Star Wars Republic: Honor and Duty
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Republic 78: Loyalties
 * ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Empire: Betrayal
 * Star Wars: Demolition
 * Tall Tales
 * Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
 * Balance Point
 * Emissary of the Void
 * Star Wars: Chewbacca