Dug/Legends

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

- Anakin Skywalker on Jar Jar Binks

Dugs were an aggressive mammalian species native to the planet Malastare that used their upper limbs as legs and their lower limbs as arms.

Biology and appearance


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 primary means of locomotion were their strong arms, and their lower limbs and feet were used for grappling and other fine motor manipulation. They hardly ever walked on their lower limbs. Sebulba was only once seen standing on his legs. Although most Dugs may walk on all four limbs, others liked to use their strong arms as legs and their feet as hands like they would normally do.

Dugs had smooth skin, which hung loosely around their tall 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.

Society and culture
"Dugs insult everybody. You know that. You shouldn't value their words."

- Jedi to a Barabel



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 laborers 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 disenfranchised.

Dug mating is very reminiscent of some reptiles, which may indicate their ancestry. The loose folds of skin around the males neck will inflate during the mating season, showing a display of color. An interested female may pester or disturb a male in a few different ways until his balloon-neck deflates with a screech. After this, the two are considered mated. Mates remain loyal to each other, even though they may bully each other through their time together.

History
"Motivating the Dugs to fight is not difficult, for at the core of their beings are knots of unfocused rage. However, that rage is not centered in the true warrior's drive of hatred, but in insecurity. They are valueless, and they know this. That is why they will always be defeated."

- Darth Vader

Circa 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 laborers treated as slaves and paid minute wages. An organization called Dugs for Democracy protested against this treatment and would go on to oppose the Military Creation Act.

During the New Republic era, Dugs were granted equal rights and a Dug represented Malastare in the New Republic Senate.

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
 * Manoca - customer at Dex's Diner
 * Pixolga - Member of the Anti-Artist Federation
 * Pugwis - Alleged grandson of Sebulba. Also a podracer.
 * Rednax - customer at Dex's Diner
 * Seboca - Popular holodrama star
 * Sebolto - Crimelord
 * Sebulba - Podracing champion
 * Tartuta - Bounty hunter
 * Zadalgo - Death stick dealer

Non-canon appearances

 * Survivors
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * Tag & Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace
 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition
 * Tall Tales