Cyrillian

Cyrillians were a species of tall, sentient Reptiles native to the industrialised planet Cyrillia. The species invented the DUM-series pit droid to aid them in vehicle maintenance and made use of it when their homeworld became host to the podracing sport during the reign of the Galactic Republic. The species agreed to give up the rights to the model and produce it for the Serv-O-Droid, Inc. droid manufacturing company in return for profits, after podracing moved on from Cyrillia. During the Galactic Civil War Cyrillia became a Fortress world for the Galactic Empire, but was abandoned by Imperials in 6 ABY.

Biology and appearance
Cyrillians were a sentient reptilian species which stood as tall as individuals of the Wookiee species, in which males on average stood at around 2.1 meters tall.

History
Cyrillians were native to the industrialized planet of Cyrillia, a world in the Cyrillia system within the Cyrillian Protectorate, which was located in the Expansion Region of the galaxy in the area known as The Slice. The area within which the species homeworld fell was widely explored between 20,000 BBY and 15,000 BBY, Cyrillians had begun to make use of turbine powered floater transports on their homeworld prior to the year 189 BBY, and developed the small DUM-series pit droid model to help maintenance the vehicles. The droids where used in particular for jobs requiring small size, such as moving under a hovering vehicle or climbing into a circuitry bay. Cyrillia became a part of the galactic podracing circuit in 189 BBY, and made use of large numbers of their Pit droids to service and fuel vehicles taking part in the races.

In 122 BBY, Cyrillia ceased to be part of the podracing circuit, but the pit droids had become so popular that the large droid manufacturing company, Serv-O-Droid, Inc., made a deal with the Cyrillians to distribute the droids. The Cyrillians gave up ownership of the model and agreed to continue making it, and in return the company financed the building of factories on Cyrillia and handled distribution and advertising. By 52 BBY the region of space including Cyrillia had become part of Hutt Space, an area controlled by members of the Hutt species. It remained in the region until at least 19 BBY, but by 14 BBY was no longer considered part of the Hutt's domain. By 4 ABY during the Galactic Civil War, the Cyrillian's homeworld had fallen under the control of the Galactic Empire, and was considered an Imperial Fortress world. In 6 ABY the Imperials were forced to abandon the world however, after the New Republic victory over the Empire in a battle on the nearby Fortress world of Reytha.

Behind the scenes
Cyrillians were first mentioned in the entry for Pit droids in The New Essential Guide to Droids, a sourcebook released in 2006 and written by Daniel Wallace. They were also included in the entry for Pit droids in the 2009 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.