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"Many Bothans died to bring us this information."
―Mon Mothma, before the Battle of Endor[1]

Bothans were a group known for operating a spy network.[2] Bothans were known to communicate with each other in a series of growls.[3]

Bothan spies were credited with obtaining information concerning the location of DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station, despite sustaining heavy casualties, thereby enabling the Rebel Alliance to plan an attack on the unfinished space station.[1] The Bothans also provided the Rebel Alliance with other useful information, such as the door code for the shield generator bunker on the forest moon of Endor.[4] They forged false chain codes that were implanted into Aqualish by Nautolan doctors.[5]

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"It's pretty easy to confirm: we are purposely trying not to show them to leave all possibilities for when that story gets told. The dude in Resistance is based on the EU design of a Bothan that the Animation art team used as reference for a background alien."
―Matt Martin[6]
Canon-Bothans

How Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills depicts Bothans

Bothans were first mentioned in the 1983 film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi,[1] and first canonically appeared in the 2016 novel Bloodline.[3] Individuals resembling the Star Wars Legends depiction of the Bothan species[7] have appeared in various canon visual media, such as Star Wars Resistance,[8] Legends of the Alliance in the form of Mak Eshkra'rey,[9] Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters,[10] Sabine My Rebel Sketchbook,[11] and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook,[12] but whether these creatures are in fact Bothans has yet to be confirmed.

The reference book Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills also pictures Bothans.[13] However, given the Lucasfilm Story Group's decision to hold off on picturing Bothans,[6] this article assumes it was a mistake.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  2. ↑ Heir to the Jedi
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bloodline
  4. ↑ Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!
  5. ↑ Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Matt Martin (@missingwords) on Twitter (post on August 2, 2019) (backup link)
  7. ↑ The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
  8. ↑ Star Wars Resistance — "Secrets and Holograms"
  9. ↑ Legends of the Alliance
  10. ↑ War of the Bounty Hunters – Jabba the Hutt 1
  11. ↑ Sabine My Rebel Sketchbook
  12. ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook
  13. ↑ Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills
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