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

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

Bothan spies were credited with obtaining information concerning the 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]

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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[src]

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.[2] Individuals resembling the Star Wars Legends depiction of the Bothan species[5] have appeared in various canon visual media, such as Star Wars Resistance,[6] Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters,[7] and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook,[8] but what the Bothans look like in canon has yet to be confirmed.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bloodline
  3. ↑ Heir to the Jedi
  4. ↑ Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!
  5. ↑ The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
  6. ↑ SWResistanceLogo.jpg Star Wars Resistance – "Secrets and Holograms"
  7. ↑ War of the Bounty Hunters – Jabba the Hutt 1
  8. ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook

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