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- "Many Bothans died to bring us this information."
- ―Mon Mothma, before the Battle of Endor
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 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]
Behind the scenes[]
- "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
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[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 whether these creatures are in fact Bothans has yet to be confirmed.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Battlefront II (Mentioned only)
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Cold (Mentioned only)
- Heir to the Jedi (Mentioned only)
- Heir to the Jedi audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Annual (2015) 1 (Mentioned only)
- Battlefront: Twilight Company (Mentioned only)
- Battlefront: Twilight Company audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (Mentioned only)
- Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First mentioned)
- Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! (Mentioned only)
- Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel (Mentioned only) (In Bothan-5's name)
The Mandalorian – "Chapter 10: The Passenger" (Mentioned only) (In Bothan-5's name)- Bloodline (First appearance, simultaneous with Bloodline audiobook)
- Bloodline audiobook
- Allegiance 1 (Mentioned only)
- Galaxy's Edge 5 (Mentioned only)
Non-canon appearances[]
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "Return to the Wheel" (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "Escape from Coruscant" (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 23 (Highlights of the Saga: Assault on Endor)
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- Admiral Ackbar in the Databank (backup link)
- Galactic Empire in the Databank (backup link)
- Mon Mothma in the Databank (backup link)
Non-canon sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ Heir to the Jedi
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bloodline
- ↑ Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!
- ↑ The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
- ↑
Star Wars Resistance – "Secrets and Holograms"
- ↑ War of the Bounty Hunters — Jabba the Hutt 1
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook
