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"Presenting Borbig Drob the Houk! Nine-time champion of the Stormblade Bloodfest!"
―An introduction for the Houk gladiator Borbig Drob[1]

Houks were a sentient species of hulking humanoids that had massive forearms and were capable of building heavy musculature.

Biology and appearance[]

The Houk were a sentient, humanoid species distinguished by their muscular bulk, and large arms[1] that ended in four-fingered hands.[2] They had tiny eyes set deep in their thick, bone-ridged skull.[5]

History[]

A number of wars were waged between members of the Houk race and the Weequay species.[6] During the Separatist Crisis, a brawl erupted between members of the two species.[7]

Houks in the galaxy[]

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A Houk

Owing to their powerful builds, Houk prisoners were found in large numbers in the spice mines of Kessel.[8]

Some found employment as gladiators. During the early years of the Galactic Empire's reign, Borbig Drob earned the title of champion at the Stormblade Bloodfest on nine occasions, before fighting at the Gladiator Night event on the planet Lothal. There he fought against the Feeorin gladiator Warjak before being defeated by the Trandoshan bounty hunter Bossk.[1] At some point during the Galactic Civil War, another Houk fought alongside a Red Nikto and a Trandoshan. Although they had a single opponent, the Wookiee known as Krrsantan, the Houk and his fighting partners were all killed in the pit.[9]

Around 5 ABY,[10] the Houk siblings Jorgatha and Gorgeous Su served in the New Republic's 61st Mobile Infantry on the planet Troithe.[11]

Behind the scenes[]

Houk by Ezra

Borbig Drob

The Houk were first created for the Star Wars Legends novel Han Solo and the Lost Legacy, which was written by Brian Daley and released in 1980.[12] Though Daley's novel is now part of the Star Wars Legends continuity rather than the current canon,[13] the Houk species was canonized in the 2014 junior novel Ezra's Gamble by Ryder Windham.[1]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ezra's Gamble
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rebel Journal by Ezra Bridger
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in Module:BaseCitation at line 183: attempt to index global 'arg' (a nil value).
  4. ↑ Bounty Hunters 35
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Uprising
  6. ↑ Gadgets and Gear
  7. ↑ AltayaCite "Coruscant" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
  8. ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
  9. ↑ Doctor Aphra Annual 1
  10. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Shadow Fall to 5 ABY.
  11. ↑ Shadow Fall
  12. ↑ Han Solo and the Lost Legacy
  13. ↑ StarWars The Legendary Star Wars Expanded Universe Turns a New Page on StarWars.com (backup link)
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