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"Good afternoon, Kalend, Rycar, Kal, Elis, Nabrun, Az-Iban…thank you for coming. I trust the refreshments are adequate. I have some merchandise I need moved along the Sisar Run. It is quite an important cargo, so I've contacted each of you to make the run to ensure that at least some of it gets through. Your crew will be paid 5,000 credits for the run, with a 5,000 credit bonus if you are the first to deliver your final payload. Those who are interested, remain seated. Those who are not, please leave."

―Mal Biron, offering a cargo to Nabrun Leids and a number of other smugglers^[src]

The Morseerians were a sentient species distinguished by four arms and methane-based respiration. Most of a Morseerian's body was covered in semitransparent skin that showed the underlying internal organs. The exception was the elongated head, which featured large, black eyes, a small nose, and a thin, triangle-shaped mouth. When found on planets with an oxygen-rich atmosphere, Morseerians wore full environment suits and breath masks that provided the methane they needed to survive. They usually flew ships that supported methane environments and employed crew members who could survive in such conditions.

Morseerians carefully guarded the identity and location of their homeworld from outsiders, and little was known about their history or culture except that they were a reserved and secretive people who had several colonies—including the world Morseer, for which they were named. The Morseerians were clients of the Drackmarians of Quelii sector; after that species was defeated by the Galactic Empire, Morseer came under the dominion of the Empire. During the Galactic Civil War, Imperial investigations into the location of the species' homeworld drove many members of the species to secretly support the Alliance to Restore the Republic. A few Morseerians gained fame in the galaxy at large, including the fighter pilot–turned–smuggler Nabrun Leids.

Biology and appearance

"Did you hear that?"
"What?"
"There's someone in here!"

―Morseerian pirates in their Mos Espa base hear Anakin Skywalker in the next room^[src]

Morseerian AA — Morseerians wore environment suits and breath masks to survive in methane-poor atmospheres.

Morseerians were a sentient, bipedal species whose bodies were essentially humanoid.^[1] With rare exceptions,^[11] though, Morseerians had four arms where humanoids had two.^[1] While the upper two limbs were similar or slightly larger in size to those of a comparable Human,^[12] the lower pair, which extended from a second set of shoulders, were slightly smaller.^[6] These extra arms made them adept climbers and multi-taskers and aided them while grappling in combat^[8] or wielding multiple weapons.^[5] While all Morseerians had opposing thumbs, individuals had varying numbers of digits on their hands: some had five per hand,^[2] others had four,^[5] while still others made do with three.^[13]

Morseerians had oblong,^[1] conical heads^[14] covered in overlapping scales of brown,^[6] gray,^[2] white,^[3] green,^[4] purple, or tan.^[5]^[7] The rest of their bodies were covered in greenish,^[15] translucent skin that revealed the inner workings of their organs and the flow of their blood.^[1]^[16] Their large, black eyes lacked pupils and were located above a tiny nose and a triangular mouth slit.^[1] Some members of the species had keen hearing.^[17] Both males and females had slender builds similar to those of Humans in their early teens,^[16] although breasts distinguished adult females from males.^[18] Morseerians stood from 1.5 to 1.7 meters tall.^[16] They entered adolescence at age thirteen and adulthood at eighteen, and their life expectancy was eighty standard years.^[1]

In standard atmospheres, Morseerian biology required them to take special measures that made them look bizarre to strangers.^[19] Members of the species required methane-rich gas for respiration;^[20] exposure to an oxygen-rich, methane-poor atmosphere suffocated a Morseerian in minutes.^[8] Accordingly, those Morseerians encountered by outsiders almost always appeared in full environment suits.^[1] A typical example of this protective gear was form-fitting^[8]—although looser suits were also found^[2]—and included a complex breath mask.^[21] It used an incorporated supply of methane^[22] to create an atmosphere similar to that of the Morseerian home planet. Masks featured goggles to protect the eyes and straps to attach to the head;^[8] a side effect was that they made the wearer's voice sound mechanical, similar to a droid's vocoder.^[23] The durable suits rarely needed repairs or replacement and were built with redundant air pockets and filtration systems so that they still offered protection in the event of a tear or a puncture. Although inconvenient, such suits provided additional protection against airborne toxins.^[8] On the other hand, they made their wearers vulnerable to fire, which could ignite the methane supply.^[24]

Society and culture

Nabrun Leids and Kabe Hasbro — Morseerians generally shied away from violence, but they were willing to defend themselves with weapons if necessary.

Morseerians were introverted, laconic, and secretive. They preferred to keep to themselves, talking to strangers only to obtain information from them. This loner nature prompted Morseerians to avoid confrontation, although they were more than willing to defend themselves if targeted by others.^[1]

The Morseerian obsession with secrecy was perhaps most pronounced with regard to the name and location of their homeworld.^[1] The planet was uncharted by any but the Morseerians themselves,^[25] although rumor placed it in the Outer Rim Territories. A Morseerian would rather die than give up the location of the world.^[1] As a result, little was known about their native culture and customs. The Morseerians were at least nominally under the protection of the Drackmarian species. Although the details of the relationship were unclear to outsiders,^[26] at least some Morseerians entered into individual contracts with Drackmarian overlords. Breaking such an agreement earned not only the enmity of the Drackmarian master but also a price on the Morseerian's head.^[27]

Morseerians spoke a language of the same name. Many learned to speak Basic^[16] or Huttese,^[15] although these were by no means universal skills.^[8] Morseerians had two-part names. Examples included Chall Bekan,^[9] Myor Devker, Shalthan Leeru, Nabrun Leids, Bargeth Relb, Nilek Rillion, and Flyrl Sacorbel.^[1]

The species had access to galactic-standard technology and manufactured hyperspace-capable starships. Morseerian craft were oval-shaped vessels that ranged in size from small shuttles to bulk freighters. Such ships provided their crew and passengers with a methane-rich atmosphere so that their occupants could move about freely with no need for environment suits.^[1]

History

"What's that? A sick worrt?"
"Nah, dirty womp rat vermin."

―Morseerian pirates, mistaking Anakin Skywalker for a womp rat^[src]

ChallBekan-CCG — Although Morseerians tended to support the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War, Chall Bekan worked as an informant for the Empire on Tatooine.

The Morseerians evolved on a world known only to them, rumored to be somewhere in the Outer Rim. They lived on the fringes of galactic community for more than 12,000 years before the Battle of Yavin. At some point, they learned the workings of hyperspace technology and spread from their homeworld, whose location they were able to protect from outsiders. They also perfected their own starship designs. Morseerians found a niche just on the edges of galactic society, many taking up employment as galactic traders. At some point, they encountered merchants from the Squib species and established favorable trading status. The Morseerians founded colonies, the locations of which were not as closely guarded as that of their homeworld. The species came to be known as Morseerians after the colony world of Morseer,^[1] in the Morseer system of the Outer Rim Territories.^[28] They preferred environments conducive to their physiology; Morseer had a methane-rich atmosphere, for example, with vegetation beyond recognition to species only familiar with the flora of worlds with nitrogen–oxygen atmospheres.^[29]

At some point, the Morseerians came into conflict with a fellow methane-breathing species, the Drackmarians. The reptilians conquered the colony of Morseer,^[16] and the Morseerians became a client species under the protectorship of the Drackmarians^[26] as part of the greater Quelii sector.^[30]

During the Galactic Civil War, the Drackmarians opposed the Galactic Empire but were defeated and subjugated. Morseer was among the worlds claimed by the Empire as spoils of war, although the species officially remained clients of the Drackmarians.^[29] The new government instigated an initiative to locate the Morseerian homeworld, and the four-armed species began to secretly report to the Rebel Alliance on Imperial troop and fleet deployments. Nevertheless, few Morseerians openly supported the Rebellion,^[8] and a few even aided the Empire instead.^[9] In the end, the efforts of the Rebel sympathizers paid off, and the species' home system remained shrouded in secrecy.^[16] Following the Battle of Endor of 4 ABY, Morseer and the Quelii sector came under the control of the Imperial warlord Zsinj,^[31] only to be annexed by the remnants of the Empire upon Zsinj's death.^[32] By 137 ABY, Morseer had fallen within a region of space controlled by Darth Krayt as part of his Sith Empire.^[33]

Morseerians in the galaxy

Moorseerian — Nabrun Leids left a career as a fighter pilot to smuggle in the Outer Rim.

Although far from common and rarely seen further Coreward than the Expansion Region, Morseerians were encountered on their colonies and at the fringes of society on other worlds.^[1] Morseerian spacers preferred ships of their own design or outdated freighters from other manufacturers that had been modified to provide a methane atmosphere.^[1] Crews of such vessels tended to be other Morseerians or members of species comfortable in such conditions, such as Chadra-Fan and Gand.^[27]

Because many Morseerians in the greater galaxy took up trading,^[1] merchants were in many ways the public face of the species.^[8] They preferred to deal with partners with whom they had enjoyed good relations and a bit of luck in the past, particularly Squibs.^[1] Morseerians were spotted in cantinas and spaceports across the galaxy, including one in Mos Espa on Tatooine,^[34] Void Station,^[35] the Lazy Bergruutfa Cantina on Betha II,^[36] StarForge Station,^[37] the Power Dive on Ord Mantell,^[38] and Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina on Tatooine.^[39] At least a few Morseerians ventured into the Unknown Regions and joined the roving Ebruchi pirates, an adoption that involved them accepting Ebruchi culture as well.^[40]

A Morseerian guard served the Black Sun Vigo Darnada in 33 BBY; like the rest of Darnada's entourage, the Morseerian was killed in a strike by the Sith Lord Darth Maul.^[41] A pair of Morseerian pirates had a base on Tatooine; when on the planet, they sometimes traded with the Toydarian trader Watto for spare parts.^[15] In 32 BBY, the pirates had accumulated a large stash of hard currency in various denominations.^[42] While in the next room, they heard someone in the treasure chamber, but upon investigation it seemed like nothing more than a womp rat. Later, though, they heard the unmistakable sound of someone going through their treasure chest. There, they found a young Human boy—unbeknownst to them, a nine-year old slave named Anakin Skywalker, who was leading a group of escaped slave children to a rendezvous with smugglers who would take them from the planet. The child attacked them with a beamdrill, the flame of which would have ignited the methane supplies in their suits. When the boy escaped with a portion of their loot into the sewers, the narrow entrance would not permit the Morseerians to follow him, and he got away.^[24] During the Clone Wars, a Morseerian orphan was one of ten younglings kidnapped from the planet Abregado-rae by the Twi'lek woman Kuvuta Pindi^[43] for transport to the Neimoidian criminal Dool Pundar on the planet Foless, where they were to be sold into slavery.^[44] The Twi'lek conned the Jedi Knight Nuru Kungurama and his partner, Big Gizz, to help her by claiming she was transporting the children to a placement center for the Republic Children's Aid organization.^[45] However, upon arrival at Foless, Foless Spaceport Authority alerted Kungurama and Giz to Pindi's scheme.^[43] The two rescued the Morseerian and the other orphans, who were then placed with families.^[46]

Another Morseerian spacer of note was Nabrun Leids. Although more than qualified as a fighter pilot,^[19] he broke his contract with a Drackmarian warlord named Omogg who operated in the Quelii sector. Leids earned a bounty for his trouble and fled into the Outer Rim.^[27] There he traded a life of high-speed dogfights for one of smuggling. Leids flew a modified Ghtroc Industries 720 freighter called the Scarlet Vertha^[13] and specialized in moving cargos between the Sisar Run and the Triellus Trade Route that led to Tatooine.^[27] For the right price, he offered his services to transport passengers anywhere they needed to go.^[10] At some point, Leids began a partnership with the Bimm smuggler Rycar Ryjerd. Although the two eventually parted company and found themselves competing for the same cargos, they maintained a competitive camaraderie.^[47] In fact, Leids and Ryjerd were both present at the Mos Eisley Cantina in 0 BBY when Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker chartered the services of Han Solo and Chewbacca for transit to Alderaan.^[48] In 3 ABY, Leids and his crew entered a smuggling race against Ryjerd and others. They took on a cargo from the Shistavanen Mal Biron on the planet Sriluur with the understanding that the team who delivered their cargo first would win a larger and more profitable cargo later.^[27]

Chall Bekan was another Morseerian who lived on Tatooine. During the Galactic Civil War, he became the leader of a cadre of non-Human informants. Bekan and his associates reported on the activities of both Jabba the Hutt and the Rebel Alliance.^[9]

The following section contains information from a Star Wars Tales 1–20 story that was referenced in no other Star Wars Legends source. Lucasfilm considered all Tales 1–20 content that was not "completely outrageous or intentionally comic" to have some level of canonicity within the Legends continuity. Editor discretion is advised.

Some time after the establishment of the New Republic, two Morseerians were present in a cantina patronized by smuggler Han Solo on an unidentified planet. The first was sitting at the bar, but the second burst into the cantina and seized a young Human who had been playing sabacc with Solo. The boy was the son of Senator Amara and the Morseerian claimed that he would be taken hostage for the Black Sun criminal organization. Nevertheless, the Morseerian was killed when Solo shot him with his blaster and freed the prisoner.^[5]

Star Wars Tales 1–20 information ends here.

No known Force-using tradition existed among the Morseerians, although some were rumored to have been Force adepts capable of tapping into the energy field. No Morseerian was ever known to have become a Jedi, nor were there any records of encounters between the species and the Jedi Order.^[8] Nevertheless, the fact that few outsiders ever saw a Morseerian without an environment suit meant that the presence of a Morseerian Jedi could not be ruled out.^[16]

Behind the scenes

" I'm intrigued by the Morseerians in particular. This four-armed, gas mask-wearing species is prominently featured in the A New Hope cantina scene (and has even been immortalized in plastic) but almost nothing about them has ever been revealed in spinoff material. (And now I missed my chance, dammit.)"

―Daniel Wallace^[src]

Morseerian concept sketch — Concept art shows a Morseerian with two arms instead of four and with no gas mask.

The Morseerian species was designed as one of the background characters of the cantina scene of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, released in 1977.^[14] A production sketch shows that the species was at one point envisioned with no gas mask, pointed ears, and two double-jointed arms instead of four Human-like ones.^[49] Two Morseerian characters were created.^[48] During production and principal photography in London, England, the four-armed aliens were known as the "Plutonians" or "Squid Heads," the latter nickname later being applied to another squid-like alien during the filming of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. The four-armed alien's official name was slated to be "Quidultii."^[14] One of the characters is visible in the film near the bar, while the other sits in a booth.^[48] The Morseerian at the bar was played by a female extra.^[14]

In 1995, the game company Decipher, Inc. established the character to be a male pilot named Nabrun Leids and a member of the newly dubbed Morseerian species.^[14] The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook by Kathy Tyers and Eric S. Trautmann in 1996 added a few new details about the species, such as the connection between the Morseerians and the Drackmarians. The species' background was more fully fleshed out in Alien Anthology, a 2001 release by Steve Miller and Owen K.C. Stephens. Other appearances of the species have either been cameos (including the non-canon stories "The Emperor's Court" and "Smuggler's Blues") or recreations and flashbacks of the A New Hope cantina scene.^[50] In 2010, author Daniel Wallace included a reference to the Morseerians in the Wizards of the Coast book The Unknown Regions. In his blog, Wallace revealed that this was because the Morseerians are an "Unknown Regions species." He also lamented not taking the opportunity to flesh the species out more fully in the book.^[51]

Although Morseerian characters appeared in West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, the species was never presented in a format useful to players who wished to portray such characters. In the game's rules, Morseerians receive an extra action each turn due to their four arms.^[27] The Wizards of the Coast version of the game, the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, explicitly allows Morseerian characters. Such individuals have no appreciable differences from Humans except for their four limbs and dependency on methane.^[8] Special rules govern Morseerians who wish to grapple foes in combat, as their four arms give them advantages over two-armed species.^[52]

Episode I Adventures Game Book 8: Trouble on Tatooine allows a player to take the role of one of the characters of the novel version of the story as the children make their way through the sewers of Mos Espa. The player may choose to portray Anakin Skywalker or his friends, Arawynne, Dorn, Kitster Banai, or Pala Kwi'teksa. The main sequence of events is identical to the novel version, although details may vary depending on whether the player succeeds or fails at various tasks. The choice of character also changes whom exactly the Morseerian pirates encounter. This article assumes that the novel version of the events is canonical.

Morseerian-like characters appear in two issues of the Marvel Star Wars comic book, but neither is conclusively identified by species. One of these is seen running from Han Solo and Chewbacca after a blaster fight on Aduba-3.^[53] The second is the boyfriend of a woman Solo dubs "Pig-face," who gets into a bar fight with the smuggler on Aduba-3 to defend his girlfriend.^[54]

Appearances

Darth Maul 2
Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine
Episode I Adventures Game Book 8: Trouble on Tatooine
Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center
The Clone Wars: Strange Allies
Star Wars: X-Wing
A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale webstrip
"The Hovel on Terk Street" — Star Wars Tales 6
"Smuggler's Blues" — Star Wars Tales 14
Darth Vader and Son (Non-canonical appearance)
Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
Star Wars: A New Hope (Cine-Manga)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (PhotoComic)
Star Wars 2: Six Against the Galaxy
Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition
Star Wars Manga: A New Hope
Rookies: Rendezvous
"Counterstrike" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 8
"Counterstrike" — Classic Adventures: Volume Four - The Best of the Journal (Reprint)
Empire 24: Idiot's Array, Part 1
Shadows of the Empire 3
"Running the Sisar" — Secrets of the Sisar Run
X-Wing Rogue Squadron 32: Mandatory Retirement, Part 1
"Tall Tales" — Star Wars Tales 19
Star Wars: Chewbacca (In flashback(s))

Non-canon appearances

LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (Appears in hologram)
"The Emperor's Court"

Sources

Star Wars Gamemaster Handbook (Picture only)
Heroes & Rogues (Picture only)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Premiere Limited (Card: Nabrun Leids) (backup link) (First identified as Morseerian)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Premiere Limited (Card: Tatooine: Cantina) (backup link) (Picture only)
The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — A New Hope Limited (Card: Arcona) (backup link) (Picture only)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — A New Hope Limited (Card: Danz Borin) (backup link) (Picture only)
Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy (Picture only)
Star Wars: Chronicles
Secrets of the Sisar Run
Star Wars: The Magic of Myth (book) (Concept design)
The Far Orbit Project
Star Wars: The Power of the Force (Pack: Cantina Aliens) (backup link (POTF2cantinaaliens.asp) not verified!)
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Official Tournament Sealed Deck (Card: Chall Bekan) (backup link)
Star Wars Encyclopedia
Star Wars: Behind the Magic
Jedi Knights Trading Card Game — Premiere (Card: Nabrun Leids • Morseerian Transport Expert) (backup link)
Jedi Knights Trading Card Game — Scum and Villainy (Card: Nabrun Leids • Fringe Smuggler) (backup link)
Alien Anthology
The Official Star Wars Fact File 22 (CAN5, Mos Eisley Cantina Characters)
Ultimate Alien Anthology
Hero's Guide
Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
Star Wars: Complete Locations
Star Wars: The Saga Collection (Pack: Nabrun Leids & Kabe) (backup link (TSC072nabrun-kabe.asp) not verified!)
Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
"Refresher Reading" — Star Wars Insider 91
Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 1 (Picture only)
Obsessed With Star Wars
Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
The Unknown Regions
The Sounds of Star Wars (Picture only)
"Jedi Archive: Rarely Seen Images from the Lucasfilm Archives" — Star Wars Insider 124 (Picture only)
"A Blu Hope!" — Star Wars Insider 128 (Picture only)
Star Wars Galaxy Series 7
Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection
Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Nabrun Leids)
Star Wars Soundboards on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) (Picture only)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope on StarWars.com (backup link)
Han Solo in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)

Notes and references

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 Ultimate Alien Anthology, p. 99.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Ultimate Alien Anthology, p. 98.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Star Wars: A New Hope—The Special Edition 1 comic book.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Shadows of the Empire comic.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 "Tall Tales." Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "TT" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Star Wars: The Saga Collection.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Alien Anthology, p. 88, and Ultimate Alien Anthology, p. 99, both say that Morseerians have translucent skin. However, the Hasbro action figure of Nabrun Leids, part of the Star Wars: The Saga Collection line, shows that the skin of the head is exposed and opaque.
↑ ^8.00 ^8.01 ^8.02 ^8.03 ^8.04 ^8.05 ^8.06 ^8.07 ^8.08 ^8.09 ^8.10 Ultimate Alien Anthology, p. 100.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Official Tournament Sealed Deck (Card: Chall Bekan) (backup link).
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Premiere Limited (Card: Nabrun Leids) (backup link).
↑ Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy, p. 14, shows a two-armed Morseerian.
↑ Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine, p. 51.
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 The image on p. 249 of The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, shows that Nabrun Leids has this arrangement. Nevertheless, the Hasbro action figure (see Star Wars: The Saga Collection) of the character features Leids with three fingers and a thumb on each hand. Darnada's Morseerian guard, featured in Star Wars: Darth Maul 2, also has three-fingered hands.
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 ^14.4 Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link), p. 3.
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine, p. 50.
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 ^16.3 ^16.4 ^16.5 ^16.6 Alien Anthology, p. 88.
↑ Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine, p. 56.
↑ X-Wing Rogue Squadron 32: Mandatory Retirement, Part 1.
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 The Official Star Wars Fact File 22 (CAN5, Mos Eisley Cantina Characters).
↑ Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, p. 260.
↑ Star Wars: Behind the Magic.
↑ Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy, p. 14.
↑ Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine, pp. 49–50.
↑ ^24.0 ^24.1 Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine, p. 61.
↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia, p. 199.
↑ ^26.0 ^26.1 The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook, p. 110.
↑ ^27.0 ^27.1 ^27.2 ^27.3 ^27.4 ^27.5 Secrets of the Sisar Run, p. 31.
↑ The Essential Atlas, p. 236.
↑ ^29.0 ^29.1 The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook, p. 104.
↑ The Essential Atlas Online Companion, p. 4.
↑ The Essential Atlas, p. 196.
↑ The Essential Atlas, p. 198.
↑ The Essential Atlas, p. 226.
↑ Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center.
↑ Empire 24: Idiot's Array, Part 1
↑ "Counterstrike," p. 65.
↑ The Far Orbit Project, p. 117.
↑ Rookies: Rendezvous.
↑ "The Hovel on Terk Street."
↑ The Unknown Regions, p. 128.
↑ Star Wars: Darth Maul 2.
↑ Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine, p. 52.
↑ ^43.0 ^43.1 The Clone Wars: Strange Allies, p. 58.
↑ The Clone Wars: Strange Allies, p. 69.
↑ The Clone Wars: Strange Allies, p. 48.
↑ The Clone Wars: Strange Allies, p. 74.
↑ Secrets of the Sisar Run, p. 32.
↑ ^48.0 ^48.1 ^48.2 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
↑ Archived image from the Databank.
↑ See, for example, Star Wars 2: Six Against the Galaxy, p. 11; Star Wars Manga: A New Hope, Part 1; Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition, Part 1; Chewbacca 4; and the A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale webstrip.
↑ "Endnotes for Star Wars: The Unknown Regions" — Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka — Daniel Wallace's StarWars.com Blog (backup link).
↑ Hero's Guide, p. 127.
↑ Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils, p. 26.
↑ Star Wars 8: Eight for Aduba-3, p. 3.

In other languages

[UAA_99-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 Ultimate Alien Anthology, p. 99.

[UAA_98-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Ultimate Alien Anthology, p. 98.

[ANHSE_1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Star Wars: A New Hope—The Special Edition 1 comic book.

[SOTE-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Shadows of the Empire comic.

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[TSC-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Star Wars: The Saga Collection.

[head-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Alien Anthology, p. 88, and Ultimate Alien Anthology, p. 99, both say that Morseerians have translucent skin. However, the Hasbro action figure of Nabrun Leids, part of the Star Wars: The Saga Collection line, shows that the skin of the head is exposed and opaque.

[UAA_100-8] 8.00 ^8.01 ^8.02 ^8.03 ^8.04 ^8.05 ^8.06 ^8.07 ^8.08 ^8.09 ^8.10 Ultimate Alien Anthology, p. 100.

[CB_CCG-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Official Tournament Sealed Deck (Card: Chall Bekan) (backup link).

[NL_CCG-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Premiere Limited (Card: Nabrun Leids) (backup link).

[11] Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy, p. 14, shows a two-armed Morseerian.

[TOT_51-12] Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine, p. 51.

[CSWE_II_249-13] 13.0 ^13.1 The image on p. 249 of The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, shows that Nabrun Leids has this arrangement. Nevertheless, the Hasbro action figure (see Star Wars: The Saga Collection) of the character features Leids with three fingers and a thumb on each hand. Darnada's Morseerian guard, featured in Star Wars: Darth Maul 2, also has three-fingered hands.

[CRC_3-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 ^14.4 Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link), p. 3.

[TOT_50-15] 15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine, p. 50.

[AA_88-16] 16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 ^16.3 ^16.4 ^16.5 ^16.6 Alien Anthology, p. 88.

[TOT_56-17] Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine, p. 56.

[18] X-Wing Rogue Squadron 32: Mandatory Retirement, Part 1.

[FF_CAN5-19] 19.0 ^19.1 The Official Star Wars Fact File 22 (CAN5, Mos Eisley Cantina Characters).

[CVD_260-20] Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, p. 260.

[BTM-21] Star Wars: Behind the Magic.

[ItWoSW_14-22] Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy, p. 14.

[TOT_49-50-23] Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine, pp. 49–50.

[TOT_61-24] 24.0 ^24.1 Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine, p. 61.

[SWE_199-25] Star Wars Encyclopedia, p. 199.

[TaBSB_110-26] 26.0 ^26.1 The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook, p. 110.

[SotSR_31-27] 27.0 ^27.1 ^27.2 ^27.3 ^27.4 ^27.5 Secrets of the Sisar Run, p. 31.

[EA_236-28] The Essential Atlas, p. 236.

[TaBSB_104-29] 29.0 ^29.1 The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook, p. 104.

[EAC_4-30] The Essential Atlas Online Companion, p. 4.

[EA_196-31] The Essential Atlas, p. 196.

[EA_198-32] The Essential Atlas, p. 198.

[EA_226-33] The Essential Atlas, p. 226.

[YCAC-34] Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center.

[SWE_24-35] Empire 24: Idiot's Array, Part 1

[CS_65-36] "Counterstrike," p. 65.

[FOP_117-37] The Far Orbit Project, p. 117.

[RR-38] Rookies: Rendezvous.

[THoTS-39] "The Hovel on Terk Street."

[TUR_128-40] The Unknown Regions, p. 128.

[41] Star Wars: Darth Maul 2.

[TOT_52-42] Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine, p. 52.

[SA_58-43] 43.0 ^43.1 The Clone Wars: Strange Allies, p. 58.

[SA_69-44] The Clone Wars: Strange Allies, p. 69.

[SA_48-45] The Clone Wars: Strange Allies, p. 48.

[SA_74-46] The Clone Wars: Strange Allies, p. 74.

[SotSR_32-47] Secrets of the Sisar Run, p. 32.

[ANH-48] 48.0 ^48.1 ^48.2 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope

[DB_archive-49] Archived image from the Databank.

[50] See, for example, Star Wars 2: Six Against the Galaxy, p. 11; Star Wars Manga: A New Hope, Part 1; Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition, Part 1; Chewbacca 4; and the A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale webstrip.

[51] "Endnotes for Star Wars: The Unknown Regions" — Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka — Daniel Wallace's StarWars.com Blog (backup link).

[HG_127-52] Hero's Guide, p. 127.

[SW7:26-53] Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils, p. 26.

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+|image=[[File:Morseerian UAA.jpg]]
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-|skincolor=Translucent;<ref name="UAA 99" /> [[Color/Legends|Gray]],<ref name="UAA 98">''[[Ultimate Alien Anthology]]'', p. 98.</ref> white,<ref name="ANHSE 1">[[Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition 1|''Star Wars: A New Hope&mdash;The Special Edition'' 1]]  comic book.</ref> green,<ref name="SOTE">[[Shadows of the Empire (comics)|''Shadows of the Empire'' comic]].</ref> purple, tan,<ref name="TT">"[[Tall Tales]]."</ref> brown<ref name="TSC">[[Star Wars: The Saga Collection]].</ref><ref name="head">''[[Alien Anthology]],'' p. 88, and ''[[Ultimate Alien Anthology]],'' p. 99, both say that Morseerians have translucent skin. However, the Hasbro action figure of [[Nabrun Leids/Legends|Nabrun Leids]], part of the [[Star Wars: The Saga Collection]] line, shows that the skin of the head is exposed and opaque.</ref>
+|skincolor=Translucent;<ref name="UAA 99" /> [[Color/Legends|Gray]],<ref name="UAA 98">''[[Ultimate Alien Anthology]]'', p. 98.</ref> white,<ref name="ANHSE 1">[[Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition 1|''Star Wars: A New Hope&mdash;The Special Edition'' 1]] comic book.</ref> green,<ref name="SOTE">[[Shadows of the Empire (comics)|''Shadows of the Empire'' comic]].</ref> purple, tan,<ref name="TT">"[[Tall Tales]]."</ref> brown<ref name="TSC">[[Star Wars: The Saga Collection]].</ref><ref name="head">''[[Alien Anthology]],'' p. 88, and ''[[Ultimate Alien Anthology]],'' p. 99, both say that Morseerians have translucent skin. However, the Hasbro action figure of [[Nabrun Leids/Legends|Nabrun Leids]], part of the [[Star Wars: The Saga Collection]] line, shows that the skin of the head is exposed and opaque.</ref>
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+|lifespan=80 [[Standard year/Legends|standard years]]<ref name="UAA 99" />
+|planet=Unidentified [[Morseerian homeworld]]<ref name="UAA 99" />
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+|language=[[Morseerian (language)|Morseerian]]<ref name="UAA 100">''[[Ultimate Alien Anthology]],'' p. 100.</ref>
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 *[[Nabrun Leids/Legends|Nabrun Leids]]<ref name="NL CCG">{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=Premiere-Light/large/nabrunleids.gif|cardname=Nabrun Leids}}.</ref>}}
 {{Quote|Good afternoon, Kalend, Rycar, Kal, Elis, Nabrun, Az-Iban&hellip;thank you for coming. I trust the refreshments are adequate. I have some merchandise I need moved along the Sisar Run. It is quite an important cargo, so I've contacted each of you to make the run to ensure that at least some of it gets through. Your crew will be paid 5,000 credits for the run, with a 5,000 credit bonus if you are the first to deliver your final payload. Those who are interested, remain seated. Those who are not, please leave.|Mal Biron, offering a cargo to Nabrun Leids and a number of other smugglers|Secrets of the Sisar Run}}
-The '''Morseerians''' were a [[Sentience/Legends|sentient]] [[Species/Legends|species]] distinguished by four [[limb/Legends|arms]] and [[Methane/Legends|methane]]-based respiration. Most of a Morseerian's body was covered in semitransparent skin that showed the underlying internal organs. The exception was the elongated head, which featured large, [[Color/Legends|black]] [[Eye/Legends|eye]]s, a small [[nose]], and a thin, triangle-shaped [[Mouth/Legends|mouth]]. When found on [[Planet/Legends|planet]]s with an [[Oxygen/Legends|oxygen]]-rich [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmosphere]], Morseerians wore full [[Enviro-suit|environment suits]] and [[Breath mask/Legends|breath mask]]s that provided the methane they needed to survive. They usually flew [[starship/Legends|ships]] that supported methane environments and employed crew members who could survive in such conditions.
+The '''Morseerians''' were a [[Sentience/Legends|sentient]] [[Species/Legends|species]] distinguished by four [[Limb/Legends|arms]] and [[Methane/Legends|methane]]-based respiration. Most of a Morseerian's body was covered in semitransparent skin that showed the underlying internal organs. The exception was the elongated head, which featured large, [[Color/Legends|black]] [[Eye/Legends|eyes]], a small [[Nose/Legends|nose]], and a thin, triangle-shaped [[Mouth/Legends|mouth]]. When found on [[Planet/Legends|planets]] with an [[Oxygen/Legends|oxygen]]-rich [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmosphere]], Morseerians wore full [[Enviro-suit|environment suits]] and [[Breath mask/Legends|breath masks]] that provided the methane they needed to survive. They usually flew [[Starship/Legends|ships]] that supported methane environments and employed crew members who could survive in such conditions.
 Morseerians carefully guarded the identity and location of their [[Morseerian homeworld|homeworld]] from outsiders, and little was known about their history or culture except that they were a reserved and secretive people who had several colonies&mdash;including the world [[Morseer]], for which they were named. The Morseerians were clients of the [[Drackmarian]]s of [[Quelii sector]]; after that species was defeated by the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], Morseer came under the dominion of the Empire. During the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], Imperial investigations into the location of the species' [[Homeworld/Legends|homeworld]] drove many members of the species to secretly support the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]]. A few Morseerians gained fame in [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]] at large, including the fighter [[Pilot/Legends|pilot]]&ndash;turned&ndash;[[Smuggler/Legends|smuggler]] [[Nabrun Leids/Legends|Nabrun Leids]].
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 ==Biology and appearance==
 {{Quote|Did you hear that?''"<br />"''What?''"<br />"''There's someone in here!|Morseerian pirates in their Mos Espa base hear Anakin Skywalker in the next room|Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine}}
-[[File:Morseerian AA.jpg|250px|upright|left|thumb|Morseerians wore environment suits and [[Breath mask/Legends|breath mask]]s to survive in methane-poor atmospheres.]]
+[[File:Morseerian AA.jpg|250px|upright|left|thumb|Morseerians wore environment suits and [[Breath mask/Legends|breath masks]] to survive in methane-poor atmospheres.]]
-Morseerians were a [[Sentience/Legends|sentient]], bipedal [[Species/Legends|species]] whose bodies were essentially [[Humanoid/Legends|humanoid]].<ref name="UAA 99" /> With rare exceptions,<ref>''[[Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy]],'' p. 14, shows a two-armed Morseerian.</ref> though, Morseerians had four [[limb/Legends|arms]] where humanoids had two.<ref name="UAA 99" /> While the upper two limbs were similar or slightly larger in size to those of a comparable [[Human/Legends|Human]],<ref name="TOT 51">''[[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine]],'' p. 51.</ref> the lower pair, which extended from a second set of shoulders, were slightly smaller.<ref name="TSC" /> These extra arms made them adept climbers and multi-taskers and aided them while grappling in combat<ref name="UAA 100" /> or wielding multiple weapons.<ref name="TT" /> While all Morseerians had opposing thumbs, individuals had varying numbers of digits on their hands: some had five per hand,<ref name="UAA 98" /> others had four,<ref name="TT">'"[[Tall Tales]]."</ref> while still others made do with three.<ref name="CSWE II 249">The image on p. 249 of ''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]],'' Vol. II, shows that Nabrun Leids has this arrangement. Nevertheless, the Hasbro action figure (see [[Star Wars: The Saga Collection]]) of the character features Leids with three fingers and a thumb on each hand. Darnada's Morseerian guard, featured in [[Star Wars: Darth Maul 2|''Star Wars: Darth Maul'' 2]], also has three-fingered hands.</ref>
+Morseerians were a [[Sentience/Legends|sentient]], bipedal [[Species/Legends|species]] whose bodies were essentially [[Humanoid/Legends|humanoid]].<ref name="UAA 99" /> With rare exceptions,<ref>''[[Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy]],'' p. 14, shows a two-armed Morseerian.</ref> though, Morseerians had four [[Limb/Legends|arms]] where humanoids had two.<ref name="UAA 99" /> While the upper two limbs were similar or slightly larger in size to those of a comparable [[Human/Legends|Human]],<ref name="TOT 51">''[[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine]],'' p. 51.</ref> the lower pair, which extended from a second set of shoulders, were slightly smaller.<ref name="TSC" /> These extra arms made them adept climbers and multi-taskers and aided them while grappling in combat<ref name="UAA 100" /> or wielding multiple weapons.<ref name="TT">'"[[Tall Tales]]."</ref> While all Morseerians had opposing thumbs, individuals had varying numbers of digits on their hands: some had five per hand,<ref name="UAA 98" /> others had four,<ref name="TT" /> while still others made do with three.<ref name="CSWE II 249">The image on p. 249 of ''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]],'' Vol. II, shows that Nabrun Leids has this arrangement. Nevertheless, the Hasbro action figure (see [[Star Wars: The Saga Collection]]) of the character features Leids with three fingers and a thumb on each hand. Darnada's Morseerian guard, featured in [[Darth Maul (2000) 2|''Star Wars: Darth Maul'' 2]], also has three-fingered hands.</ref>
-Morseerians had oblong,<ref name="UAA 99" /> conical heads<ref name="CRC 3">{{SWArchive|url=episode-iv/bts/article/f20030502/indexp2.html|text=Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases}}, p. 3.</ref> covered in overlapping scales of [[Color/Legends|brown]],<ref name="TSC" /> gray,<ref name="UAA 98" /> white,<ref name="ANHSE 1" /> green,<ref name="SOTE" /> purple, or tan.<ref name="TT" /><ref name="head" /> The rest of their bodies were covered in greenish,<ref name="TOT 50">''[[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine]],'' p. 50.</ref> translucent skin that revealed the inner workings of their organs and the flow of their [[Blood/Legends|blood]].<ref name="UAA 99" /><ref name="AA 88">''[[Alien Anthology]],'' p. 88.</ref> Their large, black [[Eye/Legends|eye]]s lacked pupils and were located above a tiny [[nose]] and a triangular [[Mouth/Legends|mouth]] slit.<ref name="UAA 99" /> Some members of the species had keen hearing.<ref name="TOT 56">''[[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine]],'' p. 56.</ref> Both [[Sexes/Legends|males and females]] had slender builds similar to those of Humans in their early teens,<ref name="AA 88" /> although [[breast]]s distinguished adult females from males.<ref>''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron 32: Mandatory Retirement, Part 1]]''.</ref> Morseerians stood from 1.5 to 1.7 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]] tall.<ref name="AA 88" /> They entered adolescence at age thirteen and adulthood at eighteen, and their life expectancy was eighty standard years.<ref name="UAA 99" />
+Morseerians had oblong,<ref name="UAA 99" /> conical heads<ref name="CRC 3">{{SWArchive|url=episode-iv/bts/article/f20030502/indexp2.html|text=Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases}}, p. 3.</ref> covered in overlapping scales of [[Color/Legends|brown]],<ref name="TSC" /> gray,<ref name="UAA 98" /> white,<ref name="ANHSE 1" /> green,<ref name="SOTE" /> purple, or tan.<ref name="TT" /><ref name="head" /> The rest of their bodies were covered in greenish,<ref name="TOT 50">''[[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine]],'' p. 50.</ref> translucent skin that revealed the inner workings of their organs and the flow of their [[Blood/Legends|blood]].<ref name="UAA 99" /><ref name="AA 88">''[[Alien Anthology]],'' p. 88.</ref> Their large, black [[Eye/Legends|eyes]] lacked pupils and were located above a tiny [[Nose/Legends|nose]] and a triangular [[Mouth/Legends|mouth]] slit.<ref name="UAA 99" /> Some members of the species had keen hearing.<ref name="TOT 56">''[[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine]],'' p. 56.</ref> Both [[Sexes/Legends|males and females]] had slender builds similar to those of Humans in their early teens,<ref name="AA 88" /> although [[Breast/Legends|breasts]] distinguished adult females from males.<ref>''[[X-Wing Rogue Squadron 32: Mandatory Retirement, Part 1]]''.</ref> Morseerians stood from 1.5 to 1.7 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]] tall.<ref name="AA 88" /> They entered adolescence at age thirteen and adulthood at eighteen, and their life expectancy was eighty standard years.<ref name="UAA 99" />
-In standard [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmosphere]]s, Morseerian biology required them to take special measures that made them look bizarre to strangers.<ref name="FF CAN5">{{FFCite|22|CAN5, ''Mos Eisley Cantina Characters''}}.</ref> Members of the species required [[Methane/Legends|methane]]-rich gas for respiration;<ref name="CVD 260">''[[Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary]],'' p. 260.</ref> exposure to an [[Oxygen/Legends|oxygen]]-rich, methane-poor atmosphere suffocated a Morseerian in [[Standard minute|minutes]].<ref name="UAA 100" /> Accordingly, those Morseerians encountered by outsiders almost always appeared in full [[Enviro-suit|environment suits]].<ref name="UAA 99" /> A typical example of this protective gear was form-fitting<ref name="UAA 100" />&mdash;although looser suits were also found<ref name="UAA 98" />&mdash;and included a complex [[Breath mask/Legends|breath mask]].<ref name="BTM">''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]''.</ref> It used an incorporated supply of methane<ref name="ItWoSW 14">''[[Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy]],'' p. 14.</ref> to create an atmosphere similar to that of the [[Morseerian homeworld|Morseerian home planet]]. Masks featured [[Goggles/Legends|goggles]] to protect the eyes and straps to attach to the head;<ref name="UAA 100" /> a side effect was that they made the wearer's voice sound mechanical, similar to a [[droid/Legends|droid's]] [[vocabulator/Legends|vocoder]].<ref name="TOT 49-50">''[[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine]],'' pp. 49&ndash;50.</ref> The durable suits rarely needed repairs or replacement and were built with redundant air pockets and filtration systems so that they still offered protection in the event of a tear or a puncture. Although inconvenient, such suits provided additional protection against airborne [[poison/Legends|toxins]].<ref name="UAA 100" /> On the other hand, they made their wearers vulnerable to fire, which could ignite the methane supply.<ref name="TOT 61">''[[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine]],'' p. 61.</ref>
+In standard [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmospheres]], Morseerian biology required them to take special measures that made them look bizarre to strangers.<ref name="FF CAN5">{{FFCite|22|CAN5, ''Mos Eisley Cantina Characters''}}.</ref> Members of the species required [[Methane/Legends|methane]]-rich gas for respiration;<ref name="CVD 260">''[[Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary]],'' p. 260.</ref> exposure to an [[Oxygen/Legends|oxygen]]-rich, methane-poor atmosphere suffocated a Morseerian in [[Standard minute/Legends|minutes]].<ref name="UAA 100" /> Accordingly, those Morseerians encountered by outsiders almost always appeared in full [[Enviro-suit|environment suits]].<ref name="UAA 99" /> A typical example of this protective gear was form-fitting<ref name="UAA 100" />&mdash;although looser suits were also found<ref name="UAA 98" />&mdash;and included a complex [[Breath mask/Legends|breath mask]].<ref name="BTM">''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]''.</ref> It used an incorporated supply of methane<ref name="ItWoSW 14">''[[Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy]],'' p. 14.</ref> to create an atmosphere similar to that of the [[Morseerian homeworld|Morseerian home planet]]. Masks featured [[Goggles/Legends|goggles]] to protect the eyes and straps to attach to the head;<ref name="UAA 100" /> a side effect was that they made the wearer's voice sound mechanical, similar to a [[Droid/Legends|droid's]] [[Vocabulator/Legends|vocoder]].<ref name="TOT 49-50">''[[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine]],'' pp. 49&ndash;50.</ref> The durable suits rarely needed repairs or replacement and were built with redundant air pockets and filtration systems so that they still offered protection in the event of a tear or a puncture. Although inconvenient, such suits provided additional protection against airborne [[Poison/Legends|toxins]].<ref name="UAA 100" /> On the other hand, they made their wearers vulnerable to fire, which could ignite the methane supply.<ref name="TOT 61">''[[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine]],'' p. 61.</ref>
 ==Society and culture==
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 Morseerians were introverted, laconic, and secretive. They preferred to keep to themselves, talking to strangers only to obtain information from them. This loner nature prompted Morseerians to avoid confrontation, although they were more than willing to defend themselves if targeted by others.<ref name="UAA 99" />
-The Morseerian obsession with secrecy was perhaps most pronounced with regard to the name and location of their [[Homeworld/Legends|homeworld]].<ref name="UAA 99" /> The planet was uncharted by any but the Morseerians themselves,<ref name="SWE 199">''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]],'' p. 199.</ref> although rumor placed it in the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]]. A Morseerian would rather [[Death/Legends|die]] than give up the location of the world.<ref name="UAA 99" /> As a result, little was known about their native culture and customs. The Morseerians were at least nominally under the protection of the [[Drackmarian]] species. Although the details of the relationship were unclear to outsiders,<ref name="TaBSB 110">''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]],'' p. 110.</ref> at least some Morseerians entered into individual contracts with Drackmarian overlords. Breaking such an agreement earned not only the enmity of the Drackmarian master but also a [[bounty/Legends|price]] on the Morseerian's head.<ref name="SotSR 31" >''[[Secrets of the Sisar Run]],'' p. 31.</ref>
+The Morseerian obsession with secrecy was perhaps most pronounced with regard to the name and location of their [[Homeworld/Legends|homeworld]].<ref name="UAA 99" /> The planet was uncharted by any but the Morseerians themselves,<ref name="SWE 199">''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]],'' p. 199.</ref> although rumor placed it in the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]]. A Morseerian would rather [[Death/Legends|die]] than give up the location of the world.<ref name="UAA 99" /> As a result, little was known about their native culture and customs. The Morseerians were at least nominally under the protection of the [[Drackmarian]] species. Although the details of the relationship were unclear to outsiders,<ref name="TaBSB 110">''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]],'' p. 110.</ref> at least some Morseerians entered into individual contracts with Drackmarian overlords. Breaking such an agreement earned not only the enmity of the Drackmarian master but also a [[Bounty/Legends|price]] on the Morseerian's head.<ref name="SotSR 31" >''[[Secrets of the Sisar Run]],'' p. 31.</ref>
 Morseerians spoke [[Morseerian (language)|a language of the same name]]. Many learned to speak [[Galactic Basic Standard|Basic]]<ref name="AA 88" /> or [[Huttese/Legends|Huttese]],<ref name="TOT 50" /> although these were by no means universal skills.<ref name="UAA 100" /> Morseerians had two-part names. Examples included Chall Bekan,<ref name="CB CCG" /> Myor Devker, Shalthan Leeru, Nabrun Leids, Bargeth Relb, Nilek Rillion, and Flyrl Sacorbel.<ref name="UAA 99" />
-The species had access to galactic-standard technology and manufactured [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]]-capable [[Starship/Legends|starship]]s. Morseerian craft were oval-shaped vessels that ranged in size from small [[Shuttle/Legends|shuttle]]s to [[Bulk freighter/Legends|bulk freighter]]s. Such ships provided their crew and passengers with a methane-rich atmosphere so that their occupants could move about freely with no need for environment suits.<ref name="UAA 99" />
+The species had access to galactic-standard technology and manufactured [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]]-capable [[Starship/Legends|starships]]. Morseerian craft were oval-shaped vessels that ranged in size from small [[Shuttle/Legends|shuttles]] to [[Bulk freighter/Legends|bulk freighters]]. Such ships provided their crew and passengers with a methane-rich atmosphere so that their occupants could move about freely with no need for environment suits.<ref name="UAA 99" />
 ==History==
 {{Quote|What's that? A sick worrt?''"<br />"''Nah, dirty womp rat vermin.|Morseerian pirates, mistaking Anakin Skywalker for a womp rat|Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine}}
 [[File:ChallBekan-CCG.png|thumb|left|Although Morseerians tended to support the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War, Chall Bekan worked as an informant for the Empire on Tatooine.]]
-The Morseerians evolved on a world known only to them, rumored to be somewhere in the Outer Rim. They lived on the fringes of [[the galaxy/Legends|galactic]] [[Galactic community|community]] for more than 12,000 years before the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]]. At some point, they learned the workings of hyperspace technology and spread from their homeworld, whose location they were able to protect from outsiders. They also perfected their own starship designs. Morseerians found a niche just on the edges of galactic society, many taking up employment as galactic [[merchant|traders]]. At some point, they encountered merchants from the [[Squib]] species and established favorable trading status. The Morseerians founded colonies, the locations of which were not as closely guarded as that of their homeworld. The species came to be known as Morseerians after the colony world of [[Morseer]],<ref name="UAA 99" /> in the [[Morseer system]] of the Outer Rim Territories.<ref name="EA 236">''[[The Essential Atlas]],'' p. 236.</ref> They preferred environments conducive to their physiology; Morseer had a methane-rich atmosphere, for example, with vegetation beyond recognition to species only familiar with the [[plant/Legends|flora]] of worlds with [[nitrogen]]&ndash;oxygen atmospheres.<ref name="TaBSB 104">''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]],'' p. 104.</ref>
+The Morseerians evolved on a world known only to them, rumored to be somewhere in the Outer Rim. They lived on the fringes of [[The galaxy/Legends|galactic]] [[Galactic community|community]] for more than 12,000 years before the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]]. At some point, they learned the workings of hyperspace technology and spread from their homeworld, whose location they were able to protect from outsiders. They also perfected their own starship designs. Morseerians found a niche just on the edges of galactic society, many taking up employment as galactic [[Merchant/Legends|traders]]. At some point, they encountered merchants from the [[Squib]] species and established favorable trading status. The Morseerians founded colonies, the locations of which were not as closely guarded as that of their homeworld. The species came to be known as Morseerians after the colony world of [[Morseer]],<ref name="UAA 99" /> in the [[Morseer system]] of the Outer Rim Territories.<ref name="EA 236">''[[The Essential Atlas]],'' p. 236.</ref> They preferred environments conducive to their physiology; Morseer had a methane-rich atmosphere, for example, with vegetation beyond recognition to species only familiar with the [[Plant/Legends|flora]] of worlds with [[Nitrogen/Legends|nitrogen]]&ndash;oxygen atmospheres.<ref name="TaBSB 104">''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]],'' p. 104.</ref>
-At some point, the Morseerians came into conflict with a fellow methane-breathing species, the Drackmarians. The [[reptile/Legends|reptilians]] conquered the colony of Morseer,<ref name="AA 88" /> and the Morseerians became a client species under the protectorship of the Drackmarians<ref name="TaBSB 110" /> as part of the greater [[Quelii sector]].<ref name="EAC 4">''[[Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion|The Essential Atlas Online Companion]],'' p. 4.</ref>
+At some point, the Morseerians came into conflict with a fellow methane-breathing species, the Drackmarians. The [[Reptile/Legends|reptilians]] conquered the colony of Morseer,<ref name="AA 88" /> and the Morseerians became a client species under the protectorship of the Drackmarians<ref name="TaBSB 110" /> as part of the greater [[Quelii sector]].<ref name="EAC 4">''[[Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion|The Essential Atlas Online Companion]],'' p. 4.</ref>
-During the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], the Drackmarians opposed the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] but were defeated and subjugated. Morseer was among the worlds claimed by the Empire as spoils of war, although the species officially remained clients of the Drackmarians.<ref name="TaBSB 104" /> The new government instigated an initiative to locate the Morseerian homeworld, and the four-armed species began to secretly report to the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] on Imperial troop and fleet deployments. Nevertheless, few Morseerians openly supported the Rebellion,<ref name="UAA 100" /> and a few even aided the Empire instead.<ref name="CB CCG" /> In the end, the efforts of the Rebel sympathizers paid off, and the species' home system remained shrouded in secrecy.<ref name="AA 88" /> Following the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]] of [[4 ABY]], Morseer and the Quelii sector came under the control of the Imperial warlord [[Zsinj]],<ref name="EA 196">''[[The Essential Atlas]],'' p. 196.</ref> only to be annexed by the remnants of the Empire upon Zsinj's death.<ref name="EA 198">''[[The Essential Atlas]],'' p. 198.</ref> By [[137 ABY]], Morseer had fallen within a region of space controlled by [[Darth Krayt]] as part of his [[Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire|Sith Empire]].<ref name="EA 226">''[[The Essential Atlas]],'' p. 226.</ref>
+During the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], the Drackmarians opposed the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] but were defeated and subjugated. Morseer was among the worlds claimed by the Empire as spoils of war, although the species officially remained clients of the Drackmarians.<ref name="TaBSB 104" /> The new government instigated an initiative to locate the Morseerian homeworld, and the four-armed species began to secretly report to the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] on Imperial troop and fleet deployments. Nevertheless, few Morseerians openly supported the Rebellion,<ref name="UAA 100" /> and a few even aided the Empire instead.<ref name="CB CCG" /> In the end, the efforts of the Rebel sympathizers paid off, and the species' home system remained shrouded in secrecy.<ref name="AA 88" /> Following the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]] of [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]], Morseer and the Quelii sector came under the control of the Imperial warlord [[Zsinj]],<ref name="EA 196">''[[The Essential Atlas]],'' p. 196.</ref> only to be annexed by the remnants of the Empire upon Zsinj's death.<ref name="EA 198">''[[The Essential Atlas]],'' p. 198.</ref> By [[137 ABY]], Morseer had fallen within a region of space controlled by [[Darth Krayt]] as part of his [[Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire|Sith Empire]].<ref name="EA 226">''[[The Essential Atlas]],'' p. 226.</ref>
 ==Morseerians in the galaxy==
 [[File:Moorseerian.png|thumb|right|upright|Nabrun Leids left a career as a fighter pilot to smuggle in the Outer Rim.]]
-Although far from common and rarely seen further [[Core Worlds/Legends|Coreward]] than the [[Expansion Region/Legends|Expansion Region]], Morseerians were encountered on their colonies and at the fringes of society on other worlds.<ref name="UAA 99" /> Morseerian [[Spacer/Legends|spacer]]s preferred ships of their own design or outdated freighters from other manufacturers that had been modified to provide a methane atmosphere.<ref name="UAA 99" /> Crews of such vessels tended to be other Morseerians or members of species comfortable in such conditions, such as [[Chadra-Fan/Legends|Chadra-Fan]] and [[Gand/Legends|Gand]].<ref name="SotSR 31" />
+Although far from common and rarely seen further [[Core Worlds/Legends|Coreward]] than the [[Expansion Region/Legends|Expansion Region]], Morseerians were encountered on their colonies and at the fringes of society on other worlds.<ref name="UAA 99" /> Morseerian [[Spacer/Legends|spacers]] preferred ships of their own design or outdated freighters from other manufacturers that had been modified to provide a methane atmosphere.<ref name="UAA 99" /> Crews of such vessels tended to be other Morseerians or members of species comfortable in such conditions, such as [[Chadra-Fan/Legends|Chadra-Fan]] and [[Gand/Legends|Gand]].<ref name="SotSR 31" />
-Because many Morseerians in the greater galaxy took up trading,<ref name="UAA 99" /> merchants were in many ways the public face of the species.<ref name="UAA 100" /> They preferred to deal with partners with whom they had enjoyed good relations and a bit of luck in the past, particularly Squibs.<ref name="UAA 99" /> Morseerians were spotted in [[Cantina/Legends|cantina]]s and [[Spaceport/Legends|spaceport]]s across the galaxy, including one in [[Mos Espa/Legends|Mos Espa]] on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]],<ref name="YCAC">''[[Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center]]''.</ref> [[Void Station]],<ref name="SWE 24">''[[Star Wars: Empire 24: Idiot's Array, Part 1]]''</ref> the [[Lazy Bergruutfa Cantina]] on [[Betha II]],<ref name="CS 65">"[[Counterstrike]]," p. 65.</ref> [[StarForge Station]],<ref name="FOP 117">''[[The Far Orbit Project]],'' p. 117.</ref> the [[Power Dive]] on [[Ord Mantell/Legends|Ord Mantell]],<ref name="RR">''[[Rookies: Rendezvous]].''</ref> and [[Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina]] on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]].<ref name="THoTS">"[[The Hovel on Terk Street]]."</ref> At least a few Morseerians ventured into the [[Unknown Regions/Legends|Unknown Regions]] and joined the roving [[Ebruchi]] pirates, an adoption that involved them accepting Ebruchi culture as well.<ref name="TUR 128">''[[The Unknown Regions]]'', p. 128.</ref>
+Because many Morseerians in the greater galaxy took up trading,<ref name="UAA 99" /> merchants were in many ways the public face of the species.<ref name="UAA 100" /> They preferred to deal with partners with whom they had enjoyed good relations and a bit of luck in the past, particularly Squibs.<ref name="UAA 99" /> Morseerians were spotted in [[Cantina/Legends|cantinas]] and [[Spaceport/Legends|spaceports]] across the galaxy, including one in [[Mos Espa/Legends|Mos Espa]] on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]],<ref name="YCAC">''[[Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center]]''.</ref> [[Void Station]],<ref name="SWE 24">''[[Empire 24: Idiot's Array, Part 1]]''</ref> the [[Lazy Bergruutfa Cantina]] on [[Betha II]],<ref name="CS 65">"[[Counterstrike]]," p. 65.</ref> [[StarForge Station]],<ref name="FOP 117">''[[The Far Orbit Project]],'' p. 117.</ref> the [[Power Dive]] on [[Ord Mantell/Legends|Ord Mantell]],<ref name="RR">''[[Rookies: Rendezvous]].''</ref> and [[Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina]] on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]].<ref name="THoTS">"[[The Hovel on Terk Street]]."</ref> At least a few Morseerians ventured into the [[Unknown Regions/Legends|Unknown Regions]] and joined the roving [[Ebruchi]] pirates, an adoption that involved them accepting Ebruchi culture as well.<ref name="TUR 128">''[[The Unknown Regions]]'', p. 128.</ref>
-A Morseerian guard served the [[Black Sun/Legends|Black Sun]] [[Vigo]] [[Darnada]] in [[33 BBY]]; like the rest of Darnada's entourage, the Morseerian was killed in a strike by the [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] [[Darth Maul/Legends|Darth Maul]].<ref>[[Star Wars: Darth Maul 2|''Star Wars: Darth Maul'' 2]].</ref> A pair of [[unidentified Morseerian pirates|Morseerian pirates]] had a base on Tatooine; when on the planet, they sometimes traded with the [[Toydarian/Legends|Toydarian]] trader [[Watto/Legends|Watto]] for spare parts.<ref name="TOT 50" /> In [[32 BBY]], the [[Pirate/Legends|pirate]]s had accumulated a large stash of hard [[Currency/Legends|currency]] in various denominations.<ref name="TOT 52">''[[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine]],'' p. 52.</ref> While in the next room, they heard someone in the treasure chamber, but upon investigation it seemed like nothing more than a [[Womp rat/Legends|womp rat]]. Later, though, they heard the unmistakable sound of someone going through their treasure chest. There, they found a young Human boy&mdash;unbeknownst to them, a nine-year old [[Slavery/Legends|slave]] named [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]], who was leading a group of escaped slave children to a rendezvous with [[Smuggler/Legends|smuggler]]s who would take them from the planet. The child attacked them with a [[beamdrill]], the flame of which would have ignited the methane supplies in their suits. When the boy escaped with a portion of their loot into the sewers, the narrow entrance would not permit the Morseerians to follow him, and he got away.<ref name="TOT 61" /> During the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], a [[Unidentified Morseerian orphan|Morseerian orphan]] was one of ten [[Youngling/Legends|youngling]]s kidnapped from the planet [[Abregado-rae]] by the [[Twi'lek/Legends|Twi'lek]] woman [[Kuvuta Pindi]]<ref name="SA 58">''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Strange Allies]]'', p. 58.</ref> for transport to the [[Neimoidian/Legends|Neimoidian]] criminal [[Dool Pundar]] on the planet [[Foless]], where they were to be sold into [[Slavery/Legends|slavery]].<ref name="SA 69">''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Strange Allies]]'', p. 69.</ref> The Twi'lek conned the [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] [[Nuru Kungurama]] and his partner, [[Gizman|Big Gizz]], to help her by claiming she was transporting the children to a placement center for the [[Republic Children's Aid]] organization.<ref name="SA 48">''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Strange Allies]]'', p. 48.</ref> However, upon arrival at Foless, [[Foless Spaceport Authority]] alerted Kungurama and Giz to Pindi's scheme.<ref name="SA 58" /> The two rescued the Morseerian and the other orphans, who were then placed with families.<ref name="SA 74">''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Strange Allies]]'', p. 74.</ref>
+A Morseerian guard served the [[Black Sun/Legends|Black Sun]] [[Vigo/Legends|Vigo]] [[Darnada]] in [[33 BBY/Legends|33 BBY]]; like the rest of Darnada's entourage, the Morseerian was killed in a strike by the [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] [[Darth Maul/Legends|Darth Maul]].<ref>[[Darth Maul (2000) 2|''Star Wars: Darth Maul'' 2]].</ref> A pair of [[Unidentified Morseerian pirates|Morseerian pirates]] had a base on Tatooine; when on the planet, they sometimes traded with the [[Toydarian/Legends|Toydarian]] trader [[Watto/Legends|Watto]] for spare parts.<ref name="TOT 50" /> In [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]], the [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] had accumulated a large stash of hard [[Currency/Legends|currency]] in various denominations.<ref name="TOT 52">''[[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine]],'' p. 52.</ref> While in the next room, they heard someone in the treasure chamber, but upon investigation it seemed like nothing more than a [[Womp rat/Legends|womp rat]]. Later, though, they heard the unmistakable sound of someone going through their treasure chest. There, they found a young Human boy&mdash;unbeknownst to them, a nine-year old [[Slavery/Legends|slave]] named [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]], who was leading a group of escaped slave children to a rendezvous with [[Smuggler/Legends|smugglers]] who would take them from the planet. The child attacked them with a [[beamdrill]], the flame of which would have ignited the methane supplies in their suits. When the boy escaped with a portion of their loot into the sewers, the narrow entrance would not permit the Morseerians to follow him, and he got away.<ref name="TOT 61" /> During the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], a [[Unidentified Morseerian orphan|Morseerian orphan]] was one of ten [[Youngling/Legends|younglings]] kidnapped from the planet [[Abregado-rae]] by the [[Twi'lek/Legends|Twi'lek]] woman [[Kuvuta Pindi]]<ref name="SA 58">''[[The Clone Wars: Strange Allies]]'', p. 58.</ref> for transport to the [[Neimoidian/Legends|Neimoidian]] criminal [[Dool Pundar]] on the planet [[Foless/Legends|Foless]], where they were to be sold into [[Slavery/Legends|slavery]].<ref name="SA 69">''[[The Clone Wars: Strange Allies]]'', p. 69.</ref> The Twi'lek conned the [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] [[Nuru Kungurama]] and his partner, [[Gizman|Big Gizz]], to help her by claiming she was transporting the children to a placement center for the [[Republic Children's Aid]] organization.<ref name="SA 48">''[[The Clone Wars: Strange Allies]]'', p. 48.</ref> However, upon arrival at Foless, [[Foless Spaceport Authority]] alerted Kungurama and Giz to Pindi's scheme.<ref name="SA 58" /> The two rescued the Morseerian and the other orphans, who were then placed with families.<ref name="SA 74">''[[The Clone Wars: Strange Allies]]'', p. 74.</ref>
-Another Morseerian spacer of note was [[Nabrun Leids/Legends|Nabrun Leids]]. Although more than qualified as a [[Pilot/Legends|fighter pilot]],<ref name="FF CAN5" /> he broke his contract with a Drackmarian [[warlord]] named [[Omogg]] who operated in the Quelii sector. Leids earned a bounty for his trouble and fled into the Outer Rim.<ref name="SotSR 31" /> There he traded a life of high-speed dogfights for one of smuggling. Leids flew a modified [[Ghtroc Industries/Legends|Ghtroc Industries]] [[Class 720 freighter|720 freighter]] called the ''[[Scarlet Vertha]]''<ref name="CSWE II 249" /> and specialized in moving cargos between the [[Sisar Run]] and the [[Triellus Trade Route/Legends|Triellus Trade Route]] that led to Tatooine.<ref name="SotSR 31" /> For the right price, he offered his services to transport passengers anywhere they needed to go.<ref name="NL CCG" /> At some point, Leids began a partnership with the [[Bimm (Near-Human)|Bimm]] smuggler [[Rycar Ryjerd]]. Although the two eventually parted company and found themselves competing for the same cargos, they maintained a competitive camaraderie.<ref name="SotSR 32">''[[Secrets of the Sisar Run]],'' p. 32.</ref> In fact, Leids and Ryjerd were both present at the Mos Eisley Cantina in [[0 BBY]] when [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] and [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] chartered the services of [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] and [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] for transit to [[Alderaan/Legends|Alderaan]].<ref name="ANH">[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']]</ref> In [[3 ABY]], Leids and his crew entered a smuggling race against Ryjerd and others. They took on a cargo from the [[Shistavanen/Legends|Shistavanen]] [[Mal Biron]] on the planet [[Sriluur/Legends|Sriluur]] with the understanding that the team who delivered their cargo first would win a larger and more profitable cargo later.<ref name="SotSR 31" />
+Another Morseerian spacer of note was [[Nabrun Leids/Legends|Nabrun Leids]]. Although more than qualified as a [[Pilot/Legends|fighter pilot]],<ref name="FF CAN5" /> he broke his contract with a Drackmarian [[Warlord/Legends|warlord]] named [[Omogg]] who operated in the Quelii sector. Leids earned a bounty for his trouble and fled into the Outer Rim.<ref name="SotSR 31" /> There he traded a life of high-speed dogfights for one of smuggling. Leids flew a modified [[Ghtroc Industries/Legends|Ghtroc Industries]] [[Class 720 freighter|720 freighter]] called the [[Scarlet Vertha/Legends|''Scarlet Vertha'']]<ref name="CSWE II 249" /> and specialized in moving cargos between the [[Sisar Run]] and the [[Triellus Trade Route/Legends|Triellus Trade Route]] that led to Tatooine.<ref name="SotSR 31" /> For the right price, he offered his services to transport passengers anywhere they needed to go.<ref name="NL CCG" /> At some point, Leids began a partnership with the [[Bimm (Near-Human)|Bimm]] smuggler [[Rycar Ryjerd/Legends|Rycar Ryjerd]]. Although the two eventually parted company and found themselves competing for the same cargos, they maintained a competitive camaraderie.<ref name="SotSR 32">''[[Secrets of the Sisar Run]],'' p. 32.</ref> In fact, Leids and Ryjerd were both present at the Mos Eisley Cantina in [[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]] when [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] and [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] chartered the services of [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] and [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] for transit to [[Alderaan/Legends|Alderaan]].<ref name="ANH">[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']]</ref> In [[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]], Leids and his crew entered a smuggling race against Ryjerd and others. They took on a cargo from the [[Shistavanen/Legends|Shistavanen]] [[Mal Biron]] on the planet [[Sriluur/Legends|Sriluur]] with the understanding that the team who delivered their cargo first would win a larger and more profitable cargo later.<ref name="SotSR 31" />
 [[Chall Bekan]] was another Morseerian who lived on Tatooine. During the Galactic Civil War, he became the leader of a cadre of non-Human informants. Bekan and his associates reported on the activities of both [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba the Hutt]] and the Rebel Alliance.<ref name="CB CCG" />
 {{Talesstart}}
-Some time after the establishment of the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]], two Morseerians were present in a cantina patronized by smuggler Han Solo on an unidentified planet. The first was sitting at the bar, but the second burst into the cantina and seized a young Human who had been playing [[Sabacc/Legends|sabacc]] with Solo. The [[Amara's son|boy]] was the son of [[Senator/Legends|Senator]] [[Amara (Human)|Amara]] and the Morseerian claimed that he would be taken hostage for the Black Sun criminal organization. Nevertheless, the Morseerian was killed when Solo shot him with his [[Blaster/Legends|blaster]] and freed the prisoner.<ref name="TT">"[[Tall Tales]]."</ref>
+Some time after the establishment of the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]], two Morseerians were present in a cantina patronized by smuggler Han Solo on an unidentified planet. The first was sitting at the bar, but the second burst into the cantina and seized a young Human who had been playing [[Sabacc/Legends|sabacc]] with Solo. The [[Amara's son|boy]] was the son of [[Senator/Legends|Senator]] [[Amara (Human)|Amara]] and the Morseerian claimed that he would be taken hostage for the Black Sun criminal organization. Nevertheless, the Morseerian was killed when Solo shot him with his [[Blaster/Legends|blaster]] and freed the prisoner.<ref name="TT" />
 {{Talesend}}
-No known [[the Force/Legends|Force-using]] tradition existed among the Morseerians, although some were rumored to have been [[Force Adept|Force adepts]] capable of tapping into the energy field. No Morseerian was ever known to have become a [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]], nor were there any records of encounters between the species and the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]].<ref name="UAA 100" /> Nevertheless, the fact that few outsiders ever saw a Morseerian without an environment suit meant that the presence of a Morseerian Jedi could not be ruled out.<ref name="AA 88" />
+No known [[The Force/Legends|Force-using]] tradition existed among the Morseerians, although some were rumored to have been [[Force Adept|Force adepts]] capable of tapping into the energy field. No Morseerian was ever known to have become a [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]], nor were there any records of encounters between the species and the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]].<ref name="UAA 100" /> Nevertheless, the fact that few outsiders ever saw a Morseerian without an environment suit meant that the presence of a Morseerian Jedi could not be ruled out.<ref name="AA 88" />
 ==Behind the scenes==
 {{Quote| I'm intrigued by the Morseerians in particular. This four-armed, gas mask-wearing species is prominently featured in the ''A New Hope'' cantina scene (and has even been immortalized in plastic) but almost nothing about them has ever been revealed in spinoff material. (And now I missed my chance, dammit.)|Daniel Wallace|url=http://blogs.starwars.com/danwallace/168}}
 [[File:Morseerian concept sketch.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Concept art shows a Morseerian with two arms instead of four and with no gas mask.]]
-The Morseerian species was designed as one of the background characters of the cantina scene of [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']], released in [[1977]].<ref name="CRC 3" /> A production sketch shows that the species was at one point envisioned with no gas mask, pointed ears, and two double-jointed arms instead of four Human-like ones.<ref name="DB archive">[http://web.archive.org/web/20020204035033/www.starwars.com/databank/character/kitikkeedkak/bts.html Archived image] from the [[Databank (original)|Databank]].</ref> Two Morseerian characters were created.<ref name="ANH" /> During production and principal photography in London, England, the four-armed aliens were known as the "Plutonians" or "Squid Heads," the latter nickname later being applied to [[Tessek/Legends|another squid-like alien]] during the filming of [[Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi|''Star Wars'': Episode VI ''Return of the Jedi'']]. The four-armed alien's official name was slated to be "Quidultii."<ref name="CRC 3" /> One of the characters is visible in the film near the bar, while [[Unidentified Morseerian (Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina)|the other]] sits in a booth.<ref name="ANH" /> The Morseerian at the bar was played by a female extra.<ref name="CRC 3" />
+The Morseerian species was designed as one of the background characters of the cantina scene of [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']], released in [[1977]].<ref name="CRC 3" /> A production sketch shows that the species was at one point envisioned with no gas mask, pointed ears, and two double-jointed arms instead of four Human-like ones.<ref name="DB archive">[http://web.archive.org/web/20020204035033/www.starwars.com/databank/character/kitikkeedkak/bts.html Archived image] from the [[Databank (original)|Databank]].</ref> Two Morseerian characters were created.<ref name="ANH" /> During production and principal photography in London, England, the four-armed aliens were known as the "Plutonians" or "Squid Heads," the latter nickname later being applied to [[Tessek/Legends|another squid-like alien]] during the filming of [[Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi|''Star Wars'': Episode VI ''Return of the Jedi'']]. The four-armed alien's official name was slated to be "Quidultii."<ref name="CRC 3" /> One of the characters is visible in the film near the bar, while the other sits in a booth.<ref name="ANH" /> The Morseerian at the bar was played by a female extra.<ref name="CRC 3" />
-In [[1995]], the game company [[Decipher, Inc.]] established the character to be a male pilot named Nabrun Leids and a member of the newly dubbed Morseerian species.<ref name="CRC 3" /> ''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]]'' by [[Kathy Tyers]] and [[Eric S. Trautmann]] in [[1996]] added a few new details about the species, such as the connection between the Morseerians and the Drackmarians. The species' background was more fully fleshed out in ''[[Alien Anthology]],'' a [[2001]] release by [[Steve Miller]] and [[Owen K.C. Stephens]]. Other appearances of the species have either been cameos (including the non-canon stories "[[The Emperor's Court]]" and "[[Smuggler's Blues]]") or recreations and flashbacks of the ''A New Hope'' cantina scene.<ref>See, for example, ''[[Star Wars 2: Six Against the Galaxy]],'' p. 11; ''[[Star Wars Manga: A New Hope]],'' Part 1; ''[[Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition]],'' Part 1; [[star Wars: Chewbacca 4|''Chewbacca'' 4]]; and the [[A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale (webstrip)|''A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale'' webstrip]].</ref> In [[2010]], author [[Daniel Wallace]] included a reference to the Morseerians in the Wizards of the Coast book ''[[The Unknown Regions]]''. In his blog, Wallace revealed that this was because the Morseerians are an "Unknown Regions species." He also lamented not taking the opportunity to flesh the species out more fully in the book.<ref>{{Blog|danwallace|168|Endnotes for Star Wars: The Unknown Regions|Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka|Daniel Wallace}}.</ref>
+In [[1995]], the game company [[Decipher, Inc.]] established the character to be a male pilot named Nabrun Leids and a member of the newly dubbed Morseerian species.<ref name="CRC 3" /> ''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]]'' by [[Kathy Tyers]] and [[Eric S. Trautmann]] in [[1996]] added a few new details about the species, such as the connection between the Morseerians and the Drackmarians. The species' background was more fully fleshed out in ''[[Alien Anthology]],'' a [[2001]] release by [[Steve Miller]] and [[Owen K.C. Stephens]]. Other appearances of the species have either been cameos (including the non-canon stories "[[The Emperor's Court]]" and "[[Smuggler's Blues]]") or recreations and flashbacks of the ''A New Hope'' cantina scene.<ref>See, for example, ''[[Star Wars 2: Six Against the Galaxy]],'' p. 11; ''[[Star Wars Manga: A New Hope]],'' Part 1; ''[[Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition]],'' Part 1; [[Chewbacca (2000) 4|''Chewbacca'' 4]]; and the [[A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale (webstrip)|''A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale'' webstrip]].</ref> In [[2010]], author [[Daniel Wallace]] included a reference to the Morseerians in the Wizards of the Coast book ''[[The Unknown Regions]]''. In his blog, Wallace revealed that this was because the Morseerians are an "Unknown Regions species." He also lamented not taking the opportunity to flesh the species out more fully in the book.<ref>{{Blog|danwallace|168|Endnotes for Star Wars: The Unknown Regions|Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka|Daniel Wallace|archivedate=20120520173334}}.</ref>
 Although Morseerian characters appeared in [[West End Games]]' ''[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game]],'' the species was never presented in a format useful to players who wished to portray such characters. In the game's rules, Morseerians receive an extra action each turn due to their four arms.<ref name="SotSR 31" /> The [[Wizards of the Coast]] version of the game, the ''[[Star Wars Roleplaying Game]]'', explicitly allows Morseerian characters. Such individuals have no appreciable differences from Humans except for their four limbs and dependency on methane.<ref name="UAA 100" /> Special rules govern Morseerians who wish to grapple foes in combat, as their four arms give them advantages over two-armed species.<ref name="HG 127">''[[Hero's Guide]],'' p. 127.</ref>
-''[[Episode I Adventures Game Book 8: Trouble on Tatooine]]'' allows a player to take the role of one of the characters of [[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine|the novel version of the story]] as the children make their way through the sewers of Mos Espa. The player may choose to portray Anakin Skywalker or his friends, [[Arawynne]], [[Dorn]], [[Kitster Chanchani Banai|Kitster Banai]], or [[Pala Kwi'teksa]]. The main sequence of events is identical to the novel version, although details may vary depending on whether the player succeeds or fails at various tasks. The choice of character also changes whom exactly the Morseerian pirates encounter. This article assumes that the novel version of the events is [[canon]]ical.
+''[[Episode I Adventures Game Book 8: Trouble on Tatooine]]'' allows a player to take the role of one of the characters of [[Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine|the novel version of the story]] as the children make their way through the sewers of Mos Espa. The player may choose to portray Anakin Skywalker or his friends, [[Arawynne]], [[Dorn/Legends|Dorn]], [[Kitster Chanchani Banai|Kitster Banai]], or [[Pala Kwi'teksa]]. The main sequence of events is identical to the novel version, although details may vary depending on whether the player succeeds or fails at various tasks. The choice of character also changes whom exactly the Morseerian pirates encounter. This article assumes that the novel version of the events is [[canon]]ical.
-Morseerian-like characters appear in two issues of the Marvel ''Star Wars'' comic book, but neither is conclusively identified by species. [[:File:Possible Morseerian on Aduba-3.jpg|One of these]] is seen running from Han Solo and Chewbacca after a blaster fight on [[Aduba-3]].<ref name="SW7:26">''[[Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils!|Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils]],'' p. 26.</ref> The second is the [[Pig-face's boyfriend|boyfriend]] of a woman Solo dubs "[[Pig-face]]," who gets into a bar fight with the smuggler on Aduba-3 to defend his girlfriend.<ref name="SW8:3">''[[Star Wars 8: Eight for Aduba-3]],'' p. 3.</ref>
+Morseerian-like characters appear in two issues of the Marvel ''Star Wars'' comic book, but neither is conclusively identified by species. [[:File:Possible Morseerian on Aduba-3.jpg|One of these]] is seen running from Han Solo and Chewbacca after a blaster fight on [[Aduba-3/Legends|Aduba-3]].<ref name="SW7:26">''[[Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils!|Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils]],'' p. 26.</ref> The second is the [[Pig-face's boyfriend|boyfriend]] of a woman Solo dubs "[[Pig-face]]," who gets into a bar fight with the smuggler on Aduba-3 to defend his girlfriend.<ref name="SW8:3">''[[Star Wars 8: Eight for Aduba-3]],'' p. 3.</ref>
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 *''[[Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center]]''
-*''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Strange Allies]]''
+*''[[The Clone Wars: Strange Allies]]''
 *''[[Star Wars: X-Wing]]''
 *[[A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale (webstrip)|''A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale'' webstrip]]
 *{{Tales|6|The Hovel on Terk Street}}
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-*''[[Star Wars: Empire 24: Idiot's Array, Part 1]]''
+*''[[Empire 24: Idiot's Array, Part 1]]''
 *''[[Shadows of the Empire 3]]''
 *{{WEGCite|book=Secrets of the Sisar Run|text=''Secrets of the Sisar Run''|story=Running the Sisar|stext=''Running the Sisar''}}
-*''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron 32: Mandatory Retirement, Part 1]]''
+*''[[X-Wing Rogue Squadron 32: Mandatory Retirement, Part 1]]''
 *{{Tales|19|Tall Tales}}
-*''[[Star Wars: Chewbacca]]'' {{Flash}}
+*[[Star Wars: Chewbacca (Dark Horse)|''Star Wars: Chewbacca'']] {{Flash}}
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 *''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace]]'' {{Hologram}}
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+*''[[Heroes & Rogues]]'' {{Po}}
 *{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=Premiere-Light/large/nabrunleids.gif|cardname=Nabrun Leids}} {{1stID}}<!--1995-->
 *{{CCG|set=Premiere Limited|link=premiere/ls/tatooinecantina.gif|cardname=Tatooine: Cantina}} {{Po}}<!--1995-->
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 *[[Star Wars: The Magic of Myth (book)|''Star Wars: The Magic of Myth'' (book)]] {{C|Concept design}}<!--Nov 1997-->
 *''[[The Far Orbit Project]]''<!--April 1998-->
-*{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995)|link=POTF2cantinaaliens.asp|pack=Cantina Aliens}}<!--1998-->
+*{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995 toy line)|link=POTF2cantinaaliens.asp|pack=Cantina Aliens}}<!--1998-->
 *{{CCG|set=Official Tournament Sealed Deck|link=sealeddeck/images/challbekan.gif|cardname=Chall Bekan}} <!--May 1998-->
 *''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]]'' <!--June 1998-->
 *''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]''<!--Fall 1998-->
-*{{JKTCG|set=Premiere (Jedi Knights TCG)|text=Premiere|link=http://www.cambiacartas.com/img/cards/jedi-knights/760/big/120L.jpg|cardname=Nabrun Leids • Morseerian Transport Expert }}<!--April 2001-->
+*{{JKTCG|set=Premiere (Jedi Knights TCG)|text=Premiere|link=http://www.cambiacartas.com/img/cards/jedi-knights/760/big/120L.jpg|cardname=Nabrun Leids • Morseerian Transport Expert}}<!--April 2001-->
 *{{JKTCG|set=Scum and Villainy (Jedi Knights TCG)|text=Scum and Villainy|link=http://www.cambiacartas.com/img/cards/jedi-knights/761/big/63L.jpg|cardname=Nabrun Leids • Fringe Smuggler}}<!--July 2001-->
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 *''[[Hero's Guide]]'' <!--June 2003-->
 *''[[Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy]]'' <!--August 2004-->
-*''[[Star Wars: Complete Locations]]''
+*[[Star Wars: Complete Locations (2005)|''Star Wars: Complete Locations'']]
 *{{HasbroCite|set=Star Wars: The Saga Collection|link=TSC072nabrun-kabe.asp|pack=Nabrun Leids & Kabe}}<!--2006-->
 *''[[Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary]]'' <!--September 2006-->
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 *{{InsiderCite|128|A Blu Hope!}} {{Po}}<!--September 2011-->
 *{{Topps|set=Star Wars Galaxy Series 7}}<!--Feb 2012-->
-*''[[Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection]]<!--Oct 2012-->
+*''[[Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection]]''<!--Oct 2012-->
 *''[[Star Wars: Force Collection]]'' {{C|Card: Nabrun Leids}}
 *{{SW|url=play/online-activities/soundboards/#|int=Star Wars Soundboards|text=Star Wars Soundboards}} {{Po}}
-*{{SW|url=explore/the-movies/episode-iv/|text=Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope}}
+*{{SW|url=explore/the-movies/episode-iv/|text=Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope|archivedate=20170805074517}}
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-==External links==
-*{{Blog|official=true|/2014/01/29/fully-operational-fandom-every-celebration-needs-an-r2-d2-cake/|Fully Operational Fandom: Every Celebration Needs an R2-D2 Cake}}
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