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Encyclopedia > Ugnaughts

The Ugnaughts are a fictional race in the Star Wars universe. They are seen working on Lando Calrissian's Cloud City. They appear like dwarf-sized humans with some pig-like features, such as a slightly upturned nose and chubby belly. Ugnaughts are industrious and loyal workers and also have a rich oral tradition. Star Wars began with a 13-page treatment for a space adventure movie which George Lucas drafted in 1973, inspired by multiple myths and classic stories. ... Lando Calrissian (born c. ... Cloud City. ...

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Society Description

They are ruled by elected terend councils, which are led by elected ufflor officers. Ugnaughts live to 200 years of age and are represented in the Cloud City's Parliament of Guilds. Ugnaughts live their lives in accordance to their blood profession, with Ugnaught parents teaching their children their trade. If the number of new Ugnaughts in a given profession exceeds the needed, a blood duel is called. When the Ugnaughts reach their twentieth year of age, these fights are held to the death, with the victor winning the right to inherit their blood profession. However despite this outdated violent custom, the Ugnaughts are generally a peaceful people with a rich culture. Cloud City. ...


History

Originally from the planet Gentes in the remote Anoat system, from where they were sold into slavery long ago. They were often sold in "tribes". The Ugnaughts lived on the planet's less-than-hospitable surface. During the Clone Wars, the dreaded CIS General Grievous ordered a massacre of Ugnaughts. Years later, when the Corellian eccentric and noble Lord Ecclessis Figg wished to build a floating mining complex on Bespin, he decided to recruit several Ugnaught tribes to help in the mining of the base metals needed to build the structure. To fulfill this, he recruited three Ugnaught tribes, the Botrut, the Isced and the Irden. For the Sega Genesis emulator, see Gens (emulator) In ancient Rome, the gens (pl. ... The following are fictional planets set in the Star Wars universe. ... Star Wars: Clone Wars on Cartoon Network The Clone Wars (22 - 19 BBY) is a fictional conflict described in the Star Wars series and featured in the two latter episodes of the prequel trilogy, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. ... In the fictional Star Wars universe, the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS for short) is an organization that existed in the latter years of the Republic. ... General Grievous is a villain from the fictional Star Wars universe. ... Corellia is a fictional planet in the Expanded Universe of Star Wars. ...


He promised them freedom, livelihood and a share in the Figg & Associates profits. Once, Cloud City was built, the noble Ecclessis Figg remembered his promise and gave them their freedom. To make themselves feel at home, the Ugnaughts have constructed many labyrinthine tunnels throughout the city, which can only be navigated by their kind. Cloud City. ...


Shortly after the Battle of Hoth, the Cloud City mining colony fell under the rule of Imperial Captain Treece, who enslaved the Ugnaughts. Many Ugnaughts fled the city, led by the wealthy King Ozz who sheltered the refugees on floating platforms terraformed to mimic the original Ugnaught homeworld. There, King Ozz's Ugnaughts formed a resistance movement that created insurrection of Cloud City, including planting bombs throughout the colony. As a result, Cloud City was evacuated until the bombs could be defused. When the New Republic recaptured Bespin, the Ugnaughts returned. The Battle of Hoth is a fictional battle in the 1980 science fiction film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... Cloud City. ... Cloud City. ... The New Republic (officialy The New Galactic Republic) is a fictional government in Star Wars. ... Bespin is the planet in The Empire Strikes Back over which the floating city Cloud City hovers suspended by an antigravity pod. ...


Appearances

In The Empire Strikes Back, they are seen working in a scrapyard, annoying Chewbacca while he is trying to get back the pieces of C-3PO after he is blown apart. Movie poster Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is the sequel to the first released Star Wars movie, and the second film released in the original trilogy. ... Chewbacca (or Chewie) (c. ... C-3PO (pronounced See-Threepio, called 3PO for short) is a character from the fictional Star Wars universe. ...


Ugnaughts also appeared in the computer games Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight and Jedi Knight II, the latter of which has an Ugnaught as one of the choosable multiplayer models. Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (aka JK) is a first person shooter computer game released September 30, 1997, by LucasArts. ... Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (aka JK2) is a Star Wars computer game released in 2002. ... Multiplayer is a mode of play for computer and video games in which multiple people can play the same game at the same time. ...


External links

Ugnaught in the Databank


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Star Wars: Databank | Ugnaught (348 words)
The Ugnaughts originally hail from Gentes, in the Anoat system, from where they were sold into slavery long ago.
Ugnaughts live to 200 years of age and are represented in the Cloud City's Parliament of Guilds.
When the Ugnaughts reach their twentieth year of age, these fights are held to the death, with the victor winning the right to inherit their blood profession.
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