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Dashade

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Dashade
Homeworld

Urkupp[1]

Language

Dashadi[2]

Average height

1.7 - 2 meters[1]

Skin color

Olive green, dark gray, or black[2]

Hair color

None

Eye color

Orange, red, or black[2]

Distinctions

Heat dissipation, high Force-resistance, radiation resistance[2]

Average lifespan

85 years[2]

Famous members

Ket Maliss

[Source]

The Dashade were tall, reptilian humanoids notable for their resistance to the powers of the Force. Though they were rendered nearly extinct during the Great Sith War, remnant populations were seen regularly for millennia, using their natural abilities to their advantage as elite assassins, mercenaries, or similar professions.

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[edit] Biology and appearance

Four Dashade bodyguards battle Asajj Ventress.

Dashade were tall reptilians with dark skin, lamprey-like mouths, and powerful claws. In addition to their natural Force-resistance, they were resistant to radiation. They also had an ability to dissipate heat which made them hard to detect using standard life-form sensors.[1]

[edit] Society and culture

Thanks to their partial Force-immunity, Dashade warriors easily found employment as combat instructors for the Jedi and assassins for the Sith,[1] though the Dashade's aggressive, might-makes-right culture caused most of them to favor the Sith.[source?]

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[edit] History

A Dashade

The Dashade homeworld, Urkupp, was destroyed when the Cron Drift supernova exploded during the Great Sith War, killing off the mass majority of the Dashade. Thirty-eight Dashade Shadow Killers, retainers of a Falleen royal house, were among the off-world survivors. In order to preserve these elite warriors, they were placed in cryogenic suspension, to be revived one at a time when needed for special assignments. By the time of the Galactic Civil War, only one known Dashade remained—Ket Maliss. Prince Xizor, a descendant of the royals who had passed the Dashade down over the generations, inherited this warrior and made him an assassin for Black Sun.[1]

In addition to these preserved warriors, rumors of Dashade sightings continued sporadically over the millennia. For example, there was evidence that Dashade mercenaries participated in the Great Jedi Purge. Some have even theorized that Dashade colonies founded before Urkupp's destruction may have existed.[1]

A Dashade.

New Republic Security also became concerned that lost colonies of Dashade may have started working for the Imperial Remnant and in the criminal underworld. To assay their fears, they dispatched a number of adventurers to scout uninhabited star systems close to novas, supernovas, highly charged gas clouds, and even tide-locked worlds from binary star systems. They supplied ships and a mobile HoloNet transceiver to aid them. It is unclear what discoveries were made from these endeavors.[3]

[edit] Behind the scenes

The Dashade mask was the prototype for the Falleen species, Xizor in particular. George Lucas instructed all those working on Shadows of the Empire to study the Dashade face.[source?]

Ket Maliss may or may not appear in the Cantina scene in A New Hope. Decipher, the creators of Star Wars Customizable Card Game claim they took the picture from the scene in A New Hope,[source?] while the Databank claims that he only appears in the Holiday Special's Cantina scene, and that a photo was digitally manipulated for his card to make him appear to be in A New Hope's scene.

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[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Dashade in the Databank
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Ultimate Alien Anthology
  3. ↑ Alien Adventures on Wizards.com
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