Karniss was a Trandoshan slaver working for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. He led a slaver unit to the Wawaatt Archipelago during the Battle of Kashyyyk of the Clone Wars.

BiographyEdit

Karniss' unit was ambushed by the forces of Luminara Unduli, Quinlan Vos, and Faie. His forces were overrun by the Galactic Republic, so he called in a squad of crab droid reinforcements. It was then Vilmarh Grahrk swooped into the battlefield in the Inferno and took out the gargantuan crab droids with blasts from his blaster cannons.

Karniss was wounded. Master Luminara and Vos confronted the dying Trandoshan and interrogated him about the "glories to please the gods" (the purpose of the attack.) He explained that members of the Claatuvac Guild were hiding in a village on Kashyyyk, and that they knew valuable hyperspace routes key to the end of the war.

As the two Jedi spoke with Clone Commander Faie, the dying Trandoshan gathered whatever strength he had left and pounced on a clone scout trooper, taking the dead trooper's blaster and opened fire on the strike team. His attempt failed, and Commander Faie blasted the sudden attacker.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: Republic: The Hidden Enemy