Ree-Yees
Biographical information
Homeworld	Kinyen[1]
Died	4 ABY (39:3:4 GrS), Tatooine[2]
Physical description
Species	Gran[1]
Gender	Male[1]
Height	1.9 meters[1]
Hair color	White[1]
Eye color	Black[1]
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rebellion era
Affiliation	Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire

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Ree-Yees was a male Gran Criminal from Kinyen who suffered from a recessive genetic mutation, uncommon among Gran, which caused his hands to be deformed.

BiographyEdit

Ree-Yees enjoyed visiting other planets via Star Tours, and often brought his custom three eyed camera to take pictures, despite flash photography not being allowed.

Ree-Yees was convicted of murder on Kinyen, and was in hiding on Tatooine as a member of Jabba Desilijic Tiure's court. He was an alcoholic, and was often seen associating with Tessek. Ree-Yees was assigned the task of taking care of Jabba's Frog-dog pet Bubo.

The distrustful Jabba had a short-range bomb implanted in him. When Jabba said a certain phrase, the bomb would explode, killing Ree-Yees and any one next to him. This bomb could be used to kill an assassin, or if Ree-Yees himself was planning to kill Jabba (as he was).

Ree-Yees and Tessek were conspiring to plant a bomb on the Khetanna in order to assassinate Jabba. Prefect Eugene Talmont, who was in on this scheme, promised to clear Ree-Yees's criminal record, which would allow him to return to Kinyen.

Ree-Yees then had Imperial surgeons place a small panel under Bubo's flesh, which the Gran operative could use to order in components for a thermal detonator (hidden inside shipments of goatgrass) which he and Tessek planned to use to destroy Jabba's sail barge. However, when the last and most vital component, the detonator, went missing, the plan seemed to be doomed. Bubo, angry at his mistreatment at the hands of Ree-Yees, had eaten it, thus ensuring Tessek's plot would fail. Tessek, however, planted another thermal detonator on the barge.

Ree-Yees didn't let his disappointment stop him making a few bets with his companions when the Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker was thrown to the rancor's pit after he had enraged Jabba. Much to everyone's surprise, Skywalker killed the beast. Ree-Yees was at Carkoon onboard Jabba's sail barge when Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca were to be fed to the sarlacc. When Princess Leia Organa was strangling Jabba, the Hutt triggered the hypnotic trigger to make Ree-Yees grab Leia and self-destruct. However, Jabba died before he could complete the sequence. Ree-Yees was killed during the sail barge's explosion shortly afterwards.

Behind the scenesEdit

Ree-Yees's name is a play on the words "three eyes."^[3]

In Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi, historian Voren Na'al mentions speaking with Ree-Yees some time after the Battle of Endor, suggesting he actually survived the destruction of Jabba's Sail Barge, contradicting most other sources.

In Dark Forces and Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, any Gran enemy is referred to as Ree-Yees. In Jedi Outcast, the Gran were appropriately named. In the games, thermal detonators were their primary weapon.

A Ree-Yees action figure was released by Kenner in 1983, and another Ree-Yees came out in 1998 as part of the Power of the Force 2 line.

Ree-Yees can be seen in the onboard safety video for Disney's original Star Tours ride, breaking the rules by smoking and using flash photography. Ree-Yees was also included in a Star Tours Boarding Party action figure set with the camera seen in the video; the packaging confirms his identity.^[4] Since the events of Star Tours take place after the Battle of Endor, this may present a contradiction with Tales from Jabba's Palace and the former StarWars.com databank, both of which confirm that Ree-Yees died in the explosion of Jabba's sail barge (as seen in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi). Though its possible the in-universe safety video could have been filmed prior to the events of the ride.

AppearancesEdit

•  Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novel (First appearance)
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novel
• Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 1: In the Hands of Jabba the Hutt
• The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition (Non-canonical appearance)
• Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef
• Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees
• And Then There Were Some: The Gamorrean Guard's Tale
• Let Us Prey: The Whiphid's Tale
• Tongue-tied: Bubo's Tale
• A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale (Mentioned only)
• The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays
• Old Friends: Ephant Mon's Tale
• Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand
• Star Tours

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Notes and referencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Woossie Jawamba Boog! on Hyperspace (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
•  The Eyes Have It on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)