Umak Leth
Biographical information
Died	11 ABY, Galaxy Gun[1]
Physical description
Species	Human[2]
Gender	Male[2]
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era[3] Rebellion era[4] New Republic era[2]
Affiliation	Galactic Republic[3] Ministry of Science[3] Galactic Empire[5] Dark Empire [2]

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Umak Leth was an Imperial engineer. He was one of the chief weapons engineers on the original Death Star.^[6]

BiographyEdit

During the time leading up to the Clone Wars, Leth was a representative of the Galactic Republic's Ministry of Science. In 22 BBY, Leth participated in a HoloNet debate, where he argued that the mysterious weapon targeting Republic task forces was possibly equipped with cloaking devices. He estimated that the power supply capable of destroying entire task forces of capital ships would require a vessel to be at least 8 kilometers long. He also speculated that a Jenth-class hypermatter core was the possible reactor being used for this.^[3]

During the Great Jedi Purge, Leth designed the Universal Energy Cage to hold and transfer Jedi captives.^[7] He also developed the "resonator" devices, weapons which were used to torture and subjugate the Marasan people.^[8] After the Battle of Yavin discredited Bevel Lemelisk, Leth was given the position of Master of Imperial Projects for his creation of an advanced model of molecular furnace.^[4]

Years later he designed the Galaxy Gun for the reborn Emperor Palpatine,^[2] as well as the World Devastators,^[4] SD-10 battle droids, and Shadow Droids.^[9] In addition, he presented the cloned Emperor with the XR-85, allowing the tank droids to finally be fully realized.^[10] He was killed when Palpatine's flagship Eclipse II fell out of hyperspace and collided with the Galaxy Gun.^[1][11]

Behind the scenesEdit

In the audio dramatization of Empire's End, Leth was voiced by John Cygan,^[12] and in HoloNet News — A Galaxy Divided, he was voiced by David W. Collins.^[3]

He was to appear in an additional comic, Boba Fett vs. The Empire, where Leth would betray the Empire and Boba Fett would be tasked with hunting him down, but the comic was never developed.^[13]

AppearancesEdit

•  HoloNet News — A Galaxy Divided on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• Death Star (Mentioned only)
• Lightsider (Non-canonical appearance) (Unpublished)
• Dark Empire II 1: Operation Shadow Hand (Mentioned only)
• Dark Empire II 4: Battle on Byss (First appearance)
• Dark Empire II 5: The Galaxy Weapon
• Empire's End 1: Triumph of the Empire (Appears in hologram)
• Empire's End 2: Rage of the Emperor
• Empire's End audio drama

SourcesEdit

• Dark Empire endnotes (Part 2: The Power of the Dark Side) (First mentioned) (Epigraph)
•  Dark Empire Sourcebook
• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition
•  Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies
• The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
•  The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
•  Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear
• The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
• Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "ComicScan: Comics That Almost Were" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 4
• The Essential Guide to Droids
• The Essential Chronology
• Handbook 3: Dark Empire
• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition
• The New Essential Guide to Characters
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 23 (MIL1-2, Military Droids)
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 25 (UNI1-2, Universal Energy Cage)
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 43 (MIL8, Military Droids)
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 49 (GAL1-2, Galaxy Gun)
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 56 (GAL3-4, Galaxy Gun)
• Droids, Technology and the Force: A Clash of Phenomena on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
•  Byss and the Deep Core, Part 1: Byss on Wizards.com (original article link, backup links on Archive.org)
• The New Essential Chronology
• Star Wars: The Comics Companion
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Jedi Academy Training Manual
• The Essential Guide to Warfare

Notes and referencesEdit

External linksEdit

•  Checklist: 10 Star Wars Superweapons – World Devastators on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
•  Leth, Umak in The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia (backup link on Archive.org)