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[[File:NaddsRemains-TOTJKOTOR2.jpg|thumb|The mummified remains of Freedon Nadd]]
The name '''mummy''' was given to any corpse where the fleshy parts had been somehow preserved. Some cultures would intentionally mummify the dead so that their bodies would not decay further.

==Mummies in history==
The [[Sith (species)/Legends|Sith]], a [[Color/Legends|red]]-skinned [[Species/Legends|species]] from the [[Stygian Caldera]], would embalm the corpses and wrap them in inked [[Sith burial shroud|shrouds]] before [[Burial/Legends|entombment]]. Even after the Sith were subdued by a group of [[Exile (punishment)/Legends|exiled]] [[Dark Jedi/Legends|Dark Jedi]] known as "the [[Exiles]]", the mummification ritual remained in use. While the majority of the new "[[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lords]]" were [[Human/Legends|Humans]],<ref name="BOS">''[[Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side]]''</ref> many of them were mummified, including [[Freedon Nadd]]<ref name="BWOO2">[[Tales of the Jedi 2|''Tales of the Jedi'' 2]]</ref> or [[Darsin]].<ref name="AMA">''[[A Mon Alone]]''</ref> Charms and amulets were placed in and around the mummy,<ref name="BOS" /> and the deceased's personal weapon were sometimes laid in the [[Sith sarcophagus|sarcophagus]] as well.<ref name="BWOO2" /> When [[Meetra Surik]] and her companions explored the Sith tombs on [[Korriban]] and [[Onderon/Legends|Onderon]], they found several mummies, including those of [[Ludo Kressh]] and Freedon Nadd.<ref name="KOTOR2">''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''</ref>

The [[Duros/Legends|Duros]] also practiced mummification to some extent in the distant past&mdash;as exemplified by [[Vardovin IV]].<ref name="Death, Dirt, and the Nerf Rancher's Daughter">{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20011018a|text=Death, Dirt, and the Nerf Rancher's Daughter|int=Death, Dirt, and the Nerf Rancher's Daughter|archivedate=20100325035306}}</ref> Later in history, at the time of the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine's]] third cousin [[Volpau]] was embalmed and wrapped in strips of cloth.<ref name="Boba Fett ½: Salvage">[[Boba Fett ½]]</ref>

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Around one thousand centuries before the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], an ancient civilization living on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]] would also mummify their dead. Those mummies were wrapped in strips of metallic cloth, then put into three-ton sarcophagi, then finally entombed in huge [[Ancient tumulus|tumuli]]. One such mummy was revealed to be an abomination, a monster that could take over the mind and body of any being. This mummy had been created by ancient sorcerers to rule [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]], and it intended to do so by taking over body of the [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Galactic Emperor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]].<ref name="Trois mini scénarios: Le Dieu mort">{{CasusBelliCite|66|Trois mini scénarios: Le Dieu mort}}</ref>
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==Appearances==
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*[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (miniseries)|''Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi'']]
*[[Tales of the Jedi (audio)|''Tales of the Jedi'' audio drama]]
*''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''
*[[Knight Errant (novel)|''Knight Errant'']]
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20011018a|text=Death, Dirt, and the Nerf Rancher's Daughter|int=Death, Dirt, and the Nerf Rancher's Daughter|archivedate=20100325035306}}
*{{TCW|Hunt for Ziro}}
*{{TCW|Massacre}}
*''[[Boba Fett: A New Threat]]''
*{{GamerCite|8|Topside Infiltration}}
*''[[Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows]]''
*{{Journal|2|Out of the Cradle}}
*[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' novel]] {{1stm}}
*{{ChallengeCite|66|Disturbance in the Force (article)|Disturbance in the Force}}
*{{CasusBelliCite|66|Trois mini scénarios: Le Dieu mort}}
*''[[Galaxy of Fear: City of the Dead]]''
*''[[Galaxy of Fear: Spore]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Boba Fett ½]]
*''[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Shadows of the Empire (novel)|''Shadows of the Empire'' novel]] {{Mo}}
*{{Shortstory|story=A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}} {{Mo}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Epilogue: Whatever Became Of...?|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Payback: The Tale of Dengar|book=Tales of the Bounty Hunters}} {{Mo}}
*{{Hyperspace|url=hyperspace/fiction/feature20081031.html|text=Fists of Ion|int=Fists of Ion|newurl=http://star-wars.suvudu.com/2012/10/star-wars-shorts-fists-of-ion.html|newhost=[[Unbound Worlds|Suvudu]]}} {{Mo}}
*''[[X-Wing: The Krytos Trap]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Dark Empire II (audio)|''Dark Empire II'' audio drama]]
*[[Empire's End (audio)|''Empire's End'' audio drama]]
*''[[Jedi Search]]''
*[[Children of the Jedi (novel)|''Children of the Jedi'']] {{Mo}}
*''[[Showdown at Centerpoint]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Bounty]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin]]''
*''[[Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Legacy of the Force: Exile]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Fate of the Jedi: Abyss]]''
*[[Fate of the Jedi: Abyss (audiobook)|''Fate of the Jedi: Abyss'' audiobook]]
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==Sources==
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20031002korriban|text=Korriban: Planet of Lost Souls|int=Korriban: Planet of Lost Souls|archivedate=20100221224446}}
*''[[Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side]]''
*{{SWE|groups|nightsisterzombies|Nightsister zombies}}

==Notes and references==
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