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|name=Ruurian
|designation=[[Sentience/Legends|Sentient]]<ref name="The Essential Guide to Alien Species">[[The Essential Guide to Alien Species (real-world book)|''The Essential Guide to Alien Species'']]</ref>
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|haircolor=[[Color/Legends|Red-brown]]
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*Feathered antennae
*Four-fingered hands
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{{Quote|Ruurians are quite good at persuasion.|[[Grodin Tierce (clone)|Grodin Tierce]]|<ref name="Vision of the Future">''[[Vision of the Future]]''</ref>}}
The '''Ruurians''' were an [[Insectoid/Legends|insectoid]] [[Species/Legends|species]] native to [[Ruuria/Legends|Ruuria]]. They generally avoided taking risks. Their government was the [[Unified Ruurian Colonies]]. On the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] Ruuria, the Ruurians' society comprised 143 colonies, and every Ruurian belonged to a single colony for life.

==Life stages==
Ruurians went through three stages during their lives.

====Stage one====
They were born as fourteen-legged [[Larva/Legends|larvae]] with each leg having four opposable fingers. First stage Ruurians also had fine, wide antennae on their heads, and large, multifaceted [[Eye/Legends|eyes]]. The larval Ruurians were also the most intelligent, artistic and creative members of the species, and were responsible for running Ruuria.

====Stage two====
The second stage of Ruurian life was the pupa stage. The larvae spun cocoons around themselves, and were transformed into the third stage of the Ruurian life cycle, the beautiful Chroma-Wing Fliers.

====Stage three====
The third and final stage of Ruurian life was the Chroma-Wing Flier stage. Stage three Ruurians were simple-minded creatures only interested in eating, flying and [[Reproduction/Legends|mating]]. They also had no interest in working.

==Ruurians in the galaxy==
[[File:Ruurian2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A Ruurian larva.]]

The Ruurians established a number of colonies in [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]] that functioned as independent units. Many of these were joint efforts with other species. These were known as the Ruurian independent colonies. Three of these colonies, and the homeworld of Ruuria, pledged their support to "[[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn]]" during the [[Caamas Document Crisis]]. They signed a fully executed treaty between their systems and the Empire after "Thrawn" repelled a [[Diamal]]a attack. It turned out this Thrawn was actually an impostor, [[Flim]], an actor used in an attempt to revitalize the waning [[Imperial Remnant]].

These colonies were led by a [[Gender/Legends|female]] Ruurian, [[Amisus]]. She was the daughter of the historian [[S. V. Skynx|Skynx]]&mdash;perhaps the most notable Ruurian. In [[2 BBY/Legends|2 BBY]] he assisted [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] on an adventure to [[Dellalt/Legends|Dellalt]], in search of the treasure of [[Xim/Legends|Xim the Despot]]. Together they found his flagship, the [[Queen of Ranroon/Legends|''Queen of Ranroon'']] and the remains of his [[Guardian Corps|war droid army]].

During the [[Yuuzhan Vong War]], many Ruurians were displaced and traveled as refugees along the [[Hydian Way/Legends|Hydian Way]]. A number passed through the [[Jubilee Wheel (space station)|''Jubilee Wheel'']], while others found their way to [[Ruan]]. There, some were taught [[Galactic Basic Standard/Legends|Basic]] as part of a re-settlement attempt, along with other species such as [[Dug/Legends|Dugs]].

In [[28 ABY/Legends|28 ABY]], Han Solo met a larval-stage Ruurian [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] in [[The Thorny Toe]] on [[Onadax]] that he beat at [[Sabacc/Legends|sabacc]]. The two got into a brawl when the Ruurian accused Solo of cheating.

An early famous Ruurian was [[Shimer Londalin]], who won&mdash;in a holocam finish&mdash;the "decaped-plus" category of the [[Mobquet Presents: Fastest Land Beings]] event held on [[Teyr/Legends|Teyr]] in [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]].

==Appearances==
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*{{Tales|11|In the Beginning}}
*''[[Han Solo and the Lost Legacy]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)|''Star Wars: Rebellion'']] {{Mo}}
*''[[Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Rebellion]]''
*''[[Vision of the Future]]''
*[[Vision of the Future (unabridged audiobook)|''Vision of the Future'' unabridged audiobook]]
*''[[Young Jedi Knights: Return to Ord Mantell]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion]]''
*[[Millennium Falcon (novel)|''Millennium Falcon'']] {{Mo}}
*[[Millennium Falcon (audiobook)|''Millennium Falcon'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}

==Sources==
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe]]''
*[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']]
*''[[Ultimate Alien Anthology]]''
*[[The Essential Guide to Alien Species (real-world book)|''The Essential Guide to Alien Species'']]
*''[[Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds]]'' <!--p. 52.-->
*{{SW|url=news/essential-atlas-extra-the-history-of-xim-and-the-tion-cluster|text=''Essential Atlas'' Extra: The History of Xim and the Tion Cluster|int=Xim Week: The History of Xim and the Tion Cluster}}
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*{{SW|url=news/hiding-in-plain-sight-star-wars-shapeshifters|text=Hiding in Plain Sight: ''Star Wars'' Shapeshifters}}

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Outer Rim Territories species]]
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