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{{Species
|image=[[File:Liash_Keane.jpg]]
|name=Ubese
|designation=[[Sentience/Legends|Sentient]]
|class=
|subspecies=
|races="True" Ubese (Uba IV), "''yrak pootzck''" Ubese (Ubertica)<ref name="CSWE">{{CSWECite|III|275|Ubese (1)}}</ref>
|height=1.4&ndash;2.2 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]]<ref name="SAV">[[Scum and Villainy (sourcebook)|''Scum and Villainy'']]</ref>
|length=
|wingspan=
|mass=
|skincolor=Variable, generally white
|haircolor=Dark<ref name="CSWE" />
|feathers=
|eyecolor=Variable, generally bright green or blue<ref name="CSWE" />
|distinctions=*Slight build{{Fact}}
*Raspy, whispering voices<ref name="CSWE" />
|lifespan=Up to 71 [[Standard year/Legends|standard years]]<ref name="SAV" />
|planet=[[Uba IV/Legends|Uba IV]],<ref name="TEA">''[[The Essential Atlas]]''</ref> [[Ubertica]]
|habitat=
|diet=
|language=*[[Ubeninal]]<ref name="CSWE" />
*[[Ubese (language)/Legends|Ubese]]<ref name="SAV" />}}
To most inhabitants of [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]], members of the enigmatic '''Ubese''', or '''Ubesian''', species were generally known as mysterious wanderers and nomadic savages. Their xenophobic nature made them ideally suited for professions such as [[Mercenary/Legends|mercenaries]] or [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunters]]. Normally, they were a very aggressive people, though loyal to one another. The Ubese homeworld was little known to the rest of the galaxy, as they tended to be very secretive, associating only within their own circles.

==Biology and appearance==
[[File:Ubese_UAA.jpg|thumb|left|An unmasked Ubese]]
The Ubese were graceful [[near-Human]]s who had slight bodies that appeared frail. They tended to have fair skin and dark hair, with eye colors of brilliant green or blue. They could not grow any body or facial hair. Their facial structure was narrow, with high cheekbones and eyes that appeared much too large for their faces when compared to baseline [[Human/Legends|Humans]]. Males and females of the species both stood roughly the same height&mdash;around 1.4 meters to 2.2 meters<ref name="SAV" />&mdash;with males being slightly heavier of build than females. Their vocal cords could not produce speech above a rasping whisper sound, so they used a highly refined form of sign language called [[Ubeninal]] when communicating with other Ubese.

After centuries of having scratched a tenuous existence breathing the parched and oxygen-poor air on their planet, the "true" Ubese from [[Uba IV/Legends|Uba IV]] had to use specially tuned [[Breath mask/Legends|breath masks]] or filters to process [[Atmosphere/Legends|Type I atmospheres]].

Few beings, however, knew what an Ubese looked like&mdash;they rarely, if ever, appeared to non-Ubese unless concealed by masks, [[battle armor]], or [[enviro-suit]]s. Those who have interacted face to face with an Ubese have not recognized them as such, because there are no records in any databases that describe their appearances.

==Society and culture==
{{Quote|You trust this clan of Ubese to walk among you. Even through their environmental suits, I can smell their hate, barely controlled.|[[Hanharr]] regarding the Ubese guarding [[Visquis]]|<ref name="KOTOR II">''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''</ref>}}
Little was known about Ubese culture. Away from their homeworld, wayward Ubese seemed to care little for other societies' laws, customs, and morals. They were mysterious wanderers, nomadic warriors who hid their inner secrets and agendas just as they hid their faces behind helmets and breath masks. Although most Ubese understood [[Galactic Basic Standard/Legends|Basic]], they rarely deigned to speak it, preferring to express themselves in their [[Ubese (language)/Legends|own language]].

They seemed to be loyal to one another, despite nurturing a profound hatred toward most other members of the galactic community. They generally made their livings as [[Mercenary/Legends|mercenaries]], [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunters]], [[Slavery/Legends|slavers]], or [[Assassin/Legends|assassins]]&mdash;professions where they got to vent their hatred without fear of retribution. The Ubese bounty hunter [[Boushh/Legends|Boushh]] became one of the most famous Ubese in galactic history, though his posthumous fame was not won for his own deeds. Instead, it was because [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] posed as Boushh to infiltrate the [[Jabba's Palace|palace]] of [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba the Hutt]].

Particularly vengeful "[[True Ubese]]" were known to hunt down ''[[yrak pootzck]]'' as part of a millennia-old blood feud. In the years of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], a true Ubese warlord, [[Savax]], led a small fleet of [[Capital ship/Legends|capital ships]] to [[Strike against Ubertica|bombard Ubertica]], the homeworld of the ''yrak pootzck''. Above all else, however, Ubese were united in their hatred toward the [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]]. They blamed the "protectors of [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]]" for what happened to their culture and homeworld; even ex-Jedi were not above their hatred. Many Ubese could be found at the forefront of death squads during the [[Great Jedi Purge/Legends|Great Jedi Purge]].

Several [[Standard decade/Legends|decades]] before the [[First Battle of Geonosis/Legends|outbreak]] of the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]]<ref name="Intestinal Revenge of Bars Barka">{{CSWECite|II|108|Intestinal Revenge of Bars Barka}}</ref> in the [[Standard year/Legends|year]] [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]],<ref name="The New Essential Chronology">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''</ref> [[Bars Barka]]'s Ubese colonists fell victim to a lethal virus known as the [[Intestinal Revenge of Bars Barka]]. In his ''[[Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide]]'', [[Ebenn Q3 Baobab/Legends|Ebenn Q3 Baobab]] tells of this illness, which caused fatal weight loss in those exposed to it. Having served as a [[Neimoidian/Legends|Neimoidian]] doctor at one point in his career, Baobab believed that the epidemic had originated with the Neimoidian species. Only speculation exists as to whether this was a deliberate, trade-related attack or an accidental outbreak.

==History==
{{Quote|Such a tragedy when the Republic bombed their world into a radioactive ball, and the Jedi did nothing to prevent it.|[[Exchange]] Boss [[Visquis]]|<ref name="KOTOR II" />}}
[[File:Ubese_KOTOR.jpg|thumb|An Ubese circa [[3951 BBY]]]]
Millennia ago, the inhabitants of the [[Uba (star)|Uba]] system&mdash;blissfully ignorant of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]&mdash;were quietly developing their own culture and technology. They led a peaceful existence, cultivating their lush homeworld and creating a highly sophisticated clan-based society. When Old Republic [[Scout/Legends|scouts]] came in contact with them, they awakened an interest in advanced technology that was soon to grow into an obsession. Before long, the Ubese began to trade anything they could get their hands on for alien technology, hoarding everything from [[Repulsorlift/Legends|repulsorlifts]] and [[Starship/Legends|starships]] to [[Blaster/Legends|blasters]] and [[Droid/Legends|droids]].

Initially, their society benefited from the technology and productivity quickly rose in all aspects of business. Health conditions improved so much that an unprecedented population boom called for the colonization of other worlds in their system. However, Ubese society eventually started to buckle in the face of such rapid technological advancements. The ability to disseminate information more rapidly broke clan boundaries and gave ambitious Ubese the tools to politically dominate regional public opinion and create nations which began to view one another with suspicion.

[[File:Ubese.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A group of Ubese]]
Within a few decades, the influx of alien technology prompted the Ubese's interest to start creating their own. As they developed their own weapons systems, their attitudes toward neighboring star systems began to shift from friendly to aggressive. Although first-contact specialists from other species attempted to dissuade the Ubese from this course, the near-Humans grew so proud of their new inventions that they ejected the alien diplomats from their star system with warnings to the rest of the galaxy to fear the might of the Ubese.

[[Barsa sector/Legends|Local sector]] authorities were both alarmed and embarrassed by these events. The Ubese were building weapons that had been banned since the formation of the Old Republic, and the sector authorities were the ones who would be blamed by the [[Galactic Senate/Legends|Senate]] for letting the situation in the [[Uba system/Legends|Uba system]] deteriorate as it had. Following a debate driven by fear and misinformation, the sector council decided that a preemptive strike would prove sufficient to halt the Ubese war machine and that afterwards, the people of the Uba system would once again be open to listening to the advice of the Republic diplomats.

Unfortunately, the orbital strikes against the Ubese planets triggered the species' large-scale and highly unstable tactical defense weapons. [[Uba I]], [[Uba II]] and [[Uba V]] were rendered completely uninhabitable by radioactive firestorms. [[Uba III]], where the species had originated, was actually completely shattered into space debris. Only on [[Uba IV/Legends|Uba IV]] were there survivors&mdash;pathetic beings who would be condemned to scratch out an existence from poisoned soil and parched sea beds among scorched ruins.

Sector authorities became so fearful for their future careers that they refused to offer aid to the surviving Ubese. They then ordered all information on the civilization to be deleted from all data bases and the system removed from all star charts. The incident was so effectively hushed up that word of it never reached [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]].

While a few thousand survivors were relocated to a far-off system, [[Ubertica]], by officials who felt the treatment of the Uba system was making a bad mistake worse, the majority of the survivors devolved into savage nomads. These survivors on Uba IV came to call those Ubese who had been rescued ''yrak pootzck'', a phrase that implies a cowardly nature and "impure" parentage. In reality, the ''yrak pootzck'' attempted to retrace their system of origin within a few years of being relocated to Ubertica, but the location of the Uba system was as big of a mystery to them as it was to the rest of the galaxy.

Millennia passed, while both Ubese populations propagated on their respective worlds. Eventually, the ''yrak pootzck'' found the Uba system and shared their starfaring technology with the resentment-filled "true" Ubese. Soon, they both began to wander the stars, separately and together, united only by their hatred for and distrust of other species and cultures in the galaxy.

==Behind the scenes==
Conflicting sources lead to a confusing chronology. The destruction of Uba III is placed by roleplaying-game sources and ''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'' around [[2000 BBY/Legends|2000 BBY]], but Ubese mercenaries wearing environmental suits are already portrayed seeking revenge on the Jedi as early as [[3951 BBY]] in ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''.

Several Ubese bounty hunters appear in [[Star Wars: Yoda Stories|''Yoda Stories'']], a [[1997]] video game whose plot is out of continuity. One Ubese might try to intimidate [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] in a cantina should Skywalker approach him. [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba the Hutt]] uses several Ubese guards in his [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]] palace.

==Appearances==
*''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''
*''[[Republic Commando: Hard Contact]]''
*''[[Republic Commando: Triple Zero]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Darth Maul—Death Sentence 1]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Republic: Into the Unknown]]''
*''[[Dark Times: Blue Harvest, Part 1]]'' {{C|Appears in viewscreen}}
*''[[Evasive Action: Prey]]''
*[[The Last Jedi (novel)|''The Last Jedi'']] {{C|Disguise}}
*''[[Rebel Dawn]]''
*[[Rebellion 2|''Rebellion'' 2]]
*{{Tales|6|Junkheap Hero}}
*{{WEGCite|book=No Disintegrations (West End Games)|text=''No Disintegrations''|story=Elusive (adventure)|stext=Elusive}}
*{{WEGCite|book=The Far Orbit Project|story=Preparing for War}} {{Po}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook|story=Bounty's Due}}
*[[Shadows of the Empire (novel)|''Shadows of the Empire'' novel]] {{Mo}}
*[[Shadows of the Empire (audiobook)|''Shadows of the Empire'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*[[Shadows of the Empire (junior novelization)|''Shadows of the Empire'' junior novelization]] {{Mo}}
*[[Shadows of the Empire (comics)|''Shadows of the Empire'' comic]] {{Mo}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook|story=We Are Made of Suffering}} {{1st}}
*{{Shortstory|story=A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}} {{Mo}}
*''[[The Mandalorian Armor]]'' {{C|Leia in disguise}} {{Hologram}}
*''[[Slave Ship]]'' {{C|Leia in disguise}} {{Hologram}}
*''[[Hard Merchandise]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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[[File:Ubese_SnV.jpg|thumb|An unmasked Ubese]]
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe]]''
*''[[Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters]]'' {{Po}}
*''[[Alliance Intelligence Reports]]''
*''[[Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook]]'' {{1stdesc}}
*{{SOTE|cardname=Chewbacca in Disguise|link=https://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/sote/soteTC039.jpg|archiveurl=https://archive.is/lYDq}}
*{{KennerCite|set=Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (toy line)|text=''Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire''|pack=Leia (In Boushh Disguise)|link=soteKleia.asp|archiveurl=https://archive.is/ijfii}} {{C|as Ubesian}}
*''[[Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology]]''
*''[[Alien Encounters]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary]]''
*''[[Alien Anthology]]''
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20011004aliens|text=Even More Aliens!|int=Even More Aliens!|archivedate=20091016024255}}
*''[[Ultimate Alien Anthology]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive]]''
*''[[C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid]]''
*{{FFCite|4|THE2, ''Thermal Detonators''}}
*{{FFCite|13|BOU5&ndash;6, ''Bounty Hunters &ndash; Boushh''}}
*{{InsiderCite|67|The Ultimate Return of the Jedi Insider's Guide}}
*''[[Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: Prima Official Game Guide]]''
*''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''
*[[Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide (real-life book)|''Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide'']]
*''[[Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide]]'' {{C|Impersonated}}
*''[[Underworld: A Galaxy of Scum and Villainy]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide]]'' {{C|Impersonated}}
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20011101c|text=Alien Adventures|int=Alien Adventures|archivedate=20091016014842}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 6]]''
*[[Scum and Villainy (sourcebook)|''Scum and Villainy'']]
*{{SWGTCG|set=Champions of the Force (SWGTCG)|text=Champions of the Force|cardname=Intimidating Strike}} {{Po}}
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*{{SWGTCG|set=Squadrons Over Corellia|cardname=Ubese Gloves}}
*''[[The Essential Atlas]]''
*{{SWGTCG|set=The Shadow Syndicate|cardname=Shadow Sneak}} {{Po}}
*''[[Galaxy of Intrigue]]''
*[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]]
*{{FFGTCG|set=Edge of Darkness|cardname=Hive of Scum and Villainy}} {{Po}}
*''[[Star Wars: Force Collection]]'' {{C|Card: Boushh (★★)}}
*''[[Star Wars: Force Collection]]'' {{C|Card: Boushh (★★★★)}}
*{{FFGTCG|set=Balance of the Force|cardname="Boushh"}} {{Po}}
*{{FFGTCG|set=Between the Shadows|cardname=Boushh}} {{Po}}
*''[[Mask of the Pirate Queen]]''
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==Notes and references==
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{{Interlang
|de=Ubeser
|nl=Ubese
|ja=ユビーズ/レジェンズ
|ru=Убезийцы
}}

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[[Category:Mid Rim species]]
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