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{{Quote|Great fires burn in its belly&hellip;and everything it eats is transformed into new instruments of doom.|Umak Leth, on World Devastators|<ref name="Endnotes" />}}
'''Umak Leth''' was an [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] engineer. 

==Biography==
During the [[Great Jedi Purge/Legends|Great Jedi Purge]], Leth designed the [[Universal Energy Cage]] to hold and transfer [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] captives.<ref name="DESB 123-124">''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]'', pp. 123-124</ref> He also developed the "[[resonator]]" devices, weapons which were used to [[Torture/Legends|torture]] and subjugate the [[Marasan]] people.<ref name="GG12">''[[Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies]]'', p. 59</ref> After the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|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]].<ref name="DESB">''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]'', p. 107</ref>

Years later he designed the [[Galaxy Gun]] for the reborn [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Emperor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]],<ref name="DEII4" /> as well as the [[World Devastator]]s,<ref name="DESB" /> [[SD-10 battle droid]]s, and [[Shadow Droid]]s.<ref name="DEII1">[[Dark Empire II 1|''Dark Empire II'' 1]]</ref> In addition, he presented the cloned Emperor with the [[XR-85 tank droid|XR-85]], allowing the tank droids to finally be fully realized.<ref name="DESB 123-124" /> He was killed when Palpatine's flagship ''[[Eclipse II]]'' fell out of hyperspace and collided with the Galaxy Gun.<ref name="EE2" />

==Behind the scenes==
In the [[Empire's End (audio)|audio dramatization]] of ''[[Star Wars: Empire's End]]'', Leth was voiced by [[John Cygan]].<ref name="EEAudio">[[Empire's End (audio)|''Empire's End'' audio drama]]</ref>

==Appearances==
*[[Lightsider (story)|''Lightsider'']] {{Nc}} {{C|Unpublished}}
*[[Dark Empire II 1|''Dark Empire II'' 1]] {{Mo}}
*[[Dark Empire II 4|''Dark Empire II'' 4]] {{1st}}
*[[Dark Empire II 5|''Dark Empire II'' 5]]
*[[Empire's End 1|''Empire's End'' 1]] {{Hologram}}
*[[Empire's End 2|''Empire's End'' 2]]
*[[Empire's End (audio)|''Empire's End'' audio drama]]

==Sources==
*[[Dark Empire endnotes|''Dark Empire'' endnotes]] {{C|Part 2: ''The Power of the Dark Side''}} {{1stm}} {{C|Epigraph}}
*''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]''
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded]]''
*''[[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]]''
*{{CollectorCite|4|ComicScan|ComicScan: Comics That Almost Were}}
*{{EGCite|D|SD-9 and SD-10}}
*{{EGCite|D|Shadow Droid}}
*''[[Star Wars Handbook 3: Dark Empire]]''

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|title=[[Master of Imperial Projects]]<ref name="DESB" />
|years=c. [[0 ABY/Legends|0 ABY]]&mdash;?<ref name="DESB" />
|before=[[Bevel Lemelisk]]<ref name="DESB" />
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==Notes and references==
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