Umak Leth

"Great fires burn in its belly…and everything it eats is transformed into new instruments of doom."

―Umak Leth, on World Devastators

Umak Leth was an Imperial engineer.

Biography

During the Great Jedi Purge, Leth designed the Universal Energy Cage to hold and transfer Jedi captives. He also developed the "resonator" devices, weapons which were used to torture and subjugate the Marasan people. 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.

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

Behind the scenes

In the audio dramatization of Star Wars: Empire's End, Leth was voiced by John Cygan.

Appearances

• Lightsider (Non-canonical appearance) (Unpublished)
• Dark Empire II 1 (Mentioned only)
• Dark Empire II 4 (First appearance)
• Dark Empire II 5
• Empire's End 1 (Appears in hologram)
• Empire's End 2
• Empire's End audio drama

Sources

• 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, 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
• "ComicScan: Comics That Almost Were" – Star Wars Galaxy Collector 4
• The Essential Guide to Droids ("SD-9 and SD-10")
• The Essential Guide to Droids ("Shadow Droid")
• Star Wars Handbook 3: Dark Empire