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. He was one of the chief weapons engineers on the original Death Star.[5]
Biography
During the time leading up to the Clone Wars, Leth was a representative of the Galactic Republic's Ministry of Science. In 22 BBY, Leth participated in a HoloNet debate opposite Nasdra Magrody and Bunt Dantor, where he argued that the mysterious weapon targeting Republic task forces was possibly equipped with cloaking devices. He estimated that the power supply capable of destroying entire task forces of capital ships would require a vessel to be at least 8 kilometers long. He also speculated that a Jenth-class hypermatter core was the possible reactor being used for this.[3]
During the Great Jedi Purge, Leth designed the Universal Energy Cage to hold and transfer Jedi captives.[6] He also developed the "resonator" devices, weapons which were used to torture and subjugate the Marasan people.[7] He also began work on the World Devastators as early as 0 BBY, with its development being so secret that Leth only relayed the most basic information to Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, which he then used in the official field manual Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide.[8] 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.[9]
Years later he designed the Galaxy Gun for the reborn Emperor Palpatine,[2] as well as the World Devastators,[9] SD-10 battle droids, and Shadow Droids.[10] In addition, he presented the cloned Emperor with the XR-85, allowing the tank droids to finally be fully realized.[11] He was killed when Palpatine's flagship Eclipse II fell out of hyperspace and collided with the Galaxy Gun.[1][12]
Behind the scenes
In the audio dramatization of Star Wars: Empire's End, Leth was voiced by John Cygan,[13] and in HoloNet News — A Galaxy Divided, he was voiced by David W. Collins.[3]
He was to appear in an additional comic, Boba Fett vs. The Empire, where Leth would betray the Empire and Boba Fett would be tasked with hunting him down, but the comic was never developed.[14]
Appearances
All Hear This: HoloNet News Return (HNN: A Galaxy Divided) on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)- Death Star (Mentioned only)
- Lightsider (Non-canonical appearance) (Unpublished)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
- The Essential Chronology
- Star Wars Handbook 3: Dark Empire
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
- The New Essential Guide to Characters
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 23 (MIL1-2, Military Droids)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 25 (UNI1-2, Universal Energy Cage)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 43 (MIL8, Military Droids)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 49 (GAL1-2, Galaxy Gun)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 56 (GAL3-4, Galaxy Gun)
Droids, Technology and the Force: A Clash of Phenomena on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link)
"Byss and the Deep Core Part 1" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)- The New Essential Chronology
- Star Wars: The Comics Companion
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Jedi Academy Training Manual
- The Essential Guide to Warfare
- Death Star Owner's Technical Manual
- Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The New Essential Guide to Characters, p. 210
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dark Empire II 4
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 All Hear This: HoloNet News Return (HNN: A Galaxy Divided) on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dark Empire endnotes, part 2: The Power of the Dark Side
- ↑ Death Star, chapter 2
- ↑ Dark Empire Sourcebook, pp. 123-124
- ↑ Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies, p. 59
- ↑ Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Dark Empire Sourcebook, p. 107
- ↑ Dark Empire II 1
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 344
- ↑ Empire's End 2
- ↑ Empire's End audio drama
- ↑ "ComicScan: Comics That Almost Were" – Star Wars Galaxy Collector 4