INFO: Clawdites were a humanoid species native to the planet of Zolan. They were one of the few shape-shifting species in the galaxy, and were sometimes referred to as Changelings. Due to their abilities, they were often mistaken for Shi'ido.
RACE: Clawdite
HEIGHT: 1.6 to 1.8 Meters Tall
SKIN: Green to yellow
DISTINCTION: Shapeshifting abilities
LANGUAGE: Clawdite
HOMEWORLD:
Zolan was the homeworld of the Zolander species and its Clawdite offshoot. The Zolanders were loyal to the Galactic Republic, but the Clawdites were loyal to the Confederacy of Independent Systems, with the false hope the Confederacy would liberate them from Zolander oppression.
HistoryA visit to Zolan by a New Republic diplomat resulted in a local civil war. The Clawdites later overthrew the Zolander dominance of the planet and came to control 75% of the surface.
Shortly after the Yuuzhan Vong War began, Zolan joined the New Republic. About 100 Clawdites formed Guile Company, serving as infiltrators during the Yuuzhan Vong War. Guile Company remained intact until at least the end of the Swarm War.
Zolan was also notable as being the planet where the ancient order of Mabari knights was founded. The Zolanders only allowed small numbers of Clawdites to join the order.
BIOLOGY AND APPEARANCE:In their natural form Clawdites were reptillian humanoids with yellow eyes. With age and practice they could alter their appearance in more and more extreme ways.
CULTURE AND HISTORY:The Clawdites were the genetic offspring of the Zolanders, the dominant species on Zolan. When Zolanders discovered that their sun had increased its radioactive emissions, they tried to unleash a gene in the Zolander skin cells to activate natural protection against radiation. The results created a new species, Clawdites, which were metamorphs. Clawdites could change their appearance, if they kept body mass as a constant and didn't retain the same aspect for a long time. However, some Clawdites were able to change their mass, such as Zam Wesell and Nuri, although it was an extremely rare skill.
Zolanders ostricized Clawdites and placed them in wretched ghettos where they lived as second-class citizens. Some were able to flee, but most remained struggled on their homeworld. The head of CIS Count Dooku offered them freedom from Zolanders and many enlisted their support to his movement, but in the end those efforts were in vain. After the Galactic Empire came to power, the Clawdites were trapped on their planet by a forced blockade. After the fall of the Empire Clawdites finally rose against Zolanders and, after a brutal civil war, subjugated Zolanders and established themselves as the dominant species. The Clawdites later served the New Republic as infiltrators during the Yuuzhan Vong War.
IN THE GALAXY:The assassin Zam Wesell, who operated during the last decades of the Galactic Republic, was a notable member of this race, and a good ally of Jango and Boba Fett(and a good friend though according to Jango "There are no friends or enemies just allies and adversaries"), she met an unfortunate end at the hands of her "friend" Jango on Coruscant, who killed her with a poison dart to keep her from giving the Jedi information that would compromise the mission, and lead back to himself.
The Clawdite Braxus Lyn worked for the CIS as a spy during the Clone Wars.
APPEARANCES:LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
Zygerrian Takedown
Star Wars: Jango Fett
Star Wars: Zam Wesell
Noviee Exposed as a Changeling—HoloNet News Vol. 531 56
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones novel (First appearance)
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novel
Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive
Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
Boba Fett: A New Threat
Republic Commando: Hard Contact (Mentioned only)
Republic Commando: Triple Zero (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Holocron Heist
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Holocron Heist"
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
Boba Fett: A New Threat
Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight (Mentioned only)
Cargo of Doom
SOURCES:Star Wars: Power of the Jedi
Underworld: A Galaxy of Scum and Villainy
The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
"University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Clawdites" - Star Wars Gamer 10
The Official Star Wars Fact File 49 (CLA1-4, Clawdites)
Ultimate Alien Anthology
Star Wars: The Official Figurine Collection 48 (Toxic Killers: Kouhuns)
Scum and Villainy
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Galaxy at War
ASN-121 in the Databank
Clawdite in the Databank
Cato Parasitti in the Databank
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