INFO: The Lasat were a sentient species indigenous to the arid Outer Rim planet Lasan. They developed heat-dissipating ears, a light covering of insulating fur, and large eyes suited to twilight vision to support their lifestyle as desert carnivores.
The Lasat were considered "crafty" or "sneaky" by the galaxy at large due to their tendency to capture their food by trapping.
RACE: Lasat
HEIGHT: 1.8 Meters Tall
SKIN (FUR): Light tan to dark brown
DISTINCTION: Large eyes, tail
LANGUAGE: Lasan
HOMEWORLD:Lasan was a planet in the Outer Rim, in the Slice. It was the Lasat homeworld.
BIOLOGY AND APPEARANCE:The Lasat are well-adapted to this environment, with large, thin, pointed, heat-dissipating ears; a light fur that insulates against the cold desert night, small oral and nasal openings; and large eyes facilitating twilight vision. They are carnivores with canines in the forward section of the mouth and bone-crushing molars behind. They are covered with light-brown to dark brown fur - longer in males than females. The face, hands and tail are hairless, and the males' heads tend to bald as they grow older.
Lasat tend to be furtive, self-centered, indirect, and sneaky. Though carnivores, they typically capture their food by trapping, not hunting. They always call themselves by name, but only use pronouns to refer to others.
CULTURE AND HISTORY:Lasat society was held together by a long-standing oral tradition, featuring clever and stealthy heroes. Their social structure was largely nomadic, though powerful city-states existed, with buildings constructed of mud and brick. Both the cities and the tribes were ruled by hereditary religious figures, with laws being enforced by a warrior-police caste.
Political and economic concerns lead frequently to wars in which the tribal nomads often served as mercenaries.
IN THE GALAXY:Only a relatively small number of Lasat left their homeworld, apparently as slaves. Fortunately for them, the Lasat made poor slaves and many were skilled at crafting explosives out of common chemical agents. Their servitude was short lived.
Occasionally, ignorant citizens of the galaxy mistook exceptionally tall or bulky Lasat for Wookiees, due to their (typically) light-brown fur, which sometimes resembled Wookiee fur on males of the species (Lasat females had much shorter hair). In fact, the Lasat were easily distinguishable by their small nose and bald face, hands and tail.
The bounty hunter Puggles Trodd was a Lasat, and the mechanic Dap Nechel may have been one as well.
APPEARANCES:None
SOURCES:Riders of the Maelstrom (Picture only)
"Alien Encounters" - Star Wars Adventure Journal 11
Alien Encounters
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