Topic: The Chubbit

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INFO: Chubbits were a species of bipedal sapient reptiles indigenous to the desert world Aridus in the Expansion Region.


RACE: Chubbit
HEIGHT: 1.4 Meters Tall
SKIN: Yellow to green
DISTINCTION: Frog-like Reptiles
LANGUAGE: Chubbitese, Galactic Basic

HOMEWORLD:
Aridus was a desert planet in the Expansion Region and the homeworld of the reptilian Chubbit species.

Geography
Aridus's surface was largely covered by sprawling deserts, though this terrain was dotted by volcanoes with lava pits and some small bodies of water like lakes and oases. The planet's few settlements, like Aridus Trade City, were located near any body of water and mines. Aridus's sole sentient species were the dimunitive reptilian Chubbits which were oppressed under the Galactic Empire which established mining operations on the planet. Other lifeforms included the reptilian droffi steeds and the Aridusian lava beetle.

History
Aridus was first scouted by Imperial scouts during the early years of the Galactic Empire. After valuable natural resources were found on the barren planet, various mining conglomerates including Yutrane-Trackata set up operations on Aridus. However, Aridus's ionized atmopshere damaged the mining equipment. Unwilling to waste credits by scrapping all operations on Aridus, the sector Moff authorized the construction of a massive power transformer and signal amplifier—the Iron Tower. The operations resumed and Imperial Hover-trains transported workers to dig sites. In a bid to prove its loyalty, Yutrane-Trackata offered the Empire sole use of its mining vehicles and other heavy equipment.

Unfortunately, the Iron Tower's ultra-strong frequency waves crippled the nervous systems of the native Chubbits, thus killing many of the species. The Chubbits had already been disenfranchised by the Imperial colonization and were forced to wage a guerilla war on the Empire. However, several Yutrane-Trackata workers surreptitiously supplied Chubbit resistance fighters and members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic with repulsor tanks and crawler tanks.

In 0 ABY, the Iron Tower was destroyed by an impersonator of Obi-Wan Kenobi as part of a ploy by Darth Vader to lure Luke Skywalker into a trap at the Iron Tower.

BIOLOGY AND APPEARANCE:
The average adult Chubbit was shorter than a fully-grown Human being. Their skin or scales appeared to be green though some also had black spots which may be a genetic trait. Little else about their physiology is known other than their nervous systems were easily crippled by ultra-strong frequency waves and that they were able to survive in Aridus's ionized atmosphere. They also appeared to have five opposable digits on their hands. Due to the barren and harsh conditions of their homeworld, the Chubbits apparently did not have an advanced space-age civilization.

CULTURE AND HISTORY:
Several years prior to Palpatine's declaration of the Galactic Empire, the Chubbits fought a war over possession of the so-called Jebble Box—in actuality, Dreypa's Oubliette. It was in the aftermath of this war that Schurk-Heren and his crew acquired the Oubliette.

Imperial troops scouted Aridus during the early days of the Galactic Empire. After valuable natural resources were found beneath the surface on the barren planet, various mining conglomerates including Yutrane-Trackata set up operations on Aridus . However, Aridus's ionized atmopshere damaged the mining equipment.

Unwilling to waste credits by scrapping all operations on Aridus, the sector Moff authorized the construction of a massive power transformer and signal amplifier—the Iron Tower. The operations resumed and Imperial Hover-trains transported workers to dig sites. In a bid to prove its loyalty, Yutrane-Trackata offered the Empire sole use of its mining vehicles and other heavy equipment.

Unfortunately, the Iron Tower's ultra-strong frequency waves crippled the nervous systems of the native Chubbits, thus killing many of the species. The Chubbits had already been disenfranchised by the Imperial colonization and were forced to wage a guerrilla war on the Empire. However, several sympathetic Yutrane-Trackata workers surreptitiously supplied Chubbit resistance fighters and members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic with military weapons including blasters, and repulsor and crawler tanks.

In 0 ABY, the Iron Tower was destroyed by an impersonator of Obi-Wan Kenobi as part of a ploy by Darth Vader to lure Luke Skywalker into a trap at the Iron Tower. However, the destruction of the Tower presumably ended the nerve-crippling emissions and saved the lives of many other Chubbits. Whether the Chubbits and their homeworld joined the Alliance's successor government the New Republic is currently unknown.

APPEARANCES:
Star Wars Dark Times 11: Vector, Part 5 (Appears in flashback(s))
Star Wars Dark Times 13: Blue Harvest, Part 1
Star Wars Dark Times 14: Blue Harvest, Part 2
The Return of Ben Kenobi (First appearance)
A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker

SOURCES:
The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Star Wars Dark Times: Blue Harvest 0

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