Dug

• Appeared in:
  
  I
  II
  III
  IV
  V
  VI
  CW

• Homeworld:
  Malastare

• Size:
  1 meter

• Diet:
  omnivorous

• 

From the Movies

Dugs are slender, powerfully-built beings with a somewhat humanoid build and a unique method of walking. Their strong arms are used as legs, and their lower limbs are used as arms. Dugs have smooth skin, which hangs loose and pouchy around their necks, fin-like ears, and pronounced snouts.

Dugs are known for their ill-tempered demeanor, and many are little more than bullying thugs. Diminutive Dugs often feel the need to throw around their strength in bids to establish dominance. One of the best known Dugs is Sebulba, a Podracing champion from Pixelito on Malastare.

From the Expanded Universe

The strong Dug physique comes from evolution on a high gravity world. On Malastare, the Dugs are arboreal beings, brachiating among the canopies with alarming speed. They have built primitive villages called tree thorps in the Malastare forests of the western continent.

Eight thousand years ago, the Galactic Republic established an outpost on Malastare as the planet is located at a key spot along the Hydian Way trade route. Following the Republic, a contingent of Gran colonists settled on the planet. First contact between the Gran and the Dugs was bloody, and a long, brutal war ensued.

The Republic settled the violence in the Gran's favor. The Dugs were demilitarized, stripped of political power, and pushed to the fringe of their own planet. The Gran rule Malastare and represent the planet in the Galactic Senate. Dugs are little more than subservient laborers toiling for the enrichment of the Gran.

Behind the Scenes

The Dug design came out of George Lucas' request for a compact Podracing thug with a spidery appearance. Script variations pinned Sebulba's home as both a place called "Pixelito" and "Malastare." Subsequent books have explained that Pixelito is a city on the planet Malastare.