I recently retconned Jerec into an Ithorian but left everything else about him the same. It was an excellent choice. Have a nice clear look at some familiar and maybe less-familiar faces.
Barabel
Houk
Trandoshan
Falleen
Ithorian
Tiss'shar
Wookiee
Arkanian
Barabel
- Hook: Extinct on their homeworld since a Bryn'adul genocide that group X didn't try to prevent/only group X tried to prevent.
- Strength: Blaster-proof scales.
- Strength: Strong tail.
- Strength: Great physical strength.
- Weakness: Hatred of and contempt for apologies can, shall we say, cause friction in many contexts.
- Weakness: Cold-blooded, meaning severe challenges in cold environments.
- Weakness: Discrimination. Stereotyped as cruel and vicious.
- Strength/Weakness: Deep sense of loyalty... often toward the wrong people.
- Star Wars images: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_Barabels
- A useful non-SW picture base: Argonians (The Elder Scrolls games)
Houk
- Hook: The Houk are big on expansion, with a strong diaspora. Houk of various stripes have planted colonies on all kinds of worlds. Maybe you've been an oppressive colonizer. Maybe the tables got flipped on you. Or maybe you just love scouting and developing the uninhabited frontier.
- Strength: Extreme physical strength, comparable to Wookiees.
- Strength: Oddly good at stealth.
- Weakness: Discrimination. Reputation for deception, bad-faith deals, and preemptive strikes.
- Weakness: Discrimination. Culture has a reputation for corruption and violence.
- Weakness: Very bulky; may not be able to fit through the airlock or under the descending blast door.
- Star Wars images: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_Houk
- A useful non-SW picture base: Long John Silver from Treasure Planet, or Brutes from HALO.
Trandoshan
- Hook: They share a solar system with the Wookiees, their ancient rivals, and the main Silver Jedi temple. Lot of room for anger and frustration. Also, like Wookiees, Trandos do life debts.
- Strength: Can regenerate limbs, slowly.
- Strength: Can see in the infrared.
- Strength: Great physical strength.
- Strength: Tough, scaly skin.
- Strength: Razor-sharp claws.
- Weakness: Clumsy three-clawed hands (low dexterity).
- Weakness: Can't wear shoes or boots.
- Weakness: Discrimination. Stereotyped as cruel and vicious.
- Weakness: Cold-blooded, meaning severe challenges in cold environments.
- Star Wars images: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_Trandoshans
- A useful non-SW picture base: Argonians (The Elder Scrolls games)
Falleen
- Hook: Reclaiming their rightful place in the galactic underworld.
- Strength: Powerful pheromones help people see things your way in all kinds of situations.
- Strength: Long lives (250+, as high as 400). Maybe your parents remembered the golden age before the Gulag Virus.
- Strength: Can hold breath underwater for extended periods.
- Weakness: Skin coloration can betray emotional state.
- Weakness: Cold-blooded, meaning severe challenges in cold environments.
- Weakness: Discrimination. Stereotyped as arrogant liars.
- Star Wars images: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_Falleen
- A useful non-SW picture base: Cardassians (Star Trek). Also, green-tinted humans work fine.
Ithorian
- Hook: Ithorians. Enough said.
- Strength: Deafening, concussive scream. Four throats. Quite powerful.
- Strength: Trustworthy reputation.
- Strength: Almost by default, you know plants very, very well.
- Weakness: Discrimination. Stereotyped as passive, aloof wimps.
- Weakness: Below-average reflexes.
- Weakness: Most Ithorians have difficulty speaking Basic.
- Star Wars images: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_Ithorians
- A useful non-SW picture base: N/A
Tiss'shar
- Hook: The unfortunate world of Tiss'sharl has seen more than its share of war and oppression. Nevertheless, the Tiss'shar are aggressively ambitious and have clawed out success in all corners of the galaxy.
- Strength: Reputation as shrewd businessbeings.
- Strength: Reputation as outstanding gunslingers or assassins.
- Strength: Big sharp claws and teeth.
- Weakness: Cannot wear shoes.
- Weakness: Discrimination. Fear and contempt.
- Weakness: Cold-blooded, meaning severe challenges in cold environments.
- Star Wars images: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_Tiss'shar
- A useful non-SW picture base: The Jurassic Park franchise.
Wookiee
- Hook: The Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk has seen some crazy things, including a devastating One Sith invasion fifteen or twenty years back. Since then there's mostly been peace and stability, though the presence of the Jedi temple called Silver Rest has drawn all kinds of raids and similar fuss.
- Strength: Extreme physical strength.
- Strength: Very sharp retractable climbing claws (with severe cultural prohibitions against using them in combat except at great need).
- Strength: Longevity (400+ on average). Maybe your parents remembered the golden age before the Gulag Virus. If you're old, maybe YOU remember it.
- Weakness: Most Wookiees have difficulty speaking Basic.
- Weakness: Discrimination. Many assume Wookiees aren't especially intelligent and are especially ferocious.
- Star Wars images: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_Wookiees
- A useful non-SW picture base: I dunno...Bigfoot?
Arkanian
- Hook: These simple little humans have been running things for far too long.
- Strength: Clawed fingers (four digits per hand)
- Strength: Able to see in the infrared.
- Strength: You've very likely chosen to undergo genetic and/or cybernetic enhancement of one sort or another.
- Weakness: Exceptionalism and xenophobia. Mainstream Arkanian culture pushes the idea that Arkanians are the pinnacle of evolution.
- Weaknesses: Arkania's sun is a cool, pale, whitish star, so Arkanians often need to wear eye protection on planets with brighter suns (i.e. most of them).
- Star Wars images: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_Arkanians
- A useful non-SW picture base: Elric of Melniboné or pretty much any other depiction of an albino human.
