( October 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. One statue remains unchanged, but two more have the golden arms and mask that Grievous has as a cyborg. Although his original form was not shown in Episode III, Grievous had statues of his former self in his home at Vassek during the Clone Wars. One Kaleesh cyborg, General Grievous became the feared military leader of the CIS during The Clone Wars. The Intergalactic Banking Clan, headed by San Hill, later came in and helped them out of their depression through a deal for the Kaleesh to join the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS). ĭuring the Huk War, the Republic sided with their enemy, destroying their economy and deepening the already hard times hurting their homeworld.
Most wear masks carved from the skulls of their most feared creatures such as the karabac and the mumuu. A bipedal reptilian species, the Kaleesh have reddish brown scaly skin and cover almost all their bodies to protect them from Kalee's blistering sun, usually leaving only their four-fingered claws exposed. The Kaleesh are a nomadic and politically neutral race from the planet Kalee.