Gen'Dai - The Most Horrifying Species In Star Wars

The Gen’Dai were an often-misunderstood species with many people believing they were near immortal bloodthirsty brutes do to the most infamous members of their species such as Durge a bounty hunter who worked for the Confederacy during the clone wars and was known to slaughter an entire colony of Gungans as well as many jedi including Jon Antilles. Another infamous Gen’Dai named Rayvis further cemented the species brutal nature when he actively hunted the Jedi Cal Kestiss during the events of Jedi Survivor.

Despite these brutal examples of the Gen’Dai species most other members were peaceful with many being renowned philosophers. The Gen’Dai came from an unnamed planet that had lived in peace for generations until it was discovered shortly after the Great Hyperspace war by the Sith Empire. The Gen'Dai species was decimated in the ensuing battle, with an unknown number escaping the planet before it was lost to history. Leaving their world behind, the remaining Gen'Dai were scattered to the stars, seeking out a nomadic existence from planet to planet.
Over the course of galactic history, the Gen'Dai were largely absent from many of the great wars which plagued the established central government, only appearing time to time as the leaders of crime syndicates or bounty hunters. These individuals typically suffered from psychosis stemming from the degeneration of brain tissue due to advanced age. This was believed to be the case for both Durge and Rayvis as to why they exhibited such violent tendencies that other Gen’Dai did not.

Gen’Dai anatomy and lifespans were far different than most species in the galaxy with most Gen’Dai living for anywhere from 4,000 to 7,000 galactic years. Gen’dai were unique in that they were a boneless species and were virtually a formless jumble of corded muscle and nerve bundles. Because of this, Gen'Dai typically inhabited heavy armor made for humanoids to give themselves a form which passed for any number of species in the galaxy. The only distinct feature of the Gen'Dai were their heads; typically bald, the Gen'Dai faces were humanoid with two eyes, a nose, and a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth.

Lacking the vulnerable vital organs of most species, including hearts, and lungs, Gen'Dai could take extreme injuries and even complete dismemberment, and survive which gave them the reputation of being immortal. In fact, they could regrow lost limbs or other body parts in only a few minutes. Unlike most species, Gen'Dai had a nervous system which was distributed throughout the body in the form of millions of nerve clusters. This fact gave the species near instantaneous reflexes as well as the ability to sustain a high volume of injuries without any overall damage. So high was their sensory acuity, that the Gen'Dai were able to feel a Human's heartbeat from ranges of up to 200 meters.

As the Gen'Dai did not possess a heart, their circulatory system functioned by way of a series of capillaries and muscular contractions which pushed blood through the body. If the Gen'Dai received a cut, that area could easily be cut off from heavy blood-flow to prevent bleeding to death while the body regenerated itself. One of the Gen'Dai's few weaknesses was that they could be forced into an extended period of hibernation if they took too many severe injuries across their entire form. During this time the Gen'Dai's regenerative abilities replaced the body mass which was lost. Ultimately there were only two ways a Gen'Dai could be permanently killed. The first was the complete vaporization or incineration of one's body; such was case with Durge when he was sent into a star. The second was the death of a Gen'Dai's brain via physical destruction, as it was the only aspect of their bodies that could not be regenerated.

Sadly, for the Gen’dai species their numbers were few after the destruction of their home world by the Sith. Coupled with an extremely low birth rate and the fact that the remaining members of the species were nomadic its unlikely that the species will be able to repopulate into a sizeable number and will eventually be erased from history once the last few Gen’dai remaining die off.