A zombie, alternatively known as an undead, was a deceased body brought back to life via supernatural methods, for instance, Dathomirian witchcraft. Lacking any will of their own and being speechless, zombies were under the control of those who initially summoned them.
A Geonosian queen could also utilize parasitic brain worms to reanimate corpses and exert control over them. While searching for Archduke Poggle the Lesser, Jedi Master Luminara Unduli and trooper Buzz encountered a group of deceased Geonosian warriors under the command of Queen Karina the Great.
Old Daka, a Dathomirian Nightsister, possessed a magic chant capable of creating zombies. During the [Clone Wars](/article/clone_wars], Daka employed this resurrection spell to revive corpses from a nearby burial ground. This Army of the Dead took part in a battle to fight off the Separatist forces commanded by General Grievous.
During his mission there, Yoda faced several illusions of undead Sith Warriors on Moraband. These illusions did not seem capable of causing him physical harm.
Project Blackwing, an Imperial initiative developed before or during 18 BBY, aimed to achieve immortality. However, the project inadvertently created a virus that transformed humanoids into cannibalistic undead. This virus possessed a degree of self-communication, which allowed it to gradually learn how to use machinery and weaponry.
Around 12 BBY, Mother Sssl, a Mustafarian priestess, infected numerous individuals on Mustafar with a plague that turned them into zombies. Sssl then led her undead army in an assault on Fortress Vader, the castle of the Sith Lord Darth Vader, in an attempt to infect him with the virus, but she was unsuccessful.
In 0 ABY, Jedi Padawan Luke Skywalker and the rogue archaeologist Doctor Aphra came across a zombie horde controlled by Abersyn symbiotes at the Citadel of Ktath'atn. Between 0 ABY and 3 ABY, an outbreak of the Blackwing virus on Dandoran infected a large number of Imperial stormtroopers, turning them into a hostile army of Undead Troopers.
According to a tale recounted decades after the Galactic Civil War, an Imperial engineer named Aklin utilized a Sith ring, pilfered from Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine's collection, to resurrect technicians who perished during the construction of the Death Star II, tasking them with completing their work. The Dark Lord Darth Vader later seized the ring, intending to return it to the Emperor, his Sith master, but only after the zombified workers had finished their assigned task.
The Great Mothers of Peridea were able to use their magick to revive volunteers from Grand Admiral Thrawn's Night Trooper legion. This was done to slow down Commanders Ahsoka Tano, Sabine Wren, and Ezra Bridger and prevent them from interfering with their plans.