Zombie
A zombie, alternatively known as an undead, represented 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 resurrected them.
History
The Clone Wars
Parasitic brain worms provided a method for a Geonosian queen to reanimate and then command corpses. While on search for Archduke Poggle the Lesser, Jedi Master Luminara Unduli and trooper Buzz encountered a group of deceased Geonosian warriors, all controlled by Queen Karina the Great.
The Dathomirian Nightsister known as Old Daka possessed a magic chant capable of creating zombies. During the [Clone Wars](/article/clone_wars], Daka employed this resurrection spell to revive a number of corpses from a nearby burial ground. This Army of the Dead then participated in a battle with the purpose of repelling the Separatist forces commanded by General Grievous.
Yoda faced several illusions of undead Sith Warriors on Moraband during his mission there. These illusions did not appear to have the ability to physically harm him.
Age of the Empire
Project Blackwing, an Imperial initiative conceived either before or during 18 BBY, had the objective of achieving immortality. However, the project resulted in the accidental creation of a virus that transformed humanoids into cannibalistic undead. This virus also 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, spread a plague on Mustafar which transformed dozens of individuals into zombies. Sssl then led this army in an assault against Fortress Vader, the castle of the Sith Lord Darth Vader, whom she attempted, but failed, to infect with the same virus.
In 0 ABY, Jedi Padawan Luke Skywalker and the renegade archaeologist Doctor Aphra came across a zombie horde controlled by Abersyn symbiotes located at the Citadel of Ktath'atn. Between 0 ABY and 3 ABY, an outbreak of the Blackwing virus on Dandoran resulted in the infection of numerous Imperial stormtroopers, transforming them into a hostile army of Undead Troopers.
A story, recounted many years following the Galactic Civil War, tells of an Imperial engineer named Aklin who used a Sith ring, pilfered from Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine's collection, to resurrect technicians who had perished during the construction of the Death Star II, so that they could finish their assigned task. The ring was later retrieved by the Dark Lord Darth Vader, intending to return it to the Emperor, his Sith master, but only after the workers had successfully completed their work.
Peridea
The Great Mothers of Peridea used their magickal abilities to revive volunteers from Grand Admiral Thrawn's Night Trooper legion. This was done with the intention of delaying Commanders Ahsoka Tano, Sabine Wren, and Ezra Bridger from interfering in their schemes.