Zebesians(ゼーベス星人Zēbesu Hoshibito) are a sub-group of the Space Pirates. The true planet from which not only Zebesians, but the entirety of Space Pirates, originate from is currently unknown; presumably, they are not from the Space Pirate Homeworld as the Metroid Prime Trilogy art booklet states that it is one of several homeworlds. However, series director Yoshio Sakamoto has said that the Pirates that invaded Zebes took "Zebesian" as a general name for themselves after the conquest of the planet, comparing it to most "Americans" actually being descended from Europeans and only calling themselves Americans after conquering the true Native American tribes.