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terrestrial species in the SW galaxy
Posted: 2003-09-30 04:39pm
by Enola Straight
What other Earth species besides humans are in the Star Wars Galaxy?
Cats, Dogs, Horses?
Is the Millenium Falcon named after the Earth bird?
Posted: 2003-09-30 05:48pm
by Mad
There was a snake and a lizard on Dagobah.
Posted: 2003-09-30 05:50pm
by Agent R
The starwars.com database has stuff on ducks.
Posted: 2003-09-30 06:44pm
by vakundok
The ANH novelisation mentions a (barking) dog in Anchorhead and also that Luke had a dog before.
Posted: 2003-09-30 07:33pm
by YT300000
Teddy bears.
Posted: 2003-09-30 07:38pm
by Old Plympto
"What's a duck?" asked Luke .... in the ANH novelization.
Posted: 2003-09-30 07:51pm
by YT300000
Old Plympto wrote:"What's a duck?" asked Luke .... in the ANH novelization.
I think that was Anakin in Rogue Planet. I read a quote on Star Wars.com about it once...
Posted: 2003-09-30 08:13pm
by Utsanomiko
YT300000 wrote:Old Plympto wrote:"What's a duck?" asked Luke .... in the ANH novelization.
I think that was Anakin in Rogue Planet. I read a quote on Star Wars.com about it once...
No, it was luke and ANH. Obi-wan used a phrase that involved ducks. Plympto is right.
Posted: 2003-09-30 08:22pm
by Robert Treder
In TPM, Captain Panaka complained that they were "sitting ducks" when the Queen's Yacht was flying towards the blockade.
There are statues in Theed of what appear to be horses. Also, the Ewoks live action TV crap made use of many horses.
Posted: 2003-09-30 08:29pm
by Robert Treder
The book The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide, by Terryl Whitlatch and Bob Carrau, seems to imply that the horse statues in Theed are really of Guarlaras, not horses. Guarlaras look like horses, except for they're a little more alien. It's entirely possible, since we don't get too close a look at the statues in either movie, but I'd bet that the ILM modellers just used horses.
The book also mentions that "Wild greysors are bothered by fleas." So, fleas exist in Star Wars, unfortunately.
Posted: 2003-09-30 08:44pm
by Robert Treder
Aha, I found the passage I was looking for.
The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide wrote:The origins of the Ewok pony are mysterious. The species equus is found on several planets, including a large, black breed ridden by the Dathomir witches. Ewok ponies run wild in the open woodlands and plains of Endor, but are also kept as transport animals by Ewoks. Brave, tough, and swift, these ponies do not exceed one meter at the shoulder. Larger equines are kept by the Marauders.
I like Mike's explanation (from his fanfic): When the humans travelled back in time from our galaxy to the Skywalker galaxy, they took horses and stuff with them.
Posted: 2003-09-30 11:05pm
by Ronaldo
Robert Treder wrote:In TPM, Captain Panaka complained that they were "sitting ducks" when the Queen's Yacht was flying towards the blockade.
There are statues in Theed of what appear to be horses. Also, the Ewoks live action TV crap made use of many horses.
I actually liked those Ewok movies...
Posted: 2003-10-01 12:11am
by Robert Treder
Ronaldo wrote:Robert Treder wrote:In TPM, Captain Panaka complained that they were "sitting ducks" when the Queen's Yacht was flying towards the blockade.
There are statues in Theed of what appear to be horses. Also, the Ewoks live action TV crap made use of many horses.
I actually liked those Ewok movies...
Well, there's no accounting for taste
Posted: 2003-10-01 02:03am
by Brother-Captain Gaius
Shatterpoint has akk dogs. If you include flora as well there's all sorts of stuff.
Krayt dragons are another, seen in a lot of sources.
Galaxies is not an ultra-canon source like the movies or novelizations, but we accept a lot of the other PC games' material. There's a ton of stuff in there - sludge panthers, nightspiders and hermit spiders, crystal snakes...
On the Guarlaras, in the game you do see llama/horse-type creatures called Gualamas on Naboo. Related, perhaps?
Posted: 2003-10-01 02:46am
by Robert Treder
Gualamas and Guarlaras are different, but similar. Gualamas are slender, white, equine-ish things with curvy horns. Guarlaras are large, black equine-ish things that look like clydesdales with curvy horns. Guarlaras are only allowed to be ridden by the monarch, according to Naboo custom.
The book confirms that "They are related to gualamas, but are much more massive."
Oh, and Guarlaras are like backwards lipizzaners; they are born white and mature black.
Posted: 2003-10-01 08:47am
by Old Plympto
Akk dogs aren't actually dogs, they're enormous, orangey, large-teethed reptillian-looking predatory thingamabobs... well at least they look so in DHC's Emissaries to Malastare.
Posted: 2003-10-01 09:15am
by Peregrin Toker
JediNeophyte wrote:Shatterpoint has akk dogs. If you include flora as well there's all sorts of stuff.
Krayt dragons are another, seen in a lot of sources.
Krayt Dragons aren't terrestrial, unless you count them as related to some extinct reptiles and dinosaurs.