The Road to Episode Infinity

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Aliens of “The Last Jedi”

“The Last Jedi” is full of new alien species and creatures, many of which are found on the Casino world of Canto Bight. It is unfortunate, however, that we have very limited information about the Alien species found in this film. Only one new “Last Jedi” sentient species was featured in the recently published “Star Wars: Alien Archive”. The limited information that we do know about some of these species comes primarily from the novel “Canto Bight”.

Lanai

The mysterious avian-like species known as Lanai are native to the oceanic world of Ahch-To. The female Lanai were known as the Caretakers and they would spend their time watching over the original Jedi Temple on Temple Island. The females wore traditional white robes and headdresses.

The males were known as the Visitors and they would spend their time away at sea hunting and gathering food and supplies. Once a month the Visitors would return to Temple Island with the gathered resources and a festival would be held. Some believed that the Lanai shared a common ancestor with the diminutive Porg species.

In the film “The Last Jedi”, only the female Lanai ever appeared onscreen. However, the male Lanai appear in deleted scenes. Rian Johnson describes the Lanai language as "a blubbery sort of Scottish fish talk."

Suerton

The Suerton were a reptilian species with wide mouths and eyes that were almost always closed. Though the species appeared blind, their luck was not blind.

It was established in the novel “Canto Bight” that Suertons had the ability to subconsciously affect probability, which made them appear to be lucky. This fact was reiterated in the novel, “Pirate’s Price”

Dodibin Thodibin and Wodibin are the Suerton brothers who appear in “The Last Jedi”. Wodibin is portrayed by Warwick Davis who frequently portrays characters with W names including Wald, Weazel, Weteef, Wollivan, and Wicket W. Warwick.

Xi’Dec

The Xi’Dec were a varied insectoid species from the planet Stic. The planet Stic was an erratic place prone to frequent climate and geological changed. The Xi’Dec species evolved a very odd way to deal with those changes, in that their gender would evolve into one of around 180 physical forms.

Some Xi’Dec were natural warriors, while others were workers and still more messengers. Some Xi’Dec crawled on many limbs, while others resembled humanoids and walked upright. When Xi’Dec were ready to reproduced, egg sacs would form all over their bodies and continue to grow until a suitable mate was found.

Thought Xi’Dec were first mentioned in the 1989 book “Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races”. The opera singer Ubbla Mollbro was the Xi’Dec who appeared in “The Last Jedi”. Ubbla was on Canto Bight in search of a mate and she traveled with a floating creature that she kept as a pet.

Wermal

The Wermal were a short, pink species from the planet Werma Lesser. Similar to many species in the galaxy, a Wermal lifespan was well over a century. Wermals had three hearts and were hard workers.

Some Wermals, such as Kedpin Shoklop spent decades working in dead-end jobs such as Vaporator Sales. Kedpin Shoklop was portrayed by Warwick Davis in “The Last Jedi” but the footage ended up on the cutting room floor and Shoklop can only be spied in deleted scenes. The adventures of Kedpin Shoklop are detailed in the short story "Rules of the Game" in the anthology novel “Canto Bight”.

Cloddogran

The Cloddagran species had four arms, nose tendrils, and ill-tempers.

Bargwill Tomder was a Cloddogran who ruled over the Fartheir stables at the Canto Bight Racetrack. Tomber employed child slaves who he would keep in line with a whip.

Two other Cloddograns appeared in the book “Pirate’s Price”

*UPDATE: July 2020*

3 More Aliens

There are so many great Aliens featured in the Canto Bight seen in "The Last Jedi". Unfortunately so many of these species are as of yet unnamed. Fortunately, in the years since this article was published we have received information about a few more of these sentient species.

Troglof

Since "A New Hope" the Star Wars universe has always offered us a fair amount of diminutive beings (i.e. Jawas, Ugnaughts, Ewoks)- however "The Last Jedi" and "Rise of Skywalker" offer us some even smaller beings. The characters of Thamm, Dobbu Scay, and Babu Frik are too short to be portrayed by humans and therefore are realized by a combination of puppetry and CGI. In Dungeons and Dragons these aliens would be classified as "tiny".

Thamm was the 'Hazard Toss' table manager at the Canto Casino. Though his species was previously unknown, it was recently revealed that Thamm belongs to the Troglof species. Troglofs appear to have eyestalks, tentacle-like arms, and are one of the smallest species in the known galaxy. Thamm was voiced by actor Warwick Davis.

Keteerian

The pointy-eared, frog throated alien Terrib Igmusk was a hotel concierge in "The Last Jedi", but until recently we did not know the species that Terrib Igmusk belonged to. However in 2019, Starwars.com identified this species as "Keteerian".

Since their first appearance in "The Last Jedi", Keteerians have been slowly cropping up in Star Wars television. A Keteerian named Teroj Kee appeared in a Season 1 episode of "Resistance". Teroj Kee claimed to be a member of the Mining Guild but was actually a First Order agent. Another Keteerian appeared in "The Mandalorian" chapters 1 & 3.

Khamarian?

Dobbu Scay is a tiny CG character in "The Last Jedi". The alien is hard to miss. He is drunk, rude, and mistakes BB-8 for a slot machine. The character is famously voiced by Mark Hamill, but the audience has never been given an explanation for his species.

However a video on the Star Wars Kids Youtube Channel gives us a clue to Dobbu Scay's race. According to the video "Every Language in Star Wars Movies" Dobbu Scay speaks a language called Khamarese, which means his species could possibly have a smilar sounding name such as Khamar or Khamarian.

Khamarians (if that is their name) seem to be a tiny species with furry faces. The fur extends from the ears down the sides of their face in a mutton-chop-like style. Dobbu Scay's height is comparable to Thamm & Babu Frik, however Scay is an entirely CG character while Thamm & Babu Frik are puppets.

Star Wars Aliens

The Aliens of the Cantina

http://roadto7.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-aliens-of-cantina_1.html

The Aliens of “The Empire Strikes Back"

http://roadto7.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-aliens-of-empire-strikes-back-what.html

The Aliens of Jabba’s Palace

http://roadto7.blogspot.com/2018/07/aliens-of-jabbas-palace.html

The Aliens of Max Rebo’s Band

http://roadto7.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-aliens-of-max-rebos-band.html

The Aliens of the Battle of Endor

http://roadto7.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-aliens-of-battle-of-endor.html

Flipping Heads

https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2018/09/flipping-heads.html

The Aliens of the Phantom Menace
https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2018/10/aliens-of-phantom-menace.html

The Aliens of Attack of the Clones

https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2018/12/aliens-of-attack-of-clones.html

The Aliens of Revenge of the Sith

https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2018/12/aliens-of-revenge-of-sith.html

Expanded Universe Aliens
https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2018/12/10-species-from-old-expanded-universe.html

Aliens of Podracing

https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2019/01/boonta-eve-classic-20th-anniversary.html

Aliens of Ralph McQuarrie

https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2019/01/one-1970s-ralph-mcquarrie-painting.html

Aliens of The Force Awakens
https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2019/02/aliens-of-force-awakens.html

Aliens of Rogue One

https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2019/02/aliens-of-rogue-one.html

Aliens of The Last Jedi

https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2019/03/aliens-of-last-jedi.html

Aliens of Solo

https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2019/03/aliens-of-solo.html

Aliens of Endor

https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2019/08/aliens-of-endor.html

The Most Obscure Aliens of the Original Trilogy

http://roadto7.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-most-obscure-aliens-of-original.html

Aliens of the Mandalorian

https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2019/12/aliens-of-mandalorian.html

Bonus Aliens

https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2019/04/bonus-aliens.html

The Five Subspecies of Nikto

https://roadto7.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-five-subspecies-of-nikto.html

151 Aliens
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Aliens of Star Trek

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Monday, February 25, 2019

Aliens of Rogue One

Gigoran

The Gigoron were a tall species not-unlike-wookies with long fur. Though their fur was often white- brown, grey and black shades were not unheard of. Their fur served them well on planet Gigor, a frozen world in the Outer Rim. Gigorons were often enslaved or used as bodyguards.

A Gigoron named Moroff was a member of Saw Gerrera’s rebel cell. Like many Gigorons, Moroff wore a vocoder over his face to translate his native tongue into Galactic Basic. Many years later, Ymmoss (a female Gigoron) was a member of The Resistance.

Gigorons first appeared in a 1994 adventure journal article where they were described as peaceful primates that evolved from cave-dwellers.

Iakaru

On the planet Iakar, the Iakaru species evolved in the canopies of the widespread jungles. Their keen eyesight, acute spacial awareness, accurate depth perception, and quick reflexes enabled them to swing from the trees of their home planet. They were largely unknown in the wide-galaxy during the age of the Empire, because they had not yet developed hyperdrive technology. However pharmaceutical companies visited Iakar during the Clone Wars using the rainforests for research.

An Iakaru named Bistan joined the Rebellion after a special Rebel task force arrived on Iakar, seeking medical supplies. In Rogue One, Bistan was portrayed by Nick Kellington and was known as “Space Monkey” during filming.

Tognath

The Insectoid looking Tognath were native to planet Yar Tonga. Though they looked humanoid the Tognath hatched from eggs and had both an endoskeleton and exoskeleton. The Tognath also were immune to pain which aided them in combat.

Sometimes the eggs of the Tognath species would graft together before hatching. In these cases some Tognath were born as eggmates. Eggmates would often have possess telepathy with each other. The “Two Tubes” is an example of such eggmates. Bethni and Edrio were mercenaries associated with Enfys Nests’ Cloud Riders and Saw Gerrera’s rebel cell.

In addition to “Rogue One” and “Solo” the Tognath egg mates have appeared in “Rebels” and Marvel’s “Star Wars” line.

Talpini

The Talpini were a short species with a long frowning face. Hair covered the back of their heads and bottom of their chins and were known to come in shades of orange and white. Talpini often worked as spies, since their size allowed them an ability to blend in or hide.

Weeteef was the Talpini that appeared in “Rogue One”. Weeteef is portrayed by Warwick Davis who frequently portrays characters with W names including Wald, Weazel, Wodibin, Wollivan, and Wicket W. Warwick.

Since the release of Rogue One, various members of the Talpini species have appeared in the video game, “Star Wars Battlefront II” and the comics “Age of Republic - Jango Fett 1” and “Star Wars: Beckett 1”

Drabatan

The Drabatan were a large mouthed amphibious species native to the planet Pipada. Pipada was rich in natural resources and was quickly targeted by the Empire. Many of the Drabatan population was forced off planet and an imperial blockade was placed around the planet.

One female Drabatan, named Sa’Kalla, was a vocal opponent of the Imperial invasion of her world. She was later captured and executed in a public setting. Sa’Kalla became a martyr for the Drabatan people and many would cry her name before charging into battle.

Drabatans tended to have very long compound names, including Paodok'Draba'Takat Sap'De'Rekti Nik'Linke'Ti' Ki'Vef'Nik'NeSevef'Li'Kek who went by Pao for short. Pao was the Drabatan Rebel commando that appeared in “Rogue One”. Though Pao was originally designed as a spiky haired alien for “The Force Awakens” who did not appear in the final cut of the film.

Sabat

The Sabat were recognized by their cone-shaped heads, tufts of hair, and flat faces. A Sabat named Leevan Tenza was affiliated with Saw Gerrera's rebel cell. A Sabat named Gelan Yees was a member of the Enfys Nest’s Cloud-Riders.

Fans would have first glimpsed a Sabat in the comic “Obi-Wan and Anakin part II” several months before Leevan Tenza appearance in “Rogue One”. The species was first identified in the “Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide” Another Sabat was featured in the comic “The Screaming Citadel Part I” a few months before Gelan Yees appeared in “Solo”.

Keredian

Keredians were a large yellow-green amphibian-like species. They were such an obscure race in the galaxy that even the location of their homeworld was not known to outsiders. Some Keredian joined up with Saw Gerrera's cell and later many joined the Rebel Alliance.

Cycyed Ock was the member of this species that appeared in “Rogue One”. He notably wore a cyber-optic wire connected to his brain to enhance vision and allow him to closely examine Kyber Crystals. Cycyed Ock also weilded a vibrorang with deadly accuracy.

Another Keredian named Ruk recently appeared in the book “Choose Your Destiny: A Luke & Leia Adventure”.

Meftian

Meftians were a strange looking species with black fur covering their bodies and white fur covering their heads. A Meftian by the name of Kullbee Sperado appeared in “Rogue One” as a member of Saw Gerrera's rebel cell.

It is noted in the “Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide” that both Kullbee Spearado and Cycyed Ock survived the destruction of Jedha in a Z-95 headhunter. Actor Robert Nairne portrayed Cycyed Ock and Kullbee Sperado in “Rogue One”.

Delphidian

Delphidians hailed from the Delphidian Cluster. Though there were many subspecies of Delphidians, all had leathery stripes that ran through their bodies and faces. The Delphidian language had many dialects that were used throughout the trade routes of the Delphidian Cluster.

The Delphidian Durteel Haza appeared in “The Force Awakens” and another Delphidian that may have been Durteel Haza appeared in “Rogue One”.

Sidon Ithano, a Delphidian pirate, hid his appearance under a Kaleesh mask. He was known by many names including "Crimson Corsair", "Blood Buccaneer", and the "Red Raider".

Britarro

The Blue-skinned Britarro hailed from the planet Britaxis Minor. Their physical features include a bald head and flat nose. Nik Hepho was a Britarro bounty hunter who appeared as a background character in Jedha City in the film “Rogue One”. Britarro have also appeared in the comics “Tales from Vader's Castle 3” and “Doctor Aphra 20”.