Ryyk (Wookiee)

"He saw his family killed before his eyes by Mandalorians...makes the poor thing go berserk every once in a while."

- Lyshaa

Ryyk was a male Wookiee prisoner imprisoned on Warlord Shogar Tok's headquarter prison on Brentaal IV. He had gone insane after watching his family be massacred by Mandalorians; this led to him occasionally going into uncontrollable berserker rages.

During his sentence he befriended fellow prisoners Lyshaa and Sagoro Autem. When the Grand Army of the Republic attacked the base, The three found the perfect opportunity to escape. However, they came face-to-face with Jedi Masters Quinlan Vos and Shaak Ti whose Padawan Fe Sun, was killed by Lyshaa. Luckily, the Republic sided with them and while Lyshaa and Ti went to kill Tok, Ryyk, Autem, and Vos went to disable the fortress defense. During the attempt however, Ryyk was killed by a wormsnake.



Behind the scenes
It seems likely that he was named after the ryyk blade, a Wookiee ceremonial weapon. The reverse cannot be true as the weapon is several millennia older.

Appearances

 * Jedi: Shaak Ti