Kell dragon

Kell dragons were quadruped predators, cousins of the much larger krayt dragons.

History
Jabba the Hutt kept several as pets aboard his personal starship, and would feed prisoners to the Kell dragons for entertainment. Kyle Katarn was one of the only victims to survive a battle with a kell dragon, successfully defeating it with his bare hands. Upon retrieving his weapons and escaping the dragon den, he proceeded to exterminate Jabba's entire complement of the beasts.

The Dark Jedi Jerec had one kell dragon in captivity at his private palace at the city of Barons Hed. There were also two of the creatures lurking in the Valley of the Jedi ruins; it is unknown if they were placed there by Jerec or not.

Regardless, Kyle Katarn seems to have had bad luck with the monstrosities, as he encountered them on numerous occasions.

Behind the scenes


Kell dragons were created as enemies for the 1995 PC game Star Wars: Dark Forces. PC Gamer magazine stated that the dragons designed for the game were intended to be krayt dragons. Until the game's production and release, Krayts had never appeared anywhere else; therefore, they would be making their first appearance in it. For reasons unknown, they were renamed "kell" and became only a relative species of krayts. Note that some kinds of krayts are identical to kells.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Dark Forces
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
 * Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire

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