Ma'alkerrite ape-man

"The boy's a Jedi. Kill him."

- Boba Fett, to the Ma'alkerrite ape-men and other patrons assembled at Al the Alchemists cantina

The Ma'alkerrite ape-men were a sentient species distinguished by wings. Several ape-men were present on the planet Toprawa in 0 BBY. There, together with several other patrons of a local cantina, they hostilely confronted the Human Havet Storm over his possession of a lightsaber.

Biology and appearance
The Ma'alkerrite ape-men were a sentient species of ape-like appearance.

History
Ma'alkerrite ape-men were present in the galaxy during the time of the Galactic Civil War. In the year 0 BBY, several Ma'alkerrite ape-men visited a cantina on the planet Toprawa. The cantina, Al The Alchemists, was patronized by mercenaries, gun-runners and bounty hunters from across the galaxy; the infamous Boba Fett among them. Also present in the cantina that day was Havet Storm, a young Human boy whose grandfather had been a Jedi Knight. The patrons discovered that Storm was carrying a lightsaber, so the Ma'alkerrite ape-men and other bar-goers clustered around the boy, staring at him with hostile intent. Fett, who bore a grudge against the boy from a previous encounter, ordered the assorted patrons of the cantina to kill Storm, but the boy was able to escape.

Behind the scenes
"They are standing around you in a close ring &mdash; humans, lizard-like Druulgothans, Ma'alkerrite ape-men, winged Banasthaurs &mdash; gun-runners, mercenaries, and bounty hunters from all across the galaxy. And they are all staring at you."

- A mention of Ma'alkerrite ape-men in the front matter of The Lost Jedi

Paul Cockburn created the Ma'alkerrite ape-men for his pick-a-path adventure Jedi Dawn, published by Boxtree Ltd in 1993. The ape-men are is not mentioned in the adventure itself, only in the front matter immediately following the book's cover. The scene described here closely matches a scene contained in the adventure, which includes the same quotation from Boba Fett. The Ma'alkerrite ape-men are also mentioned in the front matter of The Lost Jedi Adventure Game Book, published in 1992, which collected Jedi Dawn and its sequel, The Bounty Hunter.

Appearances

 * Jedi Dawn
 * The Lost Jedi Adventure Game Book