Cerean/Legends

Cereans were a humanoid species with long cone-like heads that hailed from the planet Cerea. Cerean males aged more quickly than the females, who had similar lifespans to Humans. Thus, there were less males than females. Polygamous marriage was a necessity in order for the species to survive. Each male usually had one primary "bond-wife," and between four and ten "honor-wives."



Their enlarged skulls, extending up to twenty centimeters above their foreheads, housed complex binary brains, provided with sufficient blood by an extra heart in their heads. The binary structure of Cerean thinking helped them to ponder two sides of an issue at once. Because of their thoughtful nature, they tended to be calm, rational, and analytical, preferring peaceful philosophies and a lifestyle which worked in harmony with nature. Though the quick-thinking Cereans had equally quick reflexes, they were commonly not as well co-ordinated as Humans.

Cereans developed a low-tech society on their homeworld, and preferred to live in isolation from the wider galaxy. However, during the years leading up to the Invasion of Naboo, a generational dispute errupted on Cerea when the younger generation took up a rebellious stance against their low-tech society. Many Cerean youths wished to own such technology as was commonplace in the Galactic Republic, like starships and speeder bikes. This unrest was ultimately quelled by Jedi Knight Ki-Adi-Mundi, himself a respected member of the Cerean species.

Ki-Adi-Mundi served as Watchman for his home system, though during the Clone Wars he relinquished this post to fellow Cerean Tarr Seirr. When Seirr was also called away, the Cereans were left undefended, and their planet was attacked by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The death toll of the Battle of Cerea reached over one million, and included the family of Ki-Adi-Mundi. This led to the Cereans becoming even more removed from galactic affairs with the rise of the Galactic Empire.

During the Jedi Civil War-era, many Cerean Jedi used specially-forged Kasha lightsaber crystals as a meditational tool; by incorporating such crystals into their training regimens, they helped to clear the wielder's mind of distractions, even during tense physical combat.

Notable Cereans

 * Ki-Adi-Mundi
 * Del Korrot
 * Tarr Seirr
 * Sen Udo-Mal
 * Tap-Nar-Pal

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
 * Star Wars Republic: Vow of Justice
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Captive Temple
 * Jedi Apprentice Special Editions 2: The Followers
 * Star Wars Republic: Prelude to Rebellion
 * Cloak of Deception
 * Star Wars: Obi-Wan
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles
 * Star Wars Republic: Outlander
 * Star Wars Republic: Emissaries to Malastare
 * Star Wars Republic: The Hunt for Aurra Sing
 * Star Wars Republic: The Devaronian Version
 * Jedi Quest: The Master of Disguise
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Machines of War
 * The Lesson
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Star Wars Republic: The Battle of Jabiim
 * Star Wars Republic 59: Enemy Lines
 * Star Wars Republic 60: Hate and Fear
 * Star Wars Republic 61: Dead Ends
 * Star Wars Republic 62: No Man's Land
 * Star Wars Republic 64: Bloodlines
 * Secrets of the Jedi
 * Obsession
 * Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Union