Snake

"A serpent can shed its skin, but it is still a serpent."

- Anakin Skywalker to Padmé Amidala

Snakes (also called serpents) were creatures with a cylindrical, limbless body, a forked tongue that allowed them to smell, sharp fangs, and slitted eyes. They could grow as long as three meters and become as thick as the arm of a Kiffar. Snakes moved smoothly over surfaces with a distinctive twisting motion. When angered, they started hissing and thrashing. Some snakes were venomous, and their bites were painful. The Anacondans were a race of sentient, snakelike beings.

The swamp-covered planet Dagobah was home to at least one species of snake, the vine snake. Some small specimens resided in Yoda's hut; one such creature startled Luke Skywalker while he was preparing to leave Dagobah to rescue Han Solo and Leia Organa. The swamps of Rodia were home to countless varieties of snakes; Skywalker notably encountered one when he opened the door to Huulik's mausoleum. Black snakes could be found on Dathomir, and Moraband was home to a giant Sith serpent that, on closer inspection, was made of hundreds of smaller snakes.

During her time as a bounty hunter, the former Sith acolyte Asajj Ventress wore shoulder plates that bore an illustration of a twisted, black snake. At one point, Ventress also wore a necklace crafted to look like a snake.

Appearances

 * Obi-Wan & Anakin, Part IV
 * Dark Disciple
 * Adventures in Wild Space: The Escape
 * Adventures in Wild Space: The Nest
 * Adventures in Wild Space: The Dark
 * Thrawn
 * Lost Stars
 * Star Wars 15: From the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi
 * Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel
 * A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy
 * Star Wars: A New Hope
 * Battlefront II: Inferno Squad
 * Heir to the Jedi
 * Star Wars 21: The Last Flight of the Harbinger, Part I
 * Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
 * The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?
 * Aftermath
 * Aftermath: Life Debt
 * Aftermath: Empire's End
 * The Legends of Luke Skywalker
 * Bloodline
 * "All Creatures Great and Small"
 * Join the Resistance
 * Join the Resistance: Escape from Vodran
 * Aftermath: Empire's End
 * The Legends of Luke Skywalker
 * Bloodline
 * "All Creatures Great and Small"
 * Join the Resistance
 * Join the Resistance: Escape from Vodran
 * Join the Resistance: Escape from Vodran