Lurmen/Legends

The Lurmen were a diverse, lemuroid species.

History


Some groups lived in the natural crystalline towers that dominated the surface of Mygeeto. Despite their prosperity, these lemuroids were enslaved by the InterGalactic Banking Clan when it took over Mygeeto.

During the Clone Wars, a group of Lurmen escaped the ravages of war in known space and colonized Maridun, a then-uncharted world. After being attacked by the violent Amanin, they were forced to abandon their ship, their only way off the planet, their reasoning being, that they would have to fight to get the ship back. The planet soon became occupied by Confederacy General Lok Durd, who used the Lurmen's known pacifism as a means to test an experimental weapon. Shortly before the Seperatist attack, the Lurmen encountered Clone Commander Bly, Aayla Secura, and Ashoka Tano. The trio were searching for medical assistance for Anakin Skywalker who had been badly injured in a battle. After convincing the Lurmen to help them, the healer Wag Too provided medical assistance and helped defend Anakin from a mastif phalone.

Society and culture
The colonists used fallen seedpods from the giant trees as shelter. Living near the trees proved too dangerous, as the falling pods could be deadly. Instead, the Lurmen dragged the pods into a clearing and used them as huts. They also extracted essential oils from the pods for nutrition and healing medicines.

The greatest threat to the Lurmen were the native Amanin and the mastif phalones, vicious turkey-headed quadrupeds that hunted in groups. But even in thwarting these beasts the Lurmen attempted to remain true to their pacifist ideals, and not inflict any injury to the creatures. Instead, when corned by a mastif phalone, an agile Lurmen would try to unbalance the creature by tying a rope around its stout legs. Some of the Lurmen on Maridun could contort into a wheel-shape and roll along the ground like the native Amani.

Behind the scenes


The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia states that the Lurmen were a lemur-like species, which seems to point out that the Lurmen were in fact derived from concept art for lemur-like inhabitants of Mygeeto that were slated to appear in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, but were ultimately cut. This is validated by the Databank entry for Lurmen which claims they were carried over from Utapau and Mygeeto as an unused concept. Additionally, there is a brief mention in the Star Wars: Complete Locations about the lemur-like inhabitants of Mygeeto being made into slaves by the Banking Clan.

Appearances

 * The Clone Wars: Neighbors
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith