Kowakian monkey-lizard/Legends

"Those things never shut up."

- Risso Nu

Kowakian monkey-lizards were small sentient creatures from the planet Kowak, that usually lived in packs. These creatures had long, floppy ears, a wide mouth capped with a horned beak, a ruff of fur around their necks, and three digits on their hands and feet.



Young monkey-lizards were born in a larval stage. Their sentience was a subject of much debate as many believed them to be semi-sentient if not non-sentient. Monkey-lizards were known for their incessant laughter, which in their natural environment was used to frighten away predators and competitors for food. They often mimicked individuals speaking around them, often repeating phrases at inappropriate times. They were scavengers, who would consume almost anything. Their preferred food was rotting meat. When first discovered, they were not classified as sentient. At the time, the monkey-lizards did nothing to disprove this.

Notable Kowakian monkey-lizards included Salacious B. Crumb, Jabba Desilijic Tiure's jester and Picaroon C. Boodle, one of Jerec's band of seven Dark Jedi who were looking for the lost Valley of the Jedi; the latter was so mutated that his characteristics were hardly reminiscent of a monkey-lizard. As with the case of Jabba and Salacious Crumb, many Hutts found that monkey-lizards were useful to have around. They had a habbit of parroting out the plans of those plotting against their masters.

Kyle Katarn once described Chistori dark Jedi Desann as an "overgrown Kowakian monkey-lizard" after Desann compared him to a bantha herder.

Behind the scenes

 * Dark Nest III: The Swarm War features monkey-lizards on Tenupe, but it is unclear if this is the same species.
 * The Lost City of the Jedi calls this species a Kowakian lizard-monkey.

Appearances



 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Nomad
 * The Last of the Jedi: A Tangled Web
 * This Crumb for Hire
 * Best Birthday Ever
 * Skippy the Jedi Droid
 * Spare Parts
 * Number Two in the Galaxy
 * A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale webstrip
 * The Rebel Thief
 * Shadows of the Empire comic
 * Battle of the Bounty Hunters
 * The One That Got Away
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novel
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition
 * That's Entertainment: The Tale of Salacious Crumb
 * The Lost City of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
 * Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
 * Exile