Katarn/Legends

''This article is about the predatory animal. You may be looking for Kyle Katarn, famed mercenary and Jedi.''

A katarn was a predatory quadraped native to the planet Kashyyyk. They had slender bodies with rodent-like tails, and narrow faces leading back to a cartilaginous ridge protecting their neck and shoulders. Their paws had opposable digits, and their lower limbs are covered with sharps spurs, both of which allowed them to climb and hang from the brances of the giant wroshyr trees.

The Wookiees, who call the Katarn the "Old Prince", hunt them in coming of age rituals. Wookiees say the katarns were born by a wound to Kashyyyk that fell from the sky ages ago (possibly a Rakatan satelite) and made a home for the Katarn. The katarns then hunted the Wookiees, thus unlocking the Wookiees inner "fire". To thank the katarn, the Wookiees hunt them. They believe that someday it will be the Katarn's turn to hunt the Wookiees again.

They were ferocious and merciless predators which would track their prey for long periods before choosing an opportune moment to strike. They have been described as "silent, shadowy, and deadly," qualities which made them the mascot of Judder Page's Katarn Commandos.

Appearances
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic