Gorax/Legends

The Gorax were a species of behemoths found on the forest moon of Endor who frequently preyed on the Ewoks.

Description


Humanoid in appearance, adult Gorax were usually over six meters tall. Some specimens were recorded that were up to 30 meters in height. Their bodies were covered in thick, matted fur, which was black, brown, or sometimes gray in color. Their hairless faces were dominated by potruding lower jaws and heavy brows. Though they were omnivorous, their pointed teeth were well adapted to eating meat. They had wide, long, and pointed ears that were highly sensitive to noises made by small animals. Though their hearing was strong, their eyesight was weak. Bright light pained them, making them nocturnal hunters.



Powerful but primitive, Gorax had only recently developed sentience, and their technology was crude even in comparison to the Ewoks. They were limited to simple items such as clubs, stone axes, animal-skin clothing, and the like. They communicated by making grumbling noises. Gorax were solitary creatures, but they did domesticate boar-wolves (usually by killing a mother boar-wolf and stealing a newborn pup). They also made raids on Ewok villages, where they smashed through walls to capture Ewoks. Gorax took Ewoks both for food and to be kept in a hanging cage in a Gorax lair as pets. Luckily for the Ewoks, Goraxes were not a common species.

One particular Gorax dwelled on high crags beyond the Desert of Salma, which was far from the Endor forests. His home was a rearing spider-infested cavern built beneath a mountain fortress. It is unclear who built the fortress, if it was not built by the Gorax himself. This Gorax kidnapped two Humans who had crash-landed on Endor, Catarine and Jeremitt Towani. Their children, Mace and Cindel, rescued them with the help of a group of Ewoks from Bright Tree Village (including Deej Warrick and his sons Wicket, Willy, and Weechee Warrick). During the rescue mission, the Towani children and the Ewok warriors killed the giant by making him fall into one of the many chasms in his fortress.

Behind the scenes

 * To date, no official source has revealed the actor who portrayed the Gorax in Caravan of Courage.
 * Goraxes share basic similarities with the Bobog and the Grudakk, notably their large stature, but it is unknown if any of them share genetic ancestory.

Appearances

 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
 * Star Wars: Galaxies
 * Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure
 * X-wing: Rogue Leader
 * Marooned
 * Dark Apprentice
 * Dark Nest III: The Swarm War