Deathsnake

deathsnakes were a species of animal. The Human thief Sienn Sconn's use of a unique extendible stun staff to quickly strike and disarm an Imperial Stormtrooper was be compared to striking like a steel deathsnake whilst he was on the planet Venaari.

Behind the scenes
Deathsnakes were first mentioned in the short story One of a kind which was written by Paul Danner and originally published in Star Wars Adventure Journal 5 in 1955, later being released as a Star Wars Hyperspace article in 2004.