Talk:Twi'lek/Legends

Prominent members
That prominent members section is getting unwieldy. I suggest we either clean it up and remove many of the names or make an article about it. I'm in favor of the first.  Chack Jadson  (Talk) 22:47, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The history shows that many of the names were written by an unregistered user. he also erased some names of Twi'leks that may be considered prominent. Maybe wwe should just undo his edits. NaruHina  Talk Anakinsolo.png 22:54, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I removed some. I'll trim it some more later too.  Chack Jadson  (Talk) 23:21, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

I seem to remember a role playing species book that clearly said Twi'lek's weren't mammals. Also the string of pearl looking things coming off of Bib Fortuna's goiter are never explained.

Other Racial Groups
I'm fairly certain that most of it is fanon information, but I know there are several more skin color based racial groups. Maye a behind the scenes or non-canon segment would do? Quick breakdown. Brown tones are darian, purple are tyrian, green are tukian, and orange are tolian. --StavesAndSabers 11:22, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

New Quote
I don't really like the twi'lek intro quote for the article, if anyone can find a better one go a head and try it out.96.49.135.69 06:11, November 3, 2009 (UTC)

Pronounciation?
According to the pronounciation on the Twi'lek page, "Twi'lek" is pronounced "Twee" (as in rhyming with "tree") and "lek" (as in rhyming with "check"). However, in Storm Over Ryloth, Anakin clearly prounces the first part of the word as "Twi" (as in rhyming with "eye"). Which is correct?
 * Both pronunciations are correct. Dave Filoni has even mentioned having both pronunciations used within one episode.  jSarek 00:28, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm skeptical of all of this. Where did Filoni say this?  It's not in the commentary for the episode on starwars.com.  Even if sourced, though, I don't know if that makes it "right", because the narrative doesn't support it.  See, the original poster is incorrect in the setup to the question.  Anakin doesn't even appear in this episode; it's Obi-Wan who pronounces it both ways.  This seems to make little sense, on the face of it.  It goes against the basic nature of Obi-Wan to be so linguistically undecided.  But it offends specifics revealed about Obi Wan in this episode.  Remember, he's shown to have at least rudimentary knowledge of the Twi'lek language at the end of the episode.  Seems really illogical he would pronounce the species name two different ways. Unless there's in-universe, narrative evidence to the contrary, the simplest explanation is that actor James Arnold Taylor just flubbed the name at the beginning of the episode, cause that's the only instance in which it's pronounced with a long "I".  I don't think the species name is ever spoken in the films.  Unless there's another episode of Clone Wars that voices the word, I think this is best seen as a blooper.  And bloopers are specifically anti-canonical.  Czech Out   ☎ | ✍  02:31, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * --  I need a name  ( Complain here ) 14:13, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that reference. Still, that's a very behind-the-scenes explanation.  it makes no narrative sense for one character — and especially the über-articulate Obi-Wan — to have two pronunciations.  If the clones had gone one way and Obi Wan another, that'd make sense.  Or if Obi Wan had said it one way to troopers and another way to other characters, that, too, would have made sense.  But to say it to the same audience two different ways?  No, that's just ridiculous.  I kinda take this Filoni comment as a preemptive coverup of a blooper.  We need more instances of the name being variously pronounced — and preferably by someone other than Obi-Wan — before we can take /twai-lek/ as canoically valid, I think. Maybe we'll get it in part three of this trilogy.  Czech Out   ☎ | ✍  14:59, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Isn't it pronounced both ways in the KOTOR games? I could have sworn both pronounciations appeared durring the course of at least the first KOTOR. That would be further indication that both pronounciations are correct in-universe. 72.79.211.126 15:08, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You're correct, it's pronounced both ways in the first KOTOR. Makashi Flourish 12:49, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Godess?
Why does it say that the Twi'leks worshipped an unknown godess? Is there a source for this, and if there is the part in the article should be extenede. Venators 07:47, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Biology and appearance
why is this topic written in past tense? 158.73.247.16 20:44, October 2, 2009 (UTC)


 * "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" - Star Wars "took place" in the past. - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 20:51, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

Should there be a mention of the weird neck sac and hangy things on some male Twi'leks (Bib Fortuna and Boc for example)? 71.225.238.31 06:25, December 10, 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, those are just their lekku around their shoulders. It is kind of a style for males that make their lekku appear to encircle their heads, probably for fashion or something.--Thoggnee 21:22, January 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh wait, forgive me I thought you meant their lekku style, I see what you mean now. It is probably just fat resulted in good/over eating.--Thoggnee 21:33, January 3, 2010 (UTC)

Cross-breeding
In the X-Wing series, it explicitly states that Nawara Ven and his human lover would be unable to have children together because of their racial divide, yet in an episode of The Clone Wars (S02 E10), we see a clone trooper who has apparently had two human/twi'lek crossbreed children with a local farmer. The latter is higher canon, but I'm not sure where this information would go in the article. Behind the scenes to discuss the discrepancy? In the Biology section? Both? &mdash;fodigg (talk) | 20:08, March 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Now I see that Shaeeah, one of the children in question, is listed as being an adoptive daughter and not a biological daughter, but this was never mentioned in the article and her "patchy" coloring might imply otherwise. Do we have confirmation of this? I suppose she might be too old to be biological, but Jekk, the other child, also displays "human" coloration and has what appears to be "stunted" lekku. Thoughts? &mdash;fodigg  (talk) | 20:15, March 4, 2010 (UTC)