Terentatek/Legends

"The terentatek is a predator, and we Jedi are its prey."

- Deesra Luur Jada

Terentatek were creatures which fed off the blood of Force-sensitives, and inhabited caves and tombs. Several guarded the entrance to a section of Naga Sadow's tomb. Terentatek originally evolved on Korriban, where the power and presence of the dark side of the Force gradually distorted their shapes and corrupted their minds. As a side effect, terentatek became virtually immune to effects of the Force. Terentatek resemble rancors, except they have a number of spines growing from their backs and they have a pair of mandibles attached to their mouths. Some sources, however, said that they were first created on Yavin 4 by Exar Kun, as one of his experiments in 3,997 BBY. During an event known as the Great Hunt, numerous Jedi traveled throughout the galaxy to try to exterminate the terentatek. None of the hunts were ever completely successful though the jedi managed to almost completly destroy all the terentatek in the galaxy after the war with Exar Kun but the terentatek began to come out of hybernation and repopulate. Terentatek numbers would gradually rise again. They were the most dangerous of the creatures bred by the Sith. They were so powerful and dangerous to the Jedi, that they were often dubbed 'Jedi Killers'.

When the former Jedi Revan and Malak rose to power as Dark Lords of the Sith, the number of terentatek greatly increased, due to their connection to the dark side of the Force. Supposedly, Terentateks could hibernate and remain dormant for many years, only to return when the dark side was strong in the galaxy.

Revan and his companions later found and fought terentateks on Kashyyyk and Korriban. Terentatek were also found on Tatooine, Onderon, Tython, and Yavin 4. A powerful creature in Kashyyyk's Shadowlands during the Jedi Civil War was discovered to be a Terentatek by Revan during his quest for the Star Forge. It was a ceremonial beast used in an old Wookiee ritual. In one such ritual, Bacca's Ceremonial Blade was broken from the hilt and imbedded in the terentatek's hide, and was lost until Revan summoned and killed the creature years later. Regardless, a population of terentateks inhabited Kashyyyk during the Galactic Civil War.

Appearances

 * Shadows and Light
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic