Ryyk blade/Legends

"A Wookiee warrior without a ryyk blade is a webweaver without fangs."

- Traditional Wookiee maxim

Ryyk blades were simple traditional swords constructed by the Wookiees of Kashyyyk.

Characteristics
The design of these weapons varied greatly between individuals, but all ryyk blades were hand-constructed and were considered an extension of the wielder, much like the Wookiee relationship with their bowcasters. The average weight of a ryyk was around fifteen kilograms, but Wookiees could wield them with surprising speed and grace. The blade was first developed when the Wookiees were still technologically primitive; they were used for clearing paths through the thick forests of Kashyyyk and fending off vicious predators and other attacking animals. Ryyk blades were used heavily by Trandoshan slavers during the Clone Wars and by Wookiee Berserkers during the Galactic Civil War. For a non-Wookiee to use the ryyk without earning the right to do so was an insult to most Wookiees.

Behind the scenes


In the Agents of Chaos Duology, the blades are misspelled as "ryyyk" blades.

In Rebel Force: Hostage, the blade of Chewbacca is misspelled as a "ryk" blade.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
 * MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
 * Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees
 * Rebel Force: Hostage
 * Heir to the Empire
 * Dark Force Rising
 * Tyrant's Test
 * Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
 * Inferno
 * Invincible
 * Dark Force Rising
 * Tyrant's Test
 * Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
 * Inferno
 * Invincible