Dyslogia Twang

"I look forward to the next event I can relate to you out there, who love as much as I do the wonders of stardom. Until then, sweeties, I wish you all happiness."

- Dyslogia Twang

Dyslogia Twang was a female contributor to the HoloNet News channel at the time of the Separatist Crisis. She covered such topics as fashion, celebrity news, and high-class social events&mdash;in other words, gossip. She was one of the few media supporters of Jar Jar Binks, the Gungan Representative to the Galactic Senate. In 22 BBY, Twang travelled to the planet Alsakan and attended a fundraising reception for the Refugee Relief Movement, which inspired her to write a very sarcastic article.

Biography
"I just about shrieked out my larynx seeing Lexi Dio's atrocious frock. She was bedecked in a layered accident that superlatives absolutely fail."

- Dyslogia Twang

In the waning days of the Galactic Republic, the female alien Dyslogia Twang was a famous journalist. During the Separatist Crisis, she was a regular contributor to the Life section of CoCo District's edition of the HoloNet News. Thanks to her social column titled "Sightings by Twang," she had embraced a high-society life, rubbing elbows with the galaxy's finest. In the fourth month of the year 22 BBY, she attended a fundraiser for the Refugee Relief Movement&mdash;or RRM for short&mdash;in the brand new Xenvaer Civic Auditorium on the planet Alsakan. During the reception, Twang crossed paths with many politicians, most of whom she found dull or poorly-dressed. In one single night, the journalist had found fresh fodder for the gossip mill and enjoyed quality food she qualified as "pure heaven." Following the fundraiser, Twang wrote a vitriolic review that was published in the fifty-third issue of the 531st HoloNet News volume. The only celebrities who had a certain grace in her eyes were Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo and the Gungan Representative Jar Jar Binks.

At some point, Dyslogia Twang was invited to one of the annual Vector Day party thrown by Mrp-Mrp Poo, a renowned Quenk jazz artist. The journalist, sporting a Velcro wrap, attended the gala, which was held at the Boulderdash terrarium, along with many well-known personalities of that time, including the data star Rzsco Snowwt. As usual, Twang intended to compose a highly critical article for publication in her column. However, she was forced to leave the party early so she could write her report in time, which displeased her. In spite of her early departure, she had collected enough gossip to write one of her trademark unflattering articles. In "Sightings by Twang," the journalist notably made hay of an anecdote involving Tireis Blackandwhite, a female who could divide her body into two autonomous&mdash;and quite antagonistic&mdash;"segments."

Personality and traits
"Listening to Tendau Bendon morosely drone on about the mourning fig trees of some forsaken world made me want to me to [sic] take someone's life (my own is far too fabulous to even contemplate taking!)."

- Dyslogia Twang

Dyslogia Twang was a female belonging to an alien species characterized by its stout stature, sagging flesh, and tiny hands. Her skin had a pale purple hue, and two black eyes emerged from the fleshy folds of her face. Twang's head drooped down over the shoulders, completely concealing her neck under a goiter-like enlargement.

Society life was Twang's primary interest, and she would show disdain for quiet planets such as Monastery and Naboo, which she called "dismally dull worlds." Her other great passion in life was fashion, a domain in which she often expressed very hard judgments. In her review of the RRM fundraiser, she made harsh comments about some of the attendees' clothes and hairstyle, including the former Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum and Senator Lexi Dio. By contrast, Twang admired Padmé Amidala's natural beauty and elegance; she even wished to hire Amidala's hairdresser for herself, although she had no hair to begin with. She was also fond of the delegate Jar Jar Binks, whose laid-back nature and sense of fashion had gained her approval.

During the Separatist Crisis, Twang was admittedly supportive of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's policies, even though she would carp about his wearing red garments. Generally speaking, the journalist showed little interest in specific political matters. When Senator Ronet Coorr of Iseno tried to discuss with her about redirecting arterial traffic through industrial sectors, Twang cut short the conversation after only twelve minutes. She also remained indifferent to environmental topics, remarking that the Ithorian Senator Tendau Bendon had bored her by discussing a species of fig trees found on a forgotten world.

Behind the scenes
"A good time was had by most (except yours truly, who needed to leave early so I could initial this report!). I picked up the next day, though, that Mrp-Mrp danced the night away with a fractal assembly of her deionized lover ("The best one I ever had!"), QUOCRAG MOGRA."

- Dyslogia Twan, in Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas

Dyslogia Twang first appeared in the 1993 book Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas, written by Bob Carrau. In this book, Twang gave a review of the annual Vector Day organized by Mrp-Mrp Poo, a famous Quenk jazz artist. However, Leland Chee, who maintains the official Holocron continuity database, has stated that information from this book is considered non-canonical unless reused in later publications. In 2002, the character of Dyslogia Twang appeared in the April 25 issue of the HoloNet News in-universe website, thus bringing her into canon. In this incarnation, Twang was drawn by Joe Corroney. The HoloNet article retained most traits that had been established in Monsters and Aliens, including her speech mannerisms and the title of her social column.

Twang's appearance greatly resembles early Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi designs for Jabba the Hutt. One early sketch of the proto-Jabba, drawn by conceptual designer Ralph McQuarrie, even depicted him with steepled fingers, just like Twang in Corroney's illustration.

In real life, the term "dyslogia" is used in neuropsychology to describe a "distortion of language that results from psychological problems, without impairment to linguistic functions as such." It should be noted that in Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas, the exact meaning of many sentences within Twang's report was often unclear.