Mynock/Legends

Anatomy
A mynock was a silicon-based organism found across the Galaxy that was often seen leeching power from spacecraft. In addition, they could absorb matter from a ship's hull causing hull breach, and if not caught in time, catastrophic failure. They were considered parasites by pilots and starport personnel, and failure to properly shake them off in orbit before landing could result in quarantine.

Mynocks were one of the few species that could live in the vacuum of space. Mynocks also had bat-like wings which they could use to fly in atmospheres, although were limited to vacuums due to an allergic reaction to helium found in atmospheres which would cause them to inflate and nearly explode before dying. Many spacewalking sport hunters would kill mynocks by attaching helium-based grenades to them in what was called "Mynock Puffing".

They fed on electrical, stellar, and electromagnetic energy, and thus could become stuck to power cables or ion ports on ships and structures. The energy was absorbed through a big sucker-like mouth located between their eye stalks. Some Mynocks had legs, while others were legless. In atmospheres, a mynock produced a loud, piercing screech. As they lacked any major organs, they reproduced by mitosis, but only after they had consumed enough material required for replication. A few subspecies appear to have existed, including one that had a normal mouth, rather than a sucker-like one, and another that had blue skin and gave birth to live young.



They were commonly eaten by another silicon-based creature, the space slug. Swarms of mynocks could be found alive, flying around a space slug's innards for a long time before they start to become digested. While living in a slug, they could obtain sustenance by feeding on its veins and intestinal lining. Despite being a silicon-based lifeform, a properly prepared mynock could also be ingested by carbon-based life forms; they were sometimes used in Twi'lek cuisine, such as Mynock Coronet City.

Mynocks tended to flock together, generally in a pack of ten, however could migrate annually in large groups. The most notable of these migrations were the famed migrations of Roon, where the sky could literally become darkened from swarms of these creatures. They tended to protect territory in which they resided and would attack in larger numbers if they felt threatened. It is possible that they communicated using pheromones, telepathy, or even through a hive mind.

The Mynock in culture
The Jedi Order, in honor of the mynock's skill at evading attack, named a form of lightsaber combat after the beast: Soresu.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Single Cell
 * Episode I Adventures 3: The Fury of Darth Maul
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * The Clone Wars: The Pengalan Tradeoff
 * Mist Encounter
 * Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith(on the deleted scene from DVD when Yoda land on Dagobah)
 * Ghost
 * Rebel Bass
 * A Death Star is Born
 * Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
 * No Disintegrations, Please
 * Interlude at Darkknell
 * Super Star Wars
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Super Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
 * A Wookiee Scorned
 * Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight
 * Balance Point
 * I, Jedi
 * The Apprentice
 * Or Die Trying
 * Betrayal