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Bark mites were arthropods on Rori and Endor. They ate bark, and made large hives in trees and caves.

Biology and appearance[]

Swgpets-bark mite

A bark mite

Bark mites possessed eight limbs in total; they walked on six legs, and had two grasping arms with pincers.[1] These beasts were herbivorous insects. They were usually docile but they could become aggressive when protecting their lair.[2]

Races and subspecies included the bloodseeker mite, the forest mite and the wood mite.[1]

History[]

"It is the great many-legged warrior of the bark mites, fierce and relentless. We call it the Chirping Death. Hrnnh -- maybe that is not such a good name. Not fearsome. The bloodseeker is fearsome."
Jorak, to a spacer[3]

During the Galactic Civil War, a colony of giants bark mites lived in a cave on the Nabooian moon of Rori. The creatures had discovered that the cave was damp and warm, making it a perfect nursery for their brood.[2]

Forest mite

A forest mite on Rori.

After the Battle of Yavin, Doctor Maldien conducted illegal and highly dangerous bioengineering experiments in a laboratory on Corellia to create very aggressive and intelligent creatures. This included engineered bark mites.[4]

In 1 ABY,[5] the hunter Sloan Rusper noticed that something in the water of Rori turned wild animals, including forest mites, into dangerous marauding beasts. He thus tasked a spacer to kill a deadly forest mite guardian that threatened the Restuss Arts Jubilee.[6] The same year, the Sanyassan Marauder fightmaster Jorak ordered a spacer to kill a bloodseeker mite which was attacking the livestock of the Marauders on Endor.[3]

Behind the scenes[]

Bark mites appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[7]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Point of Interest: "Giant Bark Mite Cave" on Rori
  3. 3.0 3.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Static Quest: "Fightmaster Jorak" on Endor
  4. SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Quest: "Coronet Murmurs: Clear Out the Zoo" on Corellia
  5. According to its opening crawl, Star Wars Galaxies was set sometime after Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The only precise time indication in the game was given by the character Ruwan Tokai, who referenced the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin as occurring one year earlier, placing the game sometime around 1 ABY. Later, multiple elements confirmed the placement of the game storyline in 1 ABY. First, The Essential Reader's Companion established that the tie-in novel Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine took place in 1 ABY. Furthermore, the game expansion Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees was set during the Blockade of Kashyyyk, one year after the Battle of Yavin according to The Star Wars Holiday Special. Additionally, the main scenario of The Nightsister's Revenge from the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game was set over a year before the Battle of Hoth (3 ABY), so around 1.5 ABY. Finally, the reference book Strongholds of Resistance placed the events of Star Wars Galaxies's Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" one year after the Battle of Yavin. Of note, Galaxies's Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" introduced the Battle of Hoth in the game. However, the developers were quite clear that this was only intended to be a completely isolated "Star Wars Moment" without any effect on continuity for the rest of the game.
  6. SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Static Quest: "Lord Sloan Rusper" on Rori
  7. Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
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