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- "But, Wicket, we don't even have a weapon!"
"Hmmmm! Maybe we do, Teebo!"
"That beehive? But what kind of weapon is this?"
"One with a sting…I hope!" - ―Wicket Warrick and Teebo, looking for a way to stop an Endorian swamp beast
A bee was a small, winged creature that made a buzzing sound when in flight and stung painfully.[1] Bees had three main body regions: a head, a thorax, and an abdomen. Their heads featured twin feelers, a pair of large eyes and a proboscis. They had two sets of wings that were attached to the thorax; two fore wings and two hind wings. Their abdomen was large, amber-colored with black stripes and ended with a sting.[2] The Human named Han Solo compared the pain of his mending bones after the Millennium Falcon's crash on Kessel to the sting of a bee.[3] The humming of an IT-O interrogation droid was sometimes compared to that of a huge bee.[4] Bees lived in oblong, dome-shaped nests called beehives, which hung from trees.[1] Those flying creatures would bumble their way in the flowers, incidentally helping pollinate the plants that bore them.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
In Dark Nest I: The Joiner King, Han Solo refers to "the birds and the bees" when Leia Organa Solo and Alema Rar start talking about sex and flower pollination on Ryloth.
In Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, real-world bees are seen in the flowery fields of the Lake Country on Naboo during a romantic scene involving Anakin and Padmé.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel
SPECIAL FEATURE: Sightings by Twang — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #53 (original site is defunct) (Mentioned only)- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars junior novelization (Mentioned only)
- Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (and unabridged audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- "Nightlily: The Lovers' Tale" — Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (Mentioned only)
- "Nightlily: The Lovers' Tale" audio drama (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: A New Hope novelization (and unabridged audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- The Baby Ewoks' Picnic Surprise
- Ewoks (1985) 4
- Jedi Search (Mentioned only)
- The New Jedi Order: Traitor
- Dark Nest I: The Joiner King (Mentioned only)
- Millennium Falcon (and audiobook)
Sources[]
- The Star Wars Question and Answer Book About Space
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
- The Essential Guide to Characters
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide