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A fern was a type of plant.[1] Types of fern included amber ferns,[16] Blood Razor ferns,[22] bull-ferns,[12] climbing ferns, feather ferns,[20] glass-ferns,[11] Jovarian sun ferns,[14] kata-wata,[23] razor ferns,[1] shag ferns,[24] singing ferns,[5] splinter ferns, and tentacle ferns.[18] There were thousands of species of ferns on the planet Joralla.[13] At least one type of ferns was violet in color.[2]
Ferns and lichens were the dominant form of vegetation in the mediocre soil of the Deep Core planet Byss.[4] Ferns even grew on the surface of the toxic, garbage-covered planet of Raxus Prime.[19]
Fern-trees, plants found on the planet Duroon, were similar to ferns.[7] Ferns shared their name with crystal ferns, possibly silicon-based crystalline life-forms,[25] and fern bickers, a species of bipedal creature living on the planet Kashyyyk.[26]
Besides growing in wilderness,[17] ferns were also grown in-doors, such as in the Jungle Vault club on the planet Vaynai,[27] in Administrator Senior Lob Doluff's office on the asteroid Oseon 6845,[28] and in gardens on Ithorian Herdships.[29]
Behind the scenes[]
One namesake of the fern, the fern potato, was mentioned in the 1993 book Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas, a publication that combines creature designs and photographs from various projects of George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars franchise, with original text by Bob Carrau.[30] Lucasfilm employee Leland Chee, who maintains the Holocron continuity database, has indicated that information contained in the book is non-canonical[31] with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity.[32]
Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas[]
A fern potato was a cooking ingredient that could be used in preparing a dish out of the creature known as Smapp. One recipe listed 45 fern potatoes among its required ingredients.[30]
Appearances[]
Sources[]
- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin
- Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One
- Dark Empire Sourcebook
- The Star Wars Planets Collection
- Galladinium's Fantastic Technology
- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
- The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
"The Vaynai Archipelago" — Star Wars Gamer 8- "Endor and the Moddell Sector" — Star Wars Gamer 9
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 15 (YAV 1-4: Yavin 4)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 26 (MID 5-8: Planets of the Mid Rim)
- Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (Mentioned in multiple entries, but without own entry)
- Suns of Fortune
