- "The boy's a Jedi. Kill him."
- ―Boba Fett, to the Ma'alkerrite ape-men and other patrons assembled at Al the Alchemist's cantina
The sentient species known as Ma'alkerrite ape-men were present in the galaxy by the time of the Galactic Civil War. Several ape-men were present in a cantina on the planet Toprawa in 0 BBY when the young Human Havet Storm entered the premises. When the patrons discovered the boy was carrying a lightsaber, the ape-men and several other bar-goers confronted Storm aggressively.
Biology and appearance
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The Ma'alkerrite ape-men were a sentient species of ape-like appearance.[1]
HistoryEdit
The Ma'alkerrite ape-men hailed from the Ma'alkerr system, located in the Rago sector of the Mid Rim.[2][3] They had contact with the galaxy by the time of the Galactic Civil War. In the year 0 BBY,[4] a group of Ma'alkerrite ape-men visited the cantina[1] Al The Alchemist's,[5] a locale on the planet Toprawa frequented by mercenaries, gun-runners, and bounty hunters from across the galaxy, the infamous Boba Fett among them. That day, Havet Storm,[1] a young Human boy whose grandfather had been a Jedi Knight,[4] entered the cantina. The patrons soon discovered that Storm was carrying a lightsaber, so the Ma'alkerrite ape-men and other bar-goers clustered around the boy, staring at him aggressively. Fett,[1] who was carrying a grudge against the boy from another encounter,[6] ordered the assorted patrons of the cantina to kill Storm,[1] but the boy escaped.[7]
Behind the scenesEdit
- "They are standing around you in a close ring — humans, lizard-like Druulgothans, Ma'alkerrite ape-men, winged Banasthaurs — gun-runners, mercenaries, and bounty hunters from all across the galaxy. And they are all staring at you."
- ―A mention of Ma'alkerrite ape-men in the front matter of The Lost Jedi
Paul Cockburn created the Ma'alkerrite ape-men for his pick-a-path adventure Jedi Dawn, published by Boxtree Ltd in 1993. The ape-men are not mentioned in the adventure itself, only in the front matter immediately following the book's cover.[1] The scene described there matches a scene contained in the actual adventure, including the same quotation from Boba Fett. The mention of the Ma'alkerrite ape-men is repeated in the front matter of The Lost Jedi Adventure Game Book, published in 1995, which collected Jedi Dawn and its sequel, The Bounty Hunter.
AppearancesEdit
- Jedi Dawn (First appearance) (Inside cover blurb only)
- The Lost Jedi Adventure Game Book (Inside cover blurb only)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The Lost Jedi Adventure Game Book, Front matter
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion on the Jedi Council Forums (Literature board; posted by jasonfry on December 11, 2007, 7:59am; accessed October 19, 2012) (backup link) (screenshot) "I wouldn't get your hopes up re alien homeworlds, beyond simple stuff like the Planetnamian species getting a Planetnamia on the map or things Dan and I can account for with a relatively quick reference." Jason Fry, co-author of The Essential Atlas, stated his intention to create homeworlds for numerous species based on context implied from their names. Ma'alkerr appears to be one such case.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Lost Jedi Adventure Game Book, p. 18
- ↑ The Lost Jedi Adventure Game Book, p. 66
- ↑ The Lost Jedi Adventure Game Book, p. 84
- ↑ "The Dark Forces Saga, Part 6" on Wizards.com (original article link, backup link)
