Olbio tree

Ysalamiri on olbio trees.

The olbio tree grew leaves upon which ysalamiri fed, and the creatures therefore lived on them most of the time. The forest on Myrkr was full of olbio trees, but the plant seldom survived being transported off-planet or transplanted in any way. Despite this, scientists believed the trees had somehow been transplanted from the planet Mandalore due to the high concentrations of Mandalorian iron found inside them. It was also believed that the ysalamiri owe their unique Force-dampening ability to the great quantity of Mandalorian iron they ingested. Talon Karrde kept a large olbio tree full of ysalamiri in his base on Myrkr.

Behind the scenes

Although olbio trees appeared as early as Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire, the tree was not named until much later in Troy Denning's The New Jedi Order: Star by Star.

Appearances

• Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption (as ysalamiri tree)
• Heir to the Empire (and unabridged audiobook) (First appearance, in book) (Retcon)
• Dark Force Rising (and unabridged audiobook) (unnamed appearance only)
• The Last Command (and unabridged audiobook) (unnamed reference only)
• The New Jedi Order: Star by Star (First identified as olbio tree)
• The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee (as ysalamiri tree in Tahiri Veila's dream)
• Fate of the Jedi: Omen (and audiobook)
• Fate of the Jedi: Abyss (and audiobook)

Sources

• Droids, Technology and the Force: A Clash of Phenomena on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
• Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook (Indirect mention only)

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