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"Ortolan secretions are quite distinctive."
―Inspector Thanoth[7]

Ortolans were a sentient species of squat, blue-skinned bipeds with large, floppy ears, beady black eyes, and a trunk-like nose that were native to the cold planet Orto. They consumed large amounts of food in order to develop a warm layer of blubber due to the frigid temperatures of their homeworld.[5] Maximilian Rebo, founder of the Max Rebo Band, was a male Ortolan.[2]

Biology and appearance[]

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Maximilian Rebo and Azool Phantelle, two Ortolans

Ortolans were a sentient species of squat, blue-skinned bipeds with trunk-like noses and two beady black eyes.[1] They also possessed small mouths filled with blunted teeth behind their noses[7] and a pair of large, floppy ears,[1] which were sensitive to sound[2] and used to store fat.[3] Ortolans fended off the cold of their icey and snowy habitat by eating their way to a blubbery body.[6] Their articulated digits were able to absorb food and drink as well as play musical instruments.[3] According to Inspector Thanoth, their secretions were "quite distinctive." Ortolans were capable of speaking Galactic Basic Standard[7] and their average lifespan was 71+ years.[4]

Behind the scenes[]

Ortolans have been inconsistently depicted with and without arms in several pieces of canon media, with some Ortolans resembling the armless depiction described in Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know while others resemble their previous Star Wars Legends depiction. In a post on StarWars.com detailing behind the scenes for Star Wars Resistance "The High Tower," an Ortolan doll matching the Legends depiction is described as, "an Ortolan doll (with extra limbs)".[8]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ultimate Star Wars
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Alien Archive
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Darth Vader (2015) 10
  8. ↑ SWResistanceLogo Star Wars Resistance — "The High Tower"

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