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- "One cannot do less than is required, nor more than is allowed."
- ―Pons Limbic
Pons Limbic,[2] known by the nickname "Brainiac" given to him by the smuggler BoShek, was a male Force-attuned[1] Siniteen who was present in Chalmun's Cantina when Luke Skywalker and Han Solo met for the first time.[1][3] BoShek gave him that name because he could calculate hyperspace jumps without any help from a navigation computer.[1] He was sitting at a table with Arleil Schous, Bom Vimdin, and Braconnor Bakiska.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
During production of A New Hope, the character was referred to as "Brainee," "Cranium Head" and "Crater Head."[2] It was the CCG that first gave him his nickname "Brainiac," and his true name was not revealed until the article "Cantina Roll Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases" was updated for the 2008 StarWars.com site redesign.[4][2]
Both the pons and the limbic system are structures within the human brain.
Brainiac is also the name of a character in the DC Universe.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- The Star Wars Holiday Special
Sources[]
- Star Wars Official Poster Monthly 12
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – A New Hope Limited (Card: Brainiac) (backup link) (First identified as Brainiac)- Star Wars Customizable Card Game – A New Hope Limited Rules Supplement
- "The Last Page"—Star Wars Insider 48
- Star Wars: Chronicles
- "It's All In The Cards"—Star Wars Galaxy Collector 3
- Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases - Friendly Neighborhood Cullatran on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (First identified as Pons Limbic)
- He's The Brains, Sweetheart on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations (Picture only)
- Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (New Version)
- Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 1 (Picture only)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (Under Brainiac)
- 2012 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 7
- "Rogues Gallery: You're Barred!"—Star Wars Insider 144
- The Star Wars Holiday Special Cantina: Who's Who on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- "A Wretched Hive"—Star Wars Magazine 3
- Star Wars: The Card Game – The Forest Moon (Card: Brainiac) (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – A New Hope Limited (Card: Brainiac) (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases (old version, as archived at Archive.org)
