Thranta

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"I was barely walking when I learned to ride thrantas. From the best, I might add."

―Princess Leia Organa^[4]

Thrantas were a large, flying species native to the planet Alderaan. As a species, they survived the destruction of their homeworld due to the relocation of some thrantas to Bespin.

Biology and appearance[]

Thrantas were gray-skinned floating beasts with broad triangular wings and a long tail. They greatly resembled^[2] the aiwha, a species of winged cetaceans native to Kamino.^[5] They emitted mournful cries as they flew.^[6]

Behavior[]

Thrantas were migratory creatures who lived in social groupings referred to as "herds"^[6] or "flocks".^[7]

History[]

Thrantas hailed from the planet Alderaan, one of the so-called Core Worlds of the galaxy. As she grew up as a crown princess in the House of Organa, Leia Organa notably learned to ride a thranta.^[8] Although Alderaan was destroyed by the Galactic Empire^[9] in 0 BBY,^[10] the species outlived its homeworld as a population had been transplanted to the gas giant Bespin. Those Bespinian thrantas lived in a breathable region of the planet's atmosphere, where they were ridden through the clouds by only the most daring thrill seekers.^[3]