- "I'm sending my warriors to hide in the catacombs."
- ―Geonosian Archduke Poggle the Lesser, to Count Dooku during the First Battle of Geonosis
The warrior caste was lower station within the Geonosian aristocracy. Members of the warrior caste were winged and divided into two sub-categories - the elite and the regulars. They matured quickly, achieving maturity at age six at which point they were battle-ready. The Geonosian Hive Army was consistuted of the warrior caste and dealt with internal struggles inside the hives, as well as to protect it from foreign threats.
The regulars
The regulars were bred for simple defense and security. They were equipped with simple static pikes and sonic blasters. They wore no protective armor of any kind, instead relying on their hard exoskeleton, large numbers, and ability to fly to their advantage.
The elite
The elite warriors were often enhanced with cybernetics and given more powerful weaponry, such as elite beam weapons. The elite also differed physically from regulars in that they had an extra pair of walking legs and longer abdomens, along with two large tusks/mandibles next to their mouths.
Behind the scenes
The Geonosian warrior caste first appeared in 2002 with the release of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and its tie-ins.
The warriors appear in the 2002 video game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns. They are the Confederacy of Independent Systems special units and are produced at Fortresses.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Battlefront
- Star Wars: Republic Commando
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novel
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Machines of War
- Republic Commando: Hard Contact
- "Elusion Illusion" — Star Wars Insider 66 (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
- Republic 67: Forever Young
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Landing at Point Rain"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Weapons Factory"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Legacy of Terror"
- Labyrinth of Evil
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith comic
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novel
- Star Wars Galaxies
- The Long Arm of the Hutt
Non-canon appearances
Sources
- The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
- Geonosian in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Geonosian sonic blaster in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)