Cephalosaurs were a type of creature with tentacle-like arms that could be found on the astronomical object Regnio III. During his youth, the Evereni Marchion Ro hunted the creatures while on Regnio III.[1] In 228 BBY,[2] while on a desert planet, Ro was reminded of the cephalosaurs he had hunted when he saw blue-green cacti that sprouted spindly bushes with long tentacle-like arms.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Cephalosaurs were mentioned in the 2024 novel The High Republic: Temptation of the Force, written by Tessa Gratton and published as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[1] Phase III.[3] The word "cephalosaur" is a combination of "cephalo-," meaning head,[4] and "-saur," used in the Anglicized taxonomic names of certain extinct real-world reptiles.[5]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic: Temptation of the Force (First mentioned, simultaneous with audiobook)
- The High Republic: Temptation of the Force audiobook (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The High Republic: Temptation of the Force
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates Starlight Beacon's destruction to 230 BBY. The implementation of the Guardian Protocols, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia places in 229 BBY, took place one week after Starlight Beacon's fall according to The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 1. As The High Republic: Temptation of the Force takes place one year and six weeks after the destruction of Starlight Beacon and its events span a few months, its events must be set in 228 BBY.
- ↑
Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ Cephalo- Definition & Meaning on Dictionary.com, LLC: "a combining form meaning "head," used in the formation of compound words" (archived from the original on July 16, 2024)
- ↑ -Saur Definition & Meaning on Dictionary.com, LLC: "a combining form used in the names of extinct reptiles, especially archosaurs, usually Anglicized forms of Latin taxonomic names" (archived from the original on July 16, 2024)