- "We appreciate the time you've given us. Is there anything else you'd like to say?"
"Elhh-pochrr-fffff-snappp."
"Thank you."
"Llllnnnnnng." - ―A Galactic Gossip interviewer and the Morpitoo
A language was used by the being known as the Morpitoo in an interview published in The Galactic Gossip. The phrases of the language, when transcribed into the High Galactic alphabet, made heavy use of consecutively repeated consonants and vowels. The interview did not translate the Morpitoo's replies.
Description[]
A language used by the alien being known as the Morpitoo was once transcribed using[1] the High Galactic alphabet.[2] In that representation, the Morpitoo's statements consisted of strings of letters that frequently used consecutively repeated consonants and vowels. The strings were separated from each other by dashes.[1]
Phrases[]
- Elhh-pochrr-fffff-snappp. — Given in response to "We appreciate the time you've given us. Is there anything else you'd like to say?"[1]
- Fraw-fruh-fing-fng. — Given in response to "Do you plan to mutate?"[1]
- Leeeem-leeeeem-leeeeemm. — Given in response to "Is it true that you practice prismatic self-defense?"[1]
- Llllnnnnnng. — Given in response to "Thank you."[1]
- Nsssss-prrrripipp-poom. — Given in response to "How many girlfriends have you had?"[1]
- Pfsspn-blttt-nooooop-fzzzzz. — Given in response to "What is your favorite food?"[1]
- Smmmmmmmm-reeeem-perpppp. — Given in response to "How old are you?"[1]
History[]
In an interview published in the The Galactic Gossip publication, the Morpitoo responded to the interviewer's questions, which were posed in[1] the Galactic Basic Standard,[2] in another language. An excerpt from the interview provided the Morpitoo's comments in untranslated form, and the interview itself involved questions related to the Morpitoo's favorite food, their age, the number of girlfriends they had had, and the Morpitoo's practice of prismatic self-defense and future plans for mutating.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The Morpitoo and the language they spoke was introduced in the 1993 book Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas, a publication that combines creature designs and photographs from various projects of George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars franchise, with original text by Bob Carrau.[1] Lucasfilm employee Leland Chee, who maintains the Holocron continuity database, has indicated that information contained in Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas is non-canonical with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity.[3]
Sources[]
- Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
The Written Word on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- ↑
Holocron continuity database questions on StarWars.com Message Boards. Posted by Leland Y Chee on May 3, 2006 at 5:45 PM. (content now obsolete; backup link) "Unless referred to by a source that is in-continuity, the information is non-continuity." (In response to: "And is information from Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas canon?")