Mantellian Savrip

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The Mantellian Savrips were a species of large, sentient natives to Ord Mantell. They had hunched-over statures, leathery skin, snake-like heads, and arms long enough to drag on the ground.

Often believed to be simply a very cunning non-sentient animal by many other species, the Savrips were actually a sentient, but technologically very primitive, species. They even had their own informal language, and some could even learn to speak accented Basic. The Warlord Taxer Sundown used the Mantellians' prejudice against the Savrips to blame the murders his organization carried out on them.

Savrips were naturally inclined to combat, and this, coupled with their unusual language, only fostered the notion that these beings were unintelligent. Because of this, many were hunted or exported, and, by the time of the Galactic Empire, few Savrips remained on Ord Mantell.

Savrip meat was also enjoyed by some, such as Baroness Omnino, who, with her son and the aforementioned impostor Jedi Sundown, planned to breed them for food on Ord Mantell in the years up to 37 BBY. However, this plan failed due to the intervention of Qui-Gon Jinn.

The Mantellian Savrip was also a dejarik holomonster.

The Savrip known as Kalhar was known to live on Tatooine. One Mantellian Savrip joined Darth Krayt's new Sith Order.

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[edit] Behind the scenes

The species as seen on the dejarik table in A New Hope was originally named "Kalhar monster".^[2]

[edit] Appearances

• Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell
• "A Mon Alone"
•  Brawl at Regional Dejarik Tournament—HoloNet News Vol. 531 51 (As dejarik piece)
• Boba Fett: Maze of Deception (Mentioned only)
• Boba Fett: Pursuit
•  Rendezvous at Ord Mantell on Wizards.com (article)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First appearance) (As dejarik piece)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel (As dejarik piece)
• The Star Wars Holiday Special (Appears in flashback(s)) (As dejarik piece)
• Super Star Wars
• Star Wars Galaxies (As dejarik piece)
• Rebel Jedi (Mentioned only)
• Star by Star (As dejarik piece)
• Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen (As dejarik piece)
• Star Wars Legacy 1: Broken, Part 1

[edit] Sources

• Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Premiere Limited (Card: Mantellian Savrip)
• Star Wars Encyclopedia
• The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 2 (DEJ1-2, Dejarik Hologame)
• Alien Anthology
• "Ezil's Return" (Mentioned only)
• Ultimate Adversaries
• "May the Facts Be With You" - Star Wars Insider 95
• Threats of the Galaxy

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