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Ryyk blade

For other uses, see Ryyk (disambiguation).

Ryyk blade

Production information
Culture	Wookiee
Creators	Wookiees
Owners	Wookiees
Cost	500 credits
Physical and technical specifications
Size	Small
Weight	1.5 to 15 kg
Usage and history
Era(s)	Old Republic era Rise of the Empire era Rebellion era New Republic era New Jedi Order era Legacy era
Affiliation	Wookiees

[Source]

"A Wookiee warrior without a ryyk blade is a webweaver without fangs."

―Traditional Wookiee maxim^[src]

Ryyk blades were simple traditional swords constructed by the Wookiees of Kashyyyk.

1 Characteristics
2 Behind the scenes
3 Appearances
4 Sources
- 4.1 In other languages

CharacteristicsEdit

The design of these weapons varied greatly between individuals, but all ryyk blades were hand-constructed and were considered an extension of the wielder, much like the Wookiee relationship with their bowcasters. The average weight of a ryyk was around fifteen kilograms, but Wookiees could wield them with surprising speed and grace. The blade was first developed when the Wookiees were still technologically primitive; they were used for clearing paths through the thick forests of Kashyyyk and fending off vicious predators.

Ryyk blades were used heavily by Trandoshan slavers during the Clone Wars and by Wookiee Berserkers during the Galactic Civil War. For a non-Wookiee to use the ryyk without earning the right to do so was an insult to most Wookiees.