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Tuk'ata

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Tuk'ata
Designation

Semi-sentient

Planet of origin

Korriban

"Gigantic creatures. Triple rows of teeth, six inch claws, and three horns. They can move on four legs or two, and have two winglike extensions--not functional wings, but poisonous stingers. Very fast.''"
Obi-Wan Kenobi, on the topic of Tuk'ata.[src]

The Force-sensitive Tuk'ata, or Sith hounds, were used for hundreds if not thousands of years to guard the tombs of the Dark Lords of the Sith on Korriban. Considering that many were sealed inside the tombs themselves, some believe that they were immortal or drew nourishment from the Force itself. It is also possible (and in some ways more likely) that they survived by feeding on small vermin or other creatures that infested the tombs as decay and time created new openings in the stone walls.

A giant Tuk'ata attacks Dark Acolyte Tol Skorr.
A giant Tuk'ata attacks Dark Acolyte Tol Skorr.

They were fearless guardians and would kill anything that entered the tombs. While on Korriban, Exar Kun was forced to fight several hounds as a test. Revan managed to kill one and take a Sith holocron from its belly. Darth Bane had to deal with them in the Valley of the Dark Lords on Korriban. Thousands of years later, a Jedi strike team comprised of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Siri Tachi, Soara Antana, Ry-Gaul, and their respective apprentices faced a pack of Tuk'ata when entering a tomb. Tol Skorr, the Dark Jedi servant of Count Dooku, would be injured by one that had grown to a monstrous size and would face it years later when he and Quinlan Vos attempted to raid a Sith tomb.

The Tuk'ata were at least semi-sentient, and could speak the Sith language.

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