- "Our blasters just weren't bringing the voritor down. They're notorious for incredibly tough hides."
- ―Dusque Mistflier, to Finn Darktrin
A voritor lizard was an aggressive, venomous reptilian creature commonly found on Dantooine.
Description[]
- "In fact, no one is even sure how long these creatures live. It could be hundreds, maybe even thousands of years."
- ―Dusque Mistflier, to Finn Darktrin
The voritor lizard was a reptilian species native to Dantooine,[4] although it could also be found on Dathomir.[5]
The average voritor was two meters long,[2] with a fan-like dorsal spike.[1] The beast was a solitary hunter of the plains of Dantooine that moved slowly until they come in for the kill.[6] When one decided to attack, it charged its target with incredible speed.[2] Bols were its favorite preys.[7] The voritor lizard was a venomous predator[6] with tough hide resistant to blaster shots.[2]
A race of voritor lizard, horned voritor, had pointed scales protecting its eyes and ears.[3]
History[]
- "You could have gotten us killed."
"What? I thought the lizard was about to do that for sure." - ―Dusque Mistflier and Finn Darktrin
On Dathomir, wild voritors were tamed by Nightsister. Those Sisters of the Voritor used the beasts to guard the borders of the Nightsister territory.[5]
In 1 ABY, Dusque Mistflier and Finn Darktrin were attacked by a voritor lizard on Dantooine. Dusque was forced to use a thermal detonator to kill the beast to save her life.[2]
Following the Battle of Yavin, the Rodian hunter Qakkee tasked a spacer to kill six voritor lizards on Dantooine and brought him back their horns.[8] Around the same time, the collector Jener Mich tasked a group of spacers to hunt and kill an unreasonable number of voritor lizards on Dantooine.[9]
Behind the scenes[]
Voritor lizards appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[10]
In Star Wars Galaxies, all voritor variants, including the horned voritor, were exclusively present on the planet Dantooine.[1] However, the The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia incorrectly stated that the horned voritor was native to Dathomir.[3] The presence of voritor lizards on Dathomir was later validated in the reference book Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side.[5]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (First appearance)
- Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures
Sources[]
- From Pencil to Pixel: The Art of Star Wars Galaxies
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Guide: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures bonus DVD
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Champions of the Force (Card: Voritor Lizard) (backup link)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 60 ("horned voritor")
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Champions of the Force (Card: Voritor Lizard) (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Loading Screen: "Voritor" on Dantooine
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Loading Screen: "Bol" on Dantooine
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees — Quest: "The great hunter, phase III" on Tatooine
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures — Collection: "Voritor Killer"
- ↑ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)