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The worrt was an amphibious creature native to Tatooine and found on Nal Hutta. It was omnivorous, but was also known to attempt to eat rocks and metal objects, which led to the demise of many worrts. It used its long tongue to catch smaller prey, but would often try to attack creatures bigger than itself.
Worrts could, with great difficulty, be trained as housepets. Jabba Desilijic Tiure kept a number of worrts as pest control, exploiting the creature's lightning-quick tongue. The worrt counted the native ibian among its prey. Worrt venom tasted like tricopper and was strong enough to kill a bantha.
It was said that there were giant worrts - much larger than 1.5 meters in height - roaming the tops of the barren mountains of Tatooine.
A close relative of the worrt was the aggressive sevorrt.
Behind the scenes
The worrt was a puppet, like many of the creatures seen at Jabba's palace in Return of the Jedi. Its production nickname is simply "road creature."
Some sources indicate Jabba introduced worrts to Tatooine from Nal Hutta. A picture from Hutt and Seek shows a worrt in the swamps of Nal Hutta.
In the Video Game Super Star Wars worrts are colored green and leave sticky orange goo on the ground when killed.
Appearances
A worrt
- Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (Mentioned only)
- Podracing Tales
- Jar Jar's Mistake
- Republic Commando: Hard Contact (Mentioned only)
- Shatterpoint (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Empire 23: The Bravery of Being Out of Range
- Super Star Wars
- Template:SWG
- The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
- Kella Rand, Reporting... (Mentioned only)
- Tatooine Ghost (Mentioned only)
- Crimson Empire
- Children of the Jedi (Mentioned only)
- Darksaber
Sources
- Star Wars: Behind the Magic
- Alien Anthology
"Shape-shifters" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 12 (Mentioned only)- The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 110 (TAT57, Tatooine Wildlife)
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars Customizable Card Game — [[Unknown set: No set defined!]]
- "Space Worrt" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Secrets of Tatooine
- "The Toughest Ever Creatures" — Star Wars Insider 102
- Threats of the Galaxy (Picture only)
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — [[{{{set}}}]] (Card: Worrt) (backup link)
- Worrt in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
Notes and references
External links
- Don't Be Such a Worry... on StarWars.com (backup link (kids/games/what_is_this/2006/12/what_is_this20061215.html) not verified!)
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