Ysalamir

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Ysalamiri were furry, lizard-like tree-dwellers (on average, about 50cm in length) native to the planet Myrkr, most known for their ability to repel the Force by creating a Force-neutral bubble. This ability evolved in response to predation by the Force-sensitive Vornskrs. Several ysalamiri together would expand their Force-neutral bubble by exponential distance – sometimes kilometers.

Contents 1 Anatomy 2 Ysalamiri in culture 3 Appearances 4 Sources 5 Notes and references

[edit] Anatomy

Adult ysalamiri grew up to 90 or 120 centimeters and hatched their young from bubble-like eggs.

Ysalamiri sank their claws into the Olbio trees on which they lived and drew nutrients. It was very difficult to remove a ysalamir from its tree without killing it, although Talon Karrde's smugglers found a way, enabling Grand Admiral Thrawn to do it as well. Thrawn used ysalamiri for defense by attaching them to a back harness or a nutrient frame which allowed him and his men to remain safely inside the ysalamiri's force repelling bubble. He used this trick to gain the attention of cloned Dark Jedi Master Joruus C'baoth and accelerated the Spaarti cloning process without the usual side-effects (which occurred when similar Force imprints interfered with one another).

Ysalamiri did not actually negate the Force; since all existence was infused with Force energy^[1] this would not be possible. Rather, they projected a Force bubble inside which it is completely neutral and unable to exert any influence. A single bubble measured up to 10 meters in diameter; groups of ysalamiri could extend this radius by kilometers, depending on how large the group was.^[2]

Miriskin was a commodity supposedly made from ysalamir skin.

[edit] Ysalamiri in culture

Having long admired the tenacity of the ysalamiri, the Jedi Order named a form of lightsaber combat, Makashi, after the creature.

[edit] Appearances

• Sword of the Empire (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
• A Credit for Your Thoughts (Mentioned only)
• Heir to the Empire (First appearance)
• Dark Force Rising
• The Last Command
• The Crystal Star (Mentioned only)
• Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
• I, Jedi
• Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (Non-canon appearance in multiplayer mode)
• The New Rebellion
• Vision of the Future
• Dark Tide II: Ruin (Mentioned only)
• Edge of Victory I: Conquest (Mentioned only)
• Star by Star
• Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
• Force Heretic II: Refugee (Vision to Tahiri Veila)
• Fury
• Omen

[edit] Sources

• Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
• Star Wars: Expanded Universe toy line
• Alien Anthology
• Mission to Myrkr
• The Essential Guide to Alien Species
• Threats of the Galaxy
•  Ysalimiri in the Databank

[edit] Notes and references