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Narglatches were a species of carnivorous mammalian[5] cats native to the frigid world of Orto Plutonia[2] and Naboo.[4] These felines were considered sacred by Orto Plutonia's indigenous Talz, who used them as mounts and a source of food.[1]
Narglatches in the galaxy
Narglatches were sometimes hunted for their pelt, which was vulnerable to blaster fire and considered valuable by some cultures, such as the Trandoshans.[3][6][7]
Narglatch cubs were considered cute and were often kept as pets, but their ferocity increased as they matured. Those that escaped from captivity were a threat on Coruscant.[3]
The Dug Preigo owned a narglatch, which was one of several performers in the Dug's traveling circus on Florrum, called Preigo's Traveling World of Wonder. During his time at the circus, the youngling Wookiee Gungi was dressed like a narglatch.[8]
During the Battles of Umbara, Scipio, and Anaxes, a Republic gunship with a narglatch painted on the nose was present.[9]
Behind the scenes
The narglatch were designed by concept artist Terryl Whitlatch as a possible creature of Naboo[10] for the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[11] The creature then first appeared in the 1999 Legends video game The Gungan Frontier[12] and was expanded upon in the 2001 book The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide by Whitlash and Bob Carrau.[13]
The Narglatches then appeared in in "Trespass," the fifteenth episode of Season One of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars,[14] released on January 30, 2009,[15] which marked their first appearance in the current canon.[14] Concept art of the creature for the episode was done by Wayne Lo.[16][17] Green-haired Narglatches were also originally meant to appear as mounts or beasts of burden for the Onderon rebels in the series' fifth season episode "Tipping Points". The creatures were designed and modeled, but were removed before the animation process as the series' supervising director Dave Filoni thought that the rebels would have more practical and less ferocious creatures.[18]
Appearances
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Trespass" (First appearance) - Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Padawan Lost" (Pelt only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Wookiee Hunt" (Pelt only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Darkness on Umbara" (Gunship art only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Slaves of the Republic"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bound for Rescue"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crisis at the Heart" (Gunship art only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Sacrifice" (Vision to Yoda) (Gunship art only)
- Dark Disciple (and audiobook) (Statue only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Distant Echo" (Gunship art only)
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Nest (and audiobook) (Appears as a corpse)
- Darth Vader (2020) 20
- Darth Vader (2020) 21 (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Hunters (Graffiti and sticker only)
- "The Perfect Weapon" (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens (Bones only)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel (and audiobook) (Bones only)
- "Black Spire: Return to a Shattered Planet" — Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Mentioned only)
Sources
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"Trespass" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) - "Wookiee Hunt" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Tipping Points" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
-
Talz in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct) - Monsters of The Clone Wars: A Season Five Bestiary on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection: Boushh Databank A-Z: Cut Lawquane–Lothal
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- Lead by Example (Picture only)
- Savage Spirits
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 85 Guide to the Galaxy: Orto Plutonia and Pantora
- Star Wars Helmet Collection: Guavian Death Guard Databank A-Z: Hera Syndulla–Ahsoka Tano
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- The Last Jedi: Bomber Command
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles (Picture only)
- The Last Jedi: Rose Tico: Resistance Fighter (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- "Mustafar and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
-
Narglatch in the Databank (backup link) - Orto Plutonia in the Databank (backup link)
- Talz in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Talz in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 85 Guide to the Galaxy: Orto Plutonia and Pantora
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Padawan Lost"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Wookiee Hunt"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bound for Rescue"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Darkness on Umbara"
- ↑
narglatch in the Databank (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Monsters of The Clone Wars: A Season Five Bestiary on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ Star Wars Episode I: The Gungan Frontier
- ↑ The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Trespass"
- ↑
The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Trespass on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
- ↑ The Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- ↑ The Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars booklet
- ↑ "Tipping Points" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)