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    "A serpent can shed its skin, but it is still a serpent."
    ―Anakin Skywalker to Padmé Amidala[1]
    Luke removes the snake
    Luke Skywalker removing a snake from a table in Yoda's hut

    Snakes (also called serpents) were creatures with a long and limbless body, slitted eyes, a forked tongue allowing them to smell, and sharp fangs. They could grow as long as three meters and become as thick as the arm of a Kiffar. Snakes slithered smoothly over surfaces with a distinctive twisting motion. When angered, they started hissing and thrashing. Some snakes were venomous, and their bites were painful.[2] The Anacondans were a snakelike sentient species.[3]

    During her time as a bounty hunter, Asajj Ventress wore shoulder plates that bore an illustration of a black, twisted snake[4] due to its symbolism as a oft-misunderstood creature. Ventress herself was likewise often misunderstood,[5] having been held by pirates as a young child, learning the Jedi ways only to lose her master, being trained as a Sith acolyte before being abandoned in the heat of battle, and rejoining her Nightsister brethren only for them to be massacred. At one point, Ventress also wore a necklace crafted to look like a snake.[2]

    The swamp-covered planet Dagobah was home to at least two species of snake, the vine snake[5] and the Dagobah Python. Some small Vine Snakes resided in Yoda's hut; one such creature startled Luke Skywalker while he was preparing to leave Dagobah to rescue Han Solo and Leia Organa.[6] The swamps of Rodia were home to countless varieties of snakes;[7] Skywalker notably encountered one when he opened the door to Huulik's mausoleum.[8] Black snakes could be found on Dathomir,[2] and Moraband was home to a giant Sith serpent that, on closer inspection, was made of hundreds of smaller snakes.[9]

    "Snake" could be a term for an individual one held in low regard. General Akenathen Tandin called King Sanjay Rash a snake when he finally took the Onderon rebels side.[10] Leia Organa considered Bevicard, a senator of the New Republic, to be a snake, but nevertheless an honest one,[11] and Rey once called Kylo Ren a "murderous snake" during a Force-bond connection on Ahch-To.[12] A Vexis was called a "serpent" by C-3PO.[13]


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    1. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Rise of Clovis"
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dark Disciple
    3. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII  Anacondan in the Databank (backup link)
    4. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bounty"
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
    6. ↑ Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
    7. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
    8. ↑ Heir to the Jedi
    9. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Sacrifice"
    10. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Soft War"
    11. ↑ Bloodline
    12. ↑ Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
    13. ↑ Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker

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