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The universe of Star Wars, a space opera media franchise, features a broad variety of different alien creatures. These aliens can be sentient or non-sentient, serving as species for characters, setting pieces, plot devices, and background elements. The diversity of alien species in Star Wars is considered to be a strong point of the franchise.
Laika (/ ˈ l aɪ k ə / LY-kə; Russian: Лайка, IPA:; c. 1954 – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957.
Salacious B. Crumb was one of the most famous Kowakian monkey-lizards, as he is the only one seen in any of the Star Wars movies. An unnamed, fuchsia-skinned Kowakian monkey-lizard appears in 2 episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, "Dooku Captured" and "The Gungan General", as the pet of Hondo Ohnaka, leader of a band of Weequay pirates.
Belka and Strelka on a 2010 stamp of Russia, released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their spaceflight. Belka (Белка, literally, "squirrel", or alternatively "Whitey") and Strelka (Стрелка, "arrow") were dogs that spent a day in space aboard Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Sputnik 5) on 19 August 1960 before safely returning to Earth.
OKC Ghostbusters will offer laser training all day Saturday and Sunday starting at 11 a.m., and an ongoing showing of the Navajo translation of "Star Wars: A New Hope" will start at 1 p.m. Friday.
Cosmo the Space-dog (Russian: Космо, romanized: Kosmo) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Cosmo, a telepathic Soviet space dog , is the security chief of the space station Knowhere and a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy . [ 1 ]
Ever since A New Hope first blew up box office records in 1977, Star Wars has become one of the most beloved and enduring movie franchises of all time, earning the devoted fandom of millions ...
Because of his actions, he saved his classmates' lives. A profile written by the New York Times following his death read, "He was also a deep scholar of Star Wars, amassing a legion of Jedi action figures with his brother Ted, 14.” Lucasfilm reached out to his family and promised that he would be honored in the Star Wars universe.