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Charybdis (/ k ə ˈ r ɪ b d ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Χάρυβδις, romanized: Khárybdis, Attic Greek: [kʰárybdis]; Latin: Charybdis, Classical Latin: [kʰäˈrʏbd̪ɪs̠]) is a sea monster in Greek mythology. Charybdis, along with the sea monster Scylla, appears as a challenge to epic characters such as Odysseus, Jason, and Aeneas.
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.
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.
These are lists of sentient species from the Star Wars franchise. List of Star Wars species (A–E) List of Star Wars species (F–J) List of Star Wars species (K–O) List of Star Wars species (P–T) List of Star Wars species (U–Z)
"The species is name after a Star Wars movie character, Ewok, due to the fuzzy and woolly appearance of the new species." [46] Meoneura artoodetoo Stuke & Barták, 2019: Fly: R2-D2 "This species is dedicated [..] to the fictional robot R2-D2 from George Lucas' Star Wars movies. R2-D2 is a small and inconspicuous robot but saved the world." [47]
The Star Wars Databank is the official Star Wars website's reference guide to elements such as characters, locations and technology included in the franchise's canon films and television series. [ 1 ]
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Quarrens, nicknamed "squid heads" in the Star Wars Universe, are aquatic humanoids from the planet Mon Calamari. Quintessons, tentacled alien beings with five faces, created the Transformers in the Transformers universe. Squid Girl, in the manga series of the same name, is a girl from the sea who has blue squid-like tentacles in place of hair.