Kessurians were a humanoid sentient species. They had typically red skin, elongated and pointed ears, and hornlike montrals above their ears. Their hair was typically brown. They also had rounded nubs above their eyes and below their montrals. The skin on their ears, montrals, cheeks and foreheads was mottled with lighter spots than the rest of their skin. Kessurians had four limbs, two arms and two legs, and five-fingered hands. The species had at least two sexes: male and female. Male Kessurians could grow facial hair. Some members of the species possessed Force sensitivity.
Kessurian society functioned as a monarchy, with the second-in-line to the throne being given the title of thilas.
Kessurian Jedi Master Estala Maru was a member of the Jedi Order during the High Republic Era, stationed on the space station Starlight Beacon.
According to legend, a Force-sensitive Kessurian girl named Gee'far was kidnapped from an orphanage on Gaaten during the Imperial Era by the Grand Inquisitor.
Sometime after the reign of the Galactic Empire, the thilas Wilsa Teshlo, feeling trapped by the life of royalty, ran away and became a member of the Veiled Sorority pirate gang. A Kessurian dance troupe was also present at the Aki-Aki Festival of the Ancestors on Pasaana in 35 ABY.
The Kessurians first appeared in the 2019 saga film Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker.
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic (Phase One)