Terentateks were a species of hulking bipeds found on the arboreal planet of Kashyyyk that craved the blood of Force-sensitives.
Cartoonish representation of a terentatek by Gammit Chond
Terentatek were large, brutish creatures covered in spines. Although similar to rancors, they were typically smaller than them. Their heads, crowned by a number of long spikes, featured two small eyes, a large mouth filled with sharp fangs flanked by two tusks, and a downward pointed chin. Their upper limbs ended in three clawed digits. The color of their rough-looking skin ranged from mottled-brown to blue with yellow patches.
The head of a terentatek mounted as a trophy
Terentateks came from the forest floors of Kashyyyk, a planet of the Mytaranor sector, in the galaxy's Mid Rim. Some individuals believed that they derived from rancors transformed by the dark side of the Force, or that they were the result of some experiment by the Sith.
On one occasion, Jedi Master Yoda and his apprentice Dooku faced a terentatek. Years later, while Yoda was trying to pass through the Valley of Extinction without emotion and attachment, an illusory Dooku mentioned their encounter with the terentatek. At the time of the Galactic Civil War, the former Imperial senator and big game hunter Johhar Kessen owned a terentatek's head mounted as a trophy.
Terentateks were originally introduced in the Star Wars Legends continuity as a powerful enemy in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, a video game developed by BioWare and first released on July 15, 2003. During development, BioWare used the model of the umber hulk from their previous video game series Neverwinter Nights as inspiration for the terentatek's design. In the current Star Wars canon continuity, terentateks were first mentioned in "Destiny," the penultimate episode of the sixth season of the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, written by Christian Taylor and released on March 7, 2014.
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