A tibidon sand whale appeared in the first episode of the Obi-Wan Kenobi television series, which aired on May 27, 2022. The design for the creature was repurposed from a Ralph McQuarrie sketch exploring the concept of a flying whale for the 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
The creature was not named in the episode, although the audio description did state that the station set up next to it was a sand whaling station. The show's sixth episode, released on June 22, 2022, then identified the creature as a sand whale in its audio description. The full name of tibidon sand whale was then provided in the guide for the episode on StarWars.com.
A tibidon sand whale appeared in the first episode of the Obi-Wan Kenobi television series, which aired on May 27, 2022. The design for the creature was repurposed from a Ralph McQuarrie sketch exploring the concept of a flying whale for the 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
The creature was not named in the episode, although the audio description did state that the station set up next to it was a sand whaling station. The show's sixth episode, released on June 22, 2022, then identified the creature as a sand whale in its audio description. The full name of tibidon sand whale was then provided in the guide for the episode on StarWars.com.
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