Ape

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"Han... Why are you letting them do this? Chewbacca isn't an ape!"
"They don't know that, Princess. And I don't aim to tell them."
―Leia Organa and Han Solo[1]

The word Ape described various semi-sentient species of creatures related to primates, humanoid in shape. The facial traits of the Sanyassans were often described as being "ape-like"[2] or "simian".[3]

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In real life, the words "ape" and "monkey" cannot be used interchangeably; the former describes a class of large and tailless semi-sentient humanoid primates, while the latter refers to smaller creatures having a tail and cheek pouches, among other differences.[4] In Star Wars literature, however, the two names have been used alternatively—the Sanyassans have been described as both "monkeylike"[5] and "ape-like".[2]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ "The Pandora Effect" — The Empire Strikes Back Monthly 151
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
  3. ↑ Databank title Sanyassan Marauders in the Databank (original site is defunct)
  4. ↑ Premium-Era-real Differences Among Prosimians, Monkeys, and Apes on nationalzoo.si.edu (backup link archived on November 9, 2005)
  5. ↑ A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded

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