Cairoka

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A cairoka was a type of creature capable of flight and found on the planet Alderaan. They had wings as white as snow.[1] By 1 BBY,[2] the Alderaanian youngling Rel watched cairoka fly over some trees on Alderaan.[1]

Behind the scenes

Cairoka appeared in the new Star Wars canon in "The Song of Winter's Heart," a short story written by Cavan Scott and George Mann in the 2021 Life Day Treasury anthology.[1] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, cairokas appeared in the 1994 novel The Courtship of Princess Leia, written by Dave Wolverton.[3]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The Song of Winter's Heart" — Life Day Treasury
  2. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas: Updated Edition dates the Disaster to 1 BBY. As Rel's viewing of the cairoka takes place on Alderaan before its destruction, the events must have transpired by 1 BBY.
  3. ↑ The Courtship of Princess Leia