Cantina Communications

"Cantina Communications" is a short story written by John Chesterman, originally published in Star Wars Official Poster Monthly 16, The Star Wars Compendium 2: The World of Star Wars, and later archived on Hyperspace.

Plot summary

As Obi-Wan Kenobi searches through the crowd at the Mos Eisley cantina, Luke Skywalker reflects on the various forms of communication used by the different alien species in the room. He recalls his and Obi-Wan's earlier discussion of which species makes the best pilots.

Continuity

This article marks the first and only appearance of several alien species, such as the sentient ocean of Solanus, the giant algae beds of the Cygnus B system, Klytonians, a particular species of olfaxes, and an unidentified species of emotionless multiple-eyed insectoids described as the best pilots in the galaxy.

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Characters

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  • Dog (Mentioned only)
  • Olfax (Mentioned only)

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Sentient species

Miscellanea

Sources

  • HyperspaceIcon Cantina Communications on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Premium-Era-real Scans at Time Tales' Arcana Historica on TheForce.net (backup link archived on June 26, 2022)
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