- "They're bugs, sir. Several centimeters long. Travel in swarms of up to twenty or more. Challat is the Xexto's word for flesh. They're predators, sir!"
- ―Jace Dallin
Challat eaters were vicious, swarming predators found on Troiken. They preyed upon the native Xexto population; they were carnivorous and devoured the flesh of anything they came into contact with. Challat eaters were small in size and glowed bright blue.
A swarm of challat eaters attack Stark Commercial Combine forces trapped within Troiken's Mount Avos caves at the end of the Stark Hyperspace War of 44 BBY.
They provided some trouble for the Republic force trapped in Mount Avos during the Stark Hyperspace War, and after Ranulph Tarkin destroyed the barrier erected by the Jedi to keep them out, they consumed the Stark Collective force that the Jedi trapped within the mountain stronghold after they were forced to seal it off.
Tsian used droids modeled after the insects in her assassinations.
"Challat" meant flesh in Xextese.
Jedi Padawans Obi-Wan Kenobi and Quinlan Vos encounter challat eaters in the Mount Avos caves during the Stark Hyperspace conflict.
Appearances
- Star Wars (1998) 38 (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars (1998) 39 (In flashback(s))
- Republic 47 (Mentioned only)
- Millennium Falcon (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)
Sources
- Star Wars: Episode I: The Visual Dictionary (First mentioned)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 89 VOS 3-4: Quinlan Vos
- The New Essential Chronology (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: The Comics Companion (Indirect mention only)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual (Indirect mention only)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 12 46 BBY 1-4: The Stark Hyperspace War
- The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 39 KEN 1-4: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Indirect mention only)
- Stay on Target