Fire-kraken

The fire-kraken were a non-sentient species of marine predator^[2] that dwelt in the deepest^[1] oceanic trenches of the planet Nal Hutta^[2] within the Y'Toub system of Hutt Space.^[3] Their most distinguishing feature was the snake-like tendrils they possessed, which they used to locate and capture prey.^[1] The species' presence in the trenches made trench-diving on Nal Hutta particularly dangerous; however in the year 22 BBY, the Nautolan Jedi Kit Fisto claimed that they were no longer a problem, having previously spent a week trench diving on Hutta himself.^[2]

Behind the scenes

Fire-kraken were first mentioned in the 2004 novel The Cestus Deception, which was written by Steven Barnes,^[2] and also received an entry in the 2008 reference book The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia written by Stephen J. Sansweet and Pablo Hidalgo.^[1] The novel used the plural to refer to the fire-kraken, suggesting there were more than one^[2] although the entry in the encyclopedia uses the singular suggesting that there was only one fire-kraken.^[1] This article assumes the former is correct and that the encyclopedia referred to a specific member of an entire species.

Appearances

• The Cestus Deception (First mentioned)
• The Cestus Deception abridged audiobook (Mentioned only)

Sources

• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

Notes and references