Gregonian salamander

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"If I had not shapeshifted into a fire-resistant Gregonian salamander, I would have been killed."
―Mammon Hoole, to Zak Arranda[1]

The Gregonian salamander was a type of fire-resistant salamander from[1] the Expansion Region's[3] Gregonia system.[1][2] In 1 ABY,[4] the Shi'ido geneticist Mammon Hoole attempted to trap the bounty hunter Boba Fett in the engine room of his starship, the Shroud. However, Fett fired a wrist rocket from his suit's wrist rocket launcher at the ship's ion drive, which caused an explosion. In response to the flames, Hoole shape-shifted into a Gregonian salamander. Afterward, Hoole told his adoptive son, Zak Arranda, that had he not morphed into a Gregonian salamander, the flames would have killed him.[1]

Behind the scenes

Gregorian salamanders were mentioned in the 1998 novel Galaxy of Fear: The Hunger, written by John Whitman as the twelfth and final installment of the Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear series.[1]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Galaxy of Fear: The Hunger
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion (post by jasonfry) on the Jedi Council Forums' Literature board (December 11, 2007): "I wouldn't get your hopes up re alien homeworlds, beyond simple stuff like the Planetnamian species getting a Planetnamia on the map or things Dan and I can account for with a relatively quick reference." (backup link) (screenshot) Jason Fry, co-author of The Essential Atlas, stated his intention to create homeworlds for numerous species based on context implied from their names. This article treats the Gregonia system as the location of one such homeworld with regard to the Gregonian salamander species.
  3. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
  4. ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion dates the events of Galaxy of Fear: The Hunger to 1 ABY.