Jastaal

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The Jastaal were an avian sentient species that spoke in a trilling language. They had wings that partially extended when they walked, lifting their bodies so that they appeared to be half-gliding along,[1] bouncing on the wind.[2] At some point between 2 BBY and 1 BBY,[3] a number of Jastaal were present on the planet Bonadan at the same time that the smuggler Han Solo was there investigating an enslavement ring. After noticing them, Solo reflected that their plumage was beautiful.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Jastaal first appeared in Han Solo's Revenge, a 1979 novel written by Brian Daley as the second volume of the Star Wars: The Han Solo Adventures trilogy.[1] "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder Where We Are," a 1990 roleplaying game source article that was published in the thirteenth issue of the Voyages SF magazine, attributes the Jastaal system, misspelled as "Tastaal system," to Han Solo's Revenge. Since that article was released outside of the Lucas Licensing process,[4] it was considered non-canonical with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity.[5] Accordingly, this article refrains from assuming that it is meant to be the Jastaal's point of origin.[4]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Han Solo's Revenge
  2. ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 142 ("Jastaal")
  3. ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion dates the events of Star Wars: The Han Solo Adventures, of which Han Solo's Revenge is part, to between 1 BBY and 2 BBY.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Voyages "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder Where We Are" — Voyages SF 13
  5. ↑ Email from Jason Fry on July 9, 2012 — Used with permission. Lucasfilm treats material from the various unlicensed roleplaying game magazines as non-canonical with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity, with the only exceptions being the existence of those worlds and star systems that are referenced in The Essential Atlas and its StarWars.com Online Companion, and any other details that were referenced in, and thus canonized by, an official source.
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