Karvathian

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"Did you know, Fenbolt, that the trusk is a style of music that was once performed exclusively in the dingiest of establishments and at pitches so high that only the Karvathians could hear it?"
―Cli Pastayra[1]

Karvathians were a sentient species[1] from[2] the Karvathia system[3] that could hear high-pitched sounds. They created the music style trusk, which, during the time of the Old Republic, was originally performed in dingy establishments at pitches that only members of the species could hear.[1]

In 3 BBY,[4] a Karvathian trusk septet played at an auction on[1] the planet[5] Cantonica organized by Cli Pastayra of the Wandering Star criminal syndicate. During the auction, Pastayra remarked about the history of Karviathians and the trusk to his droid Fenbolt. The species also shared its name with the Karvathian sequined tarp, one of which was found[1] in 7 ABY[4] on Frander's Bay, a space station orbiting the planet Chandrila.[1]

Behind the scenes

Karvathians first appeared in Last Shot, a 2018 novel written by Daniel José Older.[1]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Last Shot
  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 and a number of maps in the current Star Wars canon (see a list here), stated his intention to create homeworlds for numerous species based on context implied from their names. This article treats the Karvathia system as the location of one such homeworld with regard to the Karvathian species.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 StarWars.com Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates the Auction for the Phylanx Redux Transmitter to around 3 BBY.
  5. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Cantonica in the Databank (backup link)
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