Kyuu

OnANONCANONArticle

Blue-exclamation-mark

This article is non-canon within the canon continuity.

This article covers a subject from a Star Wars: Visions story that Lucasfilm declared is set in an alternate history within a reimagined galaxy.

"Kyuu, you awful little fool. What are you doing here?"
"I've kept him in fish and crickets."
―The Traveler and Hanrai speak about Kyuu[1]

Kyuu was a male tooka cat who lived in the time after the Sith rebellion. He belonged to the Traveler when they were a Jedi knight serving Hanrai. Kyuu remained behind with Hanrai when the Traveler was sent to Rei'izu and disappeared on their mission. For some years afterward, Hanrai was the cat's caretaker.[1]

Behind the scenes

Kyuu appeared in the 2021 non-canon novel Ronin: A Visions Novel, by Emma Mieko Candon.[1] According to Candon, the character was inspired by her cat, named "Pidgeon." Like all names in the novel, Kyuu's name is comprised of phonemes used in the Japanese language,[2] in this case specifically chosen for being one of the readings for 鳩, a Japanese word meaning "pidgeon."[3]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Ronin: A Visions Novel
  2. ↑ TwitterLogo Emma Mieko Candon (@EmmaCandon) on Twitter (post on September 27, 2021): "Yup! Every name in Ronin uses Japanese phonemes." (backup link)
  3. ↑ TwitterLogo Emma Mieko Candon (@EmmaCandon) on Twitter (post on November 3, 2021): "Ex: Kyuu is a reading for 鳩, “pigeon” because that old dumb cat is based on Pigeon, my young dumb cat, who wants only love and food, and who lacks the brainpower to consider that other people might have feelings. 28/" (backup link)