Octucor

The octucor was a forest-dwelling land squid from the Outer Rim Territories moon Endor. Sporting an eight-meter-long body with striped skin and eight three-meter-long tentacles, it was a fierce nocturnal predator that reached into the branches of Endor's trees in search of prey, which included the sentient Ewoks. During the Battle of Endor, a team of Rebel Alliance operatives encountered an octucor in the Endor forest that attempted to consume them.

Biology and appearance

The octucor was a land squid that lived on the moon Endor^[1] of the planet of the same name that was located in the Moddell sector, a subsector of the Outer Rim Territories' Zuma sector.^[2] It was four meters tall, eight meters long, and had an elongated body with striped skin that featured a maw and two large eyes with vertically slitted pupils. The octucor had four three-meter-long tentacles on each of the two sides of its body, with the tentacles having suckers and having broadened tips. Despite its size, the creature could move fast but also with stealth and silence, practically gliding along the forest floor with undulating movements that made it resemble a giant snake.^[1]

Behavior

The octucor was a nightmarish nocturnal predator that relentlessly prowled the Endor forest floor, probing the lower tree branches with its tentacles in search of prey such as the Ewoks,^[1] a species of meter-high tree-dwelling ursine sentients.^[2] Any prey that the octucor could reach and wrap in its tentacles it then dragged into its maw and consumed, while it could also attempt to reach lifeforms sheltered in trees by bashing against their trunks to dislodge them.^[1]

History

At one point during the Rebel Alliance's mission to Endor^[1] in 4 ABY,^[3] a team of Rebel operatives became separated from the rest of the Alliance force sent to the moon. After nightfall, the team encountered an octucor that attempted to devour them, with the terrifying experience continuing to haunt the Rebels on the following day.^[1]

In another instance, a group of humanoids, accompanied by several armed Ewoks, fought three octucors in the Endor forest.^[1]

Behind the scenes

The octucor appeared in "The New Republic Campaign: The Battle for Endor from the PCs' Perspective," a roleplaying game source article authored by Bill Slavicsek for use with West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. It was published in the ninetieth issue of the Polyhedron magazine in December 1993. Since that article was released outside of the Lucas Licensing process,^[1] it was considered non-canonical with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity.^[4]

The adventure suggests that the octucor be used as the most challenging encounter the player characters have to deal with during the night they spend on Endor. It also notes that the player characters can either meet the creature while still on the forest floor or—potentially following the advice of a friendly Ewok—climb a tree to spend the night in, from which they can then spot the octucor's approach before it proceeds to attack them. This article assumes the scenario plays out as described.^[1]

Appearances

Non-canon appearances

• "The New Republic Campaign: The Battle for Endor from the PCs' Perspective" — Polyhedron 90 (Unlicensed) (First appearance)

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