Silicon-based organisms were life forms whose biochemistry was based on silicon. Unlike carbon-based life forms, they did not need to breathe, and therefore were able to live in the vacuum of space. Such creatures included the exogorths, the mynocks,[1] and the fyrnocks.[2]
Appearances
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Bad Batch"
Star Wars Rebels — "Out of Darkness"- Hera's Phantom Flight
- Ezra's Duel with Danger
Star Wars Rebels — "Gathering Forces"- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
- The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "Han Solo vs. the Space Slug - The Escape Artist"- The Legends of Luke Skywalker (and audiobook)
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (and audiobook)
Star Wars Galaxy of Creatures — "Mynocks"- A Crash of Fate (and audiobook)
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Creature Stall
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Oga's Cantina (pickled specimen)
"Tales from Wild Space: IG-88 vs. the Gatto Gang" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 9
Sources
- Ultimate Star Wars
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 43 Secrets of Spaceflight: Types of Atmosphere
- Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy