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"I met a couple of snaggletooths in the cantina looking for work. Their thick hides were unsuited to the heat in the desert!"
―An entry of an artist's journal[10]

Snivvians, nicknamed Snaggletooths, were a species of sentient mammalian humanoids native to the planet Cadomai Prime. They had large mouths and short fangs. The winters on their home planet were long, harsh, and difficult to survive. During this time, the Snivvians spent their time in underground caverns in artistic pursuits. Some of the species escaped the icy tundras to become bounty hunters offworld. As a species they displayed great tracking skills, so were particularly suited to this work. Sol Charless, Geezum, Drix Gil, Katt Mol, Narb, Nod, Sinrich, Takeel, and Zutton were members of the species.

Biology and appearance

Snivvians were mammalian humanoids distinguishable by their large nostrils and their protruding lower jaws,[9] with two small tusks.[3] Their hair color varied between brown and black, but they possessed a larger variation of skin and eye colors.[5][7][2][4][6][3] They were capable of speaking Galactic Basic but also communicated via snorting through their nostrils.[11]

History

The Snivvians were native to the planet Cadomai Prime. The winters on their homeworld were long, harsh, and difficult to survive. During this time, the Snivvians spent their time in underground caverns in artistic pursuits.[10] Many of the species escaped the icy tundras to become gangsters or bounty hunters offworld.[12] At one point no later than 34 ABY,[13] the Snivvian species was catalogued in an artists journal held in the Graf Archive.[10]

Snivvians in the galaxy

Republic Era

In the High Republic era,[14] Snivvians were among the Jedi younglings who went to a local pool near the Jedi Temple on a particularly hot day.[15] A Snivvian was among the patrons of a bar on Salstan.[16]Later in 231 BBY[17] Sometime after after Ty Yorrick left the Jedi Order a Snivvian was present in a bar on Salstan when Dro-Nal-Pru entered.[18] A Snivvian sculptor on Cadomai Prime created a sculpture of Jedi Master Avar Kriss.[19] The Snivvian female Macken served the Galactic Republic as Station Controller of Relay Post Epsilon One during the High Republic era.[20] A Snivvian female operated a mobile food stand and was approached by Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi, who sought catering services for an upcoming event. When informed that the gathering would require over one hundred thousand meals, the Snivvian expressed disbelief but agreed to consult others to provide the service after confirming that the Jedi Order would cover the expenses.[21] A Snivvian was among the auctioneers at the auction of the Jedi Padawan Eldra Kaitis.[22]

Katt Mol was kept prisoner and hunted by Trandoshans.

Katt Mol was kept prisoner and hunted by Trandoshans.

During the Clone Wars, Katt Mol was a Snivvian captured and hunted by a Trandoshan hunting guild led by Garnac.[7] The Snivvian bounty hunter Sinrich invented the holographic disguise matrix, which convinced Count Dooku to invite him to participate in a number of challenges at the Box on Serenno.[1] A Snivvian was present at Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in Mos Eisley on Tatooine when the Dathomirian Asajj Ventress killed the bounty hunter Oked.[23] A Snivvian was among the patrons of a cantina who witnessed Asajj Ventress ignite her lightsaber and kill a man during an altercation. [24] In 20 BBY[25] a Snivvian was featured on a poster in Pons Ora.[26]

Following the infiltration of the Cybloc Transfer Station, the Snivvian Morlimur Snugg briefed the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Adi Gallia upon their arrival to investigate the incident.[27] During Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker's Mission to Utapau a Snivvian was present on the planet dining.[28] When Ahsoka Tano was trying to escape the Coruscant underworld police after she was accused of the bombing of the Jedi Temple, she ran past a Snivvian passenger on a Coruscant train.[29] Shortly after a duel at the Jedi Temple a Snivvian was present dining at the Ronto Grill.[30]

Imperial Era

Shortly after the Galactic Empire's formation, a Snivvian traveler was refused permission to depart the planet Saleucami.

Shortly after the Galactic Empire's formation, a Snivvian traveler was refused permission to depart the planet Saleucami.

Shortly after the formation of the Empire, a Snivvian was present on the planet Saleucami.[31] Shortly before the Theft on Ord Mantell a Snivvian patron dressed in green was present at Cid's Parlor.[32] At least one Snivvian attened the Safa Toma Classic[33]Between 19 BBY and 18 BBY[34] Shortly after that a Snivvian delegate was present in the Galactic Senate Chamber.[35] Later a Snivvian was present standing on the streets outside of Club Lao Che.[36] Burk was a broad-faced Snivvian taxi driver in Fellian Outpost who transported Omega and Phee Genoa from a spaceport to Jatil's clinic on Tryth. His parents left their homeworld for opportunities on the planet, where the mercury-refinement processing plant was always hiring.[37]

A Snivvian bounty hunter claimed that almost everything about Han Solo on the official channels was a lie, but that his last name really was Solo. He stated that his research revealed Han was a direct descendant of ancient Corellian royalty. The Snivvian said Han was descendent of Prince-Admiral Jonashe Solo. He also claimed that the Hutt cartel knows this and wants to back Han as heir to the long-vacant throne of Corellia.[38] Coy Vrizh was a male Snivvian Podracer from Cadomai Prime.[39] In 10 BBY, he participated on a race on Batuu against other racers including Volo Bolus.[40] Around the same time a male Snivvian, Brox Anthar, was being hunted by Corpo lawman Buck Vancto on Corellia[41] On Lothal, shortly after the Mission to Lando Calrissian's farm, Lando Calrissian noticed two snuggling Snivvians within Old Jho's Pit Stop.[42] Shortly after the Blockade of Ibaar a Snivvian was present moving boxes in Eesh Fahm's hologram call to Phoenix Cell.

Sometime during the early rebellion against the Galactic Empire a Snivvian was a host to a droid battle arena.[43] Sometime around 2 BBY, a Snivvian who had a bounty on his head disguised himself as a stormtrooper but was found out by IG-88B.[44] A Snivvian was among the slaves working on Crawler 413-24 for the Mining Guild on Lothal until the rebel cell known as the Spectres hijacked it and freed them.[45] They later joined the Spectres and the Lothal resistance group at their base, where they gave away their location to Lothal's governor Arihnda Pryce in order to lure her in and capture her. The Snivvian was killed in the following attack.[46]

Between 2 BBY and 0 BBY[47], a small Tusken Raider entered Chalmun's Cantina a Snivvian was present.[48] A Snivvian kid was being chased by a officer of the Coruscant Security Force until he was abducted by a sarlacc and pulled away.[49]

Zutton, a male Snivvian, patroned Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina.

Zutton, a male Snivvian, patroned Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina.

A Snivvian was a patron of Chalmun's Cantina in 0 BBY.[50] The Snivvians Takeel and Zutton were also patrons of Chalmun's Cantina and were present when Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi visited to find transport to Alderaan.[51] A Snivvian was patroned of Balnab Spaceport, a fight broke out and Han Solo punched the Snivvian.[52]

Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, A Snivvian patron was present inside a casino on Andelm IV while the Wookiee Chewbacca played Sabacc.[53] A Snivvian was conversing at a table in a Cantina when the Trandoshan Katrull approached Han Solo with a smuggling job.[54] There was a Snivvian that was in Chalmun's Cantina when Boba Fett interrogated patrons during his hunt for Luke Skywalker.[55] A Snivvian was among the many visitors at a bar on Nar Shaddaa when Skywalker revealed his lightsaber.[56] Skywalker was later captured and put into a gladiatorial game in front of a large crowd, including at least one Snivvian.[57]

Two Snivvian were present in Ord Mantell City making a deal with Heelt for a Silvercore speeder until all parties were ambushed and killed by Boushh's crew.[8] A snivvian merchant from Mos Eisley came seeking help from Jabba the Hutt when the Trandoshan clan kept robbing his stores, the Trandoshan clan member who stood next to them offered a ten percent raise in profits ostensibly in trade for the clan to keep robbing the Snivvian. Jabba decided for the Trandoshan to be tortured and for the merchant to be killed.[58] A Snivvian was present in the streets of a planet visited by Lando Calrissian shortly after exiting Narin's.[59] Geezum was a Snivvian who worked for the crime lord Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine when Skywalker and his friends came to rescue Han Solo.[60] A Snivvian worked as an accountant for Jabba as well.[61]

New Republic Era

Pascoe was a Snivvian Pirate who served with Captain Silvo during the New Republic

Pascoe was a Snivvian Pirate who served with Captain Silvo during the New Republic

In 9 ABY[62] a Snivvian gambler with long hair was gambling at Garsa Fwip's Sanctuary.[63] Later a Snivvian was present at Gate number one interlocking arms with a human on the Glavis Ringworld.[64] A Snivvian bartender, Ankeefo[65] ran a lounge in Adelphi Base during the New Republic Era.[66] on Plazir-15 a Snivvian was in attendance of a banquet hosted by Captain Bombardier and the Duchess.[67] The Snivvian Pascoe[68] was a member of the crew led by Captain Silvo.[69] Later a Snivvian was at Port Borgo.[70]

Sometime before the Battle of Takodana a male Snivvian, Drix Gil was a patron of Takodana Castle.[71] A compact, Snivvian was present alongside a Gamorrean and the Gigoran Ymmoss at a venue hosting an ongeball match. He told Mattis Banz that the Gigoran did not like him, and clapped the Gamorrean on the back before both returned to the ongeball match. Later, during a fight in which Lorica Demaris was thrown into the Snivvian and the Gamorrean, the Snivvian lifted Lorica before she shook him off.[72]

The Snivvian brothers Nod and Narb were criminals who lived on the independent refueling station known as the Colossus on Castilon.[2] The young Snivvian Sol Charless lived on Durkteel and was bullied by the male Saurin Fikk.[3] Arnod, a Snivvian Bartender ran a cantina on the planet Lahtee when it was visited by Kylo Ren.[73] A Snivvian was patroning Oga's Cantina[74] in 3 ABY.[75] A Snivvian was present in the ruckuss caused by Azool Phantelle on Tatooine.[76] Shortly before the Battle of Exegol a Snivvian was present celebrating the Festival of the Ancestors on Pasaana.[77]

Behind the scenes

"I also shoehorned my way onto screen for that scene. I'd suggested Snaggletooth as a background creature because he was a favorite action figure when I was a child, and I even volunteered to play him. It's a wide shot in the film, and I'm next to a tent pole hundreds of yards away."
―Jake Lunt Davies[78]

The Snivvian species were created for the cantina sequence in George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, released in 1977.[51] Snivvians were called Snaggletooths during production of A New Hope.[79] The mask used for the Snivvians were sculpted by Stuart Freeborn and likley haired by either Stuart or Kay Freeborn.[80] They were later identified in Sinrich's encyclopedia entry on StarWars.com.[81] A Snivvian appeared in the 2019 sequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, played by Jake Lunt Davies deep in the background on Pasaana.[82] Davies volunteered to play the Snivvian and wanted one to appear in the film because the "Snaggletooth" action figure had been one of his favorites as a child.[78] It took some time for Davies to find himself in the film.[82]

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Box"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 SWResistanceLogo Star Wars Resistance — "The Recruit"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 IDWStarWarsAdventuresLogoSmaller "Tales from Wild Space: Mattis Makes a Stand" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 4
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Star Wars: Card Trader Set: Base Series 4, Card: Snaggletooth
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 StarWars-DatabankII Sinrich in the Databank (backup link)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Padawan Lost"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 War of the Bounty Hunters – Boushh 1
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 StarWars-DatabankII Snivvian in the Databank (backup link)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Star Wars: Alien Archive
  11. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Dangerous Debt"
  12. ↑ Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
  13. ↑ Star Wars: Alien Archive, which is presented as a restored in-universe journal, mentions Poe Dameron's mutiny against Amilyn Holdo, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 34 ABY, meaning the document must have been published at some point no earlier than that year.
  14. ↑ "What a Jedi Makes" takes place after Lina Soh was elected Supreme Chancellor, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to around 234 BBY. The Vow of Silver Dawn features another Supreme Chancellor. Star Wars: Timelines places the book in 200 BBY, meaning that Soh was no longer Chancellor by that year, and "What a Jedi Makes" takes place between these years.
  15. ↑ "What a Jedi Makes" — Stories of Jedi and Sith (and audiobook)
  16. ↑ "Undead or Alive" — Tales from the Rancor Pit
  17. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Starlight: Past Mistakes" to 231 BBY.
  18. ↑ StarWars.com Author Cavan Scott Springs the Trap with Tales from the Rancor Pit on StarWars.com (backup link)
  19. ↑ SWInsider "Starlight: Past Mistakes" — Star Wars Insider 205–206
  20. ↑ The High Republic: Tempest Runner script
  21. ↑ The Living Force
  22. ↑ Darth Maul (2017) 4
  23. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bounty"
  24. ↑ "The Lost Nightsister" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (and audiobook)
  25. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Missing in Action" to 20 BBY.
  26. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Sunny Day in the Void"
  27. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Revival"
  28. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Death on Utapau"
  29. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "To Catch a Jedi"
  30. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Gone with a Trace"
  31. ↑ TBBtemplate Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Cut and Run"
  32. ↑ TBBtemplate Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Infested"
  33. ↑ TBBtemplate Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Faster"
  34. ↑ Per the reasoning here, the seventh and eighth episodes of The Bad Batch Season 2, "The Clone Conspiracy" and "Truth and Consequences," can be placed in 18 BBY. Therefore, all Season 2 episodes proceeding "The Clone Conspiracy" occur between 19 BBY, which features the end of The Bad Batch Season 1 according to Star Wars: Timelines, and 18 BBY. The Galactic Empire, the formation of which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 19 BBY, sent Mayday's squad to Barton IV over a year prior to the events of the twelfth episode, "The Outpost." As it occurs over a year into the Imperial Era and is set shortly after the events of "Truth and Consequences," the events of "The Outpost" occur around 18 BBY. Following that logic, the ninth through eleventh episodes ("The Crossing" through "Metamorphosis") are also set around 18 BBY because they occur between the events of "Truth and Consequences" and "The Outpost." Finally, all season 2 episodes set after "The Outpost" occur shortly after its events, thereby placing those episodes around 18 BBY as well.
  35. ↑ TBBtemplate Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Truth and Consequences"
  36. ↑ TBBtemplate Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Pabu"
  37. ↑ Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel
  38. ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor
  39. ↑ Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset
  40. ↑ Beyond Victory 1
  41. ↑ Han Solo & Chewbacca 1
  42. ↑ SWInsider "Rebel Bluff" — Star Wars Insider 158 (reprinted in Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 2)
  43. ↑ SWRM "Always Bet on Chop" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 23
  44. ↑ "The Long Game" — Age of Rebellion Special 1
  45. ↑ Rebels-mini-logo Star Wars Rebels — "Crawler Commandeers"
  46. ↑ Rebels-mini-logo Star Wars Rebels — "A Fool's Hope"
  47. ↑ "The Sand Will Provide" takes place after the formation of the Rebel Alliance, but prior to Obi-Wan Kenobi's death. Star Wars: On the Front Lines dates the formation of the Rebel Alliance to two years before the Battle of Yavin, and Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates Obi-Wan Kenobi's death to 0 BBY. Therefore "The Sand Will Provide" takes place in between 2 BBY and 0 BBY.
  48. ↑ "The Sand Will Provide" — Star Wars (2015) 37
  49. ↑ Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 3
  50. ↑ "Labor, Repair and Miscellaneous Droids" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  52. ↑ Age of Rebellion - Han Solo 1
  53. ↑ Chewbacca (2015) 1
  54. ↑ Han Solo 1
  55. ↑ Star Wars (2015) 5
  56. ↑ Star Wars (2015) 8
  57. ↑ Star Wars (2015) 11
  58. ↑ Bounty Hunters 42
  59. ↑ Return of the Jedi – Lando 1
  60. ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  61. ↑ SWInsider "Galactic Tales: Valnir and Laizhu" — Star Wars Insider 222
  62. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines places the present day events of Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett in 9 ABY.
  63. ↑ The Book of Boba Fett logo Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine"
  64. ↑ The Book of Boba Fett logo Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian"
  65. ↑ StarWars.com NYCC 2025: All the News and Reveals from the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
  66. ↑ The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 21: The Pirate"
  67. ↑ The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire"
  68. ↑ Star Wars: Card Trader Set: Tales of the Outer Rim - 2025, Card: Pascoe
  69. ↑ SkeletonCrew-FinalLogo Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "This Could Be a Real Adventure"
  70. ↑ SkeletonCrew-FinalLogo Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "Way, Way Out Past the Barrier"
  71. ↑ "The Face of Evil" — Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I
  72. ↑ Join the Resistance: Escape from Vodran
  73. ↑ Legacy of Vader 7
  74. ↑ Galaxy's Edge 3
  75. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Galaxy's Edge 3 to 34 ABY.
  76. ↑ IDWStarWarsAdventuresLogoSmaller "Tales from Wild Space: The Blue Brothers" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 13
  77. ↑ Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
  78. ↑ 78.0 78.1 SWInsider "Jake Lunt Davies' Star Wars Sketchbook" — Star Wars Insider 224
  79. ↑ YouTube Who lurks in the shadows of the Star Wars Cantina PT. 1 | Full Panel #indianacomicconvention on the FanX Comic Conventions YouTube channel (backup link)
  80. ↑ Email from Tom Spina on November 7, 2025 — Used with permission
  81. ↑ StarWars.com Encyclopedia Sinrich in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
  82. ↑ 82.0 82.1 Instagram-Logo Jake Lunt Davies (@jakeluntdavies) on Instagram (post on January 4, 2020): "Finally spotted my appearance in Rise of Skywalker. Very deep background! I'm a legacy Cantina alien from A New Hope visiting the Aki-Aki festival on Pasaana. First one to spot and name the OT space tourist gets a virtual Star Wars high five. 🤚#StarWars #theriseofskywalker #starwarsaliens #starwarscantina" (backup link)