An Ishi Tib pirate was a member of a pirate crew during the New Republic Era. Originally serving under Captain Silvo, he switched his allegiance after a mutiny elevated Brutus as the new leader. With his eye lost during a raid on a merchant freighter, the Ishi Tib underwent a surgery to replace the missing organ with a cybernetic prosthetic. Equipped with a new replacement, he subsequently took part in the Invasion of At Attin.
Biography
The eye lost
An Ishi Tib pirate was a member of Silvo's crew during the New Republic Era.[1] Around 9 BBY,[4] he[2] took part in a raid on a bulk freighter crewed by New Republic merchants.[1] Finding himself in the second wave of invaders, the Ishi Tib made it aboard alive, passing by the dead corpses of some of his comrades. Upon boarding, the pirate was shot in his right eyestalk, an injury he quickly shrugged off before gunning down the crewman who had deprived him of the eye.[2]
Although the bulk freighter was successfully intercepted, the shipment the pirates were after proved insufficient compared to the loss of lives they suffered. A subsequent mutiny against Captain Silvo[1] established Brutus as the new leader.[5]
A cyborg implant
The pirate receives an eye replacement.
Under the new leadership, the pirates traveled to Borgo Prime, where the Ishi Tib had[5] a cyborg[6] eye welded onto his injured eyestalk. As another individual carried out the surgery[5] inside a kiosk,[6] the Ishi Tib cried in pain, flailing the medical equipment in the process.[5]
In the meantime, Brutus's pirates had a run in with[5] the Skeleton Crew,[7] which comprised four youngling who had accidentally left their homeworld and found themselves lost in the galaxy. Because the children claimed to hail from the planet At Attin and had an Old Republic credit on them, Brutus ordered arresting them.[5] When locked in a brig, the Skeleton Crew joined forces with former Captain Silvo, who gave credence to their story and together with them escaped to their starship. However, Silvo soon found that the vessel was stuck on a fuel line, significantly constraining his room for maneuver. Meanwhile, Brutus and[3] his[6] crew—including the Ishi Tib—gathered on the landing platform. The captain ordered using a cannon, but before it could hit Silvo's starship, the former captain jumped into hyperspace and sent the snapped fuel line bouncing back on the platform.[3] As the asteroid drowned in chaos,[8] the Ishi Tib narrowly avoided danger when a loose scaffolding collapsed right in front of him.[3]
Personality and traits
A member of the Ishi Tib species, the pirate had green skin and two eyestalks protruding from the head. After he lost his right eye,[1] he had an cybernetic implant welded into his injured eyestalk. During the surgery,[5] he dealt with pain[6] by flailing medical equipment.[5]
Equipment
The Ishi Tib pirated sported a brown coat with a beige shirt underneath. After he lost one of his eyes, he underwent a surgery to receive a cybernetic replacement.[1]
Behind the scenes
Jaleel White (Gunter), Stephen Oyoung (Brutus), and a performance artist (the Ishi Tib) on set
The Ishi Tib pirate was first pictured in the trailer of the upcoming live-action television series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew on November 1, 2024.[9] He made his canonical debut on December 2, 2024,[10] when he appeared in the two premiere episodes of the series, "This Could Be a Real Adventure"[1] and "Way, Way Out Past the Barrier."[5]
Appearances
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "This Could Be a Real Adventure" (First appearance, simultaneous with "Way, Way Out Past the Barrier")- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "Way, Way Out Past the Barrier"
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "Very Interesting, As an Astrogation Problem"
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "The Real Good Guys"
Sources
- Skeleton Crew | Official Trailer | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (First pictured)
- Skeleton Crew | Streaming December 3 | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Picture only)
- Skeleton Crew | The Daniels | Now Streaming on Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Skeleton Crew | Youngee Wim (Bunky Dunko) Lyric Video | Now Streaming on Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Skeleton Crew | Creatures & Droids | Now Streaming on Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Costume only)
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Behind the Design | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "This Could Be a Real Adventure"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "This Could Be a Real Adventure" (Audio description from Disney+)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "Very Interesting, As an Astrogation Problem"
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" of The Mandalorian Season One to 9 ABY. In addition, "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 228 also dates "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" to nine years after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 9 ABY per Timelines. "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" takes place after the conflict on Mandalore, which is the main event depicted in "Chapter 23: The Spies" and "Chapter 24: The Return," the final two episodes of The Mandalorian Season Three. Therefore, Seasons One through Three of Star Wars: The Mandalorian must all be set in 9 ABY as well. SWCA 2022: 20 Highlights from Lucasfilm's Studio Showcase on StarWars.com (backup link) states that Star Wars: Skeleton Crew takes place in the same timeframe as Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Star Wars: Ahsoka—the latter of which can also be dated to 9 ABY following the reasoning here. As such, Skeleton Crew must take place around 9 ABY as well.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "Way, Way Out Past the Barrier"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "Way, Way Out Past the Barrier" (Audio description from Disney+)
- ↑ Skeleton Crew | Blast from the Past | Streaming Dec 2 on Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — "Very Interesting, As an Astrogation Problem" (Audio description from Disney+)
- ↑ Skeleton Crew | Official Trailer | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars (@StarWars) on Twitter (post): "Mark your calendars. 🗓️ On December 2, stream the two-episode series premiere of #SkeletonCrew, only on @DisneyPlus." (backup link)
