Unidentified Whiphid (Sslanno)

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"I've seen a Trandoshan on the hunt. There used to be one in Pan's Tempest. Sslanno, they called him. Lost his scales in a plasma blast and they never grew back. I once saw him pull out a Whiphid's spine with his bare hands. You should have heard that Whiph squeal. I vowed I'd never be in a situation where I'd be the Whiph."
―Andrik Keller, to Pan Eyta[1]

A Whiphid lived during the High Republic Era.[1] By 231 BBY,[2] the Whiphid had their spine pulled out by Sslanno—a Trandoshan member of the Nihil Tempest led by the Dowutin Pan Eyta—with Sslanno carrying out the act with his bare hands. The incident caused the Whiphid to squeal, and was witnessed by the Er'Kit Nihil Andrik Keller, who vowed to never be in the same situation as the Whiphid had been.[1]

In 231 BBY,[2] Keller spoke with Eyta and informed him of when he had been hunted by the Trandoshan Jedi Master Sskeer at the Battle of Galov[1] from earlier that year.[2] As he spoke, the Er'Kit recalled the incident involving Sslanno and the Whiphid as an example of having previously seen a Trandoshan on the hunt. Keller then noted that despite his vow he would not find himself in a situation like the Whiphid had been, he had done exactly that.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Whiphid was mentioned in The High Republic: Tempest Runner, a 2021 audio drama written by Cavan Scott and published as a part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[3] Phase I.[4]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The High Republic: Tempest Runner script
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Timelines dates the present-day events of The High Republic: Tempest Runner to 231 BBY. Tempest Runner establishes that Andrik Keller saw Sslanno pull the spine of the Whiphid at some before the Battle of Galov, also dated to 231 BBY by Timelines.
  3. ↑ The High Republic: Tempest Runner
  4. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)