Veergundark

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"Silooth…tuk'ata…veergundark…krastenane…"
―Dooku, reading from The Bestiary of Darth Caldoth — 20?cb=20250116042720 ▶️ (file info)[1]

Veergundarks were a type of Sith warbeast listed in the book The Bestiary of Darth Caldoth. The Jedi Initiate Dooku read the creatures' name aloud after discovering the book in the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts in the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant in 88 BBY.

Description

The veergundark was a type of Sith warbeast that partially shared its name with the gundark,[1] a type of non-sentient predator from the planet Vanqor.[2]

History

A gundark, a creature with dark red skin, four arms, tufts of black fur, and sharp teeth.

Veergundarks shared part of their name with gundarks.

Veergundarks were listed along with other Sith warbeasts in The Bestiary of Darth Caldoth, a tome compiled by the Sith Lord Darth Caldoth[1] by 1032 BBY.[3] By 88 BBY,[4] the book had been acquired by the Jedi Order and stored in the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts in the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant. There, it was found by the Jedi Initiates Dooku and Sifo-Dyas. Dooku began reading names from the book aloud, including that of the veergundark.[1]

Based on what he saw, Dooku assumed the creatures to be hideous, but Sifo-Dyas recognized the names as belonging to Sith warbeasts and informed his companion, who was shocked to learn the Jedi held a text on the subject. Dooku later recounted the incident to his sister Jenza via holo-letter.[1] Around 23 BBY,[5] Dooku gave data disks of his conversations with Jenza to his recently recruited Sith assassin—Asajj Ventress—for her investigation into Jenza's location, and she listened to the message mentioning veergundarks.[1]

Behind the scenes

In the current Star Wars canon, the veergundark was mentioned in a flashback in the audio drama Dooku: Jedi Lost,[1] which was written by Cavan Scott[1] and published on April 30, 2019.[6] The spelling of veergundark in canon was confirmed by the audio drama's script release[7] on October 1 of the same year.[6] The creatures originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where they were mentioned in the Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side, a 2012 reference book written by Daniel Wallace with an illustration of a veergundark by Terryl Whitlatch.[8]

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Dooku: Jedi Lost
  2. ↑ "Scarif and Other Planets in the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
  3. ↑ Dooku: Jedi Lost establishes Darth Caldoth was a member of the Sith, which Star Wars: Timelines states were believed to have been defeated in 1032 BBY. Therefore, The Bestiary of Darth Caldoth must have been written at some point by that year.
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the flashback in Dooku: Jedi Lost in which Dooku and Sifo-Dyas break into the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts and discover the The Bestiary of Darth Caldoth to 88 BBY.
  5. ↑ Dooku: Jedi Lost establishes that Asajj Ventress has recently been recruited by Dooku. Star Wars: Timelines dates Ventress' recruitment by Dooku to 23 BBY, therefore placing the present day events of Dooku: Jedi Lost to around 23 BBY.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 PenguinRandomHouse-Logo Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
  7. ↑ Dooku: Jedi Lost script
  8. ↑ Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side