Species
Acklay
Canon Legends version → Linked from 113 articles
Acklays were amphibious reptilian crustaceans with six deadly claws and razor-sharp teeth native to the planet Vendaxa. They were used as execution beasts by the Geonosians, and one attempted to kill Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Padmé Amidala in the Petranaki Arena prior to the outbreak of the Clone Wars.
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Facts
- Designation
- Non-sentient
- Class
- Amphibious reptilian crustacean
- Height
- 3.05 meters
- Skin colors
- Green
- Distinctions
- Grappling hands
- Stretchy stomachs
- Razor-sharp teeth
- Protective bony nodules
- Hardened, skin-covered claws
- Six legs
- Three eyes
- Origin
- Vendaxa
- Habitat
- Grassland
- Water
- Diet
- Carnivore
Appearances
27 works, in story order
- The High Republic: The Rising Storm (mentioned only)
- The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror 3 (mentioned only)
- The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror 4 (mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Escape from Valo
- Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings
- Star Wars Battlefront II
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (first appearance)
- Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade
- Brotherhood (indirect mention)
- Landing at Point Rain (indirect mention)
- Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
- Intermission, Part 1
- Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel
- Darth Vader Annual 2 (in a vision)
- The Hoojib Menace
- Endangered, Part 1
- Endangered, Part 2
- A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (mentioned only)
- Star Wars (2015) 10
- Doctor Aphra Annual 2 (pictured only)
- Star Wars Outlaws (mentioned only)
- Sana Starros 3
- Divine (?) Intervention (mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Hunters
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (mentioned only)
- Loyalty Test
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
Non-canon appearances: 4
Linked from
The best-known articles that mention Acklay.
- Star Wars Outlaws
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Star Wars Battlefront II
- Star Wars: Hunters
- The High Republic: The Rising Storm
- Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire
- Brotherhood (novel)
- Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel
- Geonosis