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Tauntaun

Legends Canon version → Linked from 297 articles

Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.

The Tauntaun tän'-tän was a species of omnivorous reptomammal which was indigenous to the icy planet of Hoth. Tauntauns were commonly used as pack animals during the Rebel Alliance's stay at Hoth. Tauntauns were also used as patrol mounts when it was learned that the Rebel Alliance's own vehicles could not cope with the very cold weather.

Up to 15 different species of tauntauns were known to exist.

Text and facts from the “Tauntaun/Legends” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Designation
Non-sentient
Races
Climbing tauntaun
Common/Giant tauntaun
Glacier tauntaun
Scaly tauntaun
Height
1.3 - 2 meters
Hair colors
White
Origin
Hoth
Habitat
Glacial caves
Snowy plains
Diet
Omnivorous

Appearances

80 works, in story order
  1. Red Harvest
  2. Star Wars: The Old Republic
  3. Star Wars: The Old Republic Cartel Market
  4. Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel
  5. Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Strongholds
  6. Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne
  7. Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught
  8. Star Wars: The Old Republic: Legacy of the Sith
  9. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
  10. Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (mentioned only)
  11. The Syrox Redemption (mentioned only)
  12. Star Wars: Invasion of Theed Adventure Game (mentioned only)
  13. Star Wars: Battlefront
  14. Star Wars (1998) 27 (mentioned only)
  15. Between the Worlds: MidWorld (mentioned only)
  16. The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing
  17. Star Wars: Battlefront II
  18. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
  19. Star Wars: The Clone Wars junior novelization (mentioned only)
  20. The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Way of the Jedi (mentioned only)
  21. The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Lost Legion (mentioned only)
  22. Missing in Action
  23. Orders
  24. Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
  25. Escape Into Terror (mentioned only)
  26. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
  27. Kessel Run (mentioned only)
  28. Star Wars: Empire at War
  29. Star Wars: X-Wing
  30. Shadow Games (mentioned only)
  31. Star Wars: Force Commander
  32. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
  33. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
  34. Rebel Force: Uprising
  35. Iceworld
  36. Galaxy of Fear: Ghost of the Jedi
  37. Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders
  38. Introductory Adventure Game
  39. Hunger (mentioned only)
  40. Scavenger Hunt
  41. Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine (mentioned only)
  42. The Stele Chronicles (mentioned only)
  43. Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell (mentioned only)
  44. Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
  45. Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
  46. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back novelization (first appearance)
  47. Star Wars (1977) 39
  48. The Empire Strikes Back: A Storybook
  49. Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
  50. Hoth
  51. Freedom's Winter
  52. The Coming Storm
  53. Star Wars (1977) 40
  54. Entrenched
  55. The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi (mentioned only)
  56. Star Wars (1977) 78 (in a flashback)
  57. A Hot Time in the Cold Town Tonite! (mentioned only)
  58. Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  59. One Last Night in the Mos Eisley Cantina: The Tale of the Wolfman and the Lamproid (mentioned only)
  60. A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker
  61. X-Wing Rogue Squadron 14 (mentioned only)
  62. Prophets of the Dark Side (mentioned only)
  63. Deader than a Triton Moon
  64. X-Wing: The Bacta War (mentioned only)
  65. Dark Force Rising (mentioned only)
  66. The Last Command (mentioned only)
  67. Dark Apprentice
  68. Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
  69. Before the Storm (mentioned only)
  70. Union 4 (in a flashback)
  71. Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones
  72. Young Jedi Knights: Return to Ord Mantell (mentioned only)
  73. The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin (mentioned only)
  74. The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force (mentioned only)
  75. Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice
  76. Legacy of the Force: Fury (mentioned only)
  77. Millennium Falcon (mentioned only)
  78. Fate of the Jedi: Omen
  79. Fate of the Jedi: Backlash (mentioned only)
  80. Fate of the Jedi: Vortex (mentioned only)
Non-canon appearances: 14
  1. Star Wars: Yoda Stories
  2. Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventure: The Empire Strikes Back
  3. Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back 1
  4. Ghosts of Hoth
  5. Hunger Pains
  6. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
  7. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
  8. LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 film
  9. LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace
  10. Menace of the Sith
  11. Star Wars: Tiny Death Star
  12. Jedi Academy: Return of the Padawan
  13. Clash of the Skywalkers
  14. Star Wars Mythos (mentioned only)

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