Creatures of Episode IV: A New Hope

As a zoologist, I’m perhaps particularly intrigued by the creatures, the wildlife, the non-sentient animals, that occasionally pop up in the Star Wars films. Sometimes, these are part of important plot beats, such as the rancor or the wampa; other times, they are brief, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearances that serve only to flesh out the planets on which they are found.

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