The Moyn[2] were a sentient species of brown furred humanoids that inhabited the galaxy during the Clone Wars[3] and the reign of the Galactic Empire. They had two protruding eyes with horizontally closing eyelids, and several small tentacle-like appendages that surrounded their mouth. The species was capable of speaking Galactic Basic Standard and could breathe unfiltered Clouzon-36 gas.[1] Members of the species included Level 1313 moneylender Pintu Son-El[3] and the bad-tempered Mining Guild boss Yushyn, who operated an Asteroid Belt Gas Refinery[1] in 3 BBY.[4]
Behind the scenes
The Moyn first appeared in "The Call," the thirteenth episode in the second season of the Star Wars Rebels television show.[1] The design for the species was based on a piece of alien bounty hunter concept art drawn by Ralph McQuarrie for Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. Concept art of Yushyn for the Rebels episode was produced by artist JP Balmet.[5] The species was originally created for unfinished episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, with the character of Pintu Son-El.[6] Son-El would eventually appear in the revived seventh season of the series, in the 2020 episode "Gone with a Trace."[3] The species was named after Bobby Moynihan,[7] who voiced Son-El in the episode.[3]
Appearances
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Gone with a Trace"
Star Wars Rebels — "The Call" (First appearance)
Sources
"The Call" Episode Guide | Star Wars Rebels on StarWars.com (backup link)
Ahsoka's Untold Tales Panel | Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 39 Databank A-Z: Kwazel Maw–Sly Moore (Picture only)- "Gone with a Trace" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle! (First identified as Moyn)
Asteroid Belt Gas Refinery in the Databank (backup link)- Pintu in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Yushyn in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Star Wars Rebels — "The Call"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Character Encyclopedia - Join the Battle!
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Gone with a Trace"
- ↑ According to Star Wars Rebels Returns...with Princess Leia on StarWars.com (backup link), "A Princess on Lothal" is "set roughly three years before the events of A New Hope. Since Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of A New Hope to 0 BBY, "A Princess on Lothal" must take place in 3 BBY. Because Dawn of Rebellion states the events of "The Mystery of Chopper Base" occur three years before the Battle of Yavin, it takes place in 3 BBY. Since "The Call," is between these two episodes, it is also in 3 BBY.
- ↑ "The Call" Episode Guide | Star Wars Rebels on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Ahsoka's Untold Tales Panel | Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑
Bobby Moynihan: Interview -The Big Thing on the Kristian Harloff YouTube channel (backup link)