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The Taung were an ancient sentient species of the Core Worlds planet Coruscant. The day of Taungsday was named for the species.[1] The beskad, a traditional Mandalorian sword, was based on an ancient Taung design.[2] The Taung & Zhell Society, a student group at the University of Coruscant, shared its name with the species.[3]
Behind the scenes
Taung were first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in the sixty-first issue of Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon,[1] published around March 2, 2016.[4]
In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Taung were the original species of Mandalorians. They first appeared in the first issue of the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi – The Sith War comic book series,[5] and were identified as Taung in the Star Wars Insider article "The History of the Mandalorians." That article elaborated the Taung as the precursor of the Mandalorian culture.[6]
Appearances
The Mandalorian — "Chapter 19: The Convert" (Indirect mention only)
Sources
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 61 Guide to the Galaxy: Galactic Time and Dates (First mentioned)- Star Wars: The Rebel Files (Indirect mention only)
- Collapse of the Republic
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 61 Guide to the Galaxy: Galactic Time and Dates
- ↑ Collapse of the Republic
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- ↑ The second issue of the De Agostini weekly magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon was set to be published on January 14, 2015, according to De Agostini Publishing: Build the Millennium Falcon Magazine & Model by Chris Wyman on TheForce.net (January 8, 2015) (backup link archived on November 6, 2016). Therefore, Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 61 was published around March 2, 2016.
- ↑ Tales of the Jedi – The Sith War 1
- ↑
"The History of the Mandalorians" — Star Wars Insider 80