Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Invid's Guide to the Star Wars Universe: Alien Species #11

Last time, I broke into triple digits. Let's keep going.

101. Blubreen. Blubreen are "amphibious near-humans." They live on a planet named Poo Ploo.

Rating: 2/5. I'm being generous because the page picture is of an attractive female blue person. I don't think slapping gills and fins on a human and coloring it blue is a very good alien species.

102. Blue bantha. Blue banthas are Force-sensitive, sapient banthas-wait, what?!

These guys are "ambiguously canonical," but that they are apparently all Force-sensitive and are smart enough to communicate with other species makes them kinda awesome.

Rating: 3/5. Why not a 4, which was my first inclination? Because they actually had white fur (they were called "blue" for their horns).

103. Boltrunian. Boltrunians are ANGRY. So angry that a Boltrunian Dark Jedi's rage was enough to keep him alive after he had been cut in half.

Rating: 2/5. I like the Boltrunian design, but they've essentially defined this (admittedly quite rarely seen) species by its anger.

104. Boma. Boma are ambiguously canonical furry aliens who appeared in an earlier draft of what became A New Hope. Some of them would have been among the pilots on the Death Star run, and they almost took the place of Wookiees.

Rating: 1/5. I don't think I like the idea of short furry guys replacing Chewbacca.

105. Bomodon. Some Bomodons were seen by Greedo once! How important!

Rating: 1/5. I'm pretty sure that exact description was used for some other species.

106. Borlorian. Borlorians are a sapient alien race.

Rating: N/A. Garrrr.

107. Borlovian. Borlovians (presumably no relation) are primitive birdlike aliens who are so bound by tradition that they rarely leave the villages they were born in (being medieval). One of their number was less bound by tradition and joined the smuggler Booster Terrik to, well, smuggle.

Rating: 2/5. They're excused for a planet of hats culture because they're in the medieval stage (and it could be that other parts of the planet are actually different). And at least one got to rebel against that.

108. Bormterran. From Wookieepedia: "The Bormterrans were four-armed, fearsome, loyal, dragon-like, reptilian, sapients indigenous to Bormter." Not Bormterra?

Rating: 3/5. They're "primitives who must learn to adjust to advanced technology," but I am quite amused by their slightly confused run-on description, and they look interesting.

109. Borneck. Bornecks are "near-Humans" who are "patient, sensible pacifists who enjoy hard work and holidays."

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Wow, they're so different from humans.

Rating: 1/5. Different skin color is barely even worth mentioning.

110. Bosph. Bosphs are from Bosph. And they look awesome.

Rating: 4/5. I just like 'em. They look cool.

Hm, looks like next time I'll be rating the Bothans. Many pixels will die to-never mind.

-Signing off.

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