The Star Wars universe has an enormous variety to offer, as well as diverse and exotic beings. That ranges from the hairy Wookiees to the sly Jawas. However, one of the characters in the recently published novel Star Wars – The High Republic: Into the Dark celebrating his debut is worth a closer look.
It is the navigator nicknamed “Geode”. This is very apt, because at first glance it looks like a cuboid space stone without any immediately recognizable features of a living being. But – as is so often the case in the Star Wars universe – there is of course a little more to it than that. “Geode” is a representative of the Vintians. These actually appear to the casual observer like a stone that is as silent as it is rigid. However, the Vintians are very well able to move around independently and speak a highly complex language that no living being can speak with a “normal” mouth. Incidentally, the idea for this unusual character did not come from the author Claudia Gray, but from her friend Paul. In an interview she stated:
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Star Wars: Newly Introduced Character is a Space Brick
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“I had Leox, and he needed a navigator. And I knew that he had to be rather silent, since Leox can handle words very well and speaks very eloquently and sometimes even to himself. (.. 🙂 But at the same time you want not just bring something like Chewbacca again. So I asked myself, “What can I do? What can I do?” – And Paul then said, “How about if it was a rock?” Yes! A rock. I mean “It’s not a rock. It’s a Vintian. But it’s very difficult to tell a Vintian from a rock – unless you’re a Vintian. Or a rock.”
What do you think of this author’s idea? Does such a character provide additional variety in the Star Wars universe or is he a bit too exotic for you?
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