Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker introduced new creatures to the Star Wars universe, and some were featured more prominently than others. The Skywalker saga has now come to an end with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker after over 40 years of history, which began in 1977 with the film now known as Star Wars: A New Hope. The final entry in the sequel trilogy has been met with a lot of criticism for its story, pace, and how it addressed (or didn’t) some of the biggest plot holes left by the previous films, but it also added more to the franchise with new characters, both human and alien.
Viewers met characters like Allegiant General Pryde (Richard E. Grant), Zorii Bliss (Keri Russell), and Jannah (Naomi Ackie), all of them supporting characters either on the side of the First Order or that of the Resistance. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker also had its dose of new aliens and creatures, of which some appeared briefly and others were used either in battle or for a character to display certain abilities that would be used later on.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker introduced a variety of sentient species and four new creatures – many of these were hidden among the crowd, so it’s very easy to miss them.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker introduced the alien species Aki-Aki, native to the desert planet Pasaana, which were holding a colorful festival when Rey and company arrived. New fan-favorite Babu Frik belongs to the Anzellan species, though it’s unknown what their homeworld is. The Alazmec are a species native to the planet Winsit, which colonized Mustafar as part of a cult in order to guard the Corvax Fen. The Cingulons were also introduced in The Rise of Skywalker, and it’s the species Resistance cargo pilot Dellso Prin belongs to. Viewers also met the Trodatome through Klaud, the mechanic seen in the Millennium Falcon at the beginning of the film, as well as the Boosodians (creatures with gray skin and twenty eyes), and the Deymasollians (a species with tan skin and white fur).
The Resistance had a good number of new alien species, such as the Lacertilo (an amphibious species, like Bo Rogiave), the Cyclorrian (an insectoid species), the Mohsenians (like the Resistance’s field medic Twylope Nur), the Didynons, the Reesarians, the Shahkirin (like the mechanic Yipsit), and the Talpiddians. Other species introduced in The Rise of Skywalker are the Ginmid, the Kessurian, the Symeong, the Shungbeek, and the Ozrelanso.
As for non-sentient creatures, a new reptile-like animal called “zymod” can be spotted at the jungle moon Ajan Kloss, where the Resistance was based (and where Luke trained Leia). This creature has the ability to change the color of their hide and it looks a lot like an iguana, only with much bigger eyes and longer legs. Next are the oki-poki, native to the previously mentioned desert planet of Pasaana. These are rodents with large, vibrating ears that help them detect various sounds – and their eyes also vibrate, allowing them to “see” sounds.
Pasaana was home to many interesting creatures, including a giant snake called “vexis snake”. When Rey, Poe Dameron, Finn, Chewbacca, C3PO and BB8 sank in the fields of Pasaana while looking for Ochi’s starship, they came across with an injured vexis snake, which Rey cured using Force healing – an ability that was later used by her on Kylo Ren and vice versa. Last but not least are the orbaks, a species of horse-like riding beasts found in the ocean moon of Kef Bir, though their origins are unclear. These are the creatures used by Finn, Jannah, and company during the attack on the First Order’s fleet. The creatures introduced in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker might not have had the same impact porgs had, but at least some had a more relevant role than the sea-dwelling birds.
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