The modernStar Warscanon has reintroduced a dangerous species from the originalLegends continuity. Although theStar Warsoriginal and prequel trilogies are part of both continuities, the lore surrounding both trilogies will often result in the same characters or events having drastically different in-universe contexts. Case in point: the pipe-smoking humanoid Dannik Jerriko seen inChalmun’s Cantina in Mos Eisleyis a human in the modern canon, but in the original Legends timeline, he is a member of the vampiric species known as the Anzati.
Star WarsLegends lore explores Anzati in depth, revealing that, despite their human-like appearance, they are far stronger, faster, and more durable than humans. Anzati are also universally Force-sensitive. Terrifyingly, however, Anzati have retractable proboscises on their cheeks, which they use to consume the brain matter – referred to as “soup” by Anzati – of other sentients. Anzati can live for centuries, using their Force powers to entrance and immobilize their victims before feeding on them. While Dannik Jerriko is not an Anzat in the modern canon, the Anzati have been reintroduced to the newer continuity.
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The Anzati Are Older Than The Sith – & May Have Inspired Them
In the original Legends continuity, the Anzati may have had a degree of influence on the dreaded Sith Order. The Sith were originally a species from Korriban, and the first Dark Lords of the Sith were a group of exiled Jedi who colonized Korriban and enslaved its population before forming their own distinct dark side culture and philosophies.Sith philosophy includes elements of corrupted Jedi teachings and the culture of the Sith species, and the latter was influenced by the Anzati.
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According toEvil Never Dies, an article by Abel Pena,many ancient practices and cultural norms of the Sith species, from sacrificing sapient beings to the traditional dish known as bloodsoup, were influenced by or are directly owed to ancient encounters between the Sith species and the Anzati. The article states:
Some historians have speculated that the attitudes of the early Sith people were owed to a prehistoric encounter between their species and the vampiric beings known as the Anzati. Volfe Karkko, a rare Anzat Jedi known for his prolonged study of one of the Jedi Temple’s rare Sith holocrons, was fond of reminding his fellow Knights that the Anzati “remember the very first Sith.” Beyond the anecdotal, though, there is no solid evidence to support this theory.
Bloodsoup was still a traditional Sith dish in the New Sith Wars, with Sith Lords Darth Bane and Githany notably consuming it during the Ruusan campaign.
The Anzati Would Be A Terrifying Threat To The Jedi
TheAnzati made their modern canon debutin the fall of 2024 inStar Wars: Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising #1by Alex Segura, Leonard Kirk, and Rachelle Rosenberg. Reyna Oskure – a member of theAcolytes of the Beyond– was an Anzat, and although she would go on to be easily defeated by Luke Skywalker, she and other Anzati are extremely dangerous to most beings. FutureStar Warsstories may connect the Anzati to the Sith like their original Legends-era iteration, as well as make them a major threat to Luke and Rey’s respective generations of Jedi.
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