Biituian fen-hare
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- "When he gets to Mos Eisley, he's going to have a hard enough time telling the cantina habitués why he no longer has the Hound's Tooth; it's been his ship for a long time. He's not about to tell anyone that he got frightened out of it like a Biituian fen-hare."
- ―Boba Fett, on Bossk losing his starship
The Biituian fen-hare was a species[1] that originated from Biitu,[2] a lush agriworld in the Cassandran Worlds.[3] It was a timid creature, and[1] by 4 ABY,[4] it had been incorporated into a Galactic Basic Standard simile for a frightened person. The bounty hunter Boba Fett referred to it in this manner to describe fellow hunter Bossk after the latter bailed out of his own starship, believing that it contained explosives that were about to detonate.[1]
Behind the scenes
K. W. Jeter created the Biituian fen-hare for his novel Slave Ship, which was published by Bantam Spectra in 1998.[1]
Appearances
- Slave Ship (First mentioned)
- Slave Ship audiobook (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Slave Ship
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion on the Jedi Council Forums (Literature board; posted by jasonfry on December 11, 2007, 7:59am; accessed March 6, 2016): "I wouldn't get your hopes up re alien homeworlds, beyond simple stuff like the Planetnamian species getting a Planetnamia on the map or things Dan and I can account for with a relatively quick reference." (backup link) Jason Fry, co-author of The Essential Atlas, stated his intention to create homeworlds for numerous species based on context implied from their names. Given this principle, this article makes a similar basic assumption for Biituian fen-hare in relation to the Biitu.
- ↑ Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
- ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion dates the non-flashback events of Slave Ship to 4 ABY.