Pons Limbic/Legends
- "One cannot do less than is required, nor more than is allowed."
- ―Pons Limbic
Pons Limbic,[2] known by the nickname "Brainiac" given to him by the smuggler BoShek, was a male Force-attuned[1] Siniteen who was present in Chalmun's Cantina when Luke Skywalker and Han Solo met for the first time.[1][3] BoShek gave him that name because he could calculate hyperspace jumps without any help from a navigation computer.[1] He was sitting at a table with Arleil Schous, Bom Vimdin, and Braconnor Bakiska.[3]
Behind the scenes
During production of A New Hope, the character was referred to as "Brainee," "Cranium Head" and "Crater Head."[2] It was the CCG that first gave him his nickname "Brainiac," and his true name was not revealed until the article "Cantina Roll Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases" was updated for the 2008 StarWars.com site redesign.[4][2]
Both the pons and the limbic system are structures within the human brain.
Brainiac is also the name of a character in the DC Universe.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- Journey to Mos Eisley
- The Star Wars Holiday Special
Sources
- Star Wars Official Poster Monthly 12
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – A New Hope Limited (Card: Brainiac) (backup link) (First identified as Brainiac)- Star Wars Customizable Card Game – A New Hope Limited Rules Supplement
"The Last Page" – Star Wars Insider 48- Star Wars: Chronicles
"It's All In The Cards" – Star Wars Galaxy Collector 3- Star Wars: Behind the Magic (Picture only)
Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases - Friendly Neighborhood Cullatran on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (First identified as Pons Limbic)
He's The Brains, Sweetheart on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link)- Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Complete Locations (Picture only)
- Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (New Version)
- Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 1 (Picture only)
Star Wars: The Legacy Collection (Pack: Pons Limbic) (backup link)- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (Under Brainiac)
2012 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 7- "Rogues Gallery: You're Barred!" – Star Wars Insider 144
The Star Wars Holiday Special Cantina: Who's Who on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)
"A Wretched Hive"—Star Wars Magazine 3- File:StarWarsLCG Logo.png Star Wars: The Card Game – The Forest Moon (Card: Brainiac) (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:ArchiveAccess/FFGTCG' not found.)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars Customizable Card Game – A New Hope Limited (Card: Brainiac) (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ Cantina Roll-Call: Shedding Light on Some Alien Aliases (old version, as archived at Archive.org)