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{{Youmay|the worm found on [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]|the [[sand worm]] of [[Ponemah Terminal]], Tatooine's [[Color/Legends|sand]]-colored [[Dune worm/Legends|dune worm]], or the [[sand burrower]]|linebreak=1}}
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|image=[[File:Sandworm-snes.gif]]
|name=Sandworm
|designation=[[Sentience/Legends|Non-sentient]]<ref name="SWTOR">''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''</ref>
|class=[[Snake]]
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|skincolor=*[[Color/Legends|Orange]]<ref name="SWTOR" />
*Pink<ref name="Super">''[[Super Star Wars]]''</ref>
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|eyecolor=Green<ref name="Super" />
|distinctions=Insectoid appearance<ref name="SWTOR" />
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|planet=[[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]<ref name="SWTOR" />
|habitat=Sand dunes<ref name="SWTOR" />
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'''Sand Worms''' or '''sandworms''' were rare creatures that lived deep in their burrowed holes in the desert sands of [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]. They traveled very fast underground and were hard to catch in a fight, and were a favorite food of the [[Krayt dragon/Legends|Krayt dragon]].

[[Kaleesh/Legends|Kaleesh]] [[beast master]] [[Jai Quallo]] of the Tatooine [[Dust Vipers]] gang had a sand worm among his pet beasts, who were trained to assist him in a fight.<ref name="KOTFE">{{TORcite|exp=kotet|type=flashpoint|Uprising: Done and Dusted}}</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
The Tatooine sand worm first appeared as an enemy in [[1992]] ''[[Super Star Wars]]'' video game and was also featured in the ''[[Super Star Wars Official Game Secrets]]'' guide released next year. Depicted as a long, burrowing snake-like creature with pink skin and green eyes,<ref name="Super" /> the sand worm received little further mentions, like most original elements from that game.

The [[2011]] MMORPG ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' later featured a single creature named "Ancient Sand Worm" in the [[Dune Sea/Legends|Dune Sea]] of [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]]. This Sand Worm is depicted as a tall, eyeless [[Insectoid/Legends|insectoid]]-looking creature, and in fact uses the same in-game model as much smaller [[Killik/Legends|killik]] larvae.<ref name="SWTOR" /> [[2016]] expansion [[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne|''Knights of the Eternal Throne'']] featured this version of Sand Worms more prominently in the "Done and Dusted" uprising, clearly using the name "Sand Worm" for the creatures, as well as related achievement and in-game housing decoration.<ref name="KOTFE" />

==Appearances==
[[File:sandworm2-snes.gif|thumb|right|All animation frames of the Sandworm from ''[[Super Star Wars]]''.]]
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Strongholds]]'' {{Hologram}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne]]''
*''[[When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale]]'' {{Mo}}
*{{GalaxyCite|10|Sandbound on Tatooine}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Super Star Wars]]''

==Sources==
*''[[Super Star Wars Official Game Secrets]]''

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Carnivorous creatures]]
[[Category:Creatures of Tatooine]]
[[Category:Desert creatures]]
[[Category:Non-sentient species]]
[[Category:Snakes]]
[[Category:Subterranean creatures]]