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|image=[[File:RyykBlade-TNR.jpg]]
|name=Ryyk blade
|manufacturer=
|model=Custom-made weapon<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide">''[[The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide]]''</ref>
|type=Exotic [[Melee weapon/Legends|melee weapon]]<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide" />
|culture=[[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiee]]<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide" />
|creators=[[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiees]]<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide" />
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|owners=
|locations=[[Kashyyyk/Legends|Kashyyyk]]<ref name="New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology">''[[The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology]]''</ref>
|cost=500 [[Galactic Credit Standard|credits]]<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide" />
|value=
|shape=[[Sword/Legends|Sword]]-like<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide" />
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|weight=1.5 kg<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide" /> to 15 kg
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|inscription=
|markings=Wookiee symbols of strength and honor<ref name="New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology" />
|purpose=*Hunting<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide" />
*Clearing jungle paths<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide" />
*Melee combat<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide" />
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{{Quote|A Wookiee warrior without a ryyk blade is a webweaver without fangs.|Traditional Wookiee maxim|<ref name="New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology" />}}
'''Ryyk blades''' were traditional [[Sword/Legends|swords]] constructed and used by the [[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiees]] of [[Kashyyyk/Legends|Kashyyyk]].

==Description==
[[File:Ryyk_blades2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Two ryyk blade variants]]
The design of these weapons varied greatly between individuals since all ryyk blades were handcrafted. Generally, the blade was a broad, curved design and the handle was wrapped in leather.<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide" /> Ryyk blades were considered an extension of the wielder, much like the Wookiee relationship with their [[Bowcaster/Legends|bowcasters]]. The average weight of a ryyk was around fifteen [[Kilogram/Legends|kilograms]],{{Fact}} but Wookiees could wield them with surprising speed and grace. Wookiees would sometimes wield two blades at the same time in a graceful and deadly two-weapon fighting style.<ref name="Arms & Equipment Guide">''[[Arms & Equipment Guide]]''</ref> Because of its exotic design and craftsmanship, a user required training to wield a Ryyk blade proficiently.<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide" />

For a non-Wookiee to use the ryyk without earning the right to do so was an insult to most Wookiees. A non-Wookiee would be advised to be able to understand [[Shyriiwook/Legends|Shyriiwook]] and provide a good explanation why they were using the weapon.<ref name="Arms & Equipment Guide" /> [[Trandoshan/Legends|Trandoshan]] [[Slaver/Legends|slavers]] would carry ryyk blades from captured Wookiees just to mock them.<ref name="Force Unleashed Campaign Guide" />

A variant blade of the ryyk blade was called the [[ryyk kerarthorr]].<ref name="New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology" />

==History==
The blade was first developed when the Wookiees were still technologically primitive; they were used for clearing paths through the thick forests of Kashyyyk and fending off vicious predators and other attacking animals. They were also used for hunting, and if necessary, combat.

The [[Wookiee Chieftain]] [[Attichitcuk/Legends|Attichitcuk]] once killed a pack of twenty [[Katarn/Legends|katarns]] using a single ryyk blade, though he kept his achievement secret until his son [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] happened to find the katarn [[Claw/Legends|claws]] years later.<ref name="GB">''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]''</ref>

Ryyk blades were used heavily by [[Trandoshan/Legends|Trandoshan]] slavers during the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]] and by Wookiee [[Berserker]]s during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]]. [[Aurra Sing/Legends|Aurra Sing]], a [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]], used the weapon.<ref name="New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology" /> Wookiees armed with ryyk blades came to the defense of Princess [[Leia Organa Solo]] while she was pregnant on [[Kashyyyk/Legends|Kashyyyk]] to protect her from [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn's]] [[Noghri Death Commando]]s.<ref name="New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology" />

==Behind the scenes==
[[File:Wookiee_with_Kerathorr_Ryyk_Blades.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A Wookiee brandishing two ryyk kerarthorr blades]]
In the ''[[Agents of Chaos Duology]]'', the blades are misspelled as "ryyyk" blades.

In ''[[Rebel Force: Hostage]]'', the blade of Chewbacca  is misspelled as a "ryk" blade.

==Appearances==
*''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]''
*''[[Holes]]''
*''[[Peaces]]''
*''[[From the Trees]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns]]''
*''[[MedStar I: Battle Surgeons]]''
*{{Tales|5|What They Called Me}}
*{{GamerCite|4|What They Called Me}}
*[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' game]]
*''[[Shadow Games]]''
*''[[Beyond the Rim]]''
*''[[Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees]]''
*''[[Rebel Force: Hostage]]''
*''[[Star Wars Adventures: Chewbacca and the Slavers of the Shadowlands]]'' {{Flash}}
*''[[Heir to the Empire]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Dark Force Rising]]''
*[[Dark Force Rising (unabridged audiobook)|''Dark Force Rising'' audiobook]]
*''[[Tyrant's Test]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Legacy of the Force: Inferno]]''
*''[[Legacy of the Force: Invincible]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
*''[[Heir to the Empire Sourcebook]]'' {{ID|ryyyk blade}}
*''[[Alliance Intelligence Reports]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology]]''
*{{GamerCite|4|Secrets of Kashyyyk}}
*{{FFCite|71|RYY1-4, ''Ryyk Blades''}}
*{{DB|character|itchy|Attichitcuk|archivedate=20100210021129}}
*{{DB|character|salporin|Salporin|archivedate=20100210030306}}
*''[[Arms & Equipment Guide]]''
*''[[Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided Quick Reference Guide]]''
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology]]''
*''[[Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: Prima Official Game Guide]]''
*''[[Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience: Prima Official Game Guide]]''
*''[[The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide]]''
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[Dangerous Covenants]]''
*{{SWIA|set=Wookiee Warriors Ally Pack}}
*{{SWIA|set=Jabba's Realm|cardname=Ryyk Blades}}
*{{SWGTCG|set=The Nightsister's Revenge|cardname=Ryyk Blade}}

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

==External links==
*{{SWGWiki|Ryyk Blade}}

{{Interlang
|de=Ryyk-Klinge
|es=Cuchillo ryyk
|ru=Клинок риик
}}

[[Category:Swords]]
[[Category:Wookiee weapons]]