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{{Quote|Call me Sosakar.|''The Slug Named Grendel'' by Rogar Farnoster|<ref name="Grendel">{{WEGCite|book=The Star Wars Sourcebook|story=The Slug Named Grendel (short story)|stext=The Slug Named Grendel}}</ref>}}
'''Sosakar''' was a character in [[Rogar Farnoster]]'s ''[[The Slug Named Grendel]]'', published by [[TriPlanetary Press/Legends|TriPlanetary Press]]<ref name="Grendel" /> sometime after [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]].<ref name="HNN-54">{{Hnn|54|life/1352_2.html|Giant Space Slug Found|https://web.archive.org/web/20130104022205/http://www.holonetnews.com:80/54/life/1352_2.html}}</ref> The narrator of the tale, Sosakar recounted the story of [[Flandon Sweeg]] and his search for the [[Exogorth/Legends|space slug]] [[Grendel (space slug)|Grendel]]. Sosakar, being destitute and pursued by [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba]] the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt's]] loansharks, joined the crew of the ''[[Darkfire]]'' after Sweeg's original crew had abandoned him.<ref name="Grendel" />

==Behind the scenes==
The [[The Slug Named Grendel|work]] Sosakar appeared in bears strong similarities with the 1851 novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_Dick Moby Dick], authored by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville Herman Melville]. Such similarities includes the formatting of the first line and the narrative of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_(Moby-Dick) protagonist] who has joined a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pequod_(Moby-Dick) crew] upon a quest led by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Ahab captain] of questionable morals after a sizable [[Limb/Legends|limbless]], [[Starship/Legends|ship]]-destroying [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_Dick_(whale) creature] [[Color/Legends|colored]] white.

==Appearances==
*{{WEGCite|book=The Star Wars Sourcebook|story=The Slug Named Grendel (short story)|stext=The Slug Named Grendel}} {{1stm}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Star Wars Sourcebook (Second Edition)|text=''Star Wars Sourcebook'', Second Edition|story=The Slug Named Grendel (short story)|stext=The Slug Named Grendel}} {{Mo}}

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