For those of you that want a little more SW in your Roleplay

[Nyase]

My question is (and this game and movies show it) why do male Twil'eks have normal human ears while the females of the species just have those bumps? Kinda weird. For that matter why does Bib Fortuna have thos big head tumors in his forehead but no other SWG male twi'lek has them? He should get those looked at.

Those were just part of Oola's headdress. I've seen in other things that they have ears. And these slang terms are very useful. Going to have to remember those Imperial ones. Or not. After all, wouldn't be appropriate for an imperial officer to go around spouting out slang and improper grammer. (which i do anyway cause i forget thigns too easily)

[Tekla Juno]

Here's another great site (prolly well known by all here):

http://www1.theforce.net/cuswe/categori ... 3&type=111

This particular link leads to the list Zan posted, but also has slang in Huttese, Old Corellian, Yuuzhan Vong, and various Alien dialects. I found this site essential to creating my character's background.


Tekla

[Tekla Juno]

Twi'leks and Zabraks have their interesting headgear which might make vaginal birthings difficult unless they're born with knobs on the zabraks and like, little tail nubs on the lekku...

I'm pretty sure that Zabraks are born without horns and grow them like any other mammal does (elk, deer, etc.) at puberty. And I think they have to keep sharpening them, too, just like mammals do.

As far as genetalia goes, don't expect anything official from the Skywalker ranch anytime this lifetime.

But do they seasonally fall off like deer antlers? Eww, I hope not.

[Seret Sajet]

My question is (and this game and movies show it) why do male Twil'eks have normal human ears while the females of the species just have those bumps? Kinda weird. For that matter why does Bib Fortuna have thos big head tumors in his forehead but no other SWG male twi'lek has them? He should get those looked at.

Those were just part of Oola's headdress. I've seen in other things that they have ears. And these slang terms are very useful. Going to have to remember those Imperial ones. Or not. After all, wouldn't be appropriate for an imperial officer to go around spouting out slang and improper grammer. (which i do anyway cause i forget thigns too easily)

True, Oola did have the headdress covering them up but these show what the rest of the twi'lek women are sporting...

http://www.mmorpgitalia.it/swg/img/scre ... ot0101.jpg

http://rebelshaven.com/Images/TwiLeks/Twilek002.jpg

http://rebelshaven.com/Images/TwiLeks/Aayla001.jpg

http://rebelshaven.com/RebelsHaven/Imag ... OTC004.jpg

The last few seem like headdresses as well but sport the same skin tone as the females. Very weird. I think the designers just went with it after every other twi'lek female was based on Oola.

And please please PLEASE tell me Seret won't look like this when he gets older or I'm killing him off young....
http://rebelshaven.com/Images/TwiLeks/OrnFreeTaa001.jpg
http://rebelshaven.com/Images/TwiLeks/Twilek003.jpg

[Dwilah]

I read the chapter on Twi'leks in the races encyclopedia after making my first char in SWG (which was a Twi'lek).

Lekku are prehensile, and are nervous tissue (brains). They store memories and it's been suggested in some of the Aayla Secura comics that THAT much alien brain matter gives them photographic memories. However, along with being prehensile, they also betray their emotions. They twitch/quiver/etc in ways that are communicatory (is that a word?) similar to empathy or telepathy, and they can't turn it off or control it. So, if a Twi'lek is feeling upset, other twi'leks in the area are going to know about it whether they want them to or not.

In the comics Twi'lek males are generally drawn with the bulbous heads; I think when it came to the game they just said "Screw that, it's ugly and nobody will play twi'lek males."

As for the female 'sensor bumps' on the sides of the head, I had always assumed they were horns when watching the movies.

[Seret Sajet]

In the comics Twi'lek males are generally drawn with the bulbous heads; I think when it came to the game they just said "Screw that, it's ugly and nobody will play twi'lek males."

My thoughts exactly. No one wants to play someone as ugly as Bib.

I dig the new Avatar, Dwi. Very Japanese Pop Star-esque.

[Gaaralow]

Yes, we all want to play the pretty, happy, perfect people. Isn't that right, Dooo?

[Ekade]

And please please PLEASE tell me Seret won't look like this when he gets older or I'm killing him off young....

The future is not looking good Seret.

But look at it this way, in the 2nd pic he had a young looking female.

What scares me is that you don't see old females. Do we cease to be useful after we lose our looks?

Dont answer that.

[Nyase]

You have to remember that he was a politician, and as such in a position to get fat and lasy. Most twi'lekks aren't that big. As for the bumps, I still think it's more of a genetic variaion and not subject to all females. It's like the bumps on Bib, more of a thing some twi'lekks have, not all of them.

[MrDooo]

It would ROCK to be able to make a character as hideous as that dude! And yeah, Gaar, not all of us want to make pretty boy characters. C'mon! Look at me! My jowels could take you any day!


Dooo

[TramelRaggs]

For that matter why does Bib Fortuna have thos big head tumors in his forehead but no other SWG male twi'lek has them? He should get those looked at.

I heard that Bib Fortuna had those tumors because he was hideously deformed. Because he was so deformed he was an outcast, and that's how he ended up working for Jabba.

[Skarr]

http://www1.theforce.net/cuswe/search.a ... ib+fortuna

an Una clan Twi'lek, Bib Fortuna was most infamous as Jabba the Hutt's advisor and major domo. Little is known about his background, although it is known that he was among the first Twi'leki to realize that the ryll spice found on Ryloth could be sold at a large profit throughout the galaxy. Fortuna's actions drew the attention of the Empire, which descended on Ryloth and took the Twi'lek as slaves. Fortuna was condemned by his peers, his family name was disgraced and its holdings seized, and he was made an outcast and a fugitive. Fortuna began his revenge by stealing valuables from high-ranking Twi'leki officials, and was in the right place at the right time when Jabba came to Ryloth in search of slaves. Fortuna had simply planned to steal jewels and other valuables from other Twi'leki, but instead found the rubble and destruction caused by Jabba's slavers. In the rubble, he found Nat Secura and took the child to Jabba, claiming that the Hutt would find amusement in controlling the last survivor of a great Twi'lek house. It is for these reasons that the Twi'leks pronounce his name Bib'fortuna, which twists the meaning of his true name, Bibfort'una, to indicate the evil he represents. Jabba had taken Fortuna as an employee and Secura as a slave back to Tatooine. Fortuna's desire for power kept him in good standing with the crimelord. Fortuna and Bidlo Kwerve were in constant competition for Jabba's attention. When the rancor was discovered in the Tatooine desert by Jawas, Fortuna saw that Kwerve might have a better hold on Jabba's good side. Fortuna had to find a way to get Kwerve out of the picture, for it was Kwerve who had recovered the creature from the Jawas. When the two presented the rancor to Jabba, Kwerve puffed himself up in an effort to win Jabba's favor. Fortuna used it against him, making it seem like bravado and showmanship. Jabba disapproved, and sent Kwerve to the rancor as its first meal. Fortuna's first step toward fame and fortune had landed successfully. During his employment under Jabba, Fortuna's main duty was to scout out any plots against Jabba, and warn the Hutt of them. He also served as a "talent scout" for Jabba, and was responsible for bringing Oola and other dancers to Jabba's palace. In reality, Fortuna was looking out for himself. He used many of the plots as smoke screens to cover his own plots. Fortuna had grown rapidly disgusted with the Hutt, and secretly plotted with the B'omarr monks that lived in Jabba's palace against him. He hated the monks almost as much as he hated Jabba, for the disembodied brothers always frightened him. His first encounter with a "brain walker" had led to his firing a blaster at it, killing the disembodied brain. However, Fortuna realized that the monks had built the castle, and they still roamed it, keeping a great deal of secrets. Fortuna, however, was not out to claim Jabba's position as crimelord; he simply wanted to acquire enough power and wealth to return to his homeworld of Ryloth and conquer it. He planned to use Nat Secura as a sign to the Twi'lek that Fortuna was the only choice as ruler. When Luke Skywalker rescued Han Solo and Princess Leia had killed Jabba, Fortuna fled to the cargo hold of Jabba's sail barge and fled in a hidden skiff. He set off a thermal detonator as he left, ensuring the destruction of the crimelord. All of Fortuna's planned crumbled to dust, though, following Jabba's death. He returned to the palace, only to be overcome by the B'omarr monks. They removed his brain from his body and placed it in a nutrient jar, allowing Fortuna to forever contemplate his actions. He continued to monitor many of his secret accounts, and kept alive the hope that he and Nat would be rescued and placed into cloned Twi'lek bodies. Eventually, Bib Fortuna's brain walker was captured by Firith Olan, who hoped to wring information on Jabba's criminal empire for his own use. Fortuna bided his time, until Firith Olan was injured by Marl Semtin at Eidolon Base. Fortuna managed to drag Olan's body back to Jabba's palace, where he had the B'omarr monks swap their brains. Fortuna then went into seclusion, gathering his strength to make a future bid for power. Using his own resources, those of Jabba that he was able to recover, and those of Firith Olan, Bib Fortuna began to grow more powerful. In an effort to infiltrate Lady Valarian's holdings, he also began to develop a relationship with Valarian's chosen successor, Shiri'ani.

[TramelRaggs]

Where do you all find this stuff?

[Lok'i Vidaar]

Very good story... still doesn't explain the whole bulbos head deal though ... ;)

[Skarr]

Where do you all find this stuff?

click the link, its the unoffical SW encyclopedia

they reference every single thing that has ever been put out there in the sw universe...and then they have the search engine...it is the single greatest sw reference website there is