Yayax

A yayax was a beast that lived on the moon of Endor. During the Clone Wars, a clone commando unit was named Yayax Squad.
While on the planet MimbanSplinter of the Mind's Eye 1 in the year 2 ABY,The Essential Reader's Companion dates the events of the novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye to the year 2 ABY. As it is an adaptation of part of the novel, Splinter of the Mind's Eye 1 must also take place in 2 ABY. the protocol droid C-3PO assumed a hideous shriek he could hear from the jungle was a hunger-crazed Endorian yayax that was coming to eat himself and fellow Rebel Alliance member Leia Organa.
==Appearances==
*Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel 
*Imperial Commando: 501st 
*Galaxy of Fear: The Doomsday Ship 
*Splinter of the Mind's Eye 1 
==Sources==
*A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
==Notes and references==
Category:Creatures of Endor
Category:Felines
Category:Non-sentient species
Category:Predatory creatures