Elephant

An elephant was a species of creature. The Ortolan musician Max Rebo had a snout resembling the trunk of an elephant.The Amazing Book of Star Wars Species resembling elephants were referred to as elephantines.
==Behind the scenes==
Elephants were first mentioned in the current Star Wars Canon in an in-universe context in the 2016 young reader's reference book The Amazing Book of Star Wars, written by Elizabeth Dowsett.
They were first mentioned in the Legends continuity in the 1976 novel Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, which was an adaptation of the 1977 film of the same name.Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization Their first visual depiction in the same continuity—albeit a non-canon one—was in the 2011 video game LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, in which they appear as a ridable mount in the level "Liberty on Ryloth."LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
The real-life counterparts to elephants have been utilized in some form multiple times in Star Wars production history. During the production of the 1977 film Star Wars: Episove IV A New Hope, an Asian elephant named Mardji portrayed the bantha under added cosmetics. The movements of the All Terrain Armored Transports seen in the 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back were based on footage of Mardji walking.
Elephants were also used in the sound design of the films. The sound of a TIE/ln space superiority starfighter's engines were the result of mixing cars streaking past and the trumpeting cry of an elephant. For the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, the design characteristics of the Multi-Troop Transport were based on a massive elephant.
In the 2015 art book The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, written by Phil Szostak, an excerpt from illustrator and concept artist Christian Alzmann states that the production crew of the 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens could redress elephants to create new creatures for the film, similar to how banthas were created in A New Hope.
==Sources==
*The Amazing Book of Star Wars 
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Category:Creatures of unspecified biology
Category:Creatures of unspecified diet