Shahkirin

The Shahkirin were a sentient species who originated from the Inner Rim Territories celestial body Shahkir. They had two arms and two legs, and a flattened head with a toothed mouth as well as eyes on its sides.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – The Official Collector's Edition The species had a compressible cartilaginous skeleton, and the Shahkirin Yipsit had tan skin and gray hair and was approximately half the size of an adult human in height.
Yipsit grew up on the cliff-faces of the Inner Rim planetBounty Hunters 29 Bestine IV, which imbued him with an innate confidence related to climbing. By 35 ABY,Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary describes the state of the galaxy up to and during the events of , which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 35 ABY. Yipsit, who wore mechanized magnigoggles, served as a mechanic at the Resistance base on the Outer Rim Territories moon Ajan Kloss. There, the Shahkirin helped with the refurbishment of the decades-old, 108-feet-tallThe Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season Two CR90 corvetteStar Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles Tantive IV. Yipsit would confidently scale the corvette's armored hull and use his small size to crawl into access tunnels that adult humans were unable to enter.
==Behind the scenes==
The Shahkirin species was first mentioned in Titan Magazines's December 19, 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – The Official Collector's Edition magazine in a preview of the character Yipsit who would go on to appear in the sequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker that was released on the next day.Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition Concept art of Yipsit for the film was done by Louis Wiltshire,The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the character was portrayed by Kiran Shah.
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Graphic Novel Adaptation
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – The Official Collector's Edition 
*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
*The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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==Notes and references==
Category:Inner Rim species