Twi'lek

A blue-skinned Twi'lek

**Twi'leks**, also known as **Rylothians**, are one of the races from the Star Wars franchise from the desert world of Ryloth. They are a prideful race that value their traditions, energetic, curious, and hate being oppressed. Many of them can range from slaves to Jedi to Sith to senators in the galaxy. There are also part of the Avatar species since there are some games that let's one play as a Twi'lek.

## Physiology

There are male and female Twi'leks with some noticable differences. Males have more humanoid ears and two bulbs on their foreheads. Females are of a more graceful and elegant in appearance and have something called, hearing cones, instead of ears. The only body hair are their eyelashes which helps keep most of the sand, heat and dust out of their eyes. Although there have been mutations or subspecies where some develop beards, others develop hair in their armpits and on their chests.

Twi'leks are omnivores. Given that they evolved on a desert world, it is essentional for survival when food is scarce which many resulted in cultivating mold, fungi, and rycrit meat. They have mutliple stomachs which enables them to eat almost any kind of food. They rarely refuse any food, which led to obesity to many starfarers. In their society, obesity is a sign of affluence and success in which the obese Twi'leks develop enlarged ear flaps to store fat. The Twi'leks do have teeth similar to humans, but there are those that have them sharpen.

### Lekku

The tentacles, called "brain-tails," "lekku", "tchun-tchin," or "head-tails," were advanced organs used for communication and cognitive functions that protrude from their skull. The lekku serve many purposed to the Twi'lek lives and culture, such as storing fat or being used as erogenous zones. They are highly sensative, and grabbing them forcefully was so painful that it could easily incapacitate almost any Twi'lek. Sometimes, damage to the brain-tails caused lasting damage to the Twi'lek's brain. They could be replaced by cybernetics, however.

Their brain-tails are a source of great pride to Twi'leks, especially when confronted by other species. The name "tchun-tchin" actually referred to each lekku—"tchun" being the left lekku and "tchin" the right. In casual conversation the Twi'leks would usually refer to their lekku as "tchun" or "tchin."

## Pre-Apocalypse

There is conflict between the ones of Canon Star Wars and that of Legends Star Wars while various sources from different parts of the Star Wars series have created some rifts. In the Old Republic series, there have been a few Twi'lek pilgrims that wish to avoid oppressive conditions on Ryloth and various colonies whether by religious or avoid the Hutt Cartels. Others have joined the ranks of Sith or Jedi in the Old Republic series due to various Avatars. Others across the other sources and timelines do a variety of jobs ranging from entertainment, dancing, smuggling, being soldiers, etc. Although some are forced into slavery by the Hutt Cartels, Sith Empire, Galactic Empire and so on. But some have been sold to slavery to other various factions in the multiverse.

## Post Apocalypse

Many of the pilgrims, rebel fighters and escaped slaves came into our reality to escape oppression and settle in other worlds. Some continue their traditions while leaving their mark on the new reality. Although some settled in other nations with some treated as equals, others not so much. Either way, they are still a prideful species that are willing to fight against oppression and for peace and equality.

However, some of the Avatar Twi'leks were infected with a parasitic organism, along with many other Avatars that joined together and attacked rural areas. Once cured, some of them were overwhelmed with guilt and remorse on attacking civilians on sights and trying to infect others. Many of them retreated to various worlds and live in exile. Others try to make amends for their deeds yet some try to make their own empires pending on which side of the force they're on.