Santa Claus

**Santa Claus**, also known as **Saint Nick**, was a white-bearded human Jedi Knight and toy maker. He was known for his tradition of delivering presents to the "good" children of the galaxy during the annual holiday of Sithmas upon a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. Santa once had to use a different route to enter the second Death Star superweapon instead of a chimney since the superweapon didn't have one. Santa was present at various locations around the galaxy, such as Goodvalor's Little Bivoli on the planet Coruscant and on the Mon Calamari Cruiser *Independence* during the Galactic Civil War.

## History

Also known as Saint Nick, Santa Claus was a Jedi Knight of the Jedi Order. On the morning of the annual holiday of Sithmas, he would visit droid-run factories to retrieve toys to distribute among the children of the galaxy whom he deemed "good" by entering through their chimneys, but since the second Death Star battle station didn't have a chimney, Santa had to enter through a small thermal exhaust port. To complete this journey, Claus would take use of his Force abilities but would additionally employ the use of a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder, and Blixem. Santa was able to deliver all of the presents in one night due to his reindeer that pulled his sleigh to travel .5 past lightspeed. One of Claus's fellow Jedi, Jedi Master Yoda donned regalia similar to Claus's distinctive outfit on at least one occasion. During the winter season of Sithmas, people would wear a similar looking hat to the red-and-white one of Santa's.

In 3963 BBY, Santa Claus attended the dining establishment Goodvalor's Little Bivoli on the planet Coruscant. At some point, he had a son named S. Claus.

Eventually, Santa became unable to deliver gifts during Christmas and enlisted his son to take over. As such, Santa and S. Claus were often confused as both were rarely seen by the galactic citizenry. The protocol droid C-3PO claimed that he once watched as Santa, whom he mistook for S. Claus, collected toys from a factory in which C-3PO worked, loading them aboard his sleigh to distribute during Christmas.

During the time of the Galactic Civil War between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire, Santa Claus was present onboard the Rebel MC80 Home One type Star Cruiser *Independence* with his sack of presents.

At one point, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa sat on Santa's lap and told him what presents they wanted for Sithmas. On Sithmas, Skywalker and Organa both received presents from Santa, with Organa receiving an unassembled purple bike and Skywalker receiving a lightsaber training drone that didn't come with power cells.

On Sithmas in 9 ABY, not long after the Second battle for Mos Espa, Claus was present in Boba Fett's Palace on Tatooine to deliver Sithmas gifts to Daimyo Boba Fett and his entourage. Claus gave out presents to Fett's entourage, gifting Fett with a new jetpack which caused the Daimyo to fly through the ceiling during a test flight.

## Personality and traits

Santa Claus was a short and light-skinned, white-bearded human male. Santa was deemed a great toy maker by the young Luke Skywalker and Yoda. Sometimes, Santa would be forgetful when making toys and presents. According to C-3PO, Santa had a round stomach, twinkling eyes, merry cheeks, and a bow-shaped mouth.

## Appearances

* Shadows of the Empire (Mentioned only)
* The Believer (First appearance)