Appearance

Facial Features

Talz had blue blood.

Identifying Characteristics

The clone DNA room was a chamber in Tipoca City Military Complex where DNA samples of Jango Fett used in cloning the Grand Army of the Republic were stored. During the Battle of Kamino, Asajj Ventress was sent to the room to steal a sample of the clone template, but was thwarted by Anakin Skywalker.[2]
 
DNA was the substance that carried all the information about a life form's appearance, shape, form, and function. For instance, DNA in Togrutas determined such things as what color the lekku were.[1] Cloning, the process of making an identical copy of a given organism, required manipulation of said organism's DNA.[2]
DNA could be used to establish parentage by testing a sample of a suspected parent's DNA in comparison with the individual believed to be the child. In considering whether to confirm or deny before the Galactic Senate of the New Republic that Darth Vader was her father, Leia Organa noted to herself that to her knowledge no DNA samples had ever been found labeled either "Darth Vader" or "Anakin Skywalker."[3]
 
Luke is a Jedi, you're his father."
―Han Solo and Leia Organa, about their son[src]

A young Ezra Bridger with his parents
A parent was the biological progenitor of an offspring.[1]
In some animals like fathiers, the male parent was referred to as the "sire," and the female parent as the "dam."[2]
Humans were born to a male father and a female mother. Anakin Skywalker, a Jedi who became known as the "Chosen One," had no known father, resulting in Shmi Skywalker Lars's great surprise when she became pregnant with him. The Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, upon being told this, speculated that Skywalker had, in fact, been conceived directly by the midi-chlorians.[1]
The revelation of one's parentage could have profound implications for an individual. Luke Skywalker was shocked upon Darth Vader, who was formerly Anakin Skywalker, telling him that he was his father.[3] Although Luke did not accept this at first, he eventually came to believe the truth of it and used the information to bind them together and convince Vader to save him from the ravages of his master, Darth Sidious.[4] Leia Organa, another child of Vader, was forced to exit the Galactic Senate of the New Republic upon the truth of her parentage being revealed.[5] Sometime after the Battle of Endor, Hera Syndulla became a mother after she gave birth to the son of Kanan Jarrus, Jacen.[6]
Rey, an orphaned scavenger from Jakku, remained on the planet in the hope that her father and mother would one day return for her. Even after leaving the planet following the awakening of her Force powers, she sought desperately to learn the identity of her parents. Eventually, however, a journey on the planet Ahch-To and a conversation with Kylo Ren, who had killed his own father Han Solo, led her to confront the truth: that a part of her had always known that deep down that her parents were junkers who sold her off for drinking money and were now dead in a paupers' grave in the desert wastelands of Jakku.[7] Further revelations, however, led her to learn that they in fact had secreted her away on Jakku in order to hide her from her grandfather, the Sith Lord Darth Sidious.[8]
 
"Truly wonderful the mind of a child is."
―Yoda[src]
"Youngling" was a term for any child of any species.[1] Force-sensitive younglings who were taken to the Jedi Temple to be trained as Jedi were known as Jedi younglings.[2] Anakin Skywalker once carried out a massacre on a group of Jedi younglings in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, as part of the Great Jedi Purge.[3]
Children needed adult supervision, as they could not take care of themselves on their own. When Din Djarin left the Child aboard the Razor Crest all by himself, Peli Motto admonished the Mandalorian, saying that he couldn't leave a child alone like that and that he had a lot to learn about raising a young one.[4] Bringing kids into gladiator matches was considered inappropriate; when Djarin brought Grogu to the Carnita arena, a spectator pointed out that this was no place for a child, but the Mandalorian merely replied, "Wherever I go, he goes."[5]
As a child, Ben Solo coined a new name for himself but later dismissed it as "stupid." Snoke encouraged Solo to discard his old identity by taking the name that he invented during his childhood. He believed that children did not practice self-deception; therefore, they had only pure thoughts and were true to their nature.[6]

Mentality

Personal history

During the High Republic Era, the mercenary Ty Yorrick took a job on Alzoc III where she worked alongside a member of the Hoopaloo species. The Hoopaloo betrayed her during the course of the mission, stealing half of her arsenal of equipment. Not wanting to undertake what she saw as a waste of time and effort, Yorrick accepted the loss and did not attempt to track him down.[7]
During the Imperial Era, the Galactic Empire discovered Alzoc III's mineral wealth, and took over the world in order to exploit it.[5] According to a barker present on the Frander's Bay space station[4] in 7 ABY,[8] Praz Fateer was the fastest pilot on Alzoc III. The Rebel Alliance heroes Lando Calrissian and Han Solo overheard the barker's claims while searching for a pilot on the station, and Solo was unimpressed by Fateer's title.[4]
At some point prior to 9 ABY,[9] the Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin undertook a job on Alzoc III. When Djarin joined a team of mercenaries for a mission, his former associate Xi'an brought up the job to the other members of the group. Djarin stated he had done what he needed to do, and Xi'an claimed that he had enjoyed doing it.[10]
 
Thi-Sen, chief of the the Talz tribe that lead to the species's discovery.
The Talz hailed from Alzoc III[3] and Orto Plutonia, a frigid planet located in the Pantora system.[8] During the Clone Wars, both the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems attempted to establish outposts on Orto Plutonia, only to be wiped out by the natives.[4] After the attack on the Republic base, Jedi Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker arrived with a detachment of clone troopers, which included Skywalker's Clone Captain, Rex. The Jedi and clones were also joined by the droids C-3PO and R2-D2, and representatives of the planet Pantora, which was in the same system. These representatives were Chairman Chi Cho, Senator Riyo Chuchi. Cho believed that whoever had attacked the Republic were an aggressive force, and waged war on the Talz who had attacked: Chieftain Thi-Sen and his Talz tribe. The ensuing battle caused heavy casualties on both sides, including the two Pantoran guards who tried to protect the chairman, and the majority of the clone cold assault troopers minus Rex himself and a few other clones. The two Pantoran guards were also killed, and Cho was badly injured. He ordered Chuchi to destroy the Talz, but she refused, as his actions had been seen as being out of order by the Pantoran Assembly. After hearing this Cho was left in disbelief and with his last breaths said that he had died for his people, and then died from his injuries. Chuchi approached Thi-sen, and brought C-3PO as a translator. Chuchi explained that to die for ones people was a great sacrifice, but to live for them was a greater sacrifice. She said she would live for her people, and Thi-sen said he would do the same. The two groups departed as equals, and the Talz were recognized as the sovereign and free people of Orto Plutonia.[1]
During the Imperial Era, the Talz were still a primitive species. They used few tools, and they were only taken to space by slavers.[9] Nevertheless, the Talz fought an insurgency against the Galactic Empire on Orto Plutonia.[10]
Talz in the galaxy
By the time of the Clone Wars, the Talz were not advanced enough to master space travel.[1] At least three Talz were slaves that were held in the slave market on Zygerria.[11]By the time of the Galactic Civil War, the species was still primitive, and Talz were taken out to space by slavers.[9] During the war, some Talz could be found on planets such as Tatooine,[2] Espirion,[12] and Son-tuul.[13] At least one Talz was present at Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina when Obi-Wan Kenobi saved Luke Skywalker from Cornelius Evazan and Ponda Baba by cutting off the latter's arm.[2]
By the waning years of the Galactic Civil War, some Imperial personnel considered Talz meat delicious.[14]
 
Pre-Imperial era
"Everyone knows the deficiencies in the Registry's information. And the Empire "protected the rights" of Alzoc III, of Garnib, of Trosh…"
―Leia Organa Solo[src]
Around 30,000 BBY, the planet was ruled by the Rakata which dominated much of the galaxy through their interstellar Infinite Empire.[4] During this time, the creature known as Gharj was unleashed on the native Talz, leading the Talz to worship the beast and its Rakatan masters.[14] With the collapse of the Empire five thousand years later, the Rakatans retreated to their homeworld, leaving little trace as to how and why they left.[4]
A Talz was sighted off-world as early as 3993 BBY on the planet Korriban.[15] During this same period, a Talz worked as a member of the Jedi Covenant's Shadows.[16] During the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire just over three centuries later, many Talz joined the Republic's military efforts on the frigid planet Hoth,[17] and near the end of the Cold War Alzoc III and the Sujimis sector were represented in the Galactic Senate by Senator Tal Teff.[18] The world was also visited by the Yuuzhan Vong as part of their early reconnaissance around 29 BBY; a number of the natives were taken captive for experimentation by the extra-galactic invaders.[19] Prior to the rise of the Galactic Empire, some Talz lived and traveled off-world, with individuals living on Maramere,[20] Lamaredd,[21] Questal,[22] and Esseles, where Bama Vook worked as a test pilot for Trinkatta Starships.[23] A sizable community of Talz also lived on Orto Plutonia, coming into conflict with the Pantorans from the orbiting moon.[24] Perhaps the most notable off-world Talz during this period was the Jedi Knight Foul Moudama, though few knew of his origins. He fought as a General in the Clone Wars and was killed while protecting the Supreme Chancellor.[25]

Aayla Secura and Luminara Unduli engage Asajj Ventress while on a mission during the Clone Wars.
During the Clone Wars, the planet was considered to be in territory controlled by the Hutt crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Following the Battle of Ryloth, Alzoc temporarily became a point of interest for both sides of the conflict. The bounty hunter Cad Bane had stolen a Gravitic Core from a Munificent-class star frigate in orbit above the planet, leaving the ship to be destroyed by an explosion of the other core it was carrying. The core was to be used in a new Separatist superweapon, designed to have enough power to collapse a star. The frigate crashed on Alzoc, where the gravitic core created a gravity anomaly, causing the ship's wreckage to float in the air near the crash site alongside ice debris. Shortly thereafter, Jabba informed the Republic of CIS activity near the planet, hoping to punish the Separatists for passing through his territory without payment. The Jedi High Council soon dispatched Jedi Masters Aayla Secura and Luminara Unduli to investigate the report.[26]
Accompanied by a detachment of the Grand Army of the Republic led by commanders CC-5052 and CC-1004, the two Jedi arrived at Alzoc, dispatching several AT-TEs to the planet's surface. However, by that time the crash site was already being visited by the Confederate assassin Asajj Ventress, Dark Acolyte of Count Dooku. In order to keep the new gravitic weapon a secret, Dooku ordered his agent to destroy any evidence of the incident and allow no witness to be left alive. When the Republic forces arrived at the crash site, both Jedi and the clone troopers were stunned by the view of huge masses of ice and numerous starship parts floating freely in the air and decided to investigate the vessel. They were engaged by many battle droids dispatched by Ventress to keep the Jedi occupied, while she went about setting the remains of the ship for self-destruct in order to destroy all evidence of the new superweapon's existence and eliminate the Republic forces. After finding the ship's data recorder, Secura and Unduli were able to uncover a record of the ship's last moments, as well as access the ship's manifest, learning about the existence of the gravitic weapon. After narrowly escaping the ship before it exploded, the Jedi were ambushed by the Dathomirian assassin. After a brief duel, the two Jedi Masters overpowered the Dark Acolyte, trapping her under a bulk of ice. Unduli then ordered the clones to make contact with Coruscant to report the results of their mission to the Jedi Council. The discovery of the new weapon later helped the Republic destroy the CIS superweapon in a battle on Behpour.[26]
Galactic Empire era

The Imperial base on Alzoc III
While Imperial scouts discovered the planet sometime before 18 BBY,[27] they found that the majority of the Talz were unaware of galactic civilization. Their society was a primitive one, making use of simple tools to build shelters from the cold. Realizing the potential untapped labor force represented by the Talz, the discovery was never listed on the Galactic Registry, in order to circumvent Senate regulations regarding the treatment of primitive peoples.[9] Instead the Empire enslaved the species, with the indirect aid of the professional Quarren slaver Borun Call.[28] They then set up huge mines, putting the Talz to work in unforgiving conditions. In addition to ores shipped off to major shipyards, Imperials also found valuable Alzoc Pearls on the planet.[29] Obo Rin, an Imperial sentientologist, characterized their presence as protective, citing the need to prevent offworlders enslaving the primitive species. In actuality, the Empire kept the planet off limits and banned the Talz from leaving their world in order to keep a monopoly on this resource. To further this end, the Empire offered a 5,000 credit bounty for the capture or execution of any Talz found offworld.[1]
The Talz suffered greatly under Imperial occupation and were worked to death in the mines with minimum rations. This situation was alleviated for a short period under the supervision of Imperial officer Pter Thanas. Calculating that overall efficiency would increase if the Talz were supplied more food, he increased their food allotment. Profits did improve, and the Talz returned his generosity by saving his life when he almost fell down the mines. However, six months later, his reforms were reversed by a new colonel. When a Talz headman asked for a return to the additional rations, the colonel ordered his village destroyed. Despite Thanas's refusal, the village was destroyed, and Thanas was shipped off to Bakura for his impertinence.[10]

An AT-ST on patrols on Alzoc III.
Despite their best efforts to keep Alzoc III isolated from the galaxy, the Imperials were not entirely successful. The criminal Zann Consortium became aware of the planet and attempted to extort the Imperial Food Commissioner there, in order to gain access to the planet's profits.[7] A number of Talz also escaped the planet, finding refuge in fringe communities such as the Artists' High Commune on Mrlssi,[30] on frontier worlds such as Feriae Junction[31] Ryloth[32] and Tandankin,[33] or by taking advantage of Imperial-free zones such as The Wheel casino[34] and Void Station.[35] Not all the escaped Talz chose to lay low, some choosing instead to fight the Galactic Empire. One joined the Rebel Alliance as a fighter pilot in 3 ABY,[36] while another sought to bring rebellion to his home world. He managed to convince a group of adventurers to return with him to Alzoc III and lead a revolt. Those he recruited had to contend not only with the Imperial presence, but also with Talz collaborators; some of the natives chose to work with the Imperials in keeping their species under control, in exchange for special favors. Gar, in particular, resisted the adventurers attempts at insurgency.[37] While this attempted revolution was ultimately unsuccessful, the Talz finally got their freedom shortly after the Battle of Endor; due to the massive defeat there, Imperial leaders consolidated their forces throughout the galaxy, withdrawing them from many Outer Rim holdings, including Alzoc III.[3]
New Republic era
It was not until 7 ABY that the New Republic Senate discovered mention of the planet in secret corporate files.[38] Rediscovering the planet, the New Republic introduced the Talz to many other species. Mining continued on the planet under New Republic supervision,[9] with the Talz taking ownership of the mines. They began to develop a system of trade with offworlders, although they interacted with their trading partners guardedly. Talz leaving their world was still rare during this period, although some did so.[39] Some of these travelers were captured by the Imperial warlord Zsinj for use in his experiments. His scientists pumped the beings full of chemicals in order to stimulate their rage centers. One such individual was released by Castin Donn and killed a number of his tormentors before being killed himself.[40]
In 12 ABY, the planet was visited by the Eye of Palpatine, an Imperial battlemoon, which had been dormant for 30 years. Originally commissioned by Emperor Palpatine in order to destroy a Jedi enclave on Belsavis, the battlemoon had been disabled by the Jedi Knight Callista Ming before it could be activated. When it was restarted by the dark Jedi Irek Ismaren, it carried out its programming written years earlier, which included clandestinely gathering an aggregate of two stormtrooper companies from a number of Outer Rim worlds where they had been stationed decades earlier. Unable to find the long absent stormtroopers,[41] the slowly deteriorating DZ-70 fugitive tracker droids of the Eye of Palpatine took aboard whatever bipeds they could find.[42] As such, when it stopped at Alzoc III, it took a number of Talz aboard, attempting to indoctrinate them as stormtroopers. The battlemoon was prevented from completing its mission by the Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and two of his trainees, who had also been conscripted by the starship while stranded on Pzob. Skywalker managed to evacuate all the inhabitants off the starship, with aid from the Talz, before one of his companions self-destructed it. Skywalker later ensured the Talz were returned to Alzoc III.[41]

A Talz village near the Valley of Blizzards.
The ice planet was again visited by Imperial-aligned forces when the Empire Reborn, a splinter movement, established a small outpost there. The movement was led by former Procurator of Justice, Lord Hethrir, who while in office had overseen extensive slaving operations throughout the galaxy. It is possible that it was in this capacity that he established a presence on the ice planet. Rumors of the Imperial activities there reached Mon Mothma, head of the New Republic Intelligence Service. She hired the mercenaries Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors to investigate; posing as cargo haulers delivering goods in their starship, the Raven's Claw, Katarn infiltrated the base from within one of the cargo containers. However, the Imperial forces became aware of his activity, and took Ors captive; she had landed the Raven's Claw in another hangar bay to wait for Kyle. Despite the outpost being defended by stormtroopers, probe droids, and lightsaber-wielding members of the Reborn—warriors artificially imbued with The Force—Katarn, a former Jedi himself, was able to rescue Ors and escape the base.[6] It is likely it was later destroyed by a proper New Republic force.[43]
As Alzoc III became more established in the galaxy, new opportunities opened up for the Talz. One youngling went on to train at the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 among such Jedi luminaries as Jaina Solo and Lowbacca.[44] Aj Koenes would train as a water specialist, later working for the Senate Select Committee for Refugees (SELCORE) in terraforming Duro during the Yuuzhan Vong War.[45] Talz also traveled to worlds such as Phaeda,[46] Vaynai,[47] and Lok.[48]

Education

Points of interest
Glid Station[4]
Separatist outpost[4]
Talz village[4]
Points of interest
Alzoc III Base[6]
Mines[1]

Employment

Region
Outer Rim Territories[1]
Trailing Sectors[2]
Sector
Sujimis sector[3]
 
Region
Outer Rim Territories[1]
Sector
Sujimis sector[1]
System
Pantora system[2]
 
Protectorate[4]

Intellectual Characteristics

Native species
Talz[5]
Talz[1]
 
Native species
Talz[5] (adopted)[6]

Immigrated species
Formerly:
Rakata[4]
Human[1]

Known Languages

Language
Talzzi[6]
Primary language(s)
Talz[9]

Personality

Social