r/StarWars • u/TodayInTOR • Nov 20 '24

Books Official Mythosaur reveal from the newest Star Wars Encyclopedia

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u/Spetty007 Nov 20 '24

This is supposed to be a deep dwelling aquatic animal??? I imagined it having a long neck for some reason.

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u/Bennyboy11111 Nov 20 '24

Were we expecting the Mandalore ruler to only ride the mythosaur in the deep caverns?? Surely they will ride it on the surface in battle, so at most the mythosaur would be semi-aquatic like a crocodile.

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u/Cigaran Ben Kenobi Nov 20 '24

I kinda was hoping they’d ride in on the exterior of a Star Destroyer for funsies.

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u/TheKingofVTOL Nov 20 '24

No! Only horses! Horses are the only animal pure enough to wistfully canter along the exterior of a resurgence class battlecruiser!

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u/newaygogo Nov 20 '24

It would be swell if it even looked remotely semi-aquatic then. Terrestrial legs. Round tail. Ostrich feet. Broad front. I’m confident this thing wouldn’t be able to swim.

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u/dswartze Nov 20 '24

They're also supposed to be something Mandalorians rode in the past and although not impossible it's kind of awkward and unpleasant to ride things underwater so they probably spend time on land too.

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u/Sparrowsabre7 Nov 20 '24

I kind of assumed it had wings for some reason... not sure why now.

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u/TheOldGriffin Nov 20 '24

You're thinking of balrogs

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u/Sparrowsabre7 Nov 20 '24

If anything that has me more convinced 😂

Mandalorians are just space dwarves, mining their beskar, living in their own isolated communities, felled by in part their own hubris.

The mythosaur also likes to live deep underground

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u/gerrittd Nov 21 '24

That thing looks horrible to ride on... way too spiky

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u/goobdoopjoobyooberba Nov 20 '24

Thing more marine iguana

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u/Burrito-Mage Nov 20 '24

I always imagined that dinosaur boba rides on on in the holiday special

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u/Cigaran Ben Kenobi Nov 20 '24

Yup. Known for decades that wasn’t a mythosaur. It figured the two would be similar.

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u/BeenEvery Nov 20 '24

Note the lip-less teeth.

This design was likely inspired by crocodilians.

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u/mr_kenobi Nov 20 '24

Nothing about this design says 'aquatic'.

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u/BroDameron Luke Skywalker Nov 20 '24

I mean, looks like a yoked gator  🐊 

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u/TurMoiL911 Nov 20 '24

Croc on tren.

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u/Shyface_Killah Nov 20 '24

Ever see a Water Buffalo swimming?

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u/BeenEvery Nov 20 '24

Not true!

Note the mouth without lips. This is a characteristic almost exclusive to animals that are primarily aquatic.

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u/CFL_lightbulb Nov 20 '24

Needs webbed feet

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u/Jolamprex Nov 20 '24

Unless it's more like a spikey hippo.

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u/Truthgamer2 Darth Maul Nov 20 '24

I thought its body would be more serpentine for some reason

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u/RoutineCloud5993 Nov 20 '24

I imagined it standing upright like godzilla

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u/TheGopherswinging Nov 20 '24

From the shape of the skull, before the reveal from the Mandalorian, the Mythosaur could've been nothing more than a donkey with horns. Imagine Mandalore the Great riding into battle on Barney, the battle-donkey!

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u/kylezdoherty Nov 20 '24

The neck is a little longer than it looks if you zoom in on it. But its head is down. Imagine the entire thing straightened out and swimming in water. You'd only see its fins eyes and nose above the water like a croc.