JonnyBro Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 When I was doing the smuggler story I noticed that Akaavi Spar told my Human male (or Cyborg, same thing) that it would be impossible for them to have children. I found that odd, as I thought they could from reading several different sources about inter-species breeding in Star Wars. Are there certain species that are incompatible like my human and Zabrak or a Rattataki and Twi'lek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeneas_Falco Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) It really should only be species that evolved from humans, like the Chiss or Echani. Zabrak apparently also fall into that group and are a species that diverged from humans, so it might be possible. Star Wars though is not hard Sci Fi and some writers who didn't pay attention in Biology write nonsense where species that are not related to humans are able to do the same. There was a human-Twi'lek hybrid in the EU for instance, which should not be, since Twi'leks are not related to humans unlike Chiss or Zabrak. Edited January 12, 2018 by Aeneas_Falco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceryxp Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 IIRC, Zabrak are not directly compatible with humans. The Zabrak-Human hyrids of Dathomir are created with interventions (I don't remember if it's alchemy or what). Like the Sith species, it took a little work to produce a hybrid offspring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeneas_Falco Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 IIRC, Zabrak are not directly compatible with humans. The Zabrak-Human hyrids of Dathomir are created with interventions (I don't remember if it's alchemy or what). Like the Sith species, it took a little work to produce a hybrid offspring. Interesting, thanks. I just glanced at the wookiepedia article on Zabrak which has them listed as an offshoot of humanity. Of course simply being closely related to humans may not necessarily be enough for the two to successfully interbreed, depending on how far apart they diverged, so your post makes sense. African wild dogs for instance can't interbreed with the domestic dog despite both being canids and as such closely related. So it seems Akaavi's writer got it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandrosw Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I think the impossibility should be correct, as Zabrak have two hearts (while humans have one), so there might be some other changes in their internal organs that would make it impossible for the offspring to be able to live. But then, with Force anything is possible... so I wouldn't rule it out for roleplay reasons, if at least one parent is very strong in the Force and manipulating it to create or twist life, but this is not the case for Akaavi and smuggler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceryxp Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Interesting, thanks. I just glanced at the wookiepedia article on Zabrak which has them listed as an offshoot of humanity. Of course simply being closely related to humans may not necessarily be enough for the two to successfully interbreed, depending on how far apart they diverged, so your post makes sense. African wild dogs for instance can't interbreed with the domestic dog despite both being canids and as such closely related. So it seems Akaavi's writer got it right. Check out the Witches of Dathomir and Dathomirian Zabrak (that's what Maul and Asajj Ventress were). That explains the hybrid thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediAkemi Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Yeah, that was something I didn't like in Clone Wars. Ventress had been established in the original Clone Wars multi-media project as being Ratattaki but then they suddenly changed her to being native to Dathomir? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlameYOL Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Yeah, that was something I didn't like in Clone Wars. Ventress had been established in the original Clone Wars multi-media project as being Ratattaki but then they suddenly changed her to being native to Dathomir? Why? I headcanon she's still a Ratattaki but a Dathomirian one, like how Maul is still a Zabrak but from Dathomir instead of Iridonia. As for humanoid species anything is possible with a little Alchemy I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notanjelika Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Check out the Witches of Dathomir and Dathomirian Zabrak (that's what Maul and Asajj Ventress were). That explains the hybrid thing. I beg to differ, Ventress was clearly a Rattataki, not a Zabrak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceryxp Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I beg to differ, Ventress was clearly a Rattataki, not a Zabrak. Asajj Ventress was retconed to be Dathomirian Zabrak. Dathomirian Zabrak females look very similar to Rattataki females. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notanjelika Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Asajj Ventress was retconed to be Dathomirian Zabrak. Dathomirian Zabrak females look very similar to Rattataki females. Sorry, my mistake then ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balinus Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Since they ''re - do '' all of the SW universe, lots of weird things like this happened. I thought Ventress was still a Ratataki, or what so ever, but raised on Dathromir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceryxp Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 In the original Clone Wars animated series (2003) Ventress was presented as a Rattataki. She was retconed in the 2008 Clone Wars series to be a Dathomirian Zabrak. Dathomirian Zabrak females and Rattataki females are said to look very similar, with Rattataki favoring dark tattoos while a Dathomirian's are light. Ventress, as per the retcon, was Dathomirian but raised on Rattatak after being taken by a slaver. Rattataki are bald and in some flashback scenes from The Clone Wars Ventress can be seen with hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talonstalker Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Humans and Zabraks could have offspring with one another, Ventress was half Human-half Zabrak, like the other nightsisters. But since Disney take over(?) it was changed and no longer the case. Humans and Twileks can also have children together, even in canon, there is a episode in the clone wars were there are two Twilik children who are half human. It's a long time since i readed the wiki about it, but from what i recall and all it was the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARTHOSIRUS Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I beg to differ, Ventress was clearly a Rattataki, not a Zabrak. Agreed... I modeled my Rattataki marauder after Ventress I chose to ignore all this Dathmorian Zabrak nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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