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momojedi · 12 hours ago
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THESE ARE GORGEOUS WHATT
emerges from cave with cool togruta designs
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back from my holiday so hopefully i can get my lazy butt back into a regular posting schedule!! I have a couple zine pieces in the works but i want to do some personal work as well
ALSO!! if youve read this far, i'm thinking about starting commission some time in the next few months, if you have any tips or just want to say youre interested, please do let me know :3
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spacelesbiandisaster · 3 months ago
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My favorite Headcanons for the Togruta Species
And Shili
And Kiros (Kinda)
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Biology
Togruta babies are called Cubs (because I think is a cute word and bc they are aliens after all. Also it translate well to my native language, so when I say Cub I thinking of the word "Filhote" and I'm well aware I probably mixing up translations here).
They live in small groups up to 500 members (but rarely more than that).
Note: I'm saying "small" because our smallest towns have 5.000 member's, but ancient Togruta lived in actual small groups with 50 members or less.
Togruta can grow anxious if they don't have a community around them. Their species were made to live in groups.
Togruta's Montrals are capable of hearing frequencies up to 200000 hz (similar to tigers and bats) and are able of echolocate close objects.
They also have powerful noses and can recognize people from their smell.
Their eyes have a peripheral vision of 200°, that combined with their hearing and flair make them the most powerful predator in Shili.
A adult Togruta eats about 1,5kg of meat every day. Ofc there's alternatives such a rations bars that can lower that amount, but considering they feeding exclusive with meat that's the right amount to maintain themselves health.
Togruta are strict carnivorous (this cannon, but I just want to reassure the idea)
The average height is 1,9 meters for Female and 2,5 meters for Males, counting with their Montrals.
Togruta can easily live up to 90 years, some even got to 120, but they rarely live much more than that. It's a little longer than most humans, but they don't come near Mirialan's lifespan of 250 years or Yoda species that basically turn into living fossils.
Males tend to have longer Montrals while Females have longer Lekkus.
They share 80% of their DNA with Akul (similar with how humans share 90% of our DNA with chimpanzee) what suggest they had a common ancestor.
Their vocal cords can mimic sounds to attract their prey and avert other predators (such as the Akul). Trogruta Cubs were specially good at this and it's not rare see them trying to imitate sounds they find curious or funny. This also means they were very talkative, if a Togruta Cubs is quiet something is terrible wrong.
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Because of this trait Togruta are one off the few species capable of learning how to speak Ithorese and Shyriiwook, although their accent is told to be sloppy and child-like.
The muscles on their legs are the strongest on all their body. They were originally a migratory species, so they needed the extra force and speed.
Their gestation period is around 7 months, a little shorter than humans. But their Cubs grow faster and usually start walking around their five mouth after they were born. They development that trait so neither the mother or the Cub stays vulnerable for long.
Togruta skin color have multiple variations, but the more common are: Orange, purple, yellow and dark blue. This colors also appear on the stripes of their Montrals and Lekkus. The flash color scheme serve two purposes: It warn their predators they are a thread (like some snakes do, the vibrant colors usually scares predators away) and it's also a sign of their health.
Health togruta have stronger colors, the more vibrant their color are the more attract they were consider to be.
Togruta are usually monogamous and tend to spend their whole life with a single partner. This whoever is changing due cultural facts, current is not expected to a individual to stick to a single partner but it's a constant event on their community.
Hybrids between other species are rare, however it's uncertain if this is due their biology or they general lack of interest of breeding with other species.
Hybrids between Togruta and Twi'Lek were been recorded although their appearance are highly inconsistent. Usually they keep smaller version of the Montrals and their Lekkus are more similar with the Twi'Lek version, thus stopping growing at a certain length.
It's said they can have hybrids with human and humanoids species (such as, idk, Mirialans), but there isn't enough Togruta in the galaxy making out with humans to know exactly what that would look like.
They change the teeth twice during their lives, one time when they still cubs and another once they hit 60 ~ 70 years. This happens so they can maintain strong teeth for all their lives.
Their canine teeth are sharp ass hell, even more so when they are Cubs. This can be a problem because Togruta bite each other as a form of affection. Also it's not uncommon for them to leave bite marks in visible places on their partners. When other sentient species saw that they thought the marks were from fighting, but turns out it's from the opposite of fighting.
(Note: I saw some other writes with similar headcanons, specially in barrissoka fanfic, and it's cute! But I'm going to make a point here that they can easily kill small animals with their bite, so I get kinda nervous when people make Ahsoka bite Barriss's neck with "all her strength" because that would probably be enough to pierce her skin. So only small bites are allowed here, Barriss doesn't need die like that.)
Togruta's Montrals and Lekkus can turn shriveley if they are raised under stressing ambients. (That's why Ahsoka's Lekkus are so short for her age). Headcanon send by @kayberrie
History/Politics/Culinary
As I mentioned the Togruta were originally a migratory species, that means they used to made camps so they could hunt in certain areas and then move to another region once the resorts became scarce. This whoever changed with time as they learned to cycle their prey with the seasons.
This is a vague example, but during spring and summer they hunt Thimiars (a rodent species from Shili) and other small prey, but as the autumn comes they start to hunt bigger prey so they can store the meat for the winter. During the winter itself they fish. Base on that their villagers are usually construed near river and always with around the forest.
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Unlike most of sentient life Togruta are against the domestication of animals, so to this day they still hunt for eat, however all the food (with exception of a few ritualistic hunts) are share with the whole village. So if they can't get food for a while they will start prioritize the children and the elderly while their adults focus on solving the problem.
A exception to that is the domestication of Shilidogs, a species of Tooka (relatives to Lothcats) the Togruta adopt as a companion. The Shilidogs keep pests way from the villages and are very good companions for children. Like a real dog.
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Togruta development a way to dry the meat with a space salt (that I don't have a name for yet) so they don't have to throw away the rest of their meal.
Also they when they hunt they make sure to use every single part of the animal and are very against wasting food. The feet of the prey usually is transformed into soup (which they feed the babies and the elderly bc they believe it helps their bones to grow stronger), and the organs are smoked and eaten as a delicacy (god, I hope I used that word right).
As for the actual meat, they cook only with salt but don't you dare think it's blend or without taste! Think about a Brazilian barbecue, that's how it's like.
Once their society started to interact with other planets the Togruta became very close with Wookies and Ithorians mainly because of their ability of speaking Ithorese and Shyriiwook, but also because both of these species also live in forests and share similar values towards dealing with nature.
However their relationship with the Ithorians started pretty rough because when the Togruta first meet the species they believe to be prey animals. Which they kinda are... But this is all put in the past once the Jedi came and solve the misunderstanding.
Because of the Ithorians the Togruta learned how to make the own space ships without destroying their forests.
Because the Jedi help with their relationship with the Ithorians the Togruta respect their order very much and begin to send some of their Cubs to become Jedi.
With their population growth they decide to make a new colonie rather than open the forest to expend their villagers, that's how Kiros was born.
The government of Kiros and Shili are very different. The Togruta of Kiros adopt a lot of the republic politics and build their on government in reference, naming a Chanceller of their own and a senator to represent them to other planets.
Kiros also have big cities rather than the small villagers of Shili.
Talking about Shili government, they usually spread around the planet in small villagers led by a elder council. This villagers are independent but usually live with some level of collaboration, trading goods with each other.
Because they need to deal with other species now they do elect a senator and a small government situated in one of the few big cities they have, but Shili's Togruta couldn't care less about politics and usually let their colony on Kiros deal with all the trouble. If you go to a random village in Shili and ask the name of the senator chances are that most of the people will get it wrong.
Because of this trait most sentient species believe Togruta to be less intelligent, but that's not the case, they just have a different approach to politics.
Kiros is considered a mere extension of Shili, and although they have a more development government they still answers to the people of Shili.
Their economy with the republic are based on the commerce of healing herbs that they collect from their forests. They are far from being the richest being of the galaxy, but they gather enough money to buy the essentials for their survive.
Realistic they don't need much of outside resources anyway because the way they live it's pretty minimalist.
I already mentioned a few misunderstanding others species made while meeting Togruta for the first time, and there was a actual debate if Togruta could be considered a sentient species to begin with, but luckily for them both the Wookies and the Ithorians already faced similar problems and were able to help the Togruta introduce themselves properly to the rest of the galaxy.
Culture
As you problem can see, their society are very close to nature and try the best to not break the balance of the chain by hunting more than they need or building house in animals habitats.
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They are usually led by their elder and wiser members, regardless of gender.
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Both man and woman engage with all types of chores: Hunting, cleaning, taking care of the children, religion rituals, you name it!
I'm not finished writing their religion yet, but the have a vast pantheon of gods for various realms of adoration. Their most important gods are the a representation of the Sun, the Moon and the death, but I'm not going into details because I don't have any yet.
I mentioned that they don't like throwing away the rest of their prey, so they carve idols, toys and jewelry from the bones and make their clothes from the skin/leather.
Ancient Togruta also used bones to make weapons, nowadays this pieces are used in religious rituals.
Speaking of religion rituals, the hunt of Akul is exclusive made for religion purposes and it's considered a crime to kill a Akul without a reason.
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The Togruta are very aware they had a common ancestor with the Akul so that's why they respect the animal so much.
When a child is given to the Jedi they first make a celebration with all the members of their village so everyone can say goodbye properly. It's a joy to have one of their own in the Jedi ranks, but it's also sad to some extent because of how close the communities are. That Cub would probably had live their entire life with them and know that they have to go the village take some time to assimilate that. (So yeah, Ahsoka got a little party with mommy and daddy before Plo take her to the Jedi temple).
Raising cubs is seem as a community work, so it's not rare to leave your kids with the neighbors while hunting or working. Usually is some elder man or woman who stays with the cubs since they can't work as well as they once did.
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Some parents make straps bandages in their Cubs Montrals so they can grow in certain patterns. This is especially popular among the Togruta from Kiros and it is a mere esthetic proceed. It doesn't hurt the cub because their Montrals still soft.
They made a holiday to celebrate their friendship with the Ithorians! They invite their alien friend for a three day party as a way to say sorry for trying do hunt them down when they first meet. The Ithorians are a strict vegetarian species, so the Togruta gather exotic fruits to give as a present. The Jedi send represents from both species to act as mediators in case of conflict, but ever since they stated their partnership, hundreds of years ago, they never had any conflict ever again. They truly became best buddies! (And I like the idea of having this alien festival between species that are so different. Let me have my exotic aliens!)
They used theatre to record their history, so instead of books they told teach using their plays. Usually they are full of exaggerated acrobat acts and sometimes songs. Yes, they have musicals!
Their musical instruments are also made of bones and they particular found of flutes.
Kiros is specially connect with all forms of art and their government had imported Togruta plays to all around the galaxy. Their acrobats and singers are praise and recognize as one of the best of the republic. But that's actually why the Zygerian were so interesting on making them slaves on that incident on the Clone Wars.
The children games are usually a sort of exercise to teach them how to hunt, so if you go to one the their villages you problem going to see children "hunting" each other, lefting bite marks everywhere and being absolutely chaotic, but this is considered normal so the adults don't really care. Other species say that Togruta Cubs are usually a nightmare to be around. Their best friends (aka the Ithorians) are still scared of their children.
At some point in ancient history Togruta started to cook theirs meals, but they still eat raw meat on some occasions and specific rituals.
Besides the festival with the Ithorians Togruta have a few holidays they celebrate with their village. They really like a party and even the people of Shili have a special love for the art exhibitions they do during theses events.
That's it for now.
Please feel free to use any of these headcanons if you like them. Also I would love to talk more about them, so you can make comments or ask questions if you have any.
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halactic · 2 months ago
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My two togruta~ Aramis and Sal’rein
I would certainly love to hear some artist advice when it comes to drawing Togruta montrals and lekku. I am still not satisfied with how I draw them. Unfortunate when they are in fact one of my favorite alien races in Star Wars to draw.
Aramis (Red togruta with brown and white lekku) is a Jedi Knight and Master to my sweet miraluka Laurent. He’s wise and very skilled, albeit you wouldn’t fully suspect such due to his aloof nature and large imagination. He’s father like and enjoys being a teacher to young, growing padawans.
Sal’rein (Copper togruta with dark blue and white lekku) is a Sith Lord who, of course, had a traumatic and nightmarish childhood. Climbing the ranks- going from slave to Sith, he now travels with his current companion and love interest, Arel’vor. Both of them assist one another in defeating each other’s demons, growing closer and stronger… and learning more dark secrets about each other.
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WIP doodle from my gf of Sal and Arel~
Seeing Sal’s montrals drawn like this, i definitely wish to draw and make them look more like horns going straight back.
They are so gorgeous 🫣💕✨
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mmigrainee · 1 year ago
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Commission for @rainbowbluejay
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keep-calm-and-drink-caf · 1 year ago
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i personally headcanon that Togruti (or whatever the language the Togruta speak is called) is based off of or is very similar to Hindi.
okay ik it’s kinda a long shot but hear me out
for some people who don’t know what Hindi is, it’s an Indian language based off of Sanskrit that is used all over India and is one of the most well-known languages, at least by what i know about it
and most of the Togruta names that we’ve heard so far are (mostly) based off of Indian names, such as:
Ahsoka - the king Ashoka
Shaak Ti - Shakti, the Hindu goddess of creation
Pav-Ti (i may be wrong with this one) - Parvati, another Hindu goddess
i’m not very sure about the goddess
so it kinda makes sense that Togruti is based off of an Indian language as well? or maybe it’s just me idk
and as someone who grew up knowing Hindi and occasionally seeing people in India talk to each other in it i can totally see the farmers on Shili yelling to each other in Hindi
again there is a very high chance i may be totally wrong about everything so take this with a grain of salt!
have a great day/night and take care of yourself! <3
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roamingswtor · 2 years ago
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I’ve had a pale purple and grey dye sitting in my legacy bank for who knows how long, decided to make a pastel themed togruta for my lightside warrior but now i cant decide what outfit to put it on 🙃
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angelbymadonna · 13 days ago
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Here they are!! I still haven't decided details like personality, names/pronouns, etc, but these are the designs I made based off of cat patterns! I have the pinterest board linked right here, and if anyone has an idea for the details or wants to use the designs just lmk ;3 (also I will never get over togruta not having eyebrows... next time I will reference more togruta to see how the artists usually get around this, I just added some shade lines to indicate brow bone. maybe it bothers y'all, but I love bleach brows and shaved brows irl so I think it works!)
ID under the cut
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[ID: three togruta faces, they are humanoids with unnatural skin tone with symmetrical white facial markings and a type of montrals or "horns" that connect to tails or lekku on their heads, each with a stripy pattern. The first design has a round face and bright orange skin with round irregular markings on their eyes and cheeks and circular markings on their forehead. They have cyan eyes, including one that looks straight ahead and one that looks to the side. Their lekku are short and rounded, with white and cyan jagged stripes. They wear a headband with beaded pink chains of it and a teal bell hanging. The second design has light orange skin, and a huge letter V marking that crosses over their eyes and is centered on their nose, which gradients to navy blue as it continues into their tall, mostly white montrals that have a little navy striping and end in navy at the bottom of the lekku. they have a small amount of pointy white stripes on their jaw and forehead, and are smirking. The third design has berry-purple skin and dark blue montrals with swirling white stripes that don't reach all the way across. their forehead stripes are a stylized tabby "M". gold jewelry decorates their montrals. end ID]
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spacelesbiandisaster · 26 days ago
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Ok, now I NEED Maria Del Barrio Togruta version!
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And Senhora do Destino for my Brasilian heart!!!!
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You know what? Fuck it, I going to write a Togruta Novela!!!
I love the fact that canonically Shili produces horribly melodramatic serial dramas. Imagine a bunch of Togruta in a telenovela.
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amarcia · 1 year ago
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Don't try and test me.
✨🌙 ART LOG -> @404ama
Lyrics: The girl I used to be – Fishy Bishie
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echo-coyote · 7 months ago
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Fun Fact: Togrutas are capable of echolocation
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snawleyy · 9 months ago
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soularsss · 5 months ago
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pride tog sketches!! there’s a couple more i couldn’t fit because of the limit 🥲
edit: you guys are welcome to use these as inspo for ocs or borrow their markings! i’d love credit/ a tag to see what you do but of course i don’t mind!! pride togs are for the people ❤️
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spacelesbiandisaster · 4 days ago
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Do you guys think that not wearing a head cover would be scandalous for a Togruta?
Like a Victorian woman showing her shoulders or whatever?
I'm asking because I can only remember 3 situations were we saw a Togruta without their head cover (funny enough all three were Ashoka).
The first couple were when she was a baby/toddler:
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Which I guess would be the equivalent of letting your child to run without a shirt in the summer. Also they supposed to hunt to make their jewelry and I'm assuming this only happens when they enter their teens. Which again is very interesting bc at that age they probably be entering puberty. We only see a old Togruta with the their forehead "naked" in this scene:
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(damn this woman's pretty)
She's sleeping.
The way I see it this is like taking your bra off so you can go to bed. You don't sleep with it bc it would be uncomfortable!
Also it's been a while since I watch the show, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I pretty sure this scene it's after she almost died (again). So Ashoka had to die so we could see her forehead.
I can't remember any other situation were a Togruta aren't wearing their jewelry. So maybe they not supposed to show their forehead (?)
And yes, I woke up thinking about this.
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redn1ghtcrawler · 4 months ago
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sketching a random Ahsoka for the first time when I am supposed to do something else.
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sokadraws · 1 year ago
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I drew this almost two months ago but I have nothing more to post🥲
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soranatus · 4 months ago
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Pride of the Galaxy | Illustrations by character animator, Niq Ducote
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