Xenoarborists were specialists that studied trees. During the last decades of the Galactic Republic,[1] which dissolved in 19 BBY,[2] xenoarborists were consulted by entrepreneur Meysen Kayson after he discovered a species of greel tree on Pii III and Pii IV, the third and fourth planet respectively in the Pii system, which led to the discovery of the tree's rapid growth rate.[1] By 25 ABY,[2] xenoarborists theorized that decades ago the senoti tree, native to the planet New Canistel in the Borderlands, was introduced to the forest moon Endor by one of two Canistel AgriStar freighters lost in the Moddell sector.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Xenoarborists were first mentioned in "The Greel Wood Haven," an article featured in the sixth issue of Star Wars Adventure Journal, a roleplaying magazine that was published by West End Games in May of 1995 for their Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.[1] The word "xenoarborist" is a combination of the prefix "xeno-," meaning alien,[4] and "arborist," denoting a specialist in the cultivation and care of trees.[5]
Sources[]
"The Greel Wood Haven" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 6 (First mentioned)
"Endor and the Moddell Sector" — Star Wars Gamer 9
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Greel Wood Haven" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 6
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The New Essential Chronology
- ↑ "Endor and the Moddell Sector" — Star Wars Gamer 9
- ↑ Xeno- Definition & Meaning on Dictionary.com, LLC: "a combining form meaning "alien," "strange," "guest," used in the formation of compound words" (archived from the original on June 29, 2022)
- ↑ ARBORIST Definition & Meaning on Dictionary.com, LLC: "1. a specialist in the cultivation and care of trees and shrubs, including tree surgery, the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tree diseases, and the control of pests." (archived from the original on July 21, 2024)