Karina the Great

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Karina the Great

Biographical information

Homeworld

Geonosis^[1]

Died

22 BBY, Geonosis^[2]

Descriptive information

Species

Geonosian^[1]

Gender

Female^[1]

Height

8.6meters (28 ft 3 in)

Eye color

Red/Black

Skin color

Tan

Chronological & political information

Affiliation(s)

"That is oneugly bug."

―Clone Commander Cody, upon seeing a statue of Queen Karina — 20?cb=20250116042720

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Karina the Great was theGeonosian Queen ofStalgasin hive, and by extension,Geonosis during theClone Wars. She also commanded ahive ofundead Geonosianwarriors through the use ofbrain worms.

Biography[]

"Watch as my child enters your Jedi friend."

―Karina the Great — 20?cb=20250116042720

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Karina hall — Archduke Poggle the Lesser talking to Queen Karina.

Unlike most members of herspecies, she had sixlimbs instead of four, and a hugeegg-laying organ, which produced anegg roughly once every eightseconds. She commanded ahive ofundead Geonosianwarriors, through use ofbrain worms, from her lair under theProgate Temple.

She was originally thought to be only a myth, untilArchduke Poggle the Lesser hid in the temple with her, unaware that he was being followed byJedi Master Luminara Unduli and theclone trooper Buzz. The Jedi and the clone entered Karina's temple, but were quickly attacked by the undead Geonosians. Buzz was killed and Unduli was taken prisoner. When Jedi KnightAnakin Skywalker and Jedi MasterObi-Wan Kenobi tracked Luminara down to Karina herself, Obi-Wan wanted to negotiate with her and find out how the brain worms worked. However, Queen Karina was presumably killed by the clone troopers who had shot down the structure of the temple while saving the three Jedi, allowing it to topple over her and trap her under the rubble.

Behind the scenes[]

Karina was voiced byDee Bradley Baker, who also voices all of theclone troopers in theStar Wars: The Clone Wars television series.^[3]

"Legacy of Terror" is notable for containing several similarities to the1986 movieAliens: Just like thealien queen from the science fiction film, Karina the Great is the leader of a hive of aliens and layseggs, and her giantegg sac and the fan-shaped growth on top of her head look, strikingly similar to the queen from the movie.