Spice spider

Biological classification

Classification

Spider^[1]

Physical characteristics

Skin color

Purple^[1]

Distinctions

Multiple legs^[1]

Spice spiders were members of aspecies ofspider that could be found onAaloth,^[2]Taul,^[1] and allegedly onKessel.^[3] Their webs were pureglitterstim.^[2] At some point prior to theBattle of Takodana, a group ofdroids stranded on Taul were ambushed by a swarm of spice spiders.Security droidPZ-99 then sacrificed himself to save the rest of the droids, of which onlyone would make it off theplanet.^[1] According toFugas Fandita, the spiders in theSpice mines of Kessel were supposedly attracted to light and could sense motion and fed on unwary miners.^[3]

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Behind the scenes[]

Spice spiders were created based off of concept art byRalph McQuarrie,^[4] which was also the basis for thekrykna^[5] and theknobby white ice spider.^[6]

Appearances[]

• The High Republic: Tempest Runner(In flashback(s))
• Star Wars Special: C-3PO 1(First appearance)
• "C-3PO's New Arm" —Galactic Adventures Storybook Collection(andaudiobook)(as space spider)

Non-canon appearances[]

• LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens(DLC)

Sources[]

• The Creatures of Marvel'sStar Wars Comics, Part 1 onStarWars.com(original link is obsolete)
• Solo: A Star Wars Story: Tales from Vandor(Indirect mention only)
• "C-3PO" —Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: The Mandalorian Handbook(Indirect mention only)

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