Ears and Things
Feb. 6th, 2013 05:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
4thofelevenOnly really noticed this after playing a fair amount of The Old Republic, and now it’s bothering me. Does anyone else find it weird that female Twi’leks have little horns on the side of their head, but male Twi’leks have human-style ears? That really doesn’t seem like a particularly likely form of sexual dimorphism. Do the horns somehow work as ears, or are Twi’lek women deaf?*
And looking at Return of the Jedi, Oola’s ‘horns’ look like they’re meant to be part of her headdress, not part of her skull.
Honestly, considering the prequels introduced two other species with head-tentacles of one form or another, I’d rather see Bib Fortuna ret-conned as a different species – he doesn’t look that much like the other Twi’leks seen on screen…
*That'd actually kinda be interesting, and tie into the EU concept that a lot of Twi'lek language revolves around head-tail gestures, not speech... Be kinda neat to have a species that doesn't communicate through sounds.
And looking at Return of the Jedi, Oola’s ‘horns’ look like they’re meant to be part of her headdress, not part of her skull.
Honestly, considering the prequels introduced two other species with head-tentacles of one form or another, I’d rather see Bib Fortuna ret-conned as a different species – he doesn’t look that much like the other Twi’leks seen on screen…
*That'd actually kinda be interesting, and tie into the EU concept that a lot of Twi'lek language revolves around head-tail gestures, not speech... Be kinda neat to have a species that doesn't communicate through sounds.