Star Wars Officially Makes the Fastest Alien in the Canon Galaxy Again

The second episode of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew gave the fastest alien in the galaxy his first live-action appearance in nearly 40 years. After the release of Return of the Jedithe Star Wars the franchise has continued to explore the galaxy far, far away with spin-off properties since the ongoing installments of Marvel's Star Wars comics for the animated series Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO and live action Ewoks films. THE Ewoks The films added a fascinating history to the Forest Moon of Endor, revealing new species, cultures, and even the first live-action Nightsister Witch of Dathomir.

The second film – Ewoks: The Battle for Endor – has Wickett the Ewok and young human Cindel Towani fleeing marauding Sanyassan and Nightsister Charal. The two befriend the human Noah Briqualon and the mischievous creature Teek, who shares their species name. The film, like all the others Star Wars properties from the 1980s, is part of the Star Wars Continuity of Legends, which ceased to be official canon in April 2014. While Teek himself has yet to gain a counterpart in the modern canon, his species has made several appearances in more recent properties.

The Teek is the fastest alien we've ever seen on screen…

Skeleton Crew episode 2 “Far, far beyond the barrier” included a member of the Teek species in a brief and unexpected role, with a Teek serving as a boatman in Port Borgo. Notably, this Teek demonstrated Teek's signature ability in his original Legends incarnations – running when receiving his payment and moving so fast he appeared to be a blur. In Battle for Endorthe humorous Teek made constant use of this ability, often for comic effect.

As the Legends continuity has shown countless times throughout Endor's many appearances, the Forest Moon is extremely dangerous. Endor is home to boar wolves, condor dragons, breeder spiders, and the monstrous Gorax. Considering how dangerous Endor is, it's no surprise that sapient beings like the Ewoks and Teek have physical abilities that far exceed those of humans.with Ewoks possessing incredible strength and Teek being able to run at blinding speeds.

The Teek also set records in Star Wars Legends

THE Star Wars The continuity of the legend establishes that Teek may intrinsically be the fastest sapient being in the galaxy. A Teek named Yeep participated in the Mobquet Presents: Fastest Land Beings race in 22 BBY, defeating all other competitors with ease. Both in the original continuity and in the modern canon Star Wars: Skeleton Crewno other being is able to move as fast as Teek without using the Force to increase their speed, apparently making Teek the fastest species in the galaxy.

Skeleton Crew releases new episodes on Tuesdays on Disney+.