Interspecies romance?

Have there been any cases of interspecies romance in the EU? I'm not talking about a human and a Jawa, but like a human and a Twi'Lek or something. I read on the OS that Kit Fisto and Aayla Secura had crushes on eachother.

Slimy!

 

There have been at least two cases of human and near-humans having offspring. And there have been cases of romantic interludes, and even an interlude that may well have been far less romantic and far more carnal, between humans and more alien races.

 

Corran Horn and a Selonian once hit it off (allergic reactions killed that romance) and so did Asyr Sei'lar (Bothan) and Gavin Darklighter (Asyr's supposed death blew that one apart). I'm not sure about kids between different species, but Knight1192 is trustworthy and I'd believe him on that point. For the most part, people in the GFFA tend to stick to their own species. Well, the people we read about, anyway.


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Gavin Darklighter had a Bothan girlfriend.

Corran Horn had an otte... um Selonian fetish.

Shug Ninx is half human.

 

Corran Horn was a furry.

lol

 

Wedge and Qwi Xux (an Omwati) dated for a while.

 

Garik "Face" Loran(human male) and Dia Passik(Twi'lek female) had a relationship. Canon-wise, nothing more is known. Off the record, the author that created them believes they parted down the road.

 

Gavin and Asyr were going to get married and adopt both Bothan and Human children, but Borsk Fey'lya got pissed off at that and tryed to pretty much ruin her career/blackmail her; she faked her death so that in the long run it could be easier on Gavin because Borsk would have screwed them over, Asyr said that she faked her death so that she can influence Bothan politics, but we never hear anymore on what she was doing except that she married some other bothan "I think".

 

There are a bunch of instances of interspecies dating. Although it was frowned upon in the Empire (with good reason) the alien-happy rebels seem to almost encourage it. Unions between humans and aliens are incapable of creating offspring, due to obvious genetic incompatabilities.

Human and so called 'near-human' hybrids are another matter entirely. Near humans are directly descended from baseline humans and share identical genetics, and so physical appearances aside are themselves humans (or a subspecies thereof, which is a very minor distinction). Noted human/'near-human' 'hybirds' include Shug Ninx and Rystal, who are both human and Theelin; Zekka Thyne, who is human and an unknown subspecies (perhaps Ferroan?); and a number of Sith lords including Marka Ragnos, Naga Sadow, and Ludo Kressh, who are all Massassi/Sith and human.

There are a couple of examples of interspecies romances between two different types of aliens, two, such as the ill fated tryst between that Gotal from the cantina and a H'mnete (spelling is probably incorrect), or the highly unusual relationship between a Quarren pilot and Mon Calamari pilot in Rogue Squadron.

 

I just realized how much interspecies boinktime took place or was described in the X-Wing books--just in the squadrons, even.

As has already been mentioned, there was Gavin/Asyr, Wedge/Qwi, Nawara/Rhysati, Corran/Chertyl (flashback), and Face/Dia. (Notice how it's typically the woman who's the alien? Wonder what that says about the X-Wing writers' minds... )

In either The Krytos Trap or Isard's Revenge, Borsk Fey'lya notes to Asyr that Bothans have had, historically, a penchant for xenophilia.

Has there ever been "double xenophilia"? Like, an open relationship between two non-Humans not of the same species? (For example, if Kit Fisto and Aayla Secura had ever gone beyond occasionally making googly eyes at each other.)

I think I need to go take a shower, and I don't even know if it should be cold or hot...

 

I thought Bothans were genrally xenophobic...

As far as your "double xenophilia" scenario, like I said above, we've had the Gotal/H'nmete (don't know the spelling) and the Quarren/MonCal mix. There's probably a bunch more besides.

I believe Omwati are human offshoots, so technically Xux and Antilles' relationship wasn't quite an interspecies one. If you're looking for others between strains of humans there's also Kam Solusar and Tionne, and the Human and Zabrak jedi teens on Jabiim. Although again, these aren't really interspecies so much as interracial.

Oh yeah, and I almost forgot about the Winter and Ackbar nastiness from the Jedi Academy trilogy. Thankfully Stackpole fixed that one up, because gross.

 

Has there ever been "double xenophilia"?

Whats-her-face and whats-his-name. Yeah, I don't remember the names, but the two aliens in the cantina. I never read Tales of the Mos Eisley Cantina, so I don't know any specifics beyond the fact that they were awfully into each other in the movie.

EDIT: And Gladiuus beat me to it. Twice.

Oh yeah, and I almost forgot about the Winter and Ackbar nastiness from the Jedi Academy trilogy.

Wait, what?

 

EDIT: And Gladiuus beat me to it. Twice.

Actually... I think we're talking about two totally different couples. Do you mean the wolfman and the worm thing? The shistavenan and the lamprey? I totally forgot about those two.

But yeah, they were really into each other apparently. Although what interest a wolf would have in a worm is beyond me.

EDIT: Re: Winter and Ackbar--

Yeah, the wonderful Kevin J. Anderson decided to pair those two up in his Jedi Academy Trilogy. They share a couple of 'tender' moments and do alot of thinking about one another and whatnot. At the end of the trilogy they attend a concert as a couple. Aww.

Nothing too nasty, but if you have an active imagination... I mean, at least Corran and his otter gal were both mammals. But like I said, Stackpole luckily got Winter the hell away from fish-man, so the relationship never blossomed. Thankfully.

 

No, the two you mentioned. The Gotal and H'nmen'menth'emnthewhatever. I think the other pairs were just having conversations.

Seriously, why Winter and Ackbar, of all people? That seems like such a random choice. Not to mention the ick factor. Corran's furry habit is creepy enough.

 

Ah, my bad. Yeah, those two were really 'into' each other... the H'nwatever being into the Gotal with her two-foot-long bladed tongue.

The shistavenan and the lamprey were also an item according to TMEC. Which is weird, to say the least. I much preferred thinking of them as just having a chat.

 

The shistavenan and the lamprey were also an item according to TMEC.

I really don't want to think about the logistics of that.

So in the Special Edition, is the worm thing playing the field?

 

Inter-species rootin' is one of the most pernicious "brain-bugs" of sci-fi and space fantasy.

Does anyone here have a desire to get it on with some sort of weird alien thingy?

If not, why do we think it's going to happen in a futuristic setting?

If so, please get help. Soon!

 

Why do i get the idea a rather puritan attitude is prevailing here?
I admit some pairing are wierd (shistavenen and lampry thing, any mammal and calamari) there's nothing wrong with any of those unions. In my eyes at least. Maybe I'm just enlightened.
If we're to put our principles forward, we might say there is no wrong to any pairing of a sentient and sentient. I would call gender irrellevant as well, though it's not something i see Star Wars addressing anytime soon, unless ome author gets really adventourous.

 

Why do i get the idea a rather puritan attitude is prevailing here?

Who knows? Maybe you're just throwing words around without knowledge of their meaning.

I would call gender irrellevant as well, though it's not something i see Star Wars addressing anytime soon, unless ome author gets really adventourous.

We'd like to have a child, doctor.

I'm sorry sir, you can't.

Why not?

Well, neither of you has a womb.

Gender is irrelevant! Stop oppressing me!!!!

 

Given the technology of the Star Wars universe, gender probably IS irrelevant.

"We'd like to have a child, 21-B."

"I see. Well, implantation of an androwomb can be accomplished fairly quickly, but you'll need approximately 36 hours recovering in bacta before we can go on to the next stage . . ."

 

I agree with you Vicu...inter-sentient species couples shouldn't cause as much as a fuss that it does in Star Wars circles. In a galaxy as big as Star Wars, it seems down-right likely that there would be several inter-species couples. Now, am I saying there are likely to be Hutt/human couples...no. But a Twi'lek/human couple is not out of the question, nor a Hutt/T'landa Til couple.

Beside, look at PT couples...there seems to be at least a few inter-species/racial couples:

--Master Tholme and T'ra Saa...though they are both Jedi, it's obvious that they are in love with one another.

--Quinlan Vos and Khaleen Hentz...a Near-Human/Human relationship.

--Possibly Kit Fisto and Aayla Secura.

 

Quin and Khaleen is Human/Near-Human? Which one of them's not one of us?

-Paul

 

Quinlan is a Kiffar. Among other things, they inherit a small amount of psychic ability. Quinlan is force-sensitive, so his power is amplified.