Psychic Tree Gods Ruled the Ithorians (and made the Halo Flood in SW)

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    The Ithorian species are one of the most interesting species in all of Star Wars. With incredible detail from canon and legends sources, learn how their entire society was controlled by Mother Jungle. A living entity that grew to take up most of the surface of Ithor, and play a role in shaping countless other species across the galaxy, from the Old Republic through the Imperial Era.
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  • @taitano12
    @taitano12 Pƙed rokem +250

    I can picture Mother Jungle being reborn over several thousand years on Tatooine. Being psychic and attached to The Living Force, all her memories would return over time. The Jawas and Sand People still have legends of when their world was green, so I'm sure they wouldn't mind. Especially if the Ithorians used part of her to revive Ithor. The latter part wouldn't start for centuries, but in the meantime, Tatooine turns green, and a large part of the planet becomes the new Mother Jungle. Tatooine's Mother Jungle manages to figure out what the planet was like before the Rikattans glassed it and purposely holds back from taking over more than a third. And, even then, only where it appears that forests used to be anyway.

    • @MetaNerdzLore
      @MetaNerdzLore  Pƙed rokem +51

      That would be so cool to see at least something like this

    • @PP237PP
      @PP237PP Pƙed rokem +7

      What like in dune?

    • @taitano12
      @taitano12 Pƙed rokem +6

      @@PP237PP I've only read the first book. I didn't know that Dune was made fully green... Or sentient.

    • @Bloodnut4life
      @Bloodnut4life Pƙed rokem +2

      Only remnant of the mother jungle would be that darkside spore tho now right? Could see some darkside Ithorians seeking that out and 'trying' to use it/be used by it

    • @taitano12
      @taitano12 Pƙed rokem +13

      @@Bloodnut4life No. There's the oasis on Tatooine. Ithorians can propagate that.

  • @hoarder66
    @hoarder66 Pƙed rokem +116

    The amount of backstory involved with all things StarWars is simply amazing

    • @galvanizedgnome
      @galvanizedgnome Pƙed rokem +4

      It's a shame disney is even ruining Mando this year.

    • @noobsmasher123
      @noobsmasher123 Pƙed rokem

      Lmao all this comes from the old stuff. Disney isn't able to come up with these things.
      No, they just bring things back from the dead and make them sexually weird with dyed hair.
      FACTS.

  • @ironxcrosss
    @ironxcrosss Pƙed rokem +116

    Would honestly love to see more on the Selkath species and how they became pretty isolated from the rest of the Galaxy, because we almost NEVER see them beyond Manaan aside from the occasional criminal who we can assume was exiled for some reason

    • @addisondeluna1787
      @addisondeluna1787 Pƙed rokem +4

      Wasn't there a throw away line in the clone wars where duku alluded to the selkath falling to the dark side

  • @Pookiesk
    @Pookiesk Pƙed rokem +20

    I hope Disney will make “animal planet”/“national geographic” type series about species in Star Wars

  • @antonakesson
    @antonakesson Pƙed rokem +17

    Didn't know anything about Ithorians and now they are one of my favorite alien cultures in Star Wars. I just really love it

  • @Tyrexthecreaturedesigner
    @Tyrexthecreaturedesigner Pƙed rokem +34

    When I watched the 2D clone wars, I thought the Ithorian Jedi using a sound-based attack was the coolest thing ever! It would be cool if that Tattooine garden made by the one Ithorian takes over Tattooine to restore the ancient glory of the planet

  • @captainseabass874
    @captainseabass874 Pƙed rokem +36

    Another one of my favorites from the Original Star Wars animated series, now I’m just waiting for my Grand Master K’Kruhk breakdown and I’ll be complete

  • @eddiehjalmarsson5966
    @eddiehjalmarsson5966 Pƙed rokem +8

    I love them. They are adorable and everytime i play kotor i choose to help them even when im otherwise darkside.

  • @inductivegrunt94
    @inductivegrunt94 Pƙed rokem +87

    The Ithorians were one of my favorite species in Star Wars. So it hurts seeing the Vong do what they did to them.
    Makes me want to see how the Vong would react to the Blackwing Virus, or maybe the Flood from Halo. Anything to inflict every last shread of pain Ithor felt on that very day.

    • @nemilyk
      @nemilyk Pƙed rokem +2

      ​@Random Guy Agreed. It was where I stopped reading the books. At the same time it was the sadly natural progression of the "one-upmanship" that was starting to take over the books.

    • @user-yq9im9dk9z
      @user-yq9im9dk9z Pƙed rokem +9

      ​@Random Guy uhh, still more interesting than repeating the same conflict over and over

    • @PP237PP
      @PP237PP Pƙed rokem +3

      ​@@user-yq9im9dk9z Two Vongs don't make a right 👍

    • @jacobsantana915
      @jacobsantana915 Pƙed rokem +6

      ​@Random Guy well the vong were from outside the Star wars galaxy so of course they'd feel "out of place."

    • @Bionickpunk
      @Bionickpunk Pƙed rokem +3

      One of the reasons why I dont mind the EU being retconned is the entire nonsense with the Vong.

  • @SoupyPoopy21
    @SoupyPoopy21 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +2

    Ever since hammerhead in the cantina in ep IV this species has always been my favorite. They hold a special place in my heart as when I was little my dad gave me his original 1970s Kenner figure from when he was young. I still have the little guy to this day and like to think of him as a good luck charm. And I’m happy the species remains a staple in the universe even to this day.

  • @corumbean7818
    @corumbean7818 Pƙed rokem +8

    Played an Ithorian Jedi in a Star Wars 5e game. I tell you, the destruction I had by implied his scream with the Force was nuts. This species has a special place in my heart in the Star Wars universe

  • @levipetersen1048
    @levipetersen1048 Pƙed rokem +11

    FINALLY!!! Thank you for covering Ithorians. They are my favorite đŸ€©

  • @ToaPaul959
    @ToaPaul959 Pƙed rokem +14

    I love Ithorians! By far my favorite Star Wars species and I was hoping you would cover them soon. I especially love Ithorian Jedi and I hope we get one in a more prominent role someday. Roron Corobb is still my favorite and his appearance in the og Clone Wars is one of my favorite scenes in all of Star Wars. The way he uses force bellow is just so cool. I still hold out hope that Byph is still alive and shows up again somewhere and Pypey would be old enough to appear as a young Jedi during the Mandalorian era so maybe he joins Luke's school.

  • @Blackthorntribe93
    @Blackthorntribe93 Pƙed rokem +41

    I would love to see a video about the Shistavanen who are a Werewolf humanoid species from Star Wars Legends! ^^

    • @staticaleel5068
      @staticaleel5068 Pƙed rokem +4

      Would that be the weird wolf thing with red eyes we see wandering around maz’s castle in episode 7

    • @SleepySloth2705
      @SleepySloth2705 Pƙed rokem +5

      ​@@staticaleel5068 and in the original cut of the cantina scene in New Hope. There was a jedi member of the species in Tartakowski's Clone Wars

    • @superharuhifan
      @superharuhifan Pƙed rokem

      ok, furry

  • @marshalllatta2073
    @marshalllatta2073 Pƙed rokem +13

    I Love Ithorians can you do the umbaran species when you have the time

  • @cxcgamer1603
    @cxcgamer1603 Pƙed rokem +10

    Why are ithorian babies so cute

  • @therestingrancor8259
    @therestingrancor8259 Pƙed rokem +5

    I've been intrigued by this species ever since seeing a glimpse of one during the original trilogy.

  • @DangerDude616
    @DangerDude616 Pƙed rokem +6

    Excellent video! The effort you put in to your work is abundantly clear, and we thank you for it.
    May the force be with you.

  • @torridknight783
    @torridknight783 Pƙed rokem +5

    You bring up the Yuuzhang Vong in almost every video it seems but I have never seen you do a video on them. Maybe we could get a couple videos about them. :)

  • @TheFirstCurse1
    @TheFirstCurse1 Pƙed rokem +7

    That's so insane that the fallen Vong ships turned Ithor into a molten dead world. That's insane.

  • @tommyfox854
    @tommyfox854 Pƙed rokem +9

    What a amazing species, I always had an interest in learning more about these strange looking people in the Galaxy far far away (as I do with everything else in that Galaxy) but I can never remember what they're called, so when I saw this video get recommended to me, I jumped right in and, wow, they were even better than I could've imagined; but that ended, oh that terrible fate of these amazing people, it broke my heart seeing the Ithorian suffer a fate worst than death, the lost of not only their home world, but effectively everything, including their goddess.
    I seriously hope they can bring back their home and goddess in some way shape or form, because such nice people do not deserve what they got.

    • @michaelkantner6420
      @michaelkantner6420 Pƙed rokem +1

      If you liked this video, you should check out Star Wars the Clone Wars, the drawn cartoon series, not the cgi series. There is a Jedi master called Roron Corobb, who along with 2 other Jedi masters try to get the Chancellor to safety from General Grevious. It's a great series, not only do you get to see how powerful an Ithorian can really be, but you also get to see how truly powerful Master Windu and Yoda are as they battle the droid armies.

    • @tommyfox854
      @tommyfox854 Pƙed rokem

      @@michaelkantner6420 I've seen the final battle of that show, the Separatist invasion of Coruscant, and that version of Grevious take on 6 Jedies with zero issue, it looks amazing, not gonna lie. =)

    • @michaelkantner6420
      @michaelkantner6420 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@tommyfox854 I do have to admit that I think General Grevious was way too OP considering he's not a Sith and that he could take out Jedi Masters, granted with him using 4 lightsabers in combat took a lot of the Jedi by surprise, but I think that some of them being Jedi Masters, they would have adapted easily and tore him apart. I mean Mace Windu almost killed him just before he escaped Coruscant. But I do agree with your last statement! :)

  • @cabinetdoorknob1311
    @cabinetdoorknob1311 Pƙed rokem +4

    love this series. please never change the music

  • @andreasamardzija1496
    @andreasamardzija1496 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +1

    Literally just helped the old man Ithorian (I finally decided to to replay kotor on mobile) and it felt really nice. He had a life partner that he mentioned.

  • @amberkat8147
    @amberkat8147 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +2

    That ending almost made me cry. That wasn't right. But maybe the Mother Jungle can be reborn from that valley on Tatooine somehow, that would be really cool. Maybe even eventually brought back to Ithor. But that's assuming the toxin the Vong dropped is no longer active and that grove on Tatooine still exists. If either of those is false, then that wouldn't be possible. It would still take take centuries, or more, to terraform Ithor to make it habitable again, sadly, but given that the Star Wars universe treats thousands of years like they're nothing, that shouldn't be a permanent problem either.

  • @JRSasquatch
    @JRSasquatch Pƙed rokem +7

    Loved this breakdown! Youre getting better with your videos in my opinion.

    • @PP237PP
      @PP237PP Pƙed rokem +2

      Content has always been top tier with Meta in my opinion. Bit hard to improve on perfection.

  • @GarretGarlinger
    @GarretGarlinger Pƙed rokem +3

    This was Awesome! Enjoyed it!

  • @jvvayne555
    @jvvayne555 Pƙed rokem +5

    One of my favorite species, excellent video 👏👏

  • @NotoriousTim
    @NotoriousTim Pƙed rokem +1

    I absolutely love the Ithorians, one of my favorite Star Wars races, up there with Cathar and Bothans.

  • @jemcoones2388
    @jemcoones2388 Pƙed rokem +2

    I don't know why... But ever since I was a kid (late 70s/early 80s) I have ALWAYS been drawn to this race.

  • @macwelch8599
    @macwelch8599 Pƙed rokem +24

    The Ithorians are also related to the somewhat identical species known as the Ottegan

  • @anonymoususer208
    @anonymoususer208 Pƙed rokem +2

    Basically pandora but in Starwars. No Blue cat People but weird slug monsters :p

  • @UATU.
    @UATU. Pƙed rokem +3

    This is wonderful, thank you.

  • @helvis7336
    @helvis7336 Pƙed rokem +3

    my favorite species in starwars!

  • @tallman2210
    @tallman2210 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

    Great video. I would love to see a video about Geonosians.

  • @Holihs
    @Holihs Pƙed rokem +3

    Please do the Verpine next!

  • @commanderphilbo1471
    @commanderphilbo1471 Pƙed rokem +2

    I say this evertime but ...I looove this channel .

  • @coreyrobinson9010
    @coreyrobinson9010 Pƙed rokem +3

    My absolute favorite Star Wars channel.

    • @MetaNerdzLore
      @MetaNerdzLore  Pƙed rokem +2

      Thanks I have a bunch more planned

    • @coreyrobinson9010
      @coreyrobinson9010 Pƙed rokem

      @@MetaNerdzLore This is the way. Been absolutely loving the journey with you.😁

  • @maxmajcher5115
    @maxmajcher5115 Pƙed rokem +5

    I'm not sure how much information there is about them, but I'd love to see a video detailing the Kyuzo species!

  • @Laval-po4io
    @Laval-po4io Pƙed rokem +3

    "Lobotomizing the brain of god" - MetaNerdz Lore

  • @Commander-Riot-Wolf115
    @Commander-Riot-Wolf115 Pƙed rokem +3

    When do we get a lore video on the Shistavanen? unless there already is.

  • @michaelkantner6420
    @michaelkantner6420 Pƙed rokem +1

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for doing this video. I believe on your last video, I asked if you had done a video about the Ithorians and some commentor answered my question, which kind of made me mad, as I was asking you if you had done anything. Needless to say, I am so very happy that you finally did a video about one of my favorite aliens of Star Wars. I really didn't know much about this species, mainly just what I saw as a kid when Star Wars first came out. They were only known back then as Hammerheads, and nothing else was known about them. After seeing the Clone Wars (drawn series, not the cgi series) and seeing Jedi Master Roron Corobb use the force to amplify his vocal chords, I was hooked. Now I hope that SWTOR makes a playable race, (not gonna happen, same for the Wookies or my other favorite Star Wars race, the Devaronians) which I think would be so bad ass. Meh, I can still dream about it.

  • @Brutallav
    @Brutallav Pƙed 13 dny

    Absolutely loved this video and the lord of these people. “Any plant you destroy, you plant twice” such a cool motto

  • @jasonjulaton
    @jasonjulaton Pƙed rokem +2

    That was a lot to take in.

  • @PalletTownRescue
    @PalletTownRescue Pƙed rokem +2

    I love that there's just enough of a pause between "69 rogue planets" for us to collectively say "nice".

  • @ardoronro6677
    @ardoronro6677 Pƙed rokem +2

    Ah, so this is where Bioware got the idea for the Mass Effect Thorian.

  • @lilianemachadostigliano1727
    @lilianemachadostigliano1727 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

    "Ithorians four throats. Very powerfull"
    "So i heard"

  • @frankiesanchez2319
    @frankiesanchez2319 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

    “Four throats, very powerful”-Master Ti

  • @CloneScavengerVulpin8389
    @CloneScavengerVulpin8389 Pƙed rokem +4

    At least their species survived extinction.

  • @w0lfr0gue53
    @w0lfr0gue53 Pƙed rokem +3

    I always liked their character design,

  • @Crackmiser
    @Crackmiser Pƙed rokem +6

    Grey video, but I wanted to ask, why have you removed so many? I wanted to watch a lot of your old republic videos but a lot of them have been made “unavailable”

  • @miscuser5534
    @miscuser5534 Pƙed rokem +4

    Why would the hippy, tree hugger, screaming slugmammals create the flood, the flood goes against everything they standfor

    • @MetaNerdzLore
      @MetaNerdzLore  Pƙed rokem +2

      Because they were nearly killed by people who don't share the same values, so just like most jedi fall out of a want to be a benevolent dictator, the spores would bring everyone under mother jungle's control

  • @carsoncasmirri3874
    @carsoncasmirri3874 Pƙed rokem +3

    So Ithorian religion became a wild mixture of nature worship and Catholicism due to the complex hierarchy and bureaucracy that spread throughout it

  • @corbindawson2271
    @corbindawson2271 Pƙed rokem +1

    You rock bro

  • @theodorebear6714
    @theodorebear6714 Pƙed rokem +2

    I like these Ithoran guys. They seem real nice. 🌞

  • @CaptainHooch
    @CaptainHooch Pƙed rokem +2

    okay so Mother Jungle vs Mnggal-Mnggal who wins?

  • @kerosoldier
    @kerosoldier Pƙed rokem +3

    Could you ever do a deep dive of the galaxy of fear series?

  • @flyingninja1234
    @flyingninja1234 Pƙed rokem +2

    I've always liked the Ithorians.

  • @jdfigs5916
    @jdfigs5916 Pƙed rokem +4

    So they are space tree huggers

  • @chefswamprat5118
    @chefswamprat5118 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    OK, since seeing how their young look now all I can see is a young ithorian Jedi yelling like Roberto (from Futurama) "Hey Red!! Now I got a Lightsaber for stabbin!" followed by pseudo-karate noises as he swings his saber.

  • @johnpluta1768
    @johnpluta1768 Pƙed rokem +2

    Ithorians are known for using a sonic blasts. Although it's only used as a last resort in the most dire circumstances.

  • @cymbolic_space1832
    @cymbolic_space1832 Pƙed rokem +2

    Thinking about their nature cult and their 200,000 herd ships; when did they/how did they get the raw materials to build this many floating citadels?
    If prior to their heavy space faring industrial stage, they had a bureaucratic/religeous system preventing most Ithorians from stepping foot on the planet beside oracles, who was and from where were they mining the raw materials?
    The timeline suggests this is before their interstellar period, so it wouldnt be from moons or trade would it?
    just thinking out loud here.

  • @Reoh0z
    @Reoh0z Pƙed rokem +4

    > "...Sentient, telepathic Clams."
    Man the EU gets weird.

  • @jbarnard2000
    @jbarnard2000 Pƙed rokem +2

    Plz talk about the genoians species next

  • @theflunkoutdude90
    @theflunkoutdude90 Pƙed rokem

    I think we have the same RC R2-D2 :) 4:52

  • @dylanbeetham-aspden3484
    @dylanbeetham-aspden3484 Pƙed rokem +1

    Will you make a video on the lasats?

  • @BloodAngel500
    @BloodAngel500 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +1

    i really want an ithorian plushie. but as far as i know they dont exist

  • @shanenolan5625
    @shanenolan5625 Pƙed rokem +1

    Thanks

  • @benjamincolon5486
    @benjamincolon5486 Pƙed rokem +2

    Can you do a video about the species known as the? caamasi

  • @davidyoung8769
    @davidyoung8769 Pƙed rokem +1

    Something is confusing me. Repulsor lifts are used on quite a bit of SPACE craft, right? Isn't the basis of a repulsor lift to push against something to achieve lift? In space there's nothing to repulse so how would thay work? I know its scifi but the real world science sounds interesting.

  • @nategraham6946
    @nategraham6946 Pƙed rokem

    Ithorians are my favorite race in Star Wars, so cool.

  • @CruelandCold
    @CruelandCold Pƙed rokem +2

    Could you do a full history of The life of Revan?

  • @mundylunes7755
    @mundylunes7755 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    They should've brought some seedlings to Endor

  • @lordhosk
    @lordhosk Pƙed rokem +9

    Oh wow, better help is still doing sponsorships after being caught selling patient data, including name, email, IP and phone numbers, and health forms, as well as letting third parties view the sessions without patient knowledge or consent. YIKES!

    • @JessYoutubeAccount
      @JessYoutubeAccount Pƙed 2 dny +1

      Yup this guy's will take money from anyone. He has or has had multiple sponsors that have been proven to be scams and isn't going to stop

  • @vallettapetracyneran8587
    @vallettapetracyneran8587 Pƙed rokem +1

    Makes me wonder if this is where the Drenger in the high republic came from.

  • @dimitriofthedon3917
    @dimitriofthedon3917 Pƙed rokem

    My fav race always has been since the old school clone wars mini series

  • @EricBrindle-dp8kq
    @EricBrindle-dp8kq Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    please more

  • @Major6013
    @Major6013 Pƙed rokem +1

    Question on another topic: could you reupload the video about the D5 Mantis Patrolcraft? My Fav SW ship. Is it down bc copyright?

  • @spencersholden
    @spencersholden Pƙed rokem +1

    4:16 that is some amazing looking art.

  • @jesuspapulis9474
    @jesuspapulis9474 Pƙed rokem +1

    I cant belive you restricted the old species videos

    • @MetaNerdzLore
      @MetaNerdzLore  Pƙed rokem

      I think they are bad, stats say they hurt the channel, so instead of deleting them I make them invisible to the algorithm by putting them in the membership

  • @brendano4196
    @brendano4196 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    I didn't know they were considered mammals. That makes them cooler imo.

  • @imnotabiologist2006
    @imnotabiologist2006 Pƙed rokem

    these have to be the coolest aliens in star wars!

  • @jaegergames7042
    @jaegergames7042 Pƙed rokem +8

    First.
    (Edit.)
    Now that I nabbed the spot at 1st, wanted to say- bloody Cheers for this specific upload. Always been my favourite "underrated" species in SW. The old '03 cartoon had me wanting to know more as a kid, seeing how the innate native capabilities of a species, can contend with someone like G.G. and his Quad Saber lifestyle.

  • @marcwhitlock5002
    @marcwhitlock5002 Pƙed rokem

    Cool video, I always thought the Ithorians were the derp Species of star wars, always portrayed as weak and the punching bag in most of the TV shows/movies. Being drunk or homeless all the time in bars or Coruscant, getting killed so easily (cad bane, fennec shand). The Ithorian jedi in the 2003 Clone Wars was pretty bad ass though.

  • @davidmartin5483
    @davidmartin5483 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

    What if the meteroid with THE SPORE made it into the unknown and that is what became the living constructs of the Yusang Vong?

  • @lopiklop
    @lopiklop Pƙed rokem

    Sounds a lot like the Argonians of Elder Scrolls

  • @ToddAdams1234
    @ToddAdams1234 Pƙed rokem +1

    Sorrowful story certainly.

  • @MisterBloo42
    @MisterBloo42 Pƙed rokem +2

    nice.

  • @aprilpatel6741
    @aprilpatel6741 Pƙed rokem +1

    Wait was the Grove on tatooine destroyed

  • @jedijam91
    @jedijam91 Pƙed rokem +1

    It doesn't matter what continuity you are in, don't open anything that you find hidden on an asteroid.

  • @taylormakaiknightburleson
    @taylormakaiknightburleson Pƙed rokem +1

    so ..... the ithorians made the Drengir cause that's what the spore sounds a lot like

  • @monsterno.definablenever.3484

    BADAN GILPHA

  • @Bionickpunk
    @Bionickpunk Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

    So the Ithorians are the Na'vi of Star Wars.

  • @DeathBYDesign666
    @DeathBYDesign666 Pƙed rokem

    They rather remind me of the Qu species from "All Tomorrow's" the head design is almost identical to Ithorians.

    • @PP237PP
      @PP237PP Pƙed rokem

      Yeah, Koseman did borrow a hell of a lot from many different sources.

  • @JimmySilverFoot
    @JimmySilverFoot Pƙed rokem

    69 rogue planets?
    Nice

  • @TheCosmicChariot
    @TheCosmicChariot Pƙed rokem

    21:21 if onix had real skin lol

  • @vanironic273
    @vanironic273 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

    imagine dying because you happened to have some guys hat and he wanted it back

  • @Felgrandknight
    @Felgrandknight Pƙed rokem

    Sounds similar to argonians

  • @susobamna
    @susobamna Pƙed rokem +2

    Are there ai images in this video?

    • @MetaNerdzLore
      @MetaNerdzLore  Pƙed rokem +2

      Yeah some there aren't a lot of images on them

  • @glizzy2051
    @glizzy2051 Pƙed rokem +2

    WđŸ’Ș

  • @joluoto
    @joluoto Pƙed rokem

    GILFA