List of Star Wars creatures

The universe of Star Wars, a space opera media franchise, features a broad variety of different alien creatures. These aliens can be sentient or non-sentient, serving as species for characters, setting pieces, plot devices, and background elements. The diversity of alien species in Star Wars is considered to be a strong point of the franchise. The creatures are designed to be believable, recognizable, and often endearing—in this way, many creatures from Star Wars have become well known in popular culture.[1]

The types of creatures in this list are listed by category and then in alphabetical order.

  1. ^ Strickland, Ashley. "The science of Star Wars: How filmmakers made alien creatures believable". CNN. Retrieved November 24, 2023.