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]

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]

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

[@PP237PP]

What like in dune?

[@taitano12]

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

[@Bloodnut4life]

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]

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

[@hoarder66]

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

[@galvanizedgnome]

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

[@noobsmasher123]

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]

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]

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

[@Pookiesk]

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

[@antonakesson]

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

[@captainseabass874]

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

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Lol one day for sure

[@Tyrexthecreaturedesigner]

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

[@inductivegrunt94]

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]

​@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]

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

[@PP237PP]

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

[@jacobsantana915]

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

[@Bionickpunk]

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

[@eddiehjalmarsson5966]

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

[@corumbean7818]

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

[@SoupyPoopy21]

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.

[@levipetersen1048]

FINALLY!!! Thank you for covering Ithorians. They are my favorite 🤩

[@ToaPaul959]

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]

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

[@staticaleel5068]

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

[@SleepySloth2705]

​@@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]

ok, furry

[@cxcgamer1603]

Why are ithorian babies so cute

[@marshalllatta2073]

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

[@tommyfox854]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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! :)

[@amberkat8147]

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.

[@DangerDude616]

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.

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Thanks, you too!

[@torridknight783]

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. :)

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Yeah would be a good species vid

[@TheFirstCurse1]

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

[@andreasamardzija1496]

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.

[@anonymoususer208]

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

[@JRSasquatch]

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

[@PP237PP]

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

[@cabinetdoorknob1311]

love this series. please never change the music

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Lol no worries everybody seems to like it

[@therestingrancor8259]

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

[@macwelch8599]

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

[@GarretGarlinger]

This was Awesome! Enjoyed it!

[@jemcoones2388]

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

[@jvvayne555]

One of my favorite species, excellent video 👏👏

[@UATU.]

This is wonderful, thank you.

[@michaelkantner6420]

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.

[@NotoriousTim]

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

[@maxmajcher5115]

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

[@tallman2210]

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

[@helvis7336]

my favorite species in starwars!

[@Holihs]

Please do the Verpine next!

[@Crackmiser]

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”

[@Commander-Riot-Wolf115]

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

[@Laval-po4io]

"Lobotomizing the brain of god" - MetaNerdz Lore

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Lol I thought that was a good one

[@ardoronro6677]

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

[@commanderphilbo1471]

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

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Lol thank you

[@carsoncasmirri3874]

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

[@coreyrobinson9010]

My absolute favorite Star Wars channel.

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Thanks I have a bunch more planned

[@coreyrobinson9010]

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

[@kerosoldier]

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

[@PalletTownRescue]

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

[@theodorebear6714]

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

[@jasonjulaton]

That was a lot to take in.

[@Major6013]

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

[@miscuser5534]

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

[@MetaNerdzLore]

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

[@w0lfr0gue53]

I always liked their character design,

[@flyingninja1234]

I've always liked the Ithorians.

[@corbindawson2271]

You rock bro

[@chefswamprat5118]

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.

[@frankiesanchez2319]

“Four throats, very powerful”-Master Ti

[@lilianemachadostigliano1727]

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

[@CaptainHooch]

okay so Mother Jungle vs Mnggal-Mnggal who wins?

[@cymbolic_space1832]

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.

[@jdfigs5916]

So they are space tree huggers

[@jaegergames7042]

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.

[@benjamincolon5486]

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

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

At least their species survived extinction.

[@Reoh0z]

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

[@theflunkoutdude90]

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

[@johnpluta1768]

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

[@dylanbeetham-aspden3484]

Will you make a video on the lasats?

[@MetaNerdzLore]

coming up next

[@lordhosk]

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!

[@marcwhitlock5002]

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.

[@davidyoung8769]

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.

[@jbarnard2000]

Plz talk about the genoians species next

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Yeah that should be soon

[@nategraham6946]

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

[@vallettapetracyneran8587]

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

[@CruelandCold]

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

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Yeah for sure hopefully soon

[@dimitriofthedon3917]

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

[@spencersholden]

4:16 that is some amazing looking art.

[@davidmartin5483]

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

[@BloodAngel500]

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

[@imnotabiologist2006]

these have to be the coolest aliens in star wars!

[@EricBrindle-dp8kq]

please more

[@shanenolan5625]

Thanks

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Thanks I'll make a bunch more like this

[@shanenolan5625]

@@MetaNerdzLore sweet

[@MisterBloo42]

nice.

[@mundylunes7755]

They should've brought some seedlings to Endor

[@ToddAdams1234]

Sorrowful story certainly.

[@brendano4196]

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

[@lopiklop]

Sounds a lot like the Argonians of Elder Scrolls

[@jesuspapulis9474]

I cant belive you restricted the old species videos

[@MetaNerdzLore]

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

[@jedijam91]

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

[@DeathBYDesign666]

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

[@PP237PP]

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

[@aprilpatel6741]

Wait was the Grove on tatooine destroyed

[@MetaNerdzLore]

No could spawn a new mother

[@JimmySilverFoot]

69 rogue planets? Nice

[@taylormakaiknightburleson]

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

[@glizzy2051]

W💪

[@TheCosmicChariot]

21:21 if onix had real skin lol

[@monsterno.definablenever.3484]

BADAN GILPHA

[@Bionickpunk]

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

[@susobamna]

Are there ai images in this video?

[@MetaNerdzLore]

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

[@vanironic273]

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

[@Felgrandknight]

Sounds similar to argonians

[@Steir12]

I guess good riddance with that Mother Jungle, that thing was waaaay to dangerous to be left alive.

[@FreelancerStudios100]

you know i hate the yuuzhan vong im glad they are no longer canon and i hop they never return. every time i hear of them i just hear about how they destroyed so much of the star wars galaxy. they destroyed more planets than palpatine. i hope they never return to the canon.