Purrgil Explained: Star Wars’ Hyperspace Whales

Ahsoka season 1 finally showed viewers the purrgil in live-action, and here’s everything viewers need to know about Star Wars‘ beautiful space whales. When George Lucas created Star Wars, he knew he needed a way for ships to travel faster than light. Inspired by Isaac Asimov’s Foundation

novels, he came up with the idea of hyperspace, a mysterious dimension that ships could jump into to travel at phenomenal speeds. At first, it seemed as though only starships could travel through hyperspace.