Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: Jedi Knights #2Alien franchise. Set before the events of the prequel trilogy, Marvel's new and canonical Jedi Knights series has been revealing new adventures for of the Jedi Order, both old and new. This includes Master Yoda, who once found himself surrounded by a horde of what can only be described as canonical Xenomorphs.

In Star Wars: Jedi Knights #2 by Marc Guggenheim and Madibek Musabekov, Master Yoda and Jedi Knight Vetna Mooncrest are investigating the operations of the new Star Wars villain Atha Prime, discovering his secret genetic experiments hidden below his more innocuous biofields of crops on the moon of Veeros. As a result, the Jedi are attacked from above by an all-black alien abomination, sporting a prehensile tail with nearly impenetrable armor, who's quickly ed by several more of the horrific creatures:

Named the Xerexi, it's eventually confirmed that these are the genetic creations of Atha Prime. Furthermore, the more that's known about the creatures, the more it becomes evident that these new Star Wars monsters are directly inspired by Alien's Xenomorphs.

The Xerexi Have Arrived, Genetic Star Wars Abominations

They're Clearly Inspired by Xenomorphs

Although they have dark eyes and horns on the sides of their heads mirroring Atha Prime's own mask, the rest of the Xerexi's features could just as easily be attributed to the classic Xenomorph. Featuring incredibly durable armor and black skin, both creatures have rows of sharp teeth and deadly prehensile tails. Likewise, it's also revealed that the Xerexi can self-reproduce, not unlike the Xenomorph and its deadly life cycle.

While the horde of Xerexi nearly overwhelmed Yoda and Vetna, they soon discovered the Xerexi's weaker underside. Following Yoda's duel with Atha Prime (in which the genetic terrorist escaped), more Jedi were called in to terminate the rest of his test subjects on the moon of Veeros. That said, it seems as though the new and deadly Star Wars threat is far from finished.

We Haven't Seen The Last of Star Wars' New Xenomorphs

Atha Prime Still Has Plenty To Unleash On The Galaxy

As revealed by the issue's end, Atha Prime escaped with plenty of Xerexi still held within containment units, just ready to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world. To that end, it certainly looks as though the Jedi Order will face the Star Wars galaxy's Xenomorphs in the future. Hopefully, the Jedi will be able to end the threat before it grows too large to fully contain. It'd be absolutely tragic if the Jedi failed to save a world from Prime's Xerexi, which could just as easily fall to these lethal creatures as they would to a horde of Xenomorphs.

Star Wars: Jedi Knights #2 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.