diff --git a/lib/faker/star_wars.rb b/lib/faker/star_wars.rb
index 50cef881a2..304a7e8615 100644
--- a/lib/faker/star_wars.rb
+++ b/lib/faker/star_wars.rb
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ def quote
         quotes.sample
       end
 
-      def specie
-        species.sample
+      def species
+        species_list.sample
       end
 
       def vehicle
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def quotes
          "Fear is the path to the dark side... fear leads to anger... anger leads to hate... hate leads to suffering.", "Do. Or do not. There is no try."]
       end
 
-      def species
+      def species_list
         ['Ewok', 'Hutt', 'Gungan', 'Ithorian', 'Jawa', 'Neimoidian', 'Sullustan', 'Wookiee', 'Mon Calamari']
       end
 
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ def wookie_words
         ['wyaaaaaa', 'ruh', 'huewaa', 'muaa', 'mumwa', 'wua', 'ga', 'ma', 'ahuma', 'ooma', 'youw', 'kabukk', 'wyogg',
           'gwyaaaag', 'roooarrgh', 'ur', 'ru', 'roo', 'hnn-rowr', 'yrroonn', 'nng', 'rarr']
       end
+
+      def specie
+        puts "#{self}.#{__method__} is deprecated and will be removed. Switch to the functionally identical #{self}.species at your convenience." unless caller[0].to_s.include? "test" 
+        species
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_faker_star_wars.rb b/test/test_faker_star_wars.rb
index dcb5d64b02..216b5c6f6d 100644
--- a/test/test_faker_star_wars.rb
+++ b/test/test_faker_star_wars.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def setup
     @droids = Faker::StarWars.droids
     @planets = Faker::StarWars.planets
     @quotes = Faker::StarWars.quotes
-    @species = Faker::StarWars.species
+    @species = Faker::StarWars.species_list
     @vehicles = Faker::StarWars.vehicles
     @wookie_words = Faker::StarWars.wookie_words
   end
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ def test_quote
     assert Faker::StarWars.quote.match(/\w+/)
   end
 
-  def test_specie
-    assert Faker::StarWars.specie.match(/\w+/)
+  def test_species
+    assert Faker::StarWars.species.match(/\w+/)
   end
 
   def test_vehicle
@@ -76,4 +76,8 @@ def test_vehicle
   def test_wookie_sentence
     assert Faker::StarWars.wookie_sentence.match(/\w+/)
   end
+
+  def test_specie # Ensure StarWars.specie calls continue to work. To be removed when StarWars.specie is removed.
+    assert Faker::StarWars.specie.match(/\w+/)
+  end
 end