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Fambaa

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Fambaa
Designation

Nonsentient

Planet of origin

Naboo

Height of average adult

5 meters

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The largest terrestrial herbivores of the swamp, fambaas were technically amphibians but had the scaly hide of reptiles. The creatures were native to the Gungan swamps of Naboo. They obtained food by easily knocking over trees to get at leaves and berries. They also foraged for underwater plants.

Wild fambaas foraging for food.

The fambaa had been domesticated by Gungans for millennia as beasts of burden and cavalry/artillery draft beasts. In times of war and battles such as the Battle of Grassy Plains, fambaas were used to carry portable deflector shield generators for protecting their Gungan masters.

In the wild, fambaas traveled in herds of up to twelve and the main breeding herds were so large they were traditionally put to pasture in sacred swampy areas. There were also special fambaa stables contained inside the underwater hydrostatic bubble-enclosed cities.

Females laid large numbers of sticky, gelatinous eggs, which they deposited in puddles and underwater. The young hatched with moist skin and gills, and upon maturity, the gills disappeared and their skin hardened.

[edit] Behind the scenes

In Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Fambaas were the Gungan special unit, used as a mobile shield generator. They were also used as the Gungan Assault Mech, armed with a powerful Booma cannon. For the sake of gameplay the Fambaa was the reciprocation of the Trade Federation Multi-Troop Transport.

[edit] Appearances

A herd of fambaas.

[edit] Sources

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