Gnarltree
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The Gnarltree was one of the most bizarre plant forms in the galaxy.
These swamp-loving trees lived on Dagobah and grew slowly upward through the centuries. Their huge roots grew out of the bog, providing shelter in the hollow spaces. Each gnarltree was a microcosm of life-forms with lichens, moss, and shelf-fungus filling the crannies of the calcified trunk. But the strangest part of the gnarltree was that the knobby white spider was part of its lifecycle. The spider was actually a detachable, mobile root that broke free of the parent gnarltree. It became a predator, hunting and devouring to build up its energy and nutrients before making a clearing and putting down its eight sharp legs, which become the roots of the new gnarltree.
[edit] Appearances
- Clone Wars Chapter 21 (Vision to Yoda)
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
- Galaxy of Fear: The Hunger
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
- Heir to the Empire
- Darksaber
- Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest
- The Unifying Force (Mentioned only)
