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Kybuck

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This article is about the creature native to Kashyyyk. You may be looking for the speeder bike of the same name.
Kybuck
Designation

non-sentient

Planet of origin

Kashyyyk

Hair color

Brown

Kybucks were ungulates that were native to the Woolwarricca prairies of Kashyyyk, and genetically similar to the Tauntauns of Hoth.[1]

Yoda rides his Kybuck into battle.

Their swift speed, along with the cover of their natural environment, allowed them to be able to run from predators. Kybucks could run at up to 90 kilometers per hour. Males had short horns sitting atop their head. There were many different breeds of kybucks, often identifiable by their horn styles and sizes.

Kybucks mated for life. They raised an annual litter of two or three foals in rearing grounds protected by a barb thicket. Kybucks tended to flee from enemies when alone, but if a foe threatened a kybuck's offspring, the parents would fight to defend them. Kybucks attacked using leaping kicks and horned head-butts to fight off enemies. Judging by the way Yoda speaks to his kybuck, these creatures appeared to be quite intelligent.

The Wookiees of Woolwarrica adored the kybuck for having protective familial insticts that resemble that of the Wookiee culture. The Wookiees did not hunt the creatures. Some chieftains often domesticated kybucks as a symbol of status.

A colony of kybucks was established on Felucia during the battle there by Confederate mercenaries.

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[edit] Notable Kybucks

Yoda's kybuck.

[edit] Behind the scenes

The kybuck was given an action figure along with Yoda in the fifth wave of the Star Wars 30th Anniversary.

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