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Kybuck

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
Homeworld	Kashyyyk
Hair color	Brown

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Kybucks were ungulates native to the Woolwarricca prairies of Kashyyyk, and similar in appearance to the Tauntauns of Hoth.^[1]

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 relative size and form of their horns.

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 instincts that resemble that of the Wookiee culture. The Wookiees did not hunt the creatures. Some chieftains often domesticated kybucks as a symbol of status; others gave them as gifts. Grand Master Yoda of the Jedi Order was the recipient of over thirty three kybucks in symbol of his friendship with the Wookiees.

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

1 Behind the scenes
2 Appearances
3 Sources
4 Notes and references
- 4.1 In other languages

Behind the scenesEdit

The kybuck was given an action figure along with Yoda in the fifth wave of Hasbro's Star Wars: The 30th Anniversary Collection. This pack was re-released in the Star Wars: The Legacy Collection line.