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The laa were scalefish native to the oceans of Naboo.
Biology and appearance
The typical laa was a green-scaled fish with a long snout and a broad tail. The laa also had a long, thin dorsal fin tipped with a bio-luminescent bulb. This bulb helped attract the favorite prey of the laa, the yobshrimp.[3] Laa also picked out yobshrimp from the gills of tee, which, despite being voracious, did not harm the laa for the yobshrimp were parasitic to the tee.[2]
Behavior
Like several other fish, the laa were attracted to the bright lights of Otoh Gunga, but learned by experience not to pass through the membrane openings to the air-filled domes.[4][5]
History
Laa existed in the waters of the Mid Rim planet Naboo during the invasion of the planet by the Trade Federation.[1] They were present in Lake Paonga as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, his Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the Gungan Jar Jar Binks swam down to the city of Otoh Gunga to speak with Gungan representatives.[1] In 20 BBY, laa, along with ray, faa and mee, were present in a holding tank aboard the Titavian IV, an exploration vessel formerly operated by the Intergalactic Zoological Society on Mycroft whose mission was to gather and catalog specimens from across the galaxy.[6]
Behind the scenes
Laa, along with its musically-influenced scalefish cousins, the doo, ray, mee, faa, see, and tee, first appeared in the deep waters of Naboo in the 1999 prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. They were later illustrated by Terryl Whitlatch in the 2001 reference book The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide, and referenced in the 2004 comic Star Wars: Republic 69: Dreadnaughts of Rendili, Part 1.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Republic 69: Dreadnaughts of Rendili, Part 1
- Star Wars Galaxies
Sources
- Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary
Star Wars: Episode I|Star Wars: Episode I (Pack: Sea Creatures) (backup link (episodeIbbsea2.asp) not verified!)- Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
- The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
- The Phantom Menace: The Expanded Visual Dictionary
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars: Republic 69: Dreadnaughts of Rendili, Part 1