Neebray
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| Neebray | |
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| Designation |
Nonsentient |
| Planet of origin | |
| Average length |
Various |
| Average wingspan |
Various |
| Skin color | |
| Hair color |
None |
| Eye color |
Black |
| Distinctions |
Live in vacuum of space, long wings, limbless[1] |
- Ahsoka: "That one looks hungry!"
- Anakin: "Nah, he's just smiling at you."
- ―Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano, dodging Nebrays in the Kaliida Nebula[src]
Neebray were flying, limbless creatures which differed greatly in size and lifestyle, perhaps depending on age. They could be found on many worlds, such as Rugosa, a Rishi moon, Tatooine (where they sometimes circled over Jabba's Palace), and even in space, notably in the Kaliida Nebula along the Balmorra Run.[1]
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[edit] Characteristics
On the moon Rugosa, tiny baby neebray flew among the coral forests of the moon's long dried-up ocean beds. [2] A moderately large variety had transluscent wings, and could be found on a Rishi moon. The gigantic nebray manta lived in the vacuum of space, feeding on stellar gases. They used the Kaliida Nebula as nesting grounds.
[edit] History
During the Clone Wars, Shadow Squadron encountered a flock of neebray manta while navigating the Balmorra Run on their way through the Kaliida Nebula. A brush with one caused one of Matchstick's engine stabilizers to give out. This crippling would cause Matchstick and Tag's death during the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula. A brush with another neebray caused an astromech droid's dome to be knocked off, destroying it.
[edit] Behind the scenes
At least three separate neebray breeds were based on the nebray manta model, not necessarily that they all then have to be nebray manta.[3].
Similar creatures were thranta and oswaft.
Plo Koon pronounced the name as neh-bray man-ta, giving further evidence that neebray should be spelled with one 'e'.
It is unclear if neebray lived in wild breeding populations on Tatooine and a Rishi moon, or if they were rare individuals who ended up there on their own, or by transporting.
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars film (First appearance)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Ambush"
- HoloNet News — A Galaxy Divided (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shadow of Malevolence"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Rookies"
[edit] Sources
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide (First mentioned)
- The Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Rugosa in the Databank (First identified as Neebray)
