Gungan Grand Army/Legends



"Gungans no dyin' witout a fight. Wesa warriors. Wesa got a grand army."

- Jar Jar Binks

The Gungan Grand Army was a large Gungan military on Naboo. It consisted of Ankura and Otolla Gungans and was commanded by a "Bombad General" who served the Boss of Otoh Gunga.

History
Sometime around 3,032 BBY, the first Grand Army formed at the peak of the War of Gungan Tribes when Boss Gallo united the Gungans to defeat the warlord Boss Rogoe.

Sometime between 150 BBY and 121 BBY, the Grand Army engaged in an open war with the Naboo known as the Gungan-Naboo War.

In 100 BBY, the Grand Army fought off unknown invaders of Naboo. As a result, the Gungan tribes are united even closer than they were after the War of Gungan Tribes thousands of years before.

In 32 BBY, the planet of Naboo was invaded by the Trade Federation. The Grand Army was composed of two thousand Gungans and was commanded by Tobler Ceel under Boss Rugor Nass and the Bombad General Jar Jar Binks. The battle weakened the Grand Army but they succeeded nonetheless by preventing the Trade Federation's army from reaching Theed.

In 4 ABY, the Grand Army aided the Naboo in ridding the planet of the Galactic Empire. The rebellion appeared to be a success.

Gungan Warriors

 * Militiagungs&mdash;Naboo citizens pressed into military service, armed with boomas and supplied with personal energy shields
 * Gungan Guard&mdash;Otoh Gunga security guards armed with double-bladed electropoles
 * Kaadu Cavalry&mdash;Kaadu-riding fighters armed with cestas
 * Grand Army Officers&mdash;Paid soldiers: captains, generals, etc., most likely including the Bombad General

Vehicles
The Gungan Grand Army didn't use any vehicles or technology from other planets. Instead they took indigenous creatures such as the kaadu, domesticated them and then trained them to stay calm even in the frontline of battle. They then placed mechanical technology such as shield generators onto their larger beasts such as the fambaa.

This was economical to the Gungans as this saved the trouble of looking for reliable weapons offworld and the possibility of being corrupted by foreigners. The Gungans, although they did not use very advanced technology, did use a shield generator to stop all bullets and missiles. Droids, however, were able to access the shield.

Behind the scenes

 * The New Essential Guide to Alien Species states that the first Grand Army was formed in 100 BBY to fight off unknown invaders and unite the Gungan tribes. However, this conflicts with the fact that it was in existence thousands of years before during the War of Gungan Tribes and the Gungan-Naboo War.
 * Also another contradiction in the Essential Guides is the existence of the Gungan-Naboo War. One source states that a war occurred between 150 BBY and 121 BBY. The New Essential Guide to Alien Species states that there was never a war between the Gungans and Naboo.

Appearances

 * The Death of Captain Tarpals
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace comic
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Deep Spoilers
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi