Voroos

The voroos were a non-sentient, six-eyed, predatory species which could be found on many planets across the galaxy. Able to live in almost any habitat, they preferred moist environments like swamps, but could also be found in areas as extreme as deserts and tundras. Measuring between one and ten meters in diameter, voroos camouflaged themselves to look like natural geographical features such as mossy hills and half submerged tree trunks in swamps or bare rocks and sand dunes in deserts. Lacking limbs, they depended on this camouflage to catch prey, as they were unable to chase them. When a meal approached they would use their strong tongues to pull the animal into their gaping mouth full of teeth. Zoologists were unsure of exactly how voroos reproduced although they believed near-microscopic beetles named palaks shared a large amount of their genome with voroos and after swapping genetic material with them carried the predators' fertilised gametes to new environments.

Behind the scenes
Voroos first appeared in Creatures of the Galaxy, a sourcebook for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game released in 1994. The concept and illustration of the voroos was provided by Tom O'Neill, while it was designed by Chuck Truett.