Womp rat/Legends

The womp rat was a large, omnivorous rodent native to Tatooine. It was widely considered to be a pest. They were slightly larger than two meters in size. There were two races of womp rats: ones that lived in Beggar's Canyon and ones that lived in the Jundland Wastes. Womp rats traveled in packs to overwhelm their prey. The Beggar's Canyon womp rat reproduced alarmingly quickly. Once it reproduced to such a point that the population could not be kept in check, and womp rats were hunting Jawas and raiding storehouses. The Imperial prefect of Tatooine then allowed people to hunt them at ten credits per rat. Luke Skywalker and his friend Biggs Darklighter got enough womp rats to upgrade their T-16 Skyhoppers and to have enough money for the Academy.

The Jundland Waste womp rat appeared shortly after Imperials arrived on Tatooine, and some have speculated it was a mutated form of the Beggar's Canyon womp rat, affected by chemicals from Imperial waste dumps. They were lesser in number and did not reproduce as quickly as the Beggar's Canyon womp rat.

It is not unheard of people that have domesticated womp rats as pets.

Luke Skywalker and his friends, including Biggs Darklighter, used to "bullseye" womp rats while flying T-16 Skyhoppers with stun blasts for fun and for target practice.

Appearances



 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Star Wars: The New Droid Army
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars Empire: Darklighter
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Nerf Herder
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
 * Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
 * Junior Jedi Knights: Promises
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * Super Star Wars
 * Star Wars: Droids
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds