Fambaa/Legends

The largest terrestrial herbivores of the swamp, fambaas were technically amphibians but had the scaly hide of reptiles. The creatures were native to the Gungan swamps of Naboo.

Fambaas easily knocked over trees to get at leaves and berries. They also foraged for underwater plants.

Characteristics


Fambaas in the wild traveled in herds of up to twelve. They were born with moist skin and gills and upon maturity, the gills disappeared and their skin hardened. The fambaa had been domesticated by Gungans for millennia as beasts of burden and cavalry/artillery draft beasts. In wars and battles such as the Battle of Grassy Plains, fambaas were seen as mech units, being used to carry portable deflector shield generators for protecting their armies. The main breeding herds were so large they were traditionally swamp pastured in sacred areas. There were also special fambaa stables inside underwater bubble cities.

Females laid large numbers of sticky, gelatinous eggs, which they deposited in puddles and underwater. The young hatched with moist skin and gills then, upon maturity, the gills disappeared and their skin hardens.

Behind the scenes
In Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Fambaas were the Gungan special unit, used as a mobile shield generator. They were also used as the Gungan Assault Mech, armed with a powerful Booma cannon. For the sake of gameplay the Fambaa was the reciprication of the Trade Federation Multi-Troop Transport.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace comic
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Gungan Frontier
 * Star Wars Republic: The New Face of War
 * The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo
 * Star Wars Galaxies
 * Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns