Atlatl/Legends

The atlatl was a short throwing stick produced by the Otoh Gunga Defense League and employed by the Gungan Grand Army on Naboo.

The atlatl was a short weapon hand-carved from native woods, and thusly no two atlatls were truly identical. The weapon was designed with a cradle at one end of the handle, into which a single booma could fit. Gungan warriors could hurl energy balls from the atlatl, achieving a range of around thirty meters. As a one-handed weapon, the atlatl allowed the warrior to wield a secondary weapon or energy shield in the other hand. They were also known to have been used as crude bludgeons on occasion. Atlatls could be attached to a backpack or belt when not in use.

Atlatls were commonly used by the militiagungs of the Gungan Grand Army. General Tobler Ceel set up a training ground near Lake Paonga known as the Scrumma Jawbone, which served as a "shooting range" for atlatl, cesta and arbalest users. The cesta was a larger variant of the atlatl, providing greater range, though at the cost of accuracy.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace