Gungan/Legends

The Gungans had humanoid bodies, but their heads were elongated with large, dangling finlike ears. They lived in underwater cities on the planet Naboo. The ruler of the Gungans at the time of the Battle of Naboo was Boss Nass.

Description
The Gungans were separated into two races: the lanky orange-skinned Otollo race, and the heavier green-skinned Ankura race. However, they all exhibited many of the same physical traits.

Gungans were tall and extremely flexible with cartilaginous skeletons. Strong leg muscles and their fin-like ears (called haillu) aided them in swimming and expressing aggression, friendship, and fear. They have long, muscular tongues and partially retractable eyestalks. Their large, strong teeth are designed for crushing tough shellfish, which form a staple of the Gungan diet.

Females were smaller with sleeker faces and tended to tie their ears back. They had expressive faces and long bills with flaring nostrils. Lengthy muscular tongues and large blunt teeth allowed them to eat lesser amphibians. A Gungan's arms ended in four digits, and their feet had three stubby toes.

The Gungans seem to be related in a way with the Glurrgs, whom they use as a worker caste in their society

History
The Gungans are believed to be indigenous to Naboo, but this is uncertain. They have been there a long time, as they engaged in battles of survival with the wooly veermoks during an ice age around 500,000 BBY.

An alien civilization of reptilian humanoids remembered as the "Elders" colonized Naboo. Around 7,032 BBY, they engaged in warfare with the Gungans, forcing them to retreat underwater, giving rise to modern Gungan civilization. Monuments and ruins, scattered throughout the planet, were built by the Elders. The largest of these ruins, located on the northern edge of the Lianorm Swamp, was identified as the Gungan Holy Place. The Gungans view these ruins as sacred, and their builders as "guds".

The Ankura and Otolla branches of Gungans united, forming a symbiotic relationship. They dominated Naboo for millennia afterwards, though largely keeping to the swamps and waterways; the mountains and grasslands considered 'desert-like' for them.

About 3020 BBY, Gungans were separated in tribes, until united under Boss Gallo. Gungans from various cities migrated to a new large city, the Otoh Gunga which was the major and capital city of Naboo (as far as Gungans are concerned).

The Gungans and the human inhabitants of Naboo did not get along, as the Gungans believed the Naboo to be pompous cowards while the Naboo believed the Gungans to be barbarians. This attitude lasted until Queen Amidala united the Gungans and Naboo to fight the Trade Federation in the Battle of Naboo. Gungans over the millenia of human presence, have developed their own dialect based on their language, called Gungan Basic.

After the Battle of Naboo, the Gungans attained representation in the Galactic Republic Senate through Representative Jar Jar Binks. The Gungans also colonised the moon of Ohma-D'un. When the Galactic Empire established a presence on Naboo; fearing enslavement, the Gungans went into semi-seclusion. After the Empire's defeat at the Battle of Endor, the Gungans began travelling in much larger numbers, across Naboo and the galaxy.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Lego Star Wars
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II