Gampassa

The Gampassa was a species of turtle native to the planet Glee Anselm's oceans. Their skin was wrinkled and gray, while their bodies were round and elongated. A ponderous head and tiny tail grew from the creature's front and backside, respectively. The turtles had six pointed flippers, the two forelegs growing longer than the others. At least one Gampassa was 2,274 meters long, and the species' large size allowed for the Nautolans, another of Glee Anselm's native species, to use their shield-like shells as locations for their villages.

Biology and appearance
The Gampassa, a species of turtle, had wrinkled, gray skin and a rounded, oblong body that included a brown shield shell. The creatures had six triangular flippers that ended in points; these limbs were situated symmetrically on both the left and right sides, and their forelegs grew much longer than the others. A short tail adorned the species' anterior, and nostrils were located between the eyes on the creatures' bulbous heads. At least one specimen was 2,274 meters long.

Behavior
Members of the Gampassa species swam in their homeworld's oceans such that their shells stuck out of the water like islands.

History
The Gampassa species was native to the oceans of the Mid Rim planet Glee Anselm. Due to the creatures' enormous size, the Nautolans, another native species of Glee Anselm, used the species' shells as locations for their villages.

Behind the scenes
The Gampassa species was intended to appear in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars' second season episode "Children of the Force" (2009), although it was cut from the final episode. Concept art for the species was included in the extra features of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Two Blu-ray release (2010). One of the images was signed by concept artist Jackson Sze, dated to December 12, 2007. The Star Wars Blog article "Drawing from the Imagination: Mythological Creatures in Star Wars, Part 2" (2013), written by Tim Veekhoven and Kevin Beentjes, included the Gampassa and noted its resemblance to the Hah-nu-nah turtle island of Native American oral legend. The plural form of the species' name was never established by the sources.