Bursa/Legends

Bursas were carnivorous quadrupeds native to the planet Naboo. Bursas had tusked snouts and feathery tufts of hair on their thick-skinned bodies, and were known to build and live in mud huts in the planet's swamps.



Bursas were thought to have pre-dated even the Gungan race on Naboo, and early Gungans were attacked by wild bursas while exploring their world. Such behavior was not uncommon in the bursas, who were known to mercilessly destroy Gungan settlements. Bursas led by the warlord Boss Rogoe destroyed Boss Gallo's village, Otoh Sancture, 3,000 years before the Battle of Naboo. However, Gallo's forces healed an injured bursa chief, and a clan of bursas allied with Gallo in the siege of Rogoe's fortress.

Since then, bursas appeared across the Galaxy, mostly as pets to the Hutts or in circuses. On Naboo, however, it was believed wild bursas were driven to extinction by the Gungan Grand Army, though a tamer variety survived into the era of the Clone Wars. The Amaran species took to capturing, breeding, and selling these creatures, which could be trained to dance on their hind legs.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds