Dams Denna

Dams Denna was a diminutive Human male from Naboo. He was the Royal beast handler in Theed in 32 BBY. He also collected Linn'con memorabilia.

Biography
By 32 BBY, Dams Denna was a respected animal trainer who lived on the planet Naboo, where he served as a beast handler for the royal family. During the victory parade that followed the Battle of Naboo, Denna took the reigns of beasts such as falumpasets and kaadus that had been brought by the Gungan delegation as the Gungans and the Human Naboo celebrated the unity they had forged in united opposition to the Trade Federation. Denna personally handled the kaadu ridden by the Gungan warrior Jar Jar Binks when the Gungan reached the platform upon which the delegations were convening.

Personality and traits
Denna was a skillful animal trainer and herd-master who was renowned for his talents with non-sentient beasts. Denna collected Linn'con memorabilia. At the time of the celebration following the Battle of Naboo, the diminutive, fair-skinned humanoid had shoulder-length brown hair and wore a green jerkin, breeches, and boots.

Behind the scenes
The animal handler who appears in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was played by Dan Madsen, who was one of several fans of Star Wars and employees of Lucasfilm Ltd.-related companies selected to appear in the final crowd scenes of the 1999 film. During filming, Madsen was the publisher of the magazine Star Wars Insider and the president of the Official Star Wars Fan Club. Of the group, only Madsen's character appears clearly in the final film; despite a clear shot of his character during the film's end sequence, Madsen goes uncredited in The Phantom Menace.

The character went unnamed until the release of Theed Palace Limited, a 2001 expansion to the Star Wars Customizable Card Game published by Decipher, Inc. The card incorporates Denna's talent with animals by allowing the player who uses him to deploy eopies, fambaas, and kaadus to his site once per turn. The image used to illustrate the card shows a scene from The Phantom Menace, only it has been reversed.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Notes and references
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