Shaak

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Shaaks were a bulbous mammalian species^[2] of non-sentient herbivores that grazed on the grasslands of Naboo.^[4] Gentle and non-threatening,^[5] shaaks were slow movers.^[4] They had four legs, brown leathery skin, and their bodies were plump with blubber. Shaaks were unable to swim, due to their size, and so avoided the swamps of Naboo.^[1] If infected with the waterborne Blue Shadow Virus, shaaks would die instantly,^[6] while members of most other species had 48 hours to live before the virus became fatal.^[7]

Gungans farmed shaaks for their meat and hide.^[2] They were sometimes used as pack animals. During the Clone Wars, a female Gungan named Peppi Bow wrangled shaaks.^[6] Their scat was a popular fertilizer used by Naboo farmers on their fields.^[8]

Shaak leg was a delicacy on Pijal^[9] and they were raised as livestock for consumption by some residents of the planet Batuu.^[10]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

The shaak species was designed by Terryl Whitlatch for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. Whitlatch wanted to suggest a grazer bred for food, the Naboo equivalent of a sheep. A few shaaks were seen briefly in one shot of the movie as computer generated creations.^[11]