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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]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Master & Apprentice (as shaak leg)
- Queen's Peril (Mentioned only)
- Queen's Peril audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
- Queen's Shadow (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Blue Shadow Virus"
- Thrawn (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Mentioned only)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Appears as a toy)
- Doctor Aphra 1
- Darth Vader 3
The Mandalorian – "Chapter 16: The Rescue" (Mentioned on menu)
- Poe Dameron 6 (Mentioned only)
- Resistance Reborn (Mentioned only)
- Resistance Reborn audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge – Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo (as food)
Sources[edit | edit source]
"Blue Shadow Virus" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
Every Creature in the Star Wars Movies on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide
"Naboo" – Star Wars Encyclopedia
Shaak in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑
Shaak in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars
- ↑ 6.0 6.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Blue Shadow Virus"
- ↑
"Mystery of a Thousand Moons" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Queen's Shadow
- ↑ Master & Apprentice
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge has official backstory elements that, though not directly published for the public, are officially canon details that can be obtained verbally from cast members working in the land.
- ↑
shaak in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)