Sleen

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The Sleen was a slow and omnivorous lizard native to Dagobah. A swamp scavenger, it preferred a damp and dark environment.^[4] The bite of the sleen was deadly as the bacteria in its mouth caused near immediate gangrene and a normally fatal infection. It foraged the swamps and forests for food, usually insects, and then went back to its hollowed out log or hole in the ground. The sleen often tracked disease weakened victims that survived its initial attacks until they expired in order to feed on the remains. The sleen near the Cave of Evil had adapted to take advantage of the disorientation experienced by potential prey in the area.^[3]

Larger, sleeker sleen were also known to have inhabited the jungles of Dromund Kaas where they attacked unaware travelers due to their intensely territorial nature. Sleen were relatively minor predators in those jungles and generally fed upon the eggs of other lizard species occasionally supplemented by hunting small live prey. Unlike the sleen of Dagobah, the Dromund Kaas sleen possessed webbed feet and were known to be one of the fastest creatures in the jungle. The ancient Sith of Dromund Kaas had used them as guard animals and pets until the practice grew untenable due to increasing population density and the difficulty of keeping sleen in small areas. However, in the later Sith Empire the military elite still bred and maintained lineages of trained hunting sleen.^[2]

Populations of sleen were also found on Odessen and Nathema. On Odessen they were relatively tame and found in the vicinity of the Alliance base. These sleen were likely one of the several animal species transplanted to the world for study by Doctor Juvard Illip Oggurobb and his team.^[5] On Nathema the sleen population was introduced when sleen kept in captivity for experimentation at the Sanitarium escaped after its destruction.^[6]

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Behind the scenes[]

The real-life counterpart for the sleen is a Monitor Lizard, more specifically a Water Monitor. A Water monitor was used to portray the species in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.^[7]