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gungan general information
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the Gungan people
this species of humanoid amphibians was native to the planet Naboo.
There are two distinct races of Gungans: the Ankura
and the Otolla.
The average Otolla Gungan has a tall, muscular body
with long arms and short legs, and can exist on either land or in
the water. Their heads are crowned with a pair of large frills that
can be extended when frightened. Their eyes sit atop short, thick
stalks.
The Ankura Gungans grow incredibly large, to the
point where their immense weight begins to compact their skeletons,
and their eyes are hooded with heavy brows instead of sitting atop
short stalks. Ankura Gungans also have green skin, where the Otolla
Gungans have reddish skin.
All Gungans were hatched from eggs, and both parents share in the
rearing of their offspring. During much of their existence on Naboo,
the Gungans took great pains to avoid contact with their human neighbors,
and even built huge underwater cities to escape contact.
A bloody war which was waged several centuries before
the Battle of Naboo, in which large
portions of both races were killed, forced the Gungans to break off
all contact with the Naboo. However, fringe elements of both species
realized that they couldn't survive without the other, and specialized
trading relationships were set up.
While these relationships were not officially recognized by either
government, they were vital to the survival of each species. The Gungans,
like the Wookiee race, have a distinct concept of the life
debt. Any Gungan who is saved by another being must submit
to the life debt or be punished by their gods.
Despite their amphibious appearance, Gungans are quite technologically
advanced. Their immense bubble cities are found in the depths of Naboo's
seas, and are made up of groupings of round force-fields. The fields
are permeable only to slow-moving objects, and can be penetrated by
a Gungan walking through them. However, the force-fields hold back
the incredibly pressures of the water that surrounds them. The Gungans
also had an advanced shielding technology which they applied to small,
hand-held shields as well as huge hemispheres that protected an entire
army. Like the bubble fields, these shields were only permeable by
slow-moving objects, and they absorbed energy like a sponge. (SW1,
TPM, IG1, SON)
Gungan (Gunganese)
this language was spoken
by the Gungan people of the planet Naboo, and was a variant on the
Basic language. It is sometimes referred to as "Gunganese."
(SWRPG, EGA)
Gungan Grand Army
this was the name used to describe the huge army
gathered from Ankura and Otolla Gungans, which was ready to act on
the orders of Boss Nass or any other leader, in case of emergency.
In theory, any Boss could mobilize the Gungan
Grand Army - and the entire Gungan community - within 36 hours
of declaring war. The Grand Army was ordered into battle by Boss Nass
as part of Queen Amidala's plans to overthrow the Trade Federation
blockade of Naboo, in what became part of the Battle of Naboo. It
is believed that the Gungan Grand Army was originally formed more
than 3,000 years before the Battle of Naboo, when the Gungans banded
together to fend off the violent bursas which inhabited Naboo. (IG1,
SON, GB)
Gungan Sacred Place
this was the name used to describe the hidden location which Gungans
held sacred above all others. Located in the Lianorm Swamp,
along the foothills of the Gallo Mountains on the
planet Naboo, it is one of the few aboveground places they inhabit.
Normally reserved for introspective contemplation and prayer, the
sacred place also served as a safe haven in the event of an emergency
in one of their underwater cities. The sacred place is surrounded
by ruins and statues, many depicting ancient Naboo gods and goddesses.
(SW1, IG1, IWE1, SON)
"Sacret Place - Hidden in the swampy foothills
of Gallo Mountains, the sacret place is a haven of worship for the
Gungans and a sanctuary in times of trouble. Scattered around are
giant statues and a vast, crumbling temple, relics of a long-extinct
race of Naboo inhabitants. The Gungans acknowledge this race as their
planet's elders. Yet archeologists are mystified as to the relevance
of this crumbling remnants: are they giant representations of the
race themselves ore are they massive icons devoted to their gods?"
(Kristin Lund, Inside the Worlds of SW Ep.I, Dorling Kindersley Publishing,
2000)
Gungan Security
this personal security business was founded by Broof
Yurdel in the city of Gadrin, on Cularin, during the years following
the Battle of Naboo. (EOS)
Gunga Park
this was a large, enclosed, natural area found within the city of
Otoh Gunga, on Naboo. (GF)
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