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Zoology: Panna monster

Panna monster

Natural Range:
Moon of Panna: mud oceans.
Niche:
carnivore?

This large bloody-red horned monster dwells in the mud oceans of one of the moons of the Panna system, where Luke Skywalker met Boba Fett for the first time. This ferocious beast attempted to chew off sections of Skywalker's crashed Y-Wing starfigher until it was scared away by Boba Fett. The monster has the forward-facing eye-placement suitable for binocular vision, which is valuable for predators. Its diamond-shaped body tapers into a long thin neck and a short tail. Four flipper-like limbs propel the monster through the gelatinous mud. A dorsal row of jagged spiney plates runs along the spine and three sharp horns sprout from the back of the head. These may be weapons for killing prey or social fighting with other members of the same species (like antlers of deer or horns of rhinos). The creature seemed unaffected when Skywalker blasted it in the mount, it experienced excruciating pain when Fett zapped it with a distinctive two-pronged electric shock gun.

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The monster looms over Skywalker's Y-Wing, chewing on components which it bites off.

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Underbelly and limbs of the monster, revealled as it dives under the mud in pain.


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