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this strange form of invertebrate was native to the oceans of the planet Mon Calamari, and was believed to have existed on the planet before the Mon Calamari and the Quarren civilizations were firs formed. As individuals, the pink, bell-shaped creatures were essentially primitive, mindless blobs of jelly. However, when large groups united to form colonies, the intelligence of each individual was united to form a fully sentient entity. This community sentience was even capable of telepathic communication. For many millennia, the moappa were perfectly content to appear as primitive invertebrates, until the Clone Wars broken out across the galaxy. When the Mon Calamari tried to decide the loyalty of the entire planet, the moappa became angry and decided to ally themselves with the Separatists. They used their telepathic abilities to relay the orders of remote Separatist generals to the Quarren who were fighting against the Mon Cals, in an effort to bring all the sentient beings on Mon Calamari together. When Jedi Master Kit Fitso discovered the abilities of the moappa, he forced the Mon Calamari leaders to drop their pretenses of superiority and aloofness, and begin working with the Quarren and the moappa to save the planet and its oceans together.