Dragonsnake

Living in the murky waters of swamp-covered planets such as Dagobah and Nal Hutta, the dragonsnakes were large serpentlike beasts with sharp fangs. Although voracious, they were incapable of digesting metal.

Dragonsnakes were predatory animals, living off the flesh of other creatures. When hunting, they hid under the muddy water and amongst gnarltree roots, waiting for their next meal to come close enough. After snatching its prey, a dragonsnake would then dive back under the water. They were amongst the most fearsome reptiles and were considered untameable.

At some point during the pan-galactic conflict known as the Clone Wars, the Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Quinlan Vos attempted to track down Ziro the Hutt on Nal Hutta. During the mission, Kenobi was attacked by a local dragonsnake. The creature was killed when the Jedi Master thrust his ignited lightsaber in the dragonsnake's head.

In the year 20 BBY, a dragonsnake head was kept as a trophy on a Ubrikkian Floating Fortess by Trandoshan hunters on the moon of Wasskah.

In 3 ABY, the aspiring Jedi Luke Skywalker accidentally landed his X-wing starfighter in the middle of watery peat bog on Dagobah. A dragonsnake that hid there snatched Skywalker's astromech droid R2-D2, which it attempted to eat. However, the dragonsnake found R2 indigestable and spit him out.

The reptilian creature first appeared in the 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. However, it was first identified as "Dragonsnake" in an episode guide for "Hunt for Ziro" from the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Dragonsnakes were originally going to make an appearance in the Star Wars video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order on Dagobah, but it never made it into the final cut.

• "The Dragonsnake Saves R2-D2" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
• The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga