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A Gamorrean is a large pig-like creature from the fictional Star Wars series. The creatures are of little intelligence and are often hired as guards, mostly by Jabba the Hutt, who was fond of hiring them because they were so inexpensive. On their home planet, Gamorreans exist in a sort of tribal political system dominated by the female sows.
Physical Characteristics
Physically, Gamorreans appear in Return of the Jedi as greenish, slimy (and apparently smelly) pig-like creatures.
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A Gamorrean is a large pig-like creature from the fictional Star Wars series. The creatures are of little intelligence and are often hired as guards, mostly by Jabba the Hutt, who was fond of hiring them because they were so inexpensive. On their home planet, Gamorreans exist in a sort of tribal political system dominated by the female sows.
Physical Characteristics
Physically, Gamorreans appear in Return of the Jedi as greenish, slimy (and apparently smelly) pig-like creatures. They are about 1.8 meters tall and weigh about 100 kilograms. Underneath their pig-like snouts, protruding from jowled cheeks are yellowed tusks. These complement the small, yellow horns the Gamorreans have growing from the top of their heads. Jabba the Hutt was known to use dim-witted Gamorreans as enforcers and bodyguards. They can be best described closest to pigs with their mouths and grunting kind of language. They are stocky and muscular, making them excellent melee/hand to hand fighters. They wear little clothing, consisting usually of a loincloth and primitive armor. Because of their physical characteristics and low intelligence, Gamorreans away from their home planet are usually employed as mercenary fighters, guards, or heavy laborers. One notable exception to this was the Wraith Squadron pilot Voort "Piggy" saBinring, who was biochemically altered by the Binring Corporation to bring his attention span and intelligence to exceed normal human levels.
List of Gamorrean Guards
- Tront
- Xob
- Ortugg
- Gartogg
- Ghana Gleemort
- Jubnuk
- Rogua
- Thok
- Thug
- Warlug
Most do not like to use blasters, instead preferring to use hand-to-hand weapons such as clubs and axes and are quite fond of vibro-blades and vibro-axes.
Popular culture
In recent years, Howard Stern has referred frequently to "Gamorrean Guard", a person interviewed by Gary Garver at a Star Wars convention.
External links
- in the Star Wars Databank.
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