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Title: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Jediknight760071 on June 8, 2005, 02:10 AM
See these clones on the right...what is it that they are riding on? I never heard of any creature such as this.

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y66/Ezatam/clonec3.jpg)

If anyone can identify this creature, many thanks in advance.
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Darth Broem on June 8, 2005, 08:26 AM
I know I wish that thing was more...um...viewable in the film.  I think someone had a pic of it from the ROTS visual dictionary with the name and all that good stuff?  I might be confusing info though in my head.  I would actually buy a toy based off of that.  I doubt that will ever happen.  It reminds me of the Sandtroopers riding Dewbacks in ANH. 
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Nathan on June 8, 2005, 04:57 PM
I imagine it's native to Felucia, which is why we haven't seen it previously.
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Matt_Fury on June 8, 2005, 07:34 PM
There's a great picture of that clone and his mount in the ROTS movie program.  Alas, there is no description of the creature, it looks like a giant slug.
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Nicklab on June 9, 2005, 07:10 PM
Felucia seems to be chock full of easter eggs.  You've got Clone Troopers riding anything that will move, in fact.  There's AT-TE's, AT-AP's, walker transports, Swamp Speeders and now yes, slugs.  :P
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Ner_vod on August 7, 2005, 08:19 PM
In the starwars databank it says its called the Felucia ground beetle or a gelagrub. It also says its in its larvae form in that pic.
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: CHEWIE on August 16, 2005, 10:05 PM
There's so much of Felucia that I wish we'd seen more of.  Here's a good pic of the Gelagrub -

(http://www.starwars.com/databank/creature/feluciagroundbeetle/img/eu_bg.jpg)

 :P
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Jesse James on August 17, 2005, 02:25 AM
That's definitely a beast assortment figure I'd have on my want list.  Small, pretty neat looking.  So long as they AT LEAST used the TE Gunner's body for the figure riding him and not a static posed rider, that'd rock.

Cool planet...  One of the better additions to the SW universe I think just for its surreal looking landscape.  It departs from some of the "earthly" looking planets seen across the Saga.  I liked that aspect of Felucia.  Those freakish slugs just add to it. :)
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: JoshEEE on August 23, 2005, 03:58 PM
You know, I can understand why the troops on Tatooine wanted to jump onto a Dewback. After all, it's a big, tough mount, and probably intimidates the heck out of passers-by.

But why some Clone Trooper would jump on a Slug, I have no idea.  Unless it was like that racing snail from "The Neverending Story" it would be a lot slower than you could walk.  Plus, it's probably really gooey.  ;D
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Darth Slothus on August 24, 2005, 02:44 AM
Was this the creatures that Obi and Ani used for a diversion battling the separatist droids in 'Labrynth' ???
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Darth Broem on August 24, 2005, 10:22 PM
You know, I can understand why the troops on Tatooine wanted to jump onto a Dewback. After all, it's a big, tough mount, and probably intimidates the heck out of passers-by.

But why some Clone Trooper would jump on a Slug, I have no idea.  Unless it was like that racing snail from "The Neverending Story" it would be a lot slower than you could walk.  Plus, it's probably really gooey.  ;D

LOL!  Good point. 
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Darth Slothus on August 25, 2005, 12:57 AM
I think Hasbro DOES have an idea why a trooper would do that. Just look at the Dewback Ass-slimed sandtrooper in the evolutions set. Looks like beer ***** TP- he doesn't appear to mind!?
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Mister Skeezler on August 30, 2005, 05:24 PM
Looks like some sort of decapede. My guess is that 10 legs means it can move pretty fast.
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Reid on September 17, 2005, 12:09 PM
There's so much of Felucia that I wish we'd seen more of.  Here's a good pic of the Gelagrub -

(http://www.starwars.com/databank/creature/feluciagroundbeetle/img/eu_bg.jpg)

 :P

This MUST be made in the beast assortment in '06.
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Dressel Rebel on September 29, 2005, 12:41 PM
There's a few paragraphs about the life, biology, and physiology of these things on page 50 of the new Insider with Bly/Gree on the cover.
Title: Re: What the hell are they riding?
Post by: Jesse James on September 30, 2005, 12:36 AM
My favorite thing about Bly and Fellucia's nature was that concept of the "blob" that ate the Clonetrooper and spit out all the non-organic stuff like the armor and rifle.

If that thing had gotten into the movie I would've demanded a blob figure that utilized the infamous carpet-ruining slime stuff you could dump your Clones into.  I love that thing even as a drawing.