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- "Bring them, the leader will know."
- ―A Balnab referring to C-3PO and R2-D2
The Balnab were the inhabitants of the planet Balnab.
History
The Balnab were made up of members of a tentacled faced species[3] who survived after their starship,[2] a Gozanti-class cruiser,[4] crashed in the canyons on the planet Balnab,[3] in the relatively recent past[2] compared to the times of the Clone Wars.[3] The surviving crew became the lone intelligence on the primeval world, thougth intelligence was a relative term.[2] The Balnab denizens were hoodwinked into cowing before the towering holographic form of Albee Dewaw,[3] the iron-fisted dictator of Balnab.[2]
By the time of the Clone Wars, they had inhabited a region on the planet, used Tee-muss as mounts and hunted local Hestens.[3] In 20 BBY,[5] during one hunting trip, they came across the droids C-3PO and R2-D2. They brought the droids to their residence, however their leader became furious and killed one of the Balnab. After R2-D2 found that Pit Droids were controlling a holographic Dewaw,[3] the enraged[4] Balnab attacked and destroyed the droids' control room, creating a large explosion that possibly engulfed the inhabitants.[3]
Appearances
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Nomad Droids" (First appearance)
Sources
- "Nomad Droids" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete) (First identified as Balnab)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.27 (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Magazine 9 (Picture only)
- "Arc by Arc: Inside Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Four" — Star Wars Insider 136
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.40 (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Magazine 15 (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic 6.41
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Magazine 16
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Episode Guide
- Balnab in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
- "Nomad Droids" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 75 SEE 13-16: C-3PO
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Nomad Droids"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
Balnab in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Nomad Droids"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Nomad Droids" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars Chronological Episode Order on StarWars.com (backup link) places "Nomad Droids" between "Shadow Warrior" and "Darkness on Umbara", which are both dated to 20 BBY by The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 75 20 BBY 23-24: The Capture of Grievous and The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 53 20 BBY 25-28: Battle of Umbara respectively.