Glottsamcrab

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For other uses, see crab.

"Dangerous spot to catch a fish."
"Nay: dangerous fish to catch a… spot!"
"Sure…"
"Aye, that one slipped the line – but sarcasm is weak bait! Besides, I've gathered ma focus for ma quarry: the fearsome glottsamcrab."
―Cal Kestis and Skoova Stev[1]

Glottsamcrabs were a type of solitary mollusc that lived in the mired swamps of the planet Koboh, using whatever they could make a makeshift shell from as a home. In 9 BBY, the fisherman Skoova Stev caught a glottsamcrab in Koboh's Viscid Bog for the aquarium at Pyloon's Saloon.

Biology and appearance

"One of my old crew – a mate on the Grapnel – once tried tae pluck a crab from the sea-foam, when suddenly… Wham! Overboard she went."
―Skoova Stev[1]

Despite their name, glottsamcrabs were a type of mollusc that lived a solitary lifestyle in the mired swamps of the planet Koboh, a habitat where most fish failed to adapt and survive. The molluscs had blue carapace with four red-tipped legs and two red-tipped claws. Their black eyes were on raised stalks with spiked protrusions at the tip. Glottsamcrabs made a home of whatever they could use as a makeshift shell, including discarded items, broken machinery, and the shells of other, long-dead molluscs.[1]

History

"Where was I? Aye – she flopped overboard like a quellfish wriggling out of a tin! The crab yanked her in by the nostril! Sometimes, ye have to strike first, no?"
―Skoova Stev[1]

During the fisher Skoova Stev's time serving aboard fishing vessel known as the Grapnel, he witnessed a crewmate try and catch a glottsamcrab amongst seafoam. However, the mollusc hooked the crewmate by her nostril and pulled her overboard into the water.[1]

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In 9 BBY,[2] the fisherman Skoova Stev caught a glottsamcrab that was using the head of a B1-series battle droid as a shell in the Viscid Bog on Koboh as the Jedi Knight Cal Kestis watched. Stev then told Kestis about his crewmate's encounter with a glottsamcrab. The fisher later added the mollusc to the aquarium of Pyloon's Saloon.[1]

Assumption ends here.

Behind the scenes

A glottsamcrab appeared in the 2023 Respawn Entertainment video game, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.[1]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  2. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on StarWars.com (backup link) dates Star Wars Jedi: Survivor to five years after the events of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, which equates to 9 BBY per Star Wars: Timelines.
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