Roggwart

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"ROOOAAARRR! *grunt*"
―A roggwart roar — 20?cb=20250116042720 ▶️ (file info)[2]

Roggwarts were large, predatory beasts with curved horns, long tails, and thick skin from the planet Mustafar, Vendaxa, and Guiteica. During the Clone Wars, General Grievous kept a roggwart named "Gor" as a pet.

Biology and appearance

Roggwarts are large,[2] predatory, semi-sentient beasts, standing 4 meters tall and weighing a quarter-tonne,[7] with massive, vicious,[2] flesh-tearing fangs[8] and twin horns that curve forwards from the top of their head,[2] and can lure in prey with their sticky projectile tongue.[7] They had powerful leg muscles,[8] and a lengthy tail ends with three prehensile graspers used to impale or seize a foe, while their robust muscular bodies can withstand blaster shots,[2] lava,[3] and even certain lightsaber wounds. The creature also had long claws on their hands and feet.[2]

Roggwarts were favorite pets of the Kaleesh warriors.[5]

Behavior

The creatures have an aggressive nature, and only those taken from the most young of age are able to be trained as pets or guardians.[7]

History

"Give a warm Nar Shaddaa welcome to the last of his kind.... Kongo the Disemboweler!"
―The announcer in the match between Kongo, a roggwart, and Luke Skywalker[3]

Roggwarts were native to the Outer Rim planet[9] Mustafar,[4] Vendaxa,[6] and Wild Space[10] planet Guiteica.[6] At some point, the roggwarts was taken as trophies by the warlords of Kaleesh[7] from their battles with the Bitthævrian homeworld of Guiteica.[6] During the Clone Wars, General Grievous kept a pet roggwart named Gor[2] as a guard[8] in his castle on the third moon of Vassek. Gor was roughly the size of a rancor and had been enhanced by EV-A4-D with cybernetics[2] including mechanical arms attached to the creature's back.[8] Gor was released to attack the Nautolan Jedi Master Kit Fisto, the Mon Calamari Jedi Knight Nahdar Vebb, and Clone Commander Fil. Though Fil was slain after Gor grabbed him with his tail and slammed him into the ground, the roggwart proved to be no match for Master Fisto, who used his lightsaber to kill the beast.[2]

On Nar Shaddaa, Grakkus the Hutt ran arena fighting at his palace that, sometime after the Battle of Yavin, featured Kongo the Disembowler, who was advertised as the last of his kind.[3]

Crokind Shand of Kanjiklub used a heavy bore rifle with a reinforced-galven circuit barrel and a roggwart bone rifle butt.[11]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ Star Wars Helmet Collection: Commander Neyo Databank A-Z: Admiral Kilian–Kowakian
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Lair of Grievous"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars (2015) 11
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 53 Droid Directory: Cyborgs, Part 2
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 StarWars.com Monsters of The Clone Wars: A Season One Bestiary on StarWars.com (backup link)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 65 Guide to the Galaxy: Visiting Vassek 3 (German version)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 65 Guide to the Galaxy: Visiting Vassek 3
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
  9. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Mustafar in the Databank (backup link)
  10. ↑ 2024 Topps Star Wars Hyperspace Card: Roggwarts – Mustafar
  11. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary