- "The fabled Faa fish. Its tale is one riven with greed – soaked to the bone with tragedy. There are scant few Faa left, on account of their succulent glands."
- ―Skoova Stev
Faa, also known as faa fish or big-mouth faa,[3] were a species of scalefish native to the planet Naboo. They lived alongside six other scalefish species in the waters around the city Otoh Gunga in Lake Paonga, and could also be found in the Naboo Abyss where they were preyed upon indiscriminately by the large colo claw fish and opee sea killers that dwelt there.[2] Unlike other scalefish species, which were mostly harmless, the faa was a vicious carnivore[4] By 9 BBY,[5] there were only a few faa left on the planet Koboh due to them being harvested for their succulent glands.[3]
Skoova Stev, a fisherman who resided on Koboh, caught a big-mouth faa[3] in 9 BBY[5] and put it in a fish tank at Pyloon's Saloon.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Faa first appeared in the film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[6] They were first identified in the Star Wars Legends video game Star Wars: Episode I The Gungan Frontier.[7] They were confirmed to be canon in the reference book Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know.[2] The species was first identified as big-mouth FAA in the video game Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, which was developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts on April 28, 2023.[8]
Faa, along with fellow scalefish doo, ray, mee, see, laa, tee, appear to be a reference to the real-world musical scale, i.e, "Do, Re, Me, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do."
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (First identified as big-mouth faa)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know (First identified as Faa)
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars: Alien Archive
- Every Creature in the Star Wars Movies | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (content now obsolete; backup link)
- "The Book of Beasts" — Star Wars Insider 228 (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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 in turn take place in 14 BBY per Star Wars: Timelines. As such, Jedi: Survivor must occur in 9 BBY.
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ Star Wars Episode I: The Gungan Frontier
- ↑ Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Is Here! on StarWars.com (April 28, 2023): "Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the sequel to 2019's modern classic Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, has arrived for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC." (backup link)