Glurrg Glurrgs were a species of non - sentient , bipedal creatures that were employed as workers for the Gungan civilization of the planet Naboo . Although glurrgs typically did not communicate in Galactic Basic Standard , they were skilled in a variety of areas , including farming , construction , fishing , hunting , and mining ores and nova crystals for use in building and maintaining Gungan settlements . Besides being capable of harvesting carbon from trees for conversion into duraplast at carbon processing center s , glurrgs were efficient laborers who compared favorably with the labor droids used by contemporaneous civilizations . Glurrgs were a pivotal part of Gungan society since at least 3000 BBY . During the War of the Gungan tribes , the creatures were used as laborers by all of the Gungan tribal factions involved in the conflict . Glurrgs continued to contribute valuable labor to Gungan society up to and during the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY by the Trade Federation cartel . Glurrgs helped construct a monument at the recapture of Spinnaker to rally Gungan forces against the invading Trade Federation Droid Army and assisted in the liberation of Harte Secur , which drew battle droid forces away from Naboo ' s capital city of Theed in a diversionary assault . Biology and appearance . Glurrgs were a tan - skinned , bipedal species that generally stood shorter than 1 . 9 meters , the average height of their sentient masters , the aquatic humanoid Gungan species . Their upper pair of appendages did not end in defined limbs with individual digits , but instead resembled fins or flippers . Despite this , they could still handle machinery and farm implements without the need of fingers or opposable thumbs . They could swim , even in deep waters , and were proficient at fishing . Glurrgs possessed two eyes , which protruded above their heads on stalks . Glurrgs stood and walked in a hunched - over stance , propping their arms against their legs when idle . Glurrgs had slender thighs , but their lower legs were bulkier , with broad , oblong feet . Other characteristic features of glurrgs were a rounded , squat body , thin forelimbs , and a large mouth . They were also known for having frail constitutions . Glurrgs were non - sentient , although they were capable workers that could use a variety of implements to perform their tasks . Behavior and intelligence . Glurrgs were native to the planet Naboo , where they played a key role in Gungan society . Their labor skills meant that they were used to construct and gather resources for many Gungan settlements . Large amounts of technology or resources were not required to sustain the glurrg population at a given settlement ; they required merely food to eat and sufficient shelter in which to live . Glurrgs were adept in a wide range of skills , including hunting creatures such as shaaks , fishing , repairing Gungan war machinery and buildings , farming , foraging for muja fruit , harvesting carbon from trees and mineral deposits for conversion into duraplast at carbon processing center s , and mining for ore and nova crystals . Being versatile laborers , glurrgs were skilled enough to swiftly change between their various tasks upon command . When hunting , unlike Gungan warriors , glurrgs used small blasters rather than booma - based or similar weaponry , although they did not use such weapons in self - defense . Glurrgs could construct any building required by the Gungans , whether they were simple prefab shelter s , sizable fortresses , or command center s . Despite their relatively basic role in Gungan society , glurrgs were able to use technology such as beamdrill s and heavy carbon extractor s , and to learn the blueprints of increasingly more sophisticated buildings over time . As such , their efforts were invaluable to the Gungan military arm , the Gungan Grand Army , particularly when constructing a new base or outpost . Without glurrgs , the Gungans would have been hard - pressed to collect enough resources from the surrounding environment to maintain a war effort and construct additional structures . Glurrgs were not used for construction of Gungan underwater settlements ; Gungans instead preferred to use utility trawler vehicles for the creation of buildings beneath the surface of Naboo ' s oceans . Furthermore , glurrgs were not well suited to combat — their relatively frail constitution and lack of armor and self - defense abilities limited them to attacking a target with their bare fins . Glurrgs communicated audibly through chirps , whistles , and grunts , but they could not speak Galactic Basic Standard or the Gunganese dialect of Basic . History . Glurrgs were domesticated by the Gungans by the year 3000 BBY , over two millennia prior to the Invasion of Naboo . One settlement that employed glurrgs as the primary source of labor in 3000 BBY was Otoh Sancture , a city governed by the Gungan Boss Gallo . When the village was destroyed by carnivorous bursa creatures incited by Gallo ' s rival , Boss Rogoe , Gallo was left stranded in the woods , lacking resources save for five nerfs that he had captured . Gallo traded the nerfs to a local leader named Marsune in exchange for worker glurrgs , then tasked the creatures with the construction of a new outpost and the harvest of materials needed for the army that he would later use to retake Otoh Sancture . Glurrgs remained a valuable source of labor for Gungan factions throughout the conflict denoted as the War of the Gungan tribes . They were used by both Gallo and Rogoe during the conflict ' s Battle of Spearhead for constructing buildings and harvesting resources , as well as by the neutral Bongomeken Collective manufacturing group , which later provided seagoing bongo vessels to Gallo . Gallo ultimately prevailed over Rogoe . The ubiquitous glurrg remained in use by Gungans for at least the next three thousand years . When the galactic cartel known as the Trade Federation invaded Naboo in 32 BBY with its Droid Army , glurrgs were still employed for construction and collection , much as they had been at the rise of Gungan civilization . Boss Rugor Nass , the leader of the Gungans of the settlement Otoh Gunga at the time , used a group of glurrg workers in his attack on the Federation - occupied city of Spinnaker . In this assault , the glurrgs not only provided the resources to keep Nass ' s army fighting against the Trade Federation , but they also constructed a Gungan Temple monument on the ruins of a Neimoidian Throne , a Trade Federation monument that the Gungan Grand Army destroyed in a bid to rally more Gungans to Nass ' s aid . In the events leading up to the conflict ' s Battle of Grassy Plains , glurrgs were employed in the liberation of another key occupied town , Harte Secur , as well as the freeing of fambaa beasts confined nearby . As Nass amassed a Gungan army with which to attack the town , glurrgs provided resources such as ore , carbon , food , and nova crystals for the war effort , which was aimed at drawing the Trade Federation ' s battle droid army away from the Naboo capital city of Theed . Behind the scenes . Glurrgs only appear in the 2001 video game " " , in which they fulfill the worker role for the Gungan civilization , with similar behavior as that of Imperial ASP - 7 labor droid s or Royal House of Naboo PKN - 49 worker droid s . Unlike the majority of these civilizations , aside from the Wookiees , Gungan glurrgs are biological in nature rather than droid - based . The release of " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " in 2008 confirms that they are non - sentient . Glurrgs resemble concept art provided for Gungans on the StarWars . com Databank , as drawn by Terryl Whitlatch . The same concept art was later used in 2012 as the basis for the Zilkin character Meebur Gascon , who made his first appearance in " Secret Weapons , " an episode of the of the .