Oasis mother The oasis mother was a species of sentient , predatory plant that was native to the desert - covered world of Endregaad . Oasis mothers lived atop small pools of water . Their bodies consisted of a series of intertwined vines that formed a trunk with over - hanging branches . From the limbs hung sacks that contained immature oasis children , juvenile forms of the plant . Oasis children were mobile and bipedal in form , and their main role was to hunt living animals to feed to their mother . Though sentient , oasis mothers had very different thought patterns from other intelligent species and were completely amoral , caring only about their own well - being . During the time of the New Republic , a band of oasis children attacked a caravan of travelers that that was passing through the wildernesses of Endregaad en route to the planet ' s Temple Valley region . Biology and appearance . The oasis mother was a self - aware species of plant that was native to the desert - covered planet Endregaad in the Indrexu sector of the Outer Rim Territories . Ranging from fifteen to twenty meters high in their adult form , oasis mothers resembled large trees . They lived atop small pools of water , with a body that consisted of a mass of interwoven , tough fibrous vines that made up the trunk of the plant and extended into the water below . Over - hanging branches extended from the trunk and supported hanging gold - colored , fibrous bloodsacks almost the size of a small child . These sacks , which resembled large fruits , contained immature oasis children , the mobile , juvenile form of the plant , which took a week for the mother to grow . Sprouting from the main body were a number of shorter , flexible tendrils with sharp ends , which were used to feed on prey ; the vines could lash out at targets up to four meters from the trunk . At the heart of the oasis mother , beneath the vines that formed the plant ' s trunk , was a fungal growth that acted as the plant ' s brain . Oasis mothers were semi - immobile , being able to move very slowly and only at night . Through scent and an acute sense of hearing , oasis mothers could detect other beings and objects that were up to fifty meters away from them . Though they were omnivorous , oasis mothers were predatory and fed primarily on wild animals . Oasis children hunted living prey on behalf of their mother and dumped the bodies into the water pool on which the mother dwelled . The oasis mother then surrounded each body with vines , and the plant ' s sharp - ended tendrils pierced the cadaver and drained it of blood and other bodily fluids . The remaining husk was then swallowed by the vines and turned into mulch to aid the mother ' s growth . The juvenile " oasis children " were essentially mobile portions of the mother that bore them . The children were bipedal and stood at 1 . 2 meters in height , resembling headless apes . Their bodies were made of fibrous materials and covered in spiky extrusions , and they were colored to blend in with the desert wilderness in which they lived . They had long , powerful arms , which were tipped with poisoned claws that were used to incapacitate prey and drag it back to be fed to their mother . The oasis children had little cognitive function and were barely intelligent , but they were telepathically linked to their mother and could receive and understand basic commands . The children could keep in contact with their progenitor over distances of up to 25 kilometers ; oasis mothers could not communicate with oasis children that were born to another mother . Oasis children did not eat , and they only lived for a few weeks . Society and culture . While they were sentient , oasis mothers had very different thought processes from other intelligent beings , and they lacked any form of native spoken or written language . Oasis mothers were completely amoral , with no sense of right and wrong , and they cared only about their own survival and safety . The mothers always hungered for food and sent their children large distances in search of nourishment . Oasis children were nocturnal . They were devoted completely to their task of providing food for their mother . The children hunted in packs and through their telepathic connection to their mother , they could communicate with each other to convey the presence and location of food or potential threats to the mother . When they detected prey , oasis children set up an ambush and they normally pounced at dawn or dusk . If an oasis mother sensed that something was coming to attack her , she immediately summoned back all her oasis children from their hunting missions to defend her . History . The oasis mothers were unknown to the other sentient inhabitants of Endregaad , but the creatures occasionally preyed upon passing travelers ; indeed , folk tales persisted among the Endregaad population of monsters that lived in the deserts . In 19 ABY , during the reign of the New Republic , a caravan of travelers led by the merchant Simol Toc passed through the hunting grounds of an oasis mother while en route to the Temple Valley region . They established an encampment , and during the night , a band of oasis children apprehended the guard Rondo and dragged him away to feed him to their mother . The following evening , the oasis children returned and staged another attack on the caravan ' s guards . Behind the scenes . The oasis mothers first featured in the 2002 Wizards of the Coast roleplaying adventure " Tempest Feud " , by Jeff Grubb and Owen K . C . Stephens , which also featured a visual depiction of the species in an image by the artist Adi Granov . The plants were subsequently given an entry in the StarWars . com Databank in November 2008 and later that year , they became the subject of an entry in the compendium " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . In " Tempest Feud " , the player characters role - played as a group of agents who were journeying to the Temple Valley on an assignment , and they could interact with oasis children and an oasis mother en route . If the players were traveling as part of Simol Toc ' s caravan , they could follow the tracks of the oasis children that abducted Rondo back to the oasis mother , and another group of children ambushed the players when they got within one kilometer of the mother . Alternately , if the players were traveling alone , oasis children would attack their camp for every night that they stayed within the children ' s hunting grounds . The players could also confront and kill the oasis mother that was directing the children . In 2012 , " Scourge " — a novelization of " Tempest Feud " written by Jeff Grubb — was published and established the canon series of events for the role - playing adventure , depicting the characters Eddey Be ' ray , Reen Irana and Mander Zuma in the place of the " Tempest Feud " player characters . However , the novel made no mention of the oasis mother or the oasis children , and it had Be ' ray , Irana and Zuma travel directly to the Temple Valley aboard a skiff , rather than spending a night camping in the oasis mother ' s territory . As it is unclear whether or not the " Tempest Feud " player characters ' encounter with the plants happens " off - scene " during the events of " Scourge " , this article therefore assumes that the players ' interactions with the oasis children and oasis mother are non - canon .