Ginntho

Ginnthos were large non-sentient carnivorous spiders native to the planet Utapau who lived in the world's dark sinkhole caverns. They had the ability to spin durable silk, which they used to trap their prey before consuming it. Ginnthos were domesticated by Pau'ans, sometimes being kept in stables to remove vermin. At some point no earlier than 379 BBY, the Evereni Velya Faer remarked that the Evereni pirate leader Marda Ro was like a ginntho at the center of a web, which Ro mentioned in a message she recorded for her descendants. In 19 BBY, ginnthos in Utapau's capital Pau City were employed in the fight against battle droids belonging to the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
==Biology and appearance==
Ginnthos were large non-sentient spiders from the Outer Rim Territories planet Utapau, who possessed eight legs that enabled them to crawl on vertical surfaces. Their bodies also featured feathery antennae and their average length reached two meters. They had purple-and-black skin with purple markings on their abdomen. Their bodies contained six spinnerets that produced exceptionally strong silk.
==Behavior==
Ginnthos were carnivorous and wrapped their prey in silk for several weeks prior to devouring it. They lived in dark passageways in the sinkhole caverns on Utapau and could be domesticated and trained to produce silk on command or hunt vermin. Ginnthos were associated with webs.
==History==
When the society of the Pau'an natives of Utapau was primitive, ginnthos hunted side by side with them and developed a close bond with the sentients. The creatures eventually ended up sometimes being kept in stables to deal with vermin such as rodents. In 19 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines dates the Battle of Utapau to 19 BBY. there were ginnthos in Utapau's capital Pau City and the arachnids were used to create traps to ensnare battle droids belonging to the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Battle of Utapau.
==Ginnthos in the galaxy==
At some point no earlier than 379 BBY,The segment of "A Closed Fist Has No Claws" depicting a Jedi's death onboard the Gaze Electric takes place around 379 BBY per the reasoning here. Marda Ro met the Faers after the Jedi's death; therefore, she must have met them no earlier than 379 BBY. the Evereni Velya Faer compared Marda Ro—the Evereni founder of a group of pirates who would eventually become the Nihil—to a ginntho at the center of a web while talking about how sheThe High Republic: Temptation of the Force was different from other Evereni due to surrounding herself by beings. Ro later mentioned this comparison in a message she recorded for her descendants while recounting her conversation with Faer. By 252 BBY,"The Lie" chapter in The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 1, which includes Shalla Ro's death, features Asgar Ro's ascension to Eye of the Nihil, an event dated to 252 BBY by Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia. As The High Republic: Temptation of the Force establishes she introduced Marchion Ro to Marda Ro's journal, he must have listened to it by that year. during his youth, Ro's great-great-grandson Marchion Ro had listened to her journal, including the message where ginnthos were mentioned.
==Behind the scenes==
Ginnthos first appeared in the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, which was released on May 19, 2005.Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition In the current Star Wars canon, they were first identified in the thirtieth issue of the De Agostini Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine released around July 29, 2015. The name originates in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was introduced in the 2006 reference book Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary.Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
The Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know reference bookStar Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know released on September 4, 2015 describes them as large spiders, as does its updated and expanded edition, published on October 1, 2017. Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia—a reference book released on April 4, 2017 —also labels ginnthos spiders but includes them in a section labeled "arachnid-like." "Visiting Utapau" and the "Guide to the Galaxy: Wildlife of Utapau" article in the fortieth issue of Build the Millennium Falcon released around October 7, 2015 state that their classification is arachnid, with "Wildlife of Utapau" also describing them as spiderlike. As the classification provided by Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded is the most consistent one, this article treats it as the correct one.
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==Sources==
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*Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
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*Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
*Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
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==Notes and references==
Category:Arachnids
Category:Carnivorous creatures
Category:Creatures of Utapau
Category:Non-sentient species