Unidentified Dianoga

This Dianoga was a vicious creature that lived inside Garbage Compactor 3263827 aboard the Death Star.
==Description==
Like most dianoga, it was a carnivorous non-sentient creature that would eat anything it could find, but it would be quick to flee when presented with danger.
==History==
At unknown point prior to 1 BBY, this dianoga was known to have boarded the first Death Star. The dianoga made its home in the murky, polluted water of one of the space station's many garbage compactors, where it would spend the rest of its days eating the refuse of the Death Star's occupants.
In 0 BBY, the creature's "nest" would be unintentionally infiltrated by a small party consisting of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Leia Organa who were trying to escape from the Death Star. Skywalker glimpsed a thick, serpentlike body twist through the muck, though Solo dismissed him. Upon seeing them, the dianoga's eye quickly surveyed the four figures who appeared to be a tasty alternative to garbage. But the group proved persistent after dianoga attacked Skywalker, who was yanked under the muck. A membraned tentacle was wrapped around Luke's head, and the young farmboy thrashed and struggled against the creature's hold. Even after Han firing at the creature, the creature held Luke tight and pulled him under again. Luckily for them, the creature let go of Skywalker and disappeared, as it was scared away when the compactor walls activated. The dianoga itself had managed to burrow itself into the wall, and so was relatively safe inside the compactor.
However the creature's survival against the invaders would be short-lived, as soon after the incident, the dianoga was destroyed along with the rest of the Death Star by the very same young farmboy it had tried to drown.
==Behind the scenes==
This creature, first appeared in the original 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, the first installment of the Star Wars original trilogy.
In George Lucas' revised fourth draft of A New Hope, the Dianoga, was referred as "Dia Nogu". In the finished version of film, Lucas was reportedly less than impressed with the delivered Dianoga effect, having envisioned something bigger and more ominous.
Despite its brief appearance in the film, this Dianoga would continue to make regular appearances in future Star Wars media and merchandise in the many years that would follow. In Kenner Products' 1978 Death Star playset, the Dianoga was first identified as the "Death Star Trash Monster". 
==Appearances==
*Death Star 
*Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice
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*Star Wars: A New Hope novelization 
*Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope junior novelization
*Super Star Wars 
*Star Wars (1977) 4 
*Escape from the Death Star
===Non-canon appearances===
*Star Wars video game (1987)
*Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventure: A New Hope
*LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy 
*LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga 
*Club Penguin Star Wars Takeover
*Star Wars: Tiny Death Star
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==Notes and references==
Category:Dianoga
Category:Individuals of unspecified gender