Opee Sea Killer
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A fictional creature in the Star Wars Universe, The opee, sometimes referred to as an opee sea killer, was a large sea creature of approximately twenty meters in length; a hybrid of crustacean and fish, that inhabited the watery planet core of Naboo.
The opee was a predator often found clinging to rocky outcroppings or hidden in caverns or under ledges awaiting its prey. When forced to move, the opee was perfectly adapted to swim—in its own unusual way—sucking water into its mouth and jet propelling it from pores beneath armored plates at the rear of its body. This unique technique, coupled with three pairs of powerful legs and a pair of pectoral guidance fins, allowed the opee to accelerate quickly underwater. Once in range, the opee would extend its massive adhesive tongue, successfully reeling in its prey to a vicious, gaping maw of multi-rowed teeth. The opee also used the long, antennae-like stalks protruding from above its head as lures to draw prey towards its double rows of fangs.
Opees were known to be mouth breeders, with the male opee carrying fertilized eggs inside its mouth for three months—forcing the male to fast until the young were born. It was not unknown for unhatched opee eggs to be swallowed by Colo Claw Fish, creatures later killed in a grisly manner when the new-born young chewed their way out of the colo's stomach.
During the time of the Blockade of Naboo, an opee sea killer attempted to devour the bongo used by Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Jar Jar Binks to reach the city of Theed. Although the opee successfully caught and damaged the submersible, the creature was attacked and eaten by an even larger underwater predator—the massive sando aqua monster, considered to be the opee's deep-sea rival.
