Unidentified wampa

In 3 ABY, a male wampa lived with a clan in a cave system that became Echo Base. The establishment of Echo Base threw out the clan while the wampa was out hunting, forcing the wampa to relocate to another cave on his own. The wampa attacked Luke Skywalker and his tauntaun shortly before the Battle of Hoth, killing the tauntaun and dragging the unconscious Skywalker into its cave. As the wampa devoured tauntaun meat, Skywalker was eventually able to regain consciousness and free himself using his lightsaber, slicing off the wampa's right arm just before it could strike him. The wampa eventually recovered enough strength to venture out of its cave once more. After deciding he was strong enough, the wampa returned to the valley of Echo Base, where he found the caverns abandoned in the wake of the Battle of Hoth. The wampa thus reclaimed his home and was filled with a hope that his clan would be reunited.

An image of the wampa was later included in "Species From A to Z," a survival compendium sent out by Carson Teva during the New Republic Era, which mentioned Skywalker's encounter with it.

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