Militiagung

Militiagungs were soldier Gungans that had joined and been trained in Gungan Grand Army. Militiagungs were loyal to the Gungan Boss and were willing to die serving their leader. Militiagungs' weapons often were usually booma-launching atlatls and a personal energy shield.

Militiagungs had existed for an unknown number of year before 3000 BBY, when the War of the Gungan tribes took place. Many of the individual tribes were training militiagungs to fight the other tribes. Eventually Boss Gallo rose up and defeated Boss Rogoe, the warlord responsible for the war, using an army built up of militiagungs and other Gungan military forces. The Gungan Grand Army was formed afterward.

The Gungan Grand Army did not see very much warfare until 32 BBY, when Naboo was invaded by the Trade Federation. Many militiagungs were called to arms for the Battle of Grassy Plains, where the army engaged the Trade Federation and would have been defeated if it weren't for the intervention of Anakin Skywalker, who destroyed the Droid Control Ship, disabling all of the battle droids on Naboo.

During the Clone Wars, a large group of militiagungs journeyed off-world to Mon Calamari to assist the Mon Calamari in a battle against the Confederacy of Independent Systems led by Riff Tamson. In the first confrontation many Gungans were killed and the survivors were placed in prison camps. Eventually Prince Lee-Char of Mon Calamari led a revolt against Tamson, with the militiagungs' help, and defeated the Separatist forces on the planet.

At some point during the Clone Wars the Gungan race nearly invaded Theed after Boss Lyonie was placed under hypnosis by Separatist spy Rish Loo. The trickery was realized by Anakin Skywalker, now a Jedi Knight, who along with Jar Jar Binks tricked the Separatist forces planning Theed's invasion into believing the Gungans were still allied with them long enough to capture the army's leader, General Grievous, which cost the lives of several militiagungs including General Roos Tarpals.

Militiagungs were still used by Gungans at the time of the Galactic Civil War.

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