Moappa

The Moappa were one of the intelligent deep-sea species living in the oceans of Mon Calamari. Telepathic, they formed a sentient group intelligence from the nearly mindless individuals. There were millions of these small glowing creatures in the worldwide ocean of Mon Calamari; although individually appearing harmless at first sight, when threatened Moappa could combine into large groups, forming a gigantic group organism to defend themselves. If one Moappa in this group consciousness died, it would be replaced by others.

Jedi Master Kit Fisto fought with a group of Moappa during the first months of the Clone Wars, when they aided the Quarren Isolation League during the Battle of Mon Calamari. Angry at the arrogance of the Mon Calamari in claiming the world as their own, the Moappa aided the Quarren even after Fisto captured the Quarren leadership. After learning of their true nature, Fisto advised the Calamari to find a diplomatic, as opposed to military, solution, and peace was eventually made between the Moappa and the co-inhabitants of their world. Over a century later, under the reign of Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire, the Moappa's home planet was purged of all life. The Galactic Alliance Remnant spearheaded an evacuation of the Moappa and the other species.

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