Spamel

Spamels were blue- or purple-skinned, long-legged riding creatures native to the desert moon of Jedha. The beasts featured a thick neck that carried their wedge-shaped head. Standing up to 4.9 meters tall, spamel mounts were fitted with a saddle and a rope ladder for their rider to reach the back of the beast. The creatures were used as part of a parade held in Jedha City on the eve of the annual Reflection Day festival.

In 9 BBY, Jedi Knight Cal Kestis and his companions, the Nightsister Merrin and the droid BD-1, mounted a spamel to reach the Hidden Path network's secret base on Jedha after Kestis used the Force to tame one of the beasts.

During the Galactic Empire's occupation of Jedha, Imperial sandtroopers mounted spamels to traverse the moon's cold desert landscape and patrol pilgrimage routes to Jedha City. The beasts were also used by the surviving members of Saw Gerrera's rebel Partisans as well as Rebel Alliance members Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker while they were on a mission to locate and help the survivors on Jedha in 1 ABY, following the destruction of Jedha City by the Empire's Death Star battle station.

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