Neebray

This article is about the creature. You may be looking for the starship Neebray Manta.

"That one looks hungry!"
"Nah, he's just smiling at you."

―Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker, dodging neebray in the Kaliida Nebula^[2]

Neebray were flying, limbless creatures which varied greatly in size and habitat. They could be found on many worlds, such as Rugosa, Rishi moon, and Tatooine (where they sometimes circled over Jabba's Palace), and even in space, notably in the Kaliida Nebula along the Balmorra Run.^[1]

Characteristics[]

Neebray manta — Giant neebray mantas in the Kaliida Nebula

On the moon Rugosa, tiny baby neebray flew among the coral forests of the moon's long-dried-up ocean beds as a stop along their interstellar voyage.^[4] A moderately large variety had translucent wings, and could be found on a Rishi moon. The gigantic neebray manta lived in the vacuum of space, feeding on stellar gases. They used the Kaliida Nebula as nesting grounds. They also used Veil Nebula as feeding ground,^[6] feeding on its stellar gases.^[7]

History[]

During the Clone Wars, Shadow Squadron encountered a flock of neebray mantas while navigating the Balmorra Run on their way through the Kaliida Nebula. A brush with one caused one of Matchstick's engine stabilizers to give out. This crippling would cause Matchstick and Tag's deaths during the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula. A brush with another neebray caused another pilot's astromech droid's dome to be knocked off, destroying it.^[4]

Tofen Vane and his raiders hid their base in the Veil Nebula. When the Republic attacked the base, Vane and his raiders used a transmission to make the neebray attack the Republic ships.^[6]