Species: Ginntho
Planet of Origin: Utapau
DEXTERITY 3D+1
PERCEPTION 4D
STRENGTH 3D+2
Special Abilities:
Poisonous Bite: A Ginntho bite inflicts STR+1D damage; its saliva inflicts an additional 3D stun damage.
Webs: Durable and sticky, Ginntho spun these webs to build their homes and trap prey.
Move: 8
Size: 2m
Orneriness: 3D
Background: Ginnthos were large, non-sentient, carnivorous spiders native to the planet Utapau, which lived in the world’s dark, sinkhole caverns. They could spin durable silk, which they used to trap their prey before consuming it. Ginnthos were domesticated by Pau’ans, sometimes being kept in stables to remove vermin. At some point, no earlier than 379 BBY, the Evereni Velya Faer remarked that the Evereni pirate leader Marda Ro was like a ginntho at the center of a web, which Ro mentioned in a message she recorded for her descendants. In 19 BBY, ginnthos in Utapau’s capital, Pau City, were employed in the fight against battle droids belonging to the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Ginnthos were large non-sentient spiders from the Outer Rim Territories planet Utapau, who possessed eight legs that enabled them to crawl on vertical surfaces. Their bodies also featured feathery antennae, and their average length reached two meters. They had purple and black skin with purple markings on their abdomens. Their bodies contained six spinnerets that produced exceptionally strong silk.
Ginnthos were carnivorous and would wrap their prey in silk for several weeks before devouring it. They lived in dark passageways in the sinkhole caverns on Utapau and could be domesticated and trained to produce silk on command or hunt vermin. Ginnthos were associated with webs.
When the society of the Pau’an natives of Utapau was primitive, Ginnthos hunted alongside them and developed a close bond with the sentient beings. The creatures were sometimes kept in stables to deal with vermin, such as rodents. In 19 BBY, ginnthos were present in Utapau’s capital, Pau City, and the arachnids were utilized to create traps that ensnared battle droids belonging to the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Battle of Utapau.
At some point, no earlier than 379 BBY, the Evereni Velya Faer compared Marda Ro—the Evereni founder of a group of pirates who would eventually become the Nihil—to a ginntho at the center of a web while talking about how she was different from other Evereni due to surrounding herself by beings. Ro later mentioned this comparison in a message she recorded for her descendants while recounting her conversation with Faer. By 252 BBY, during his youth, Ro’s great-great-grandson Marchion Ro had listened to her journal, including the message where ginnthos were mentioned.
Appearances: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
