湿背蜥（dewback）

南方战士

翻译：Darth Maul
校对：南方战士

dewback 湿背蜥

Homeworld:
Tatooine
母星：
塔图因

Size:
1.8 meters tall
体型：
1.8米高

Diet:
Omnivore
食性：
杂食

电影



Found on the desert planet Tatooine, dewbacks are large lizards used by the locals as mounts and beasts of burden. These flat-toothed creatures can be found hauling goods for merchants or moisture farmers, pulling Podracer parts to starting grids, or serving stormtrooper patrols assigned to the planet's Imperial garrison. A dewback is able to withstand the heat and dust that often leads to mechanical breakdown in modern high-tech conveyances.
湿背蜥在沙漠行星塔图因出没，是被当地居民当作役畜的巨型蜥蜴。这些平齿生物能为商人或湿气农场主拉货、将飞梭赛车拖到起点或为派驻塔图因帝国驻防区的冲锋队巡逻队服务。湿背蜥所能承受的高温与灰尘有时甚至能让现代高科技运输工具发生机械故障。

衍生宇宙



During the blistering Tatooine day, the well-suited dewback forages for shrubs and small desert animals, like young womp rats and scurriers. When the suns set and the temperatures plunge, dewbacks become lethargic and very rarely move about.
在塔图因酷热的日子里，适应环境的湿背蜥搜寻灌木与小型沙漠动物，比如小旺普鼠和蹿跳鼠。当两颗太阳落山，温度降低时，湿背蜥开始昏睡，极少移动。

Dewbacks normally are solitary animals that gather once a year in the Jundland Wastes to mate. As mating season closes, females lay many eggs which hatch six months later. Baby dewbacks must fend for themselves and many do not survive. This ritual is so ingrained in their nature that even domesticated dewbacks cannot breed in captivity.
湿背蜥一般是独居动物，每年一次聚集在绛德兰荒地交配。当交配季结束时，雌性会产下许多蛋，这些蛋会在六个月后孵化。小湿背蜥必须自力更生，因此很多都存活不了。这种习惯在它们的天性中根深蒂固，甚至被驯养的湿背蜥都不能在室内繁殖。

Most dewbacks have green scales, but there is variation in their colors. Some dewbacks are gray, brown, red and a few rare ones are even blue. Mottled areas and camouflage patterns are common.
大多数湿背蜥都有绿色的鳞片，但也有其它颜色。有的湿背蜥呈灰色、棕色、红色，还有极少数甚至是蓝色的。杂色斑块与伪装图案很常见。

Aside from natural predators such as full-grown womp rats and krayt dragons, the dewback must also fear the Tusken Raiders. Sand People use dewback hides for their boots, belts, pouches, tents and other survival gear.
除了成年旺普鼠和克雷特龙这类天敌外，湿背蜥还必须提防塔斯肯袭击者。沙民用湿背蜥的皮制成靴子、皮带、小包、帐篷等生活用品。

幕后



For the original filming of Star Wars, the dewback was a mechanized lifesize puppet featuring limited articulation. On location in Tunisia, the dewback would not work properly, so it was tucked away in the background of shots rather than seen close-up. A single dewback could be seen during the Imperial search for the droids. The same puppet was placed outside the Mos Eisley Cantina.
在《星球大战》最初拍摄时，湿背蜥是一个真实比例的机械化木偶，可动性有限。在突尼斯的外景拍摄地，湿背蜥无法正常工作，所以它被藏在背景镜头里，而没有特写。帝国搜寻机器人时能看到一头单独的湿背蜥。同一个木偶还被放在莫斯艾斯利的小酒馆外。

When George Lucas revisited A New Hope for 1997's Special Edition release, one of the first changes he had planned was making the dewback considerably more mobile. Computer-generated dewbacks filled the frame, complete with CG stormtrooper riders.
当乔治·卢卡斯为1997年的特别发行版重塑《新的希望》时，大大增强湿背蜥的可动性是他最早计划的改进之一。计算机生成的湿背蜥连同计算机生成的冲锋队骑兵占据了整个画面。