飞鲸（aiwha）

南方战士

翻译：Darth Maul
校对：南方战士

aiwha 飞鲸

Homeworld:
Naboo, Kamino
母星：
纳布、卡米诺

Diet:
Omnivore
食性：
杂食

电影



Majestic cetaceans that can take to the air, aiwhas can be found in the churning oceans of the planet Kamino, where they have been domesticated as mounts by the native Kaminoans. The creatures are strong swimmers, able to launch themselves from the cresting waves and then continue their momentum in flight.
飞鲸是一种能在天空翱翔的壮观鲸类动物，在卡米诺星球波涛汹涌的海洋中能找到它们，在那里，它们被驯养成当地卡米诺人的坐骑。这种生物身躯强壮、水性极佳，能够从汹涌的浪尖上起飞，然后气势不减地在空中飞翔。

衍生宇宙



Aiwhas and similar creatures can be found on several worlds, including the planet Naboo. There, they live in medium-size "pods," feeding on surface-dwelling krill and the fishes found in the huge Naboo lakes. Like other cetaceans, aiwhas filter food through the sieve-plates in their baleen. The Gungans of Naboo have domesticated aiwhas to accept mounts and provide airborne transportation.
人们已经在数个星球发现了飞鲸及与它们相似的生物，包括纳布星球。在那里，它们聚集成中等大小的“鲸群”，以纳布巨大湖泊中的磷虾和鱼类为食。和其它鲸类一样，飞鲸用鲸须上的过滤筛板过滤食物。纳布的冈根人已将飞鲸驯养成坐骑，将其用于空中运输。

Aiwhas employ a water-vascular system that allows them to control their relative density. When they need to swim underwater, their spongy tissues absorb water. When flight is required, they expel this water and shed it to lighten themselves.
飞鲸利用体内的水管系统来控制身体的比重。当它们要潜水时，它们的海绵组织会吸水。当要飞行时，它们将海水排出体外以减轻体重。

While some believe the aiwhas on Kamino to have been imported from Naboo, others speculate that this particular breed was entirely the result of cloning technology.
有的人相信卡米诺的飞鲸是从纳布引入的，而有的人推测这个特殊的物种完全是克隆科技的产物。

幕后



The aiwhas have existed, in one form or another, for over 20 years but they've only recently been incorporated into a Star Wars movie. Concept illustrator Ralph McQuarrie drew flying whales to populate Bespin in The Empire Strikes Back, but they were a casualty of budget and effects limitations. They resurfaced as transports in Return of the Jedi, but were ultimately replaced with the more practical sail barge and skiffs. For The Phantom Menace, the aiwhas (a deliberate corruption of "air whales") returned as Gungan mounts, but were again dropped from the finished film. For Episode II, they were also to be possible mounts for the Geonosians before finally finding a home on Kamino.
飞鲸已经以这样或那样的形式存在了20多年，但直到最近它们才被引入《星球大战》电影中。概念画家拉尔夫·麦夸里绘制了会飞的鲸，想让它们出现在《帝国反击战》中的贝斯平，但它们会让预算超支，也受到了当时特效技术的限制。它们在《绝地归来》作为交通工具再现，但最终被更现实的风帆游艇与小艇取代。在《幽灵的威胁》中，飞鲸（词汇“飞翔的鲸”的故意变体）再次成为冈根人的坐骑，但在电影完成后再次被剪掉。在《第二部》中，它们还差点成为吉奥诺西斯人的坐骑，最后才在卡米诺找到归宿。

EN同学呢

在卡米诺战役中，飞鲸就了欧比旺一命，帮助他逃离了水鬼机器人的追击