Wampa

Wampas, or wampa ice creatures, was a carnivorous, white-furred reptomammal living on the planet Hoth.

Biology and appearance
Standing at a height of three meters tall and with an average mass of 150 kilograms, the wampa was one of Hoth's top carnivorous predators. While hunting, the wampa would ambush and stun its prey, then drag it back to its cave, hang it upside down and devour the prey whenever it needed.

History
Throughout galactic history, Trandoshan hunters often kept trophies such as wampa hide at lodges such as on Wasskah.

During her childhood Jyn Erso, daughter of the engineer Galen Erso, owned a doll resembling a wampa.

In his palace Grakkus the Hutt owned, among other creatures, a wampa ice creature.

With the establishment of Echo Base on the remote ice world of Hoth, vicious wampas would occasionally sneak into the base in the dead of night, forcing the closure of various passageways. In an occasion the rebel Leia Organa, the Wookiee Chewbacca and the Astromech droid R2-D2 were involved in that similar situation.

Shortly before the Battle of Hoth, Rebel Alliance member Luke Skywalker was attacked by a wampa while scouting the Hoth ice wastes with his tauntaun. It feasted on the tauntaun after hanging Luke from the ceiling of its cave. Luke used the Force to retrieve his lightsaber, which had fallen into the snow, and used it to free himself. The wampa noticed and tried to intervene, however Luke cut off its arm.

During the Battle of Hoth, several cold weather assault stormtroopers were slain by a wampa after opening a door to a room with a clearly marked warning sign.