Assembler (Star Wars)

The Assemblers were a species of sapient arachnids that were noticed for being able to speak Galactic Basic, unlike most other insectoid species from the Star Wars Universe. To reproduce, Assemblers would create a smaller version of itself that they called Nodes, which acted as drones and were loyal servants to their 'parent' Assembler. When Nodes reach a certain age, they would become Assemblers and will sometimes eat their parent to take their place. Assemblers were not known for utilizing space travel very often, but two known Assemblers that did were Balancesheet and Kud'ar Mub'at, who encountered the Mandalorian bounty hunter, Boba Fett during the Galactic Civil War.