Pacithhip / Legends The Pacithhip were a sentient species native to the planet Shimia in the Outer Rim Territories . Members of the species were short , squat pachydermoid bipeds with long , thick tails and rough , blue , green or gray skin . To fit in with a humanoid - dominated galaxy , Pacithhip often employed robotic stilts to achieve greater height and to use technology crafted for standard humanoids . The Pacithhip face featured a long trunk , four nostrils , and two elaborate tusks . The tusks came in three distinct patterns , which determined whether their bearer was a member of the scholar , warrior , or farmer caste . Most Pacithhip made peace with their genetically determined place in society , but a few rejected the system and sought their fortune offworld . Pacithhip were broad - minded and adaptable to foreign environments . The Pacithhip were discovered before 1000 BBY , in the days of the Galactic Republic . The Corellian Run trade route eventually reached Shimia , and the Pacithhip gained access to galactic - standard technology . Pacithhip colonists reached faraway planets ; for example , by 35 BBY , Mos Espa on Tatooine boasted a significant Pacithhip population , many of whom were animal breeders . After the rise of the Galactic Empire , Imperial troops took over Shimia ' s spaceports and discouraged offworld travel but otherwise left the Pacithhip alone . The Imperial defeat at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY freed the Pacithhip to once again spread throughout the galaxy . Since their discovery by the Galactic Republic , Pacithhip integrated into the galaxy . One such individual was a Pacithhip Jedi who fought in the Army of Light during the New Sith Wars . Durundo was a podracer active during the latter days of the Republic . Ketwol was a Pacithhip prospector who settled on Tatooine and frequented Chalmun ' s Cantina . Biology and appearance . Pacithhip were sentient mammalian pachydermoid s who walked upright on stubby legs . Coupled with a long tail , this gave them a low center of gravity and made them surefooted and stable Nevertheless , these short limbs made them slower than most humanoid species and prevented them from operating standard machinery and vehicles . Many Pacithhip wore robotic stilts that raised their height from their natural 1 . 3 to 1 . 7 meters and gave them the proportions of an average humanoid , although this behavior was far from universal . Because Pacithhip young often hitched rides on their elders ' backs , their speed was not as much of a disadvantage . The Pacithhip had hairless , wrinkled skin that ranged in color from blue to green to gray . It was thick and tough , which afforded them some resistance to physical damage and stun blasts . The hands of some Pacithhip had three short , stubby fingers , while others sported four long and thin digits . Pacithhip adjusted easily to environmental extremes . A thick ridge of bone at the back of the skull protected the Pacithhip head . Above this and high on the sides of the head were two large eyes that gave the Pacithhip a full 360 - degree field of vision . Their eyes came in different hues , but blue was particularly common . A long proboscis jutted from the front of the face and ended in two nostrils ; Pacithhip could drink through the trunk and even squirt jets of liquid from it . This trunk was flanked by two larger nostrils at its base . The large mouth opened widely . Many Pacithhip had deep , gravely voices . The species ' most distinctive feature was a pair of elaborate tusks that grew from the base of the skull ridge and stuck out to either side of the nose — although at least some Pacithhips had no tusks at all . These were covered in skin for much of their length , but these fleshy growths terminated in tufts of black fur in some specimens . The final third resembled ivory - colored bone or teeth , jutting up at an angle in some individuals , growing out straight in others . The tusks were deadly in combat but served primarily to aid in depth perception . They came in three genetically determined patterns . Some Pacitthip adorned them with rings and bands . Young Pacithhip had undifferentiated tusks until the onset of adolescence at thirteen standard years of age , with the full tusk pattern emerging by adulthood , at eighteen standard years . Pacithhip life expectancy was eighty - five standard years . Society and culture . Shimia ' s 10 to 100 million Pacithhip were divided into three castes : scholars , warriors , and farmers . Pacithhip viewed the castes as equal in rights and duties with no caste - based discrimination , but each had predetermined tasks they were expected to execute . The scholars acted as legal experts , judge s , administrators , and teachers . The warriors upheld the mandates of the scholars and provided Pacithhip communities with defense . The farmers were the most diverse ; although originally responsible for food production and textile work , in later years they took on manufacturing tasks on a greater scale . Membership in a particular caste was determined by the shape of a Pacithhip ' s tusks . This could be determined early in a Pacithhip ' s life through genetic testing , but the tusks of a few Pacithhip failed to differentiate , making their place in society liminal . The Pacitthip were logical and broad - minded beings . Their society condoned and encouraged stoicism ; their preferred approach to dealing with the disagreeable — even something as fundamental as dislike of the caste system — was to let it be and endure . They believed it best to follow authority , especially the scholar caste . These intellectuals emphasized egalitarianism and equality , so Pacithhip were unafraid of , even intrigued by , other species . Therefore , they easily adjusted to different cultures and conditions . The language of the Pacithhip was known as Shimiese , a tongue that combined proboscis toots , dense oral vocalizations , and quick nasal huffs . Written Shimiese employed pictograms that stood for idioms and various parts of speech . Pacithhip could easily understand and speak Basic . At least those Pacithhip who lived among members of other species used gestures standard for much of galactic society , such as shaking their head to indicate " no " . After their discovery by the Galactic Republic and integration to the Corellian Run trade route , the Pacithhip gained access to advanced technology and spaceports . Nevertheless , their native manufacturing and engineering capabilities lagged behind those of the galaxy at large for most of their history ; by the time of the Galactic Civil War , they were still in their industrial period . Nevertheless , offworld Pacithhip could become quite adept at analyzing starship malfunctions , even if they had to be careful not to tangle their tusks in the complex wiring of hyperdrives and other equipment . The Imperial presence on Shimia did its best to retard the Pacithhip ' s technological progress , but with the rise of the New Republic , the species was once again able to engage in trade with the galaxy on a large scale . History . The Pacithhip evolved on the planet Shimia , in the Dalchon sector of the Outer Rim Territories . The world was dominated by temperate grassland that abutted coastal mountain ranges . The Pacithhip evolved from creatures with tough , lengthy tusks used for defense and sexual competition . As the beings grew more intelligent , these features became smaller and more refined . Shimia was first reached by outsiders between 20 , 000 and 15 , 000 BBY , during the Galactic Republic ' s settlement of the Trailing Sectors in which the world was located . The remote world lay just south of the Corellian Run trade route , and over time , commercial Republic interests built several spaceports on the world . The planet fell within territory considered both Hutt Space and part of the Brotherhood of Darkness during the New Sith Wars of 1004 to 1000 BBY . Years later , the Pacithhip ' s planet was in unaligned space during the Clone Wars . During the conflict , the Republic suspected that a gang of Pacithhip smugglers led by the Pacithhip Kozzel Qwok were having dealings with the Confederacy of Independent Systems , and so spent several months trying to find the criminals . Over millennia of contact with offworlders , the Pacithhip imported and embraced galactic technology . Their own manufacturing capabilities , however , remained primitive ; they had only approached the industrial level — fossil fuels and precision machinery — by the time of the Galactic Civil War . This relative backwardness and reliance on imported technology helped the Galactic Empire conquer the world after the rise of the New Order in 19 BBY . The new government contented itself with taking over operations of Shimia ' s spaceports , monitoring traffic to and from the planet , and discouraging Pacithhip from traveling offworld ; otherwise , it left the Pacithhip to their own devices . With the defeat of the Empire in 4 ABY , the Pacithhip reclaimed their spaceports and pursued larger - scale trade with the outside galaxy . When the New Republic was established , more and more Pacithhip ventured off Shimia . In 137 ABY , the world fell within territory controlled by the Dark Lord Darth Krayt as part of his Galactic Empire . Pacithhip in the galaxy . In the centuries after their first contact with the Galactic Republic , several Pacithhip left their homeworld to explore the greater galaxy , and members of the species could be found from the Rim to the Core . Some of these opposed their world ' s rigid caste system and sought instead to make their own destinies in the galaxy . However , rather than branding these dissidents outcasts or ostracizing them from society , members of the scholar caste encouraged them to seek their own ways , especially after the fall of the Empire . Offworld Pacithhip often took up the life of fringer s , scoundrel s , or scouts . Such Pacithhip were more likely to employ robotic stilts and hide their tails to better fit in with other species . Pacithhip integrated into the greater galaxy for centuries . A Pacithhip Jedi was a member of the Army of Light in 1 , 000 BBY , while was known to be a lightsaber wielder . By 32 BBY , a number of Pacithhip lived in Mos Espa ; one of their number , Bok Askol , served as a factotum and prospector . Mos Eisley on Tatooine , where they befriended other city dwellers ; one befriended the slave boy Anakin Skywalker , for example . Tatooine ' s Pacithhip were known as skilled animal breeders ; at least a few such Pacithhip made trips to Coruscant to sell their beasts . The Tatooine jerba was one rare breed they raised . Pacithhip in the Republic gravitated toward podracing . One worked as a podracer mechanic on Tatooine , performed in a band at the Boonta Eve Classic of 32 BBY , and another , known as Durundo , was a podracer who competed in the final race of the Vinta Harvest Classic on Malastare in 32 BBY . Pacithhip were also present at the Casino District of Ord Mantell in 30 BBY , and Coruscant ' s Outlander Club and Dex ' s Diner in 22 BBY . was part of a circus that performed on Coruscant . A Pacithhip delegation was present in the Galactic Senate when Palpatine declared the formation of the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY . Later , during the Clone Wars , a stilt - wearing Pacithhip pirate served as part of the Black Hole Gang , a group of spacers who had become trapped in the Unknown Regions due to the gravitational pull of a black hole . This Pacithhip was eventually freed from this predicament when Jedi Padawan Nuru Kungurama opened a hyperspace portal using an ancient Kwa Star Temple . During the Imperial occupation of Shimia , emigration was discouraged , although it was never outlawed , and Pacithhip suffered from government anti - alien policies . Indeed , a Pacithhip was among other job seekers at the Coruscant Employment Center in 19 BBY , and sometime before 0 BBY , a Pacithhip passenger was featured by the Star Tours travel agency in a safety program for passengers on the StarSpeeder 1000 . Some members of the species chose to collaborate with the new government in exchange for bribes ; Pacithhip businessbeings on Dantooine , for example , sold the Empire the names of the Rebel Alliance ' s financial backers on that world . Erkwil was a Pacithhip spice dealer who lived in Mos Eisley on Tatooine . Ketwol was an asteroid miner and prospector who traveled widely during the period of the Galactic Civil War selling precious metals and booking charters . Although he came off as mysterious to those who met him , Ketwol was kind to others , and he befriended the Tatooine street thief Swilla Corey . He shared a jigger of Merenzane Gold with a Defel and a Devaronian in the Mos Eisley Cantina around the time Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi hired smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca for passage to Alderaan . After the Battle of Endor , Pacithhip joined the throngs on Coruscant cheering the Empire ' s fall . With the rise of the New Republic , Pacithhip became more and more common off their homeworld , especially along the Corellian Run , where many became traders . Behind the scenes . The character Ketwol was the first Pacithhip to appear in " Star Wars " canon . An artist at Industrial Light & Magic designed the character , and Howie Weed sculpted and painted the puppet for use in the 1997 " Special Edition " release of the film . Known as " the elephant , " the character , puppeteered by Weed , was digitally inserted into the film ' s cantina scene . Ketwol replaced the Shistavanen Lak Sivrak , a character whose unarticulated mask had bothered George Lucas . The Ketwol mask was reversed to become the character Melas , who replaced another wolf - like character , the Defel Arleil Schous , in the same scene . However , the keeps Sivrak in this scene , and the non - canonical story " The Emperor ' s Court " in " Star Wars Tales 14 " makes fun of Lucas ' s changes through Han Solo ' s protest against Lak Sivrak ' s testimony damning him for the shooting of Greedo ; after all , as of the " Special Edition " , Sivrak was not present in the cantina to witness Greedo ' s death . The appearance of the Pacithhip has varied from source to source . The 1998 West End Games roleplaying sourcebook " Alien Encounters " depicts a long - legged , humanoid Pacithhip with three - fingered hands . However , in concept art for , artist Terryl Whitlatch included several Pacithhip among the denizens of Mos Espa — including an early concept for the Swokes Swokes gorgmonger Gragra — all of them as tall as a Human , but with decidedly non - humanoid bodies with long tails , short legs , and four long fingers . The production crew of the film created several Pacithhip masks for the film ' s extras , so several Pacithhip background characters appear in the " Star Wars " prequel trilogy who fit this same general build as West End ' s Pacithhip , not Whitlatch ' s . The Whitlatch design resurfaced in the 2001 book " " , which recycles some of the concept art from " The Phantom Menace " . The 2003 Wizards of the Coast supplement " Ultimate Alien Anthology " follows Whitlatch ' s design . Still other sources , such as the cover to " Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy " , show only the head and shoulders of Pacithhip characters and leave the body plan in doubt . To explain this discrepancy , the Hasbro Ketwol action figure was designed with mechanical stilts that could be hidden by trousers , a notion that later sources , such as the " Ketwol " StarWars . com Databank entry and " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " support as a species quirk . Sources have yet to explain why some Pacithhip have three fingers and others four . In both the and Wizards of the Coast " Star Wars " roleplaying games , Pacithhip are available for players to use as characters . Both game systems ' statistics for the species make them slightly clumsy and slow - moving , though strong relative to Humans .