Gotal / Legends Gotals were a species of tall , hairy humanoid sentients native to the moon Antar 4 . Their most distinctive features were the twin conical horns growing on the top of their heads , which acted as highly responsive electromagnetic sensors . These head cones were sensitive enough to pick up subtle changes in another being ' s electromagnetic emissions from emotional changes , making Gotals natural empaths . The unique nature of these sensors shaped Gotal culture , and helped individual Gotals carve niches in galactic society ranging from bounty hunters to diplomats , the former making a large use of thermite grenades . Gotals were part of galactic society as far back as the early days of the Galactic Republic . During this time , Gotals served the Republic as Jedi and as Antarian Rangers . In the Republic ' s later years , however , their relations with other cultures became troubled . Conflicts such as the Duinuogwuin - Gotal conflict and the Separatist Crisis resulted in the Gotals taking the losing side in the Clone Wars . Distrusted by and distrusting of the Galactic Empire , the Gotals returned to the mainstream as part of the New Republic and later , the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . Biology and appearance . Gotals possessed cranial horns as receptors to sense electromagnetism and other energy emissions . These nerve - ending filled cones could sense the natural electromagnetic fields produced by Antar , Prindaar , and Antar 4 ' s magnetite - rich crust , allowing the species to operate even in total darkness . Their senses also picked up the electromagnetic auras from other life forms . Gotal hunters could sense their quarry from up to ten kilometers away , and could track herds of quivry for weeks . While hunting , a Gotal could determine the amount , species type , and level of sickness of animals by relying on their cones alone . When close to their target , they could ascertain information on its mood , awareness , and state of mind . As such , Gotals numbered among the most sought - after hunters in the galaxy . Gotal cones could detect another being ' s emotional state and intentions . Gotal horns were even sensitive enough to pick up such indistinct signals as neutrino emissions . Electronic devices could also be sensed by Gotals : in fact , most droids gave off enough electromagnetic emissions to at least annoy a Gotal , and at worst to seriously disorient the horned beings . Consequently , the species was notoriously distrustful of droids . Gotals relied heavily on their cones , with their eyesight and hearing being quite weak , and their sense of smell almost completely absent . At least some Gotals were able to sense the Force with their cones . Nevertheless , standard reference works such as the " Catalog of Intelligent Life in the Galaxy " were silent on the subject , and the writings of Mammon Hoole described this as a rumor which had " yet to be proven . " Other sources indicated that both the Jedi Order and the Galactic Empire had conducted inconclusive research which attempted to train Gotals to sense the Force . The records of the Gotals themselves were split on the issue . Those sources which did describe Gotals sensing the Force varied in their descriptions . Some sources described it as an intense , overwhelming sensation , while others treated it as a mere " indistinct buzzing . " At least one Jedi Knight , Luke Skywalker , believed that sensing the Force could cause Gotals headaches . Any ability to sense the use of the Force with their cones did not hinder Gotals who were Force - sensitive in the conventional sense from learning to use the Force , however . Gotals had flat , elongated faces with reddish , heavy - lidded eyes , small , flat noses , and a wide , downturned mouth full of blunt , yellow or white teeth . Their eyes varied in color , with individuals sporting shades of red , orange , yellow , gray , green , and black . Coarse , shaggy fur covered most of their bodies with the exception of the face , chest , and abdomen . Gotals were classified as mammals . Their overall body plan was humanoid , with proportions generally similar to Humans . Some Gotals had four fingers and a thumb with short , conical claws on each digit ; others had only four or three digits per limb with much longer claws making up a large portion of each finger . Their skin color varied from gray - brown to black , and their fur came in white or shades of brown or gray . While male Gotals typically had a thick fringe of hair around their cheeks and chins , this was absent in female Gotals . Gotals shed their fur and most Gotals learned to control this process . Under extreme stress or nerves , however — as when surprised or frightened — Gotals could lose control of this process and begin shedding large clumps of fur . Gotals ' natural body odor was similar to the smell of mildew and old sweat . Gotals were resistant to the venom produced by members of the Killik species . Society and culture . Head cones in Gotal culture . Physical attraction . Horns were the primary physical feature Gotals found attractive in one another . In fact , while smaller cones could be just as energy sensitive as large ones , small - horned Gotals frequently enhanced their appearance with larger false cones . Some Gotals became romantically attached to non - Gotals , but they only seemed to be sexually attracted to other creatures with cones or horns on their heads . Sensory organs . In addition to sensing energy emissions in their environment and the presence of their prey animals , Gotals used their cones to monitor subtle changes in one another ' s electromagnetic auras . This ability to quickly and easily judge another Gotal ' s emotional state was fundamental to their culture . For example , Gotals were able to avoid angry members of their species , share in the joy of happy ones , and seek out depressed ones to cheer them up . Gotal communities were considered among the most harmonious civilizations in the galaxy . They had difficulty interpreting the emotions of other alien species , however , often mistaking basic emotions such as affection or anger for extremes such as love and murderous intent . Sufficient exposure to the galactic community could help them overcome this , however . Gotals formed intense bonds with one another upon first meeting , and love at first " sight " was the norm among Gotals , whose empathic nature made the elaborate courtship rituals of other sentients unnecessary . Gotal would mate for life , and would bear young as soon as their lifestyles permitted it . Gotals only spoke to each other to relay abstract information , since they had no need to vocally express their emotions ( Ironically , since Gotals spoke in a non - inflected monotone , they seemed emotionless to Humans and other non - Gotals . ) Young Gotals often had trouble assimilating the information arriving from their cones , and were in a constant state of agitated confusion until they learned to filter unwanted signals after about one standard year . Even then , it took them until the age of twelve to attain emotional maturity , and they could sometimes be nearly psychotic until then . Despite this , Gotal parents were devoted to their children , and young Gotals would have children as soon as they could manage it . Mature Gotals were generally calm and peaceful individuals . Gotal sensory cones allowed them to keep their emotions to themselves . They tended to keep a calm and restrained demeanor when dealing with others , speaking of emotions only abstractly . This led some non - Gotals to assume the species lacked emotion entirely , and many species to be uncomfortable around and mistrustful of Gotals . Some felt that they were at a disadvantage when dealing with Gotals and their sensitive head cones , and other , more superstitious species , were wary of what they saw as the Gotals ' supernatural powers . Nevertheless , the quirks of Gotals made them effective diplomats , mediators , businesspeople , and gamblers . Unless they sensed evil intentions , Gotals were generally diplomatic and polite when interacting with members of other species . The ruthless Imperial era financier Sarlim Gastess was among the few Gotals whose cones were non - functional . Perhaps because of his inability to sense emotions , this " blind " Gotal was a fearsome psychopath by his people ' s standards . According to Gotal myth , their head cones could detect evil . Government and society . Since their natural empathy made them instantly sensitive to the feelings of others , Gotals had little use for government or laws on their homeworld . This resulted in problems when dealing with non - Gotal societies . For example , no central authority figure could speak for Antar 4 as a whole in a crisis , and no organized Gotal military or police force could act on their behalf . The Gotal Foreign Affairs Commune , a group which existed circa 22 BBY , did act as spokespeople for the Gotals during diplomatic crises , but their role in Gotal government is otherwise uncertain . Though they had little government of their own , Gotals did send representatives to participate in galactic - level governments , and Gotals living among non - Gotals even worked in local government bureaucracies . Other species respected the Gotals for their discretion and restraint , but some individuals feared interacting with the horned beings for fear of having their emotional state revealed to others . Language . The Gotals spoke both Basic and Gotal , their native tongue . This language lacked vocabulary to express emotional states , and even their version of Basic avoided such terms and context . Some Gotals spoke Basic with a bleating cadence . Non - Gotals were incapable of mastering Gotal because so much of the language relied on unspoken cues sensed with head cones . Gotal naming customs varied . While many Gotals had a first name and a second name , such as Abav Ghart , Kith Kark , Mnor Nha , and Pari Not - goth , others went by single names like Lishma and Tuuve . Other Gotals used names such as To - yel or Mahk ' khar , which may have been either single names or a first and second name joined together as one word . At least one Gotal , Toalar Yalom Yalom , was known by a three - part name . History . The Gotal species evolved on Antar 4 , the mineral - rich fourth moon of the gas giant Antar in the Prindaar system . As the moon of a gas giant , Antar 4 was a world with a complex day / night cycle . Sometimes , one side of Antar 4 would be illuminated by the sun Prindaar , while the other received almost the same amount of light from the highly reflective surface of the gas giant Antar . At other times , Antar would block all sunlight to both hemispheres . As light was not always available there , Antarian animal life could not rely on sight as a primary sense . To compensate for this , the ancestors of the Gotals evolved cranial horns as receptors to sense electromagnetism and other energy emissions . Although they were easily disoriented around devices that produced high levels of electromagnetic interference , the Gotals managed to develop quite sophisticated levels of technology . Using chemical reactions where other species would use electronics , the Gotals managed to colonize four of Antar ' s other five moons , and set up mining operations on the fifth , even before Galactic Republic explorers contacted them . The Gotals joined the Galactic Republic between 25 , 000 and 22 , 000 BBY , becoming one of the first species to send representatives to its newly formed Galactic Senate . Kith Kark , a Jedi killed during the Freedon Nadd Uprising , is the earliest known Gotal to make his mark on galactic history . Goethar Kleej and his son Aubin came to prominence during the Mandalorian Wars a few decades later as swoop - duelists on the space station Jervo ' s World . In later centuries , one of their most notable contributions to Republic society was the Antarian Rangers , founded in 620 BBY to assist the Jedi . Co - founded by the Human Jedi Master Marus Timpel and the Gotal businessman Kaskutal , this organization grew to become a major non - Jedi paramilitary auxiliary , working alongside the Jedi Order to protect the Galactic Republic . In the Republic ' s final years , however , the relationship between the Gotals and the rest of the galaxy became increasingly strained . The Duinuogwuin - Gotal conflict was a short , but intense struggle which required the intervention of the Jedi Masters Jorus C ' baoth and Tra ' s M ' ins to bring to an end . Tensions between the Gotals and the rest of the galaxy continued over the next decade , however . During the Separatist Crisis of 22 BBY , many Gotals supported the Gotal Assembly for Separation , or its more violent splinter group the Roshu Sune . After Roshu Sune terrorists set off bombs in Antarian Ranger chapterhouses , the Jedi and their Antarian Ranger allies invaded Antar 4 in retaliation . During the Battle of Antar 4 , the Jedi and the Antarian Rangers took heavy casualties . They used electromagnetic pulse weapons in desperation , even though such weapons caused immense pain and disorientation for civilian Gotals caught in the crossfire . The Jedi response turned the Gotals , and the people of thousands of other worlds , against the Republic . After the battle , many Gotal refugees fled to Atzerri , leading to the Gotal hostage standoff . During this crisis , the Roshu Sune militants captured a commuter hopper that had 25 passengers , one of whom was Nathanjo Nirrelz . A taskforce of Jedi led by Sarrissa Jeng attempted to negotiate with the hijackers , but when blasterfire spooked the militants , they executed some of their hostages . The Jedi forced their way into the hopper and killed the Gotal militants . Gotal Foreign Affairs Commune leader Shagrad Loset castigated the Jedi for their " lightsaber diplomacy , " asserting that the Gotals should have been allowed to solve the crisis themselves . Although a poll conducted by HoloNet News showed that a majority of respondents believed that violence was inevitable in the crisis , the events provided the impetus for the Clone Wars that engulfed the galaxy for the next few years . During the Clone Wars , Antar 4 was conquered by the Confederacy of Independent Systems . The Gotals did not benefit from the war , and were greatly impoverished during the Confederate occupation . Around this time , a Gotal team was entered in the Cularin Classic swoop race on the planet Cularin and was represented by the racer Arum Oru . At the war ' s end , the Gotals became subjects of the Galactic Empire . The Imperial military refused to let Gotals serve in the military , believing they were too apt to empathize with their enemies . Only a minority of Gotals were willing to work with the Empire in any case , since their empathic sense led them to distrust the promises of Imperial diplomats . During the time of the New Republic , Gotals were one of the nonhuman races targeted in Warlord Zsinj ' s plot to destabilize the New Republic . The operation was able to brainwash certain individuals to attempt to assassinate major leaders in the New Republic . Three of the targets included Wedge Antilles , Admiral Ackbar , and Mon Mothma , whose intended assassin was Tolokai , her trusted Gotal bodyguard . The intent of the operation was to breed distrust between Humans and prominent nonhuman races of the New Republic . The operation was ultimately foiled . By 9 ABY , the New Republic had liberated their homeworld , together with the rest of the Inner Rim Territories . At the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War , Antar 4 became a part of the Galactic Alliance . Gotal senator Ta ' laam Ranth served on the Alliance ' s High Council as Minister of Justice . Circa 25 ABY , Antar 4 ' s population was between one and ten billion . During the Yuuzhan Vong War , the Antar system was attacked by the Yuuzhan Vong . At some point during the New Republic ' s existence , the Shi ' ido anthropologist Mammon Hoole included an entry on the Gotals in his publication " The Essential Guide to Alien Species " . In 130 ABY , at least two Gotals were involved with the new Sith Order : an unnamed Sith who took part in the Massacre at Ossus , and the spy and information broker Attatag Gosem . By 137 ABY , the Antar system fell within territory controlled by Darth Krayt as part of his Sith Empire , and Gotals were still active in the galactic community . Gotals in the galaxy . After joining galactic society , Gotals could be found on almost any planet with a significant non - Human population , including Berchest , Centares , Engebo V , Horn Station , Teyr , and Vaced . They were among the most common space - faring species . A Gotal in a brown robe was present at Chalmun ' s Spaceport Cantina on Tatooine in 0 BBY on the day smuggler Han Solo shot and killed the Rodian bounty hunter Greedo . A Gotal named Kerru was another regular patron of Chalmun ' s cantina . Gotals tended to avoid the city - planets of the Core Worlds due to the disorienting effects of the many droids and electronic devices on such planets . The most sensitive Gotals even avoided the relatively low - level emissions of Antar 4 ' s city centers , preferring to live in remote wilderness areas . Some of these took up the life of scouts , as this work allowed them to spend more time in less developed regions . Nevertheless , some Gotals made their way to such technological hubs , including planets such as Aargau , Riflor , and Coruscant . For example , a Gotal speeder bike rider nearly collided with the Gungan Jar Jar Binks when the offworlder ran through a busy street on the planet Coruscant in 32 BBY , and in 27 BBY another Gotal visited the Twirling Twi ' lek bar on Coruscant bar . In 22 BBY , a Gotal worked as a traffic controller on Atzerri ; meanwhile , at least one Gotal ran into trouble with immigrations officials while trying to disembark on Coruscant that year . Other Gotals were present when the droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 scoured a Coruscant market searching for jogan fruit . A few years later , in 19 BBY , a Gotal was among the evacuees of the Senate Apartment Complex during the Battle of Coruscant . A Gotal lived in the slums of Coruscant in the early stages of the Yuuzhan Vong War . Some time after that conflict , some Gotals began wearing cone sock s to muffle electromagnetic interference in energy - rich environments . Though these were expensive garments at first , they quickly grew in popularity for Gotals traveling in galactic society . Their electromagnetic senses often led them to employment as trackers , soldiers , and bounty hunters . Gotal hunters and soldiers were difficult to ambush or trap , and easily saw through most attempts at camouflage . They prided themselves on tracking difficult targets , referring to the Gotal proverb " What is easily achieved is easily lost . " Some Gotal hunters had developed their empathic skills well enough to accurately and quickly anticipate their enemies ' moves — these were referred to as " precogs " . During the Clone Wars , two Gotal trackers were employed by the Human Tendir Blue to capture Ratri Tane , a defector from the Techno Union who had sensitive information about his former employer . The Gotals tracked Tane to the Homestar cantina in Coronet City , on the planet Corellia . When a pair of Jedi — Aayla Secura and Ylenic It ' kla — showed themselves in the cantina , the Gotals escaped with Tane after a brief skirmish . When the Jedi tracked the Gotals to Blue ' s headquarters , their captive revealed himself to be another Jedi — Nejaa Halcyon — and overwhelmed their enhanced senses and killed them . Another Gotal bounty hunter active during the Clone Wars partnered with the Rodian Greedo to kidnap the Pantorans Chi Eekway Papanoida and Che Amanwe Papanoida for the Trade Federation . After capturing the targets on Coruscant , the Gotal brought Amanwe to a cantina on Tatooine . However , his bounty was spoiled by Greedo , who was forced by the captives ' father , Baron Notluwiski Papanoida , to bring him to the cantina , where he freed them , allowing the family to fight off the Gotal and his partners . During the Galactic Civil War , some Gotal soldiers — including Terrlarn — became mercenaries and bounty hunters ; while others joined the Rebellion or its successor , the Alliance of Free Planets . The financier Sarlim Gastess , who headed the Imperial - aligned corporation Gastess ' Finance , Inc . , the " precog " bounty hunter Glott , and the Tatooine bureaucrat and part - time bounty hunter Feltipern Trevagg were among the few Gotals who served Imperial interests . Another team of Gotal hunters and trappers pursued non - sentient prey along the Rryatt Trail on the planet Kashyyyk . They set up camp in the Shadowlands on the planet ' s surface . The rival hunter , the Rodian Tressk , hired a group of adventurers to kill eighteen members of the Gotal hunting party . Some Gotals operated along the galactic fringe as assassins , scoundrel s , and criminals . For example , in 33 BBY , a Gotal guard protected the entrance to the fortress of Alexi Garyn on Ralltiir until he was dispatched by the Sith apprentice Darth Maul who was on a mission to assassinate the Black Sun vigo s meeting inside . Around that same time , a Gotal guard worked as a sentry outside the headquarters of the murderous dictator Uda - Khalid . Another Gotal served as a member of the outlaw organization known as the Nebula Front . He participated in the failed assassination of Finis Valorum , Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic , during a trade summit on Eriadu . Another Gotal at this time was a member of the Raptors , a gang that operated in the undercity of Coruscant . In an skirmish with the Jedi Padawan Darsha Assant , the Gotal lost his hand and weapon to the Force - user ' s lightsaber . Another Gotal impersonated a Jedi Knight on the moon Nar Shaddaa in an attempt to capture the amnesiac Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos . When the Devaronian Vilmarh Grahrk warned Vos that the Gotal was not a Jedi as he claimed , Vos dispatched the imposter . During the Clone Wars , the Gotal Noric Gestal led a pirate and slaver gang on the planet Ryloth . During a raid at the Fungus Pit cantina Gestal was killed . Also during that conflict , a group of Gotal ruffians worked for the Moogan smuggler Tee Va . They performed heavy labor for their boss , at one point unloading large quantities of a toxic chemical known as slabin on the planet Mandalore . When Duchess Satine Kryze investigated the Moogan smuggling , she and her personal guards attacked a warehouse where the Gotals were working , killing several in the ensuing skirmish . Other Gotal toughs worked for Mandalore ' s Prime Minister Almec , helping him secretly funnel foodstuffs into the black market ; these Gotals were caught on holocam by a group of young cadets at Mandalore ' s Royal Academy of Government . Others were present at Jabba the Hutt ' s palace on Tatooine when the bounty hunter Cad Bane delivered the plans of the Galactic Senate to Jabba . One Gotal fringer worked beyond the bounds of the civilized galaxy during the Clone Wars , reaping the opportunities provided by the war . Another such was Jauxson , a Gotal pirate captain who ran a pirate gang on the Bith homeworld of Clak ' dor VII at some point during the Galactic Civil War . Jauxson terrorized several Bith cities until he was finally stopped by a group of offworlders . Also during that war , the Gotal Abav Ghart led another pirate gang , the Void Demons , from their base on the moon Isen IV in the Isen system . Another group of Gotals maintained a pirate base in the Kashyyyk system . The Gotal Dakk worked as the armorsmith for the Hutt Borvo in Kaadara on the planet Naboo . Gotals were among the crew of the pirate leader Drek Drednar . One Gotal smuggler was captured by the Empire . Darth Vader then used the Dark side of the Force to burn his mind , transforming him into a feral beast , driven by fear , and used him as a fanatical guard . Many years later , in 12 ABY , Han Solo and Chewbacca encountered the Gotal on Belsavis in the underground catacombs . During the reign of the New Republic some years later , Mahk ' khar , a Gotal bounty hunter , rose to become a prominent crimelord of the Corva sector . Mahk ' khar obtained a powerful dark side relic , which he traded to the dark Jedi Durrei on the abandoned planet Jandoon . Later , a Gotal worked on Atzerri as a guard for Joreb Goss , a drug addict . Other Gotals found legitimate work . During the Death Seed crisis of 14 ABY , a female Gotal captained the Quarantine Enforcement Cruiser " Lycoming " , which belonged to the Coruscant Institute . She was accompanied by a Gotal Chief medical officer . Upon responding to a distress call from the " Empyrean " , the Captain discovered a group of Gamorrean scavengers led by Ugmush , and subsequently arrested them . She later arrested the investigative journalist Yarbolk Yemm and ordered him thrown out an airlock to protect the Loronar Corporation , which was behind the Death Seed outbreak . Thanks to their empathic abilities , they also worked as nobles , diplomats , counselors , and even professional gamblers . This sort of employment gave rise to the erroneous belief that Gotals were telepathic , a misconception which made some people uncomfortable and suspicious when dealing with Gotals . In fact , the opposite was often true — Gotals with little experience dealing with non - Gotals frequently misunderstood their emotional states , mistaking moderate anger for imminent violent intent , and mild affection for love . Many Gotals joined the Jedi Order ; as Jedi Knights , their natural empathic abilities supplemented their ability to use the Force . Behind the scenes . The Gotal alien design was created for " " cantina scene by conceptual artist Ron Cobb . Either Cobb or makeup artist Laine Liska sculpted the Gotal masks and hands used in the film . Cobb ' s concept illustrations feature biological notes , describing the species as a " High Tundra " creature . High Tundra became the characters ' on - set nickname . Although the proper name for one of the characters was initially Dratun , later Expanded Universe sources beginning with Troy Denning ' s identified the species name as Gotal , and one of the characters seen in the Mos Eisley Cantina as Feltipern Trevagg . The various " Star Wars " roleplaying games have presented Gotals as a species players may choose to portray in their games . " " from West End Games was the first game to describe the Gotals . In addition to the sensory abilities from the head cones , West End Games sourcebooks presented the Gotals as slightly stronger and potentially more perceptive and dexterous than human characters , but generally less adept with technological and knowledge - based skills . The Saga Edition of the " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " from Wizards of the Coast presents them as equivalent to most species in most respects but allows them to sense the emotional state of those within six meters . The game allows these targets to resist the Gotal ' s prying , however . The game also indicates that Gotal characters can , in fact , sense the Force with their cones .