Fuzzum The Fuzzums were a species of sentient avians indigenous to the planet Dandelo . Members of the species were roughly humanoid , standing shorter than the average Human on spindly legs . The arms and legs were hairless and brown - skinned , but the squat body was covered with orange fuzz . Fuzzums spoke their native language through a stubby , pale beak . They lived in a tribal society that relied on relatively primitive technology , characterized by simple musical instruments , cliffside cave dwellings , and ubiquitous wooden spears . The Fuzzums encountered offworlders sometime before 15 BBY . Eventually , the avians were faced with a group known as the Starhunters , who drove the Fuzzums from their homes in Dandelo ' s cliffs . The Fuzzums fled to the forests , but several of their number were captured . With the caves theirs , the Starhunters converted them into cages to hold beasts for the Starhunter ' s Intergalactic Menagerie . Their captive Fuzzums were forced to hunt down new species for the Starhunters ' traveling show , while those who escaped set up camps in the woods . When a new group of offworlders later arrived on Dandelo , the forest - dwelling Fuzzums assumed the worst . Nevertheless , the trio — a protocol droid named C - 3PO , an astromech droid named R2 - D2 , and a Tammuz - an prince named Coby — convinced the avians that they only sought to rescue a creature known as Ingey from the Starhunters . The Fuzzums and their new guests plotted and executed a rescue mission for the tessellated arboreal binjinphant . With the rescue of an old spacer named Greej and the timely arrival of miner Jann Tosh , the Fuzzums and their allies freed the beasts held in the caves , drove the Starhunters from Dandelo , and reclaimed their cliff dwellings . Biology and appearance . The Fuzzums were a species of sentient humanoid avians who looked like compact balls of fuzz perched upon thin , stick - like legs . The arms , too , were thin and gangly , ending in three - fingered hands . While all four extremities were naked and brown - skinned , the rest of the body was covered in orange fluff . Members of the species had thick , puffed - out chests that narrowed to thin waists . Fuzzums stood about 1 . 45 meters tall on average . There was little distinction between where the Fuzzum torso ended and the Fuzzum head began . The avians had plastic features capable of conveying a full range of emotions . They had expressive brows over their brown - ringed eyes . These orbs were yellow with brown pupils , flanking a pale , toothless , triangular beak with a red interior and two nostrils at its apex . A shock of taller feathers adorned the top of the Fuzzum head . The overall effect made Fuzzums seem bizarre to Humans and other species . Society and culture . Fuzzum society lacked the technological sophistication of much of the rest of the galaxy . The species ' clothing , for example , typically consisted of little more than a cloth skirt , cords wrapped around the arms , and sandals on the feet . The characteristic design of the skirt was a white bolt of cloth with an elongated , brown , hexagonal flap in the center . They regularly wore wooden canisters attached to a baldric over one shoulder . The avians fought and hunted with simple weapons , such as spears made from wooden shafts and stone blades attached by cord — in fact , a Fuzzum and his or her spear were constant companions . Fuzzums hunted and fought in small groups . They preferred to attack with their spears , charging an enemy with the weapon held overhead and thrusting downward . They used their numbers to their advantage to overwhelm their target , and they showed no mercy to sworn enemies , such as the Starhunters . Captured enemies faced a dire fate : some droids could be sold , others dismantled so their parts could be put to other uses , while sentient beings could be cooked and eaten . The species was divided into tribes . Their preferred habitat was villages set into natural caves , but after the arrival of the Starhunters , the Fuzzums relocated to villages in their world ' s forests , where they erected lean - tos made from tree branches and strips of cloth . Fuzzums built fire pits in their villages , and they cooked stew in stew pots . Their settlements played host to festive ceremonies , during which the avians danced to the accompaniment of drums , horns , and plucked string instruments . Dancing was a Fuzzum sign of joy , and boisterous laughter was a sign of amusement . Fuzzums spoke their own language , which was intelligible to at least some translator droids . History . The Fuzzums evolved on Dandelo , a planet of forests , savannas , and cave - pocked hills located in the Tammuz sector . They achieved a basic level of technology and adopted a tribal society based around life in cliff villages . At some point between 5000 and 3000 BBY , the Fuzzums encountered strangers from another world . From this contact , the Fuzzum language was added to the repertoire of protocol droids in the greater galaxy . Dandelo fell within the confines of Sith Space during the New Sith Wars of 1004 to 1000 BBY , and within the confines of Hutt Space by 52 BBY and through the Clone Wars . Eventually , a group of offworlders came to Dandelo . The outsiders , calling themselves the Starhunters , drove the Fuzzums from their caves so as to convert the dwellings into cages to store rare beasts destined to join the traveling Starhunter ' s Intergalactic Menagerie . The Fuzzums escaped to Dandelo ' s forests , where they established temporary villages and tried to avoid Starhunter safaris on the lookout for more species to abduct . From time to time , Fuzzums were spotted and captured by the Starhunters ; these captives were then forced to use their skills as trappers and hunters to find more animals for the menagerie . Over time , the Starhunters began to actively seek out Fuzzums as well as non - sentient species , and the Fuzzums grew to hate these offworlders . In 15 BBY , Fuzzums from this tribe spotted a spacecraft crashing into an area of jungle . When they investigated the wreckage , they found a blue - skinned boy and two droids . Taking the trio to be Starhunters , the Fuzzums threatened to sell the golden droid , turn the shorter droid into a stew pot , and eat the boy . The golden droid knew the Fuzzum language , however , and convinced the avians that the three strangers were also enemies of the Starhunters , and only sought to rescue Ingey , a captured tessellated arboreal binjinphant . The Fuzzums agreed to take the new arrivals to their former village , where the Starhunters kept their quarries . At the cliff - dwelling complex , the boy , Coby , spotted his pet being thrown in a cage by a large droid . Realizing they faced some resistance , the Fuzzums and the offworlders retreated to the Fuzzums ' forest village to plot their next move . The golden droid , C - 3PO , formulated a plan . A group of Fuzzums would hide near the cliffs and await a signal from the shorter droid , R2 - D2 , to attack . The Fuzzums dutifully took up their position . C - 3PO split off from the group and impersonated an animal known as a spotted jugadoo . The prospect of capturing the rare creature drew the Starhunters off , leaving the caves lightly guarded by patrol droids . Coby and R2 - D2 climbed up to the cages and freed the animals , along with an imprisoned near - Human man named Greej . A patrol droid found the interlopers , and a skirmish broke out in which they tussled over the droid ' s blaster . R2 - D2 finally shot off a flare , and the Fuzzums knew it was time to strike . The Fuzzums rushed in and attacked a second patrol droid with their spears . R2 - D2 , Coby , and Greej managed to defeat their droid and free the rest of the captives , including several Fuzzums . Reunited with their kin , the Fuzzums danced with joy . C - 3PO and the Starhunters returned to the scene , chased by a jugadoo . Greej arrested the animal collectors , but the poachers managed to grab his blaster and began to make their escape . The timely arrival of the droids ' master , a miner named Jann Tosh who had followed a distress beacon Coby had set off before planetfall , prevented the Starhunters ' escape . Thanks to the help of their offworld friends , the Fuzzums had regained their old village . They held a ceremony there to fete the offworlders who had made it possible . By 137 ABY , the Fuzzum homeworld was once again under at least the nominal control of the Hutts as part of their Hutt dependencies . Behind the scenes . The Fuzzums were created for " Coby and the Starhunters , " an episode of the " " animated television series that originally aired on November 2 , 1985 . The species has since been mentioned in various reference works , such as " A Guide to the Star Wars Universe , " Second Edition , and " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " ; each of these volumes provides a nearly identical description of the species . The 1995 German trade paperback comic book that collects and translates " " mentions Fuzzums . In the scene where Han Solo and his companions are in the garbage compactor of the Death Star , the characters are trying to brace the compactor walls with poles and other objects . Solo says of the poles , " They ' re snapping like Fuzzum - legs . " Yet , in the 2008 German version of " , " which includes the same issue , the line is restored to , " They ' re snapping like twigs ! " as in the original English - language version .