Felinian The Felinians were a species of sentient felinoids native to the planet Zoma V , where they lived in jungles . During the Galactic Civil War , the Felinians had developed technology considered primitive in the galaxy at large , but they desired advanced weapons such as blasters , commodities for which they traded precious stones . The Saurian crime lord Sithless Leethe attempted to smuggle Imperial weapons to the Felinians under the oversight of his associate , a Saurian named Slopper . Nevertheless , the courier s he had chosen to deliver the cargo — spacers to whom he had sold a light freighter on condition of delivery of the unopened crates to the Felinians — chose to deliver the weapons to the Rebel Alliance instead . Biology and appearance . The Felinians were sentient felinoids with a physiology that enabled them to wield blaster weapons intended for Humans . Society and culture . The species inhabited the jungles of their homeworld , Zoma V . Although their technology was considered primitive by the standards of the greater galaxy , at least some Felinians could use advanced weaponry such as blasters . The Felinians bartered for such goods by trading precious stones . History . The Felinians hailed from Zoma V , a world in the Zoma system . The region had been explored by outsiders some point between 15 , 000 and 8000 BBY , and it eventually became part of the Hunnoverrs sector of the Outer Rim Territories . The area had fallen under the influence of the Sith Empire between 1004 and 1000 BBY , during the New Sith Wars . From 52 to 19 BBY , it was within territory considered part of Hutt Space . During the Galactic Civil War , a Saurian crime lord named Sithless Leethe obtained a shipment of Imperial munitions that he attempted to smuggle to the Felinians . He stored the weapons in a light freighter called the " Limping Lady " on Tatooine and placed them under guard of his lieutenant , another Saurian named Slopper . Leethe then found a band of spacers to buy the starship from him ; as part of the deal , they agreed to deliver the cargo unopened to the Felinians on Zoma V . Nevertheless , the spacers deviated from the plan and took the weapons instead to the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Leethe discovered their duplicity and retaliated by taking out a bounty for their capture . Circa 25 ABY , Zoma V fell within a region where the average sentient population per star system was under one million . It had fallen into territory considered part of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire by 137 ABY . Behind the scenes . The Felinians are mentioned in the roleplaying adventure " Limping Lady " , which was written by Peter M . Schweighofer and published in " Challenge 64 " in September 1992 . The narrative above assumes the player - characters — the unnamed spacers — deliver the cargo to the Rebel Alliance , as this is the scenario that affords them the largest reward and is considered the correct path . Nevertheless , what they do with Sithless Leethe ' s cargo is up to them ; players may also opt to visit Zoma V and deliver the weapons to the Felinians . In such a scenario , the catlike aliens give the Saurian Slopper 5 , 000 in precious stones in exchange . " Challenge " magazine was unaffiliated with Lucasfilm Ltd . , which has left the canon status of the Felinians ambiguous . Despite the uncertainty surrounding the species ' place in continuity , the Felinian home system is referenced in " The Essential Atlas " , published in 2009 . However , according to one of the authors , Jason Fry , " its inclusion shouldn ' t be taken as a statement of canonicity for anything except the geography . "