Letaki The Letaki were a species of sentient beings distinguished by eight tentacles , an egg - shaped head , four eyes , and a sharp beak . Two sets of gills allowed them to breathe in both air and water . They were able to focus their eyes on more than one object at a time , and to use their limbs to manipulate several items independently . As carnivores , Letaki gutted their dinners . The Letaki vocal range was higher than that of most species . The musician Evar Orbus , leader of Evar Orbus and His Galactic Jizz - Wailers , was a Letaki , and his species hailed from the Letaki system in the Outer Rim . Biology and appearance . With eight tentacles and at least two feet , the Letaki were a non - humanoid sentient species . They were able to use several tentacles in tandem , which allowed a Letaki musician to play a number of instruments simultaneously . The sheer multiplicity of their appendages made it difficult for non - Letaki to keep all the manipulators apart , a weakness that the Letaki Evar Orbus exploited by wearing a prosthetic arm in which he hid a weapon . At least some Letaki sported pink skin mottled with a darker shade . An ovoid head sat atop the Letaki neck and torso . The egg - shaped cranium featured four shiny , black eyes ; a sharp , stubby , yellow beak ; and two pointed ears . A Letaki was able to focus each of the four visual organs independently , an ability that allowed members of the species to monitor several directions at once . Their sense of hearing was comparatively less developed , falling below the aural capabilities of the Bith species . The Letaki tongue was dark pink in color . Six short , fleshy appendages with ventral suction cups formed a line across the brow . Letaki had two sets of gills , which enabled them to breathe both in an atmosphere and underwater . The air gills resembled flaps of skin , located behind the eyes . Letaki came in two sexes , male and female . They were carnivores who gutted their dinner before eating it . When he encountered a group of Letaki around 2 ABY , the Human smuggler Han Solo assumed the Letaki beak would make drinking difficult ; nevertheless , the Human found the tentacled beings ' behavior erratic and assumed they were intoxicated . Letaki blood was colored green . The species was capable of prodigious vocal abilities ; the voice of Evar Orbus , for instance , ranged across eleven sectave s . Society and culture . Letaki used their tentacles to gesture and point during communication . They expressed emotions through their sense organs , which fluttered to convey feelings . Conversely , Han Solo assumed that Letaki likely would not to be able to read the subtleties of Human facial expressions . At least some Letaki were comfortable in arid environments like that of the planet Tatooine . Members of the species were known to wear clothing . History . The Letaki evolved in the Letaki system . Outsiders reached the system at some point between 5000 and 1000 BBY , and it eventually became incorporated into the Steniplis sector of the Outer Rim Territories , part of a region of the galaxy known as the Western Reaches . In 9 ABY , during the hostilities between the New Republic and the forces of Grand Admiral Thrawn , the Letaki ' s home system fell within territory considered allied to the Imperial leader . Decades later , in 137 ABY , the system had fallen within the sphere of influence of the Sith Lord Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire . Letaki in the galaxy . One Letaki who gained a level of prominence in the galaxy was Evar Orbus , a musician who founded a band known as Evar Orbus and His Galactic Jizz - Wailers . When Orbus and his group made their way to Tatooine under a contract to play at the Wookiee Chalmun ' s cantina , Orbus felt he had hit the big time . However , the cantina ' s current band , Figrin D ' an and the Modal Nodes , resented the competition ; under the pretense of sending an airbus to transport Orbus and his group to their new performance venue , they attacked the Letaki and his crew . Although Orbus was able to defend himself with a weapon hidden in a fake tentacle , he was fatally wounded in the skirmish . The other members of his group , under the nominal leadership of the Ortolan Max Rebo , renamed themselves the Max Rebo Band and found work for Jabba the Hutt . Circa 2 ABY , a group of Letaki was present within a played - out asteroid mine . The Letaki were approached by the Human pirate Alia Terae , whom they told about the slave trade that passed through the asteroid and the path through the mine ' s tunnels to reach the slave holding pens . Terae then led her companions , Han Solo and the Human pilot Sian Tesar , per the Letaki ' s instructions . Behind the scenes . Author John Gregory Betancourt created the Letaki Evar Orbus for his short story " , " which relates the events that led the Max Rebo Band to join Jabba the Hutt ' s court . The story was included in the collection " Tales from Jabba ' s Palace " , which was first published by Bantam Spectra in 1996 . Later sources , such as the " Star Wars Encyclopedia " , reference Orbus and his species but reveal no new information about them ; " The Official Star Wars Fact File 46 " even misspells the species ' s name as " Lataki . " A portrait of Orbus provided by artist Dennis Cramer - McClain for the article " Who ' s Who in the Max Rebo Band , " published in the May 2003 " Star Wars Insider 67 " , is the first and only visual depiction of the species ; it lacks certain features attributed to the species by other sources , such as an additional pair of eyes and visible gills . With the release of the March 2011 update of " " , a supplement to " The Essential Atlas " , authors Jason Fry and Daniel Wallace added a Letaki system to the database , placing the species ' s home system for the first time . The book " " , written by Martha Wells and published by Del Rey in 2013 , provides new information about the Letaki , such as the ability to become intoxicated . However , the scene is narrated from Han Solo ' s point of view , leaving unclear whether his suppositions are correct .