Qiraash The Qiraash were a sentient species of Near - Human s from the planet of the same name , with pale , pink skin . Their large craniums were bald except for hair growing from the back of the neck . Some Qiraash plaited this into elaborate top - knots . Leesub Sirln was a Qiraash with limited powers of precognition . High Inquisitor Antinnis Tremayne encountered Sirln and declared her a Force Adept . In order to avoid imprisonment or death at the hand of the Empire ' s Inquisitorius , Sirln went into hiding on Tatooine . Biology and appearance . The Qiraash were a sentient species of Near - Human s . They were humanoid — having two arms and two legs — but their pale , pink skin and large craniums set them apart from Humans . The Qiraash head was bald except for curly hair growing from the nape of the neck . Some Qiraash grew tufts of this hair long and wore it in elaborate coiffures . For example , the Qiraash female Leesub Sirln plaited it into a top - knot at the crown of her skull . From here , three smaller plaits ran toward the front of her skull ; one each running along the sides of the head and down past the front of the ears , and the third running down the center of the forehead and ending just above the eyebrows . Qiraash facial features otherwise resembled those of Humans with high cheekbones . The Qiraash were unable naturally to interbreed with members of the Human species ; however , with a certain amount of genetic manipulation , such couplings could produce viable offspring . One Qiraash , Leesub Sirln , had limited precognition powers ; these were interpreted by High Inquisitor Antinnis Tremayne as Force - sensitivity . History . The Qiraash were known in the galaxy from at least 84 BBY , when Qiraash Doffen Gaitag oversaw construction of the space station known as the Wheel , which quickly became one of the most popular gambling dens in the galaxy . Gaitag eventually sold the Wheel to the J ' feh crime lord Skijid Vrescot , and his granddaughter , Qimberly Gaitag - Delio , went on to become a celebrity attorney nicknamed " the Devourer " . At one time , the Hutt Wallanooga — a slaver in the Outer Rim Territories — speculated that his slave Aurra Sing might have been a Qiraash / Human hybrid , despite the inability of the Qiraash genome to account for her longevity . Also during the Clone Wars , a Qiraash served as a bartender at a tavern on the Mid Rim planet Vaced . A full - blooded Qiraash was the female Leesub Sirln , who was enslaved while only a youngling . During the administration of the Galactic Empire , Sirln encountered High Inquisitor Tremayne , who , suspecting the woman had precognition powers , declared her a Force Adept . The Inquisitorius was charged with hunting down Jedi and other Force - sensitives and either turning them to the dark side of the Force or eliminating them . Consequently , to avoid imprisonment or death , Sirln fled to the remote planet Tatooine , where she hid for many years in the town of Mos Eisley . She was present in Chalmun ' s Spaceport Cantina in 0 BBY when Obi - Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker chartered the services of Han Solo and Chewbacca for transit to Alderaan . Behind the scenes . Only one Qiraash has appeared in " Star Wars " canon : Leesub Sirln . Originally identified only as " Weird Girl " in the production notes for , she was filmed in London as an extra for the cantina scene . She can be glimpsed briefly in the film just behind Kenobi and Skywalker in Chalmun ' s Cantina . An early cut of the cantina sequence shows her more prominently , talking to Hrchek Kal Fas at the bar , and a production photo shows her standing in front of the " Millennium Falcon , " but these images were never part of the film . Sirln ' s name and identification as a Qiraash did not occur until 1995 with the release of the of the first set of the " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game , in which she appears as a Light Side card . In addition to mentions in reference sources such as the " Star Wars Encyclopedia " and " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , as well as some StarWars . com features , the Qiraash are also mentioned in Michael Reaves ' " " , published in 2008 . In 2009 , Sirln received an action figure as part of " " , and in 2011 , a second Qiraash character was created by Ryder Windham for his young reader book " " . " Dining at Dex ' s " , a - exclusive article released in 2009 mentioned Qiraadish es . The article ' s author , Gregory Walker , confirmed this was a play on the word " Qiraash " . The in - universe connection between the vegetable and the species is not clear .