Attark / Legends Attark was a male Hoover who lived during the Galactic Civil War . By 4 ABY , he was the pet of the crime lord Jabba the Hutt in the latter ' s palace on the planet Tatooine . Attark was a technician , whose small size allowed him to both manipulate electronic equipment and crawl inside machinery to repair it from within . Despite his harmless appearance , at night time Attark would creep up on sleeping victims to suck their blood . In 4 ABY , Attark was present in Jabba ' s palace when several allies of Jabba ' s prisoner Han Solo arrived to bargain for Solo ' s freedom . Those events led to the collapse of Jabba ' s criminal empire and the death of the Hutt himself , and it was unknown if Attark survived . Biography . The male Hoover Attark lived during the time of the Galactic Civil War between the Alliance to Restore the Republic and the Galactic Empire . By the year 4 ABY , Attark joined the crime lord Jabba the Hutt ' s criminal empire on the planet Tatooine , staying in the crime lord ' s palace as a pet of the Hutt . Attark worked as a technician , and his small size allowed him to easily manipulate detailed electronic equipment , as well as crawl inside machinery and repair it from within . Despite looking harmless , Attark would creep up on sleeping victims to suck their blood at night , using his nose trunk to slither through clothing or around blankets . In 4 ABY , Attark was present in the Hutt ' s palace when several Alliance to Restore the Republic operatives arrived to bargain for the freedom of their ally , Han Solo , who was held prisoner in the palace . Those events ultimately led to the death of Jabba and the dissolution of his criminal empire . It was unknown if Attark survived those events . Personality and traits . Attark possessed tremendous technical abilities , and his small size also aided his work as a technician . Attark would also suck the blood of sleeping victims , while using his nose to slither around protective layers . Attark possessed brown skin and black eyes . Behind the scenes . Attark ' s origins come from a maquette created for the 1983 film ; however , the creature is not visible in the film nor can its presence be recalled by several of the puppeteers from the set . The character was given the moniker " Hoover " by the creature shop of Industrial Light & Magic , from as early as 1981 . The nickname was perhaps acknowledging his resemblance to the vacuum cleaner . A second nickname found in Attark ' s original design sketches was " Dogephant . " The puppet was to be operated by a puppeteer ' s arm through the floor . A dummy maquette shows that propmakers considered painting him a light purple with red spots on his back , before later being colored brown . The maquette ended up in the Lucasfilm Archives sporting a blonde wig . Early reference works , such as 1994 ' s " A Guide to the Star Wars Universe " and 1997 ' s " " , treated Hoover as the character ' s name , leaving his species unidentified . In 1998 , the character was first identified as Attark , of the Hoover species , for a card in the " Jabba ' s Palace Limited " expansion set of the " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game . In 2008 , " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " gave entries for both Attark and Hoover ; however , it treated Hoover as a member of the Hoover species , and a separate character from Attark . This article assumes the Hoover entry is in error , given all other sources suggesting only one individual of the species was in Jabba ' s Palace .