Flakax The Flakax were an insectoid sentient species , native to Flax . Biology and appearance . Flakax were insectoid bipeds with a height of 1 . 8 to 2 . 3 meters . They possessed a black carapace . Their thoraxes had two arms with three pincers on each hand , and they had two legs with two long digits each . Their heads featured large compound eyes , two short antennae , and four mandibles . Within their mandibles lay a small beak that was used for piercing and sucking . Their abdomens had the ability to glow or flash light signals , as well as the ability to emit a noxious gas , which irritated the eyes and lungs of humanoid attackers . Most Flakax were sexless drones , while each hive possessed only one female , who ruled as queen . Males were very rare , as their only purpose was to mate with — and then be eaten by — the females . Drones and males were completely dependent on their queen for all direction . Lone Flakax — usually males who escaped being eaten , or drones left hiveless due to a queen ' s sudden death — were dangerous . Devoid of a queen ' s guidance , they would become unstable and . Society and culture . Flakax were native to the mountainous desert world of Flax . Most of the surface ' s land masses were desert due to the high coastal mountain ranges which prevented atmospheric transference of moisture from the seas . Despite the danger of frequent tectonic activity , the Flakax lived in underground hives across the planet , making their colonies beneath the dunes . Flakax society revolved around the hive and the queen , and all Flakax served the hive dutifully and almost without a will of their own . Unlike the Bilar s and the Fefze , however , they were not a true group mind — each Flakax was independently sentient . When confronted with a threat , a Flakax would first make sure that the queen and hive were secure and only then worry about its own safety . The sexless drones completed all the physical labor of the hive , while the males existed only to reproduce and then be summarily executed , and eaten . The Flakax drones were without personalities or emotions as other species understood them — they felt neither fear , joy , love , nor hate . They were amoral and inherently practical and pragmatic . Each hive had only one female , who ruled it as queen , and only the hive queens had true emotions . She would provide all motivation and creativity to her hive , and had no interest in activities or beings outside . Separate hives never had lasting alliances , and would work together or fight according to the whims of their queens . Flakax were intensely single - minded , and could never be swayed from their present course of action . Due to their biology and ability to coordinate actions among many of their own kind , Flakax were terrifying opponents in battle . They were always willing to fight to the death . Though Flakax had little technology of their own , they were capable of designing and building complicated structures , using only their natural abilities to complete their projects . This was their world ' s only export , as entire Flakax hives were thus found working in design and construction on the less developed planets in the galaxy . History . The Flakax homeworld of Flax lay in the Ptera system , part of the Sumitra sector . Early on during the galaxy - spanning conflict of the Clone Wars , the Sephi made moves to secede from the Galactic Republic . The Flakax were among several other species in the Sumitra sector whose secession was feared as a result of the Sephi ' s decision . A series of events on Thustra led to the Battle of Thustra , which culminated with the death of King Alaric , who with his dying breath predicted that the sector would indeed leave the Republic . When Supreme Chancellor Palpatine dissolved the Republic and created the Galactic Empire , Flax was one of the many worlds to be subjugated by the New Order . The Flakax willingly submitted to the Empire and the queens began to sign agreements which sold vast tracts of land to the Imperials . The drones were then set to mining the immense mineral deposits trapped in the bedrock beneath the Flakax hives ; in return , the queens asked for Imperial protection and support from their military . In truth , the Flakax had become slaves of the Empire , yet due to their inherent sense of duty toward a larger goal , they had no complaints about the arrangement . In 36 ABY , they were among the many insectoid species to be coerced into siding with the Killik s in the Swarm War . Han and Leia Organa Solo discovered and thwarted the Killik plot to take over the planet Flax . Behind the scenes . Gamemasters playing were instructed to not allow players to chose Flakax as their character ' s species .