Mizx The Mizx was a species of sentient humanoids that was indigenous to the swamp world of Randorn Two . Mizx were occasionally preyed upon by a native predator , the ibliton . Unable to defend themselves from the creature with their primitive weapons , the Mizx developed myths explaining the creature ' s origin : it was believed to be an avatar of Hershoon the Destroyer , fashioned from his demented soul through the operation of magic k . The Mizx performed cleansing funeral rites on those individuals killed by ibliton attacks , believing that prevented souls reincarnating as ibliton . The Mizx had contact with the galaxy , in particular with researchers that visited Randorn Two to study the ibliton . Researchers from both the Galactic History Foundation and the Tyberious Institute of Xenobiology took an interest in the ibliton ' s origins . Biology and appearance . The Mizx were a humanoid , sentient species . Society and culture . The Mizx gathered together in villages composed of cottages . They domesticated layall s and hecxt s , keeping them in stock pens near their villages . Mizx villagers planted harrowbane around these pens ; the caustic weed was considered sacred by the Mizx and contact with the plant burned the tentacles of the native predator , the ibliton . They had a low level of technology , with which they fashioned primitive weapons . The Mizx had a developed mythology , which included elements such as magic k , soul s , and sacred plants . One figure in that mythology was Hershoon the Destroyer . According to the Mizx , as The Destroyer lay dying , he used powerful magicks to conjure aspects of his demented soul . The Mizx believed that manifested as the ibliton , which continued The Destroyer ' s legacy of corruption beyond his death . The ibliton was a cephalopod - crustacean hybrid ; a large coiled shell , polished to a sheen by its own digestive chemicals , covered the soft inner body of the ibliton , while segmented legs were covered by a chitinous exoskeleton . That defensive armor , combined with four large tentacles used in attack , placed the iblition at the top of the Randorn food - chain . The ibliton attacked Mizx villages , earning its reputation by seeming to destroy solely for destruction ' s sake . Mizx younglings were taught very early on in their life not to venture out into the swamps and bayous of Randorn in case they encountered an ibliton . Mizx funeral services included banishing rites intended to cleanse the souls of Mizx killed by iblition . According to their mythology , any Mizx whose soul did not receive that consecration would reincarnate as another ibliton . The Mizx also considered the plant harrowbane to be sacred due to its offensive characteristics against the ibliton . History . The Mizx evolved on the remote planet Randorn Two , located in the Belderone sector of the Outer Rim Territories . They developed a primitive society , creating rudimentary weapons and domesticating local creatures . Their villages were occasionally attacked by ibliton , vindicating their mythology around the species ' origins . The Mizx had contact with the wider galaxy , and their planet was known of during the Clone Wars . A number of researchers visited the planet to study the ibliton . Meslinger of the Tyberious Institute of Xenobiology dredged millennia - old ibliton fossils from the world ' s swamps , dating the origin of the species to 600 , 000 BBY . While on Randorn , Meslinger witnessed an ibliton attack on a Mizx village . The research party was able to kill the ibliton only after repeated blaster bolts . Their intervention saved the lives of all but one of the Mizx villagers , and the researchers were then able to witness Mizx funeral rites . Meslinger published an account of the attack — one of only three published attacks — along with a detailed account of the funeral rites . Another researcher that took an interest in Randorn Two was Harzoon Parr of the Galactic History Foundation who hypothesized that the ibliton were planted on Randorn by a lost starfaring race . Behind the scenes . The Mizx were created by Phil Brucato for the West End Games sourcebook " Creatures of the Galaxy " , published in 1994 . " Creatures of the Galaxy " was unique in that the text was built around artists ' creature designs , rather than the other way around , as was typical for their sourcebooks . The Mizx were created as part of the backstory of the ibliton species , illustrated by David Plunkett . They later received a mention in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , published in 2008 .