Sic - Six / Legends The Sic - Six were a species of intelligent arachnids who could produce webbing and use it to detect nearby presences by hearing the vibrations of the threads . Their proportionally large tympanic membranes , which covered most of their bodies , made this possible . At the same time , this made them vulnerable to loud sounds . Sic - Six had other important sensory organs , including four pairs of eyes , each adapted to see a different part of the spectrum . Sic - Six generated a natural poison that , while toxic to the fauna of their native planet of Sisk , only acted as an intoxicating drug to organisms from other planets . Several Sic - Six , such as Trix - sor , left their planet to earn a living as " fangers , " individuals paid to bite and inebriate customers . This lifestyle suited the species well , as the arachnids disliked the company of fellow Sic - Six . Biology and appearance . The Sic - Six were sentient arachnids who could grow from less than one meter to more than two meters in length . Each individual had three body segments : head , thorax and abdomen , all covered by a hard , chitinous carapace that was generally black . The head had four pairs of eyes , all of them red and evenly distributed between the front and sides of the head . Each pair of eyes sensed a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum , giving the species a much wider visual spectrum than most species , ranging from infrared to ultraviolet . Nevertheless , they could not see in total darkness . The Sic - Six mouth had two pairs of mandibular pedipalps that gave the arachnids an advanced sense of smell . The pedipalps were also used to interpret the environment . The mouth sported two fangs , which were used to inject venom into prey . Although this toxin killed animals from Sisk , it only had a paralyzing and mildly intoxicating effect on a wide variety of offworld species . The Sic - Six could also inject the poison using a stinger . In at least some cases , Sic - Six had a high - pitched voice , even when speaking the language of other species . A Sic - Six named Trix - sor , who was a refined polyglot , tended to infuse his speech with superfluous screeches and cheeps no matter what language he was speaking . The thorax segment was the largest of the three body parts . It had eight legs attached , each of them with six joints . This allowed the Sic - Six to move at a higher speed than other creatures of the same size ; however , this also meant that the species lacked any appendages capable of fine manipulation . The short , fat abdomen was connected to the thorax by powerful muscles and tendons , despite seeming to almost float behind the rest of the body . It included four posterior spinnerets used to create fine webs . Sic - Six commonly laid webs among trees or in closed spaces to detect intruders : anyone stepping on the web would probably break it , but by doing so , that trespasser would make enough noise for the Sic - Six to notice . Sic - Six webs were seen in docking bays through the galaxy , where they spun webs that , in that position , were apparently a nuisance or a danger to pilots . Sic - Six had highly sensitive hearing . In fact , their whole bodies acted as tympanic membranes . They could notice faint sounds that originated from hundreds of meters away . Unfortunately for the Sic - Six , this made them highly vulnerable to sonic weapons — even loud noises could seriously injure them , and the mere sound of a explosion from 20 meters away could be fatal . Society and culture . Sic - Six were solitary by nature , particularly with regard to their own species : they only spent time with other Sic - Six to mate , and even then they were uncomfortable . As a result , their native planet Sisk had almost nothing in the way of a central government . Nevertheless , Sic - Six did not shun the company of sentients of other species . Sic - Six were also insecure and afraid of anything that fell beyond their control . This trait had been caused as a result of the quick climatic changes of their planet that sped up the rate of their evolution . As the Sic - Six disliked uninvited presences , they used their webs to cover their surroundings , so that anyone trying to sneak up on them would be detected . Although the Sic - Six were unable to stand each other , they managed to develop industrial - level technology on their own . However , that same personality trait stopped them from developing assembly lines . Sic - Six were proud of their own technological achievements , considering themselves superior to other species . Sic - Six were known to enjoy music , theater and other forms of art . They commonly gravitated toward the humanities and often became scholars of such fields . Sic - Six - layer cake was a traditional dish from their homeworld ; the confection ' s coloration was tailored to Sic - Six visual organs , a fact that made the cake vibrant to look at . The Sic - Six were by and large a wealthy people , because the venom they produced was exported as an addictive stimulant . However , certain unscrupulous entrepreneurs of the drug industry kidnapped and enslaved Sic - Six to make use of their drug - producing capacities . Unlike several other arachnoid species , Sic - Six were known to wear clothing . History . The Sic - Six homeworld of Sisk was once a warm , lush planet orbiting the orange dwarf star Sisk . There the Sic - Six evolved into patient beings who simply waited for prey to fall into their webs . However , a relatively short time prior to the Galactic Civil War , their sun underwent partial collapse and became a red dwarf . Consequently , Sisk became a cold , inhospitable world . This turned the passive Sic - Six into active , cunning hunters who began to rely on technology . They also evolved advanced sensory organs . This event affected their personality , making them frightened and insecure when faced with circumstances they could not control . Gifted Sic - Six engineers developed industrial technology for their species , but lack of cooperation made mass production or the large - scale exploitation of Sisk ' s natural resources impossible . Later , the galactic community discovered Sisk and the Sic - Six found that they liked outworlders more than they liked other Sic - Six . The galaxy learned of the intoxicating properties of the Sic - Six poison . Communities of foreigners came to enjoy the stimulating effect the drug gave them , and they eagerly paid generous amounts for each dose — Sic - Six venom became more well - known and expensive than Corellian spice . Several Sic - Six made their fortunes in a business known as " fanging , " that is to say , injecting their venom into voluntary subjects who were willing to pay for the service . Although " fanging " was outlawed on several worlds , many Sic - Six made a fortune as " fangers . " Others , however , were enslaved for the same reason . Sic - Six could also become addicted to offworld opiates , such as Ryll spice . Certain offworld corporations wanted to mine Sisk but , as the Sic - Six had no planetary government , no - one was authorized to make that kind of deal — to the tycoons ' chagrin . During the Imperial era , Sic - Six were well integrated into the galactic community . The species had prestige and wealth . The Verpine business Roche Hive Mechanical Apparatus Design and Construction Activity for Those Who Need the Hive ' s Machines , who failed in their attempt to market an insect - looking protocol droid to mammals , attempted later to re - direct the units of J9 " worker " drones to insectoid and arachnoid species , including the Sic - Six , the Flakax and the Xi ' Dec . Nevertheless , they found no success on Sisk . Sic - Six in the galaxy . When traveling the galaxy , Sic - Six enjoyed the company of wealthy artists and dilettantes who had few responsibilities . Sic - Six were almost never found with other Sic - Six , as they got along much better with people of other species . Sic - Six often found their way in the galactic community by providing their venom to willing customers . Some Sic - Six were enslaved by crime lords , or even murdered and dissected for their venom glands . Other , luckier Sic - Six were simply drained of their venom and released or hired . Less scrupulous " fangers " charged cut - rate prices for intoxication only to take advantage of their incapacitated clients and steal their possessions . A Sic - Six was a member of the Tatooine court of Jabba Desilijic Tiure , the well - known Hutt crime kingpin , in 4 ABY . Trix - sor was a Sic - Six who worked as a " fanger " for an Imperial aristocrat at some point before 1 ABY . He obtained a wealth of money and contacts providing his employer and associates with narcotic services ; meanwhile , Trix - sor himself developed his own dependence on Ryll . Trix - sor eventually retired to live on Bespin and enjoyed the local gambling establishments . He was well - known among his neighbors because of his eccentricities and because his previous job was an open secret . Even in his leisure time , Trix - sor sometimes worked as a spy for a minor Imperial noble known as Spenz . Behind the scenes . Stuart Freeborn and a team of makeup and creature designers created a six - eyed , insect - like alien for the Jabba ' s Palace scenes of the movie ( 1983 ) . The puppet was known as the " 6 - Eye " during production and was operated by a puppeteer who used his hand to move the creature ' s head from under a false floor . The maquette was not seen in the movie stills . In 1989 , West End Games published " , " a supplement to " " that introduced the word " Sic - Six " for the first time and gave detailed background for the species . The species then had an entry in " A Guide to the Star Wars Universe " , Second Edition ( 1994 ) , mostly re - telling the information from " Galaxy Guide 4 . " In 1995 , West End games published the second edition to " " , with some new pages that had not appeared in . Those included new information about Trix - sor , a Sic - six fanger and potential NPC . The book " " ( 1997 ) , used a picture of the maquette of the " 6 - Eye " with a caption identifying it as a " Sic - six . " The " Star Wars Customizable Card Game , " in its 1998 expansion " Jabba ' s Palace Limited , " again identified the " 6 - Eye " from Jabba ' s Palace as a Sic - Six . After that , the species and their planet received entries in " Star Wars Encyclopedia " ( 1998 ) , both sourced to " Galaxy Guide 4 " ; these short articles were repeated in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " in 2008 . New information about the species was provided in " The Essential Guide to Droids " ( 1999 ) , with the same information repeated in " The New Essential Guide to Droids " ( 2006 ) . Most sources capitalize the species ' s name as " Sic - Six " , with two capital S ' s , except for " Star Wars Encyclopedia " and " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " in their entries about the species , where it is called " Sic - six " . However , the entries about the planet Sisk use the spelling " Sic - Six . " " Star Wars : Chronicles " only mentions the name once , writing it as " Sic - six . " In the real world , commonly have only two body segments ( cephalothorax and abdomen ) ; however , in the " Star Wars " universe , several arachnid sentient species , including the Sic - Six and the Charon , do not share this trait .