Dubravan Dubravans were a species of green - skinned humanoids native to the world of Dubrava . They possessed yellow blood , black eyes , and webbed hands and feet with four digits apiece . Anatomically , females of the species were distinguished by their breasts ; however , cultural signifiers of gender included clothing and hair styles . The swamps of the species ' homeworld supported a simple civilization based upon wood construction and water - based transportation . During the Galactic Civil War , Dubrava became a site of conflict between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic . By 0 ABY , the Empire had dispatched stormtroopers to the world , while the Rebellion sent the Human pilot Jal Te Gniev there as a recruiter . The Rebel resented the assignment and rebuffed a young Dubravan named Bobek who wished to join the movement . However , when the Human revealed to a Dubravan female named Nevana that Rebel pilot Luke Skywalker had destroyed the Empire ' s Death Star battlestation , she sold the information to a Dubravan bounty hunter named Sarma , who in turn informed the Empire . Nevana accidentally led a group of stormtroopers to the bar from which Gniev operated , and in the ensuing events , Nevana and Bobek both died , and Gniev fled the world to warn Skywalker that the Empire was pursuing him . Biology and appearance . Dubravans were sentient humanoids characterized by their bright - green skin and smooth - featured faces . The visage of a representative of the species exhibited Human - like lips and a mouthful of white teeth , and a pair of black , bulging eyes shaped like oblong ovals . However , despite that simplicity , the beings were capable of expressing emotions with their features , such as smiles and frowns , and the eyes were capable of producing tears . Behind the jaw at the sides of the head lay long , fleshy flaps distinguished by their deep wrinkles and squared - off shape . The smooth skin tended to wrinkle as an individual aged . A full head of hair topped the pate of most members of the species , although baldness advanced in some more aged specimens . Hair colors varied widely ; blond , red , brown , green , gray , and white each manifested in various individuals . On each limb , a typical Dubravan sported four webbed digits with nails . The species was divided into both males and females . Characteristics that distinguished the sexes included facial hair on some males and prominent breasts on the females . Dubravans had yellow blood . Society and culture . Dubrava , homeworld of the Dubravans , was a swamp planet that was sometimes referred to derisively as the " armpit of the universe . " The world ' s technology was a hodgepodge of the simple and the advanced : on the one hand , individuals used such items as simple woven baskets , leather satchels , pipes with globular bowls , and metal mugs and eating utensils . On the other , satellite dishes adorned most Dubravan buildings , individuals used advanced weaponry such as blaster pistols , and some Dubravans worked at least part - time as starship dealers or bounty hunters . In the planet ' s Canal District , docks and piers connected the small islands that dotted the marshland region . Flat - bottom boats and hovercraft moved sentient beings and goods across the waters from point to point , some such craft powered by motors but others punted with poles . The islands supported Dubravan buildings , more of which were found within the confines of towns . The species ' architecture was characterized by wood - plank construction anchored by full logs at the corners and between stories . A short flight of stairs led to the front door of a typical dwelling , and shuttered windows offered another means of egress . Such buildings were relatively spartan , their coloration coming from the natural colors of the woods used to construct them . Furnishings , too , were simple , wooden affairs . Plain , dirt roads serviced traffic through the settlements . Dubravans wore gender - specific clothing akin to that prevalent among other species in the galaxy . Men preferred tunics and breeches , often with a belt and boots , while women took instead to simple shifts and sleek gowns with high - heeled shoes . Although males were known to wear piercings in the fleshy growths at the sides of the head , females showed more interest in adornments such as metal bracelets and bangles . Hairstyle was another marker of identity . Some men wore their hair shoulder - length , while others shaved all but a shock of hair near the forehead or pulled long hair back into a ponytail . Meanwhile , women tended to keep their hair longer . Their diet included a red fruit . Some Dubravans enjoyed drinking frothy beverages in bars . Another tavern pastime was card games . At least some Dubravans could speak and understand Basic . History . The Dubravans ' home system received its first visitors from another world at some point between 1000 and 25 BBY . The planet became incorporated into the greater galaxy as part of the Triellus Trade Route and as part of Albanin sector , located in a larger region known as the Slice . By 20 BBY , during the Clone Wars , the Dubravan home system had fallen under the influence of the Hutts , a species whose domain , known as Hutt Space , came to encompass the area . Nevertheless , by 14 BBY , the influence had retreated . At least a few non - Dubravans traveled to the world , including a Snivvian bartender . At some point before 0 ABY , the Galactic Empire established a presence on Dubrava by stationing stormtroopers there . Shorty after the Battle of Yavin , the Alliance to Restore the Republic followed suit and dispatched the Human X - wing pilot Jal Te Gniev to Dubrava to recruit for the organization on the planet . When a young Dubravan male named Bobek sought out Gniev in a Canal District bar , the Human , disillusioned with his relatively backwater assignment , humiliated the boy by blindfolding him and directing him into a trap door under the ruse of running a confidence test . Gniev sent Bobek away with the aspersion that trust in the Rebellion was foolish . Incensed , Bobek left the scene , found a blaster , and made his way back to the bar to kill the Human pilot — as a service to the Rebellion that the young boy thought the man only nominally represented . Meanwhile , a Dubravan woman named Nevana found the inebriated Gniev at the same bar . She prodded him for information about the Rebellion and eventually coaxed the name " Skywalker " from him as the identification of the pilot who had destroyed the Empire ' s Death Star battlestation . However , when Nevana sold the information to a Dubravan bounty hunter named Sarma in a nearby town as a way to pay off her father ' s debt to him , Sarma merely turned her in to the Empire , although they shot him as soon as he pointed Nevana out to them . Stormtroopers ambushed the woman in the street , and she fled into the swamps . She returned to Gniev ' s bar and inadvertently led the stormtroopers to the Rebel recruiter ' s location . The Imperial troops then burned the establishment down with flamethrowers ; Nevana died in the massacre , but Gniev escaped . Nevertheless , he found himself unarmed and facing two more stormtroopers . At that moment , Bobek , the boy whom Gniev had humiliated , appeared and shot the stormtroopers with the blaster he had intended to use to kill Gniev — although not before the Imperial soldiers fatally wounded the young Dubravan . Bobek ' s actions inspired Gniev to rethink his role in the Rebellion and abandon his acerbic attitude . He bought a starfighter from a Dubravan salesman and fled the swamp planet to warn Luke Skywalker that the Empire was on his trail . Circa 25 ABY , Dubrava ' s sentient population was between ten and one hundred million . By 137 ABY , Dubrava was within the territory of the Hutt dependencies . Behind the scenes . The second issue of " Vader ' s Quest " , a comic book published in 1999 by Dark Horse Comics , marked the first appearance of the Dubravans in " Star Wars " continuity . The green - skinned species plays a prominent role in the issue , which was written by Darko Macan and penciled by Dave Gibbons . A mistake in one frame shows the Dubravan Bobek with five fingers per hand , whereas the remainder of the comic depicts the Rebel sympathizer — along with the other members of his species — with only four digits per hand . Because the back cover of each issue of the four - part miniseries includes an illustration of how the four covers fit together to form a single image , the Dubravans Bobek and Nevana technically appear in each issue due to their prominent place on the cover of the second installment . " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , a three - volume set published by Del Rey in 2008 , includes entries for the planet Dubrava and the characters Bobek and Nevana .