Quor ' sav Quor ' sav , or Quor ' savs , were a species of warm - blooded sentients with both avian and monotreme characteristics . Their stilt legs and long necks made them tower over most other species at 3 . 5 meters in height . Quor ' sav were more vulnerable to illnesses and pollutants than many other species . They laid eggs , which took over a year to hatch , and the females often took on a motherly persona when around friends and youth . The Quor ' sav were native to the planet Uaua in the Ua system of the Centrality . They had a history of poor relations with alien species . At one point , mammalian colonists introduced a virus to Uaua that was deadly to avian biology . As a result , the Quor ' sav came to distrust and shun non - avians on their homeworld . During the Imperial Period , Quor ' sav were forced into Imperial service as tribute to the galactic government . Waywa Fybot became a narcotics agent in this manner . Kal ' Falnl C ' ndros , on the other hand , operated as an independent trader . Due to their unique appearance , Quor ' sav were often subjected to insults from members of other species . Biology and appearance . Quor ' sav or Quor ' savs were a species of large , warm - blooded sentients with characteristics of both avians and monotreme mammals . Their birdlike natures were more pronounced , manifest in both their appearance and biology . They had a fragile constitution , much like that of a canary . In fact , members of the species who lived on worlds with high levels of air pollution were at risk for respiratory diseases such as dioxo - brionchiectasis shock , hemorrhagic molting , lungrot , and silicalung . Rather than sitting on their posteriors or reclining on their backs like many other species , Quor ' sav perched . A certain perching posture brought on a sleep reflex and compelled the Quor ' sav to fall into a deep slumber during which they were prone to vivid dreams and , at least in some specimens , snoring . Among the adaptations unique to their species was their heart being located in the abdomen . Most non - Quor ' sav found the species ' appearance bizarre . For one , Quor ' sav were larger than most sentient lifeforms , and their bodies demanded extra room for ease of movement . Even shorter Quor ' sav towered as high as 2 . 5 meters , and the average height was 3 . 5 meters . Their round , bean - shaped body terminated in a pointed tail . A pair of short , jointed arms — actually vestigial wings attached to the chest by membranes — hung from their shoulders . These ended in four - fingered hands , which lacked a great deal of manual dexterity . Quor ' sav moved about on two long , stilt - like legs with knobby knees that bent backward like a bird ' s . Their feet were scaly . Members of the species could be powerfully muscled , some to such an extent that other beings found them grotesque . This strength allowed their long legs to kick with devastating force , and their long neck and sharp beak to peck with penetrating results , although this left the Quor ' sav vulnerable to counterattack . A long , straight neck extended from the bulbous body at a roughly 45 - degree angle . Despite its length , the neck was not particularly flexible , and the head could not be tucked under the arm in the manner of many bird species . The neck supported a small , round head . Their visage , though mostly static , featured a few mutable areas . Two large , blue eyes were situated to either side of the head , protected by blinking eyelids . A downward - curving , pointed , orange beak stuck out between them , pierced by two small , round nostrils . Wattles grew both between the eyes and under the beak . Some members of the species had high , squeaky voices that other beings found annoying . With the exception of the legs , the body was covered in a layer of down and an outer layer of yellow feathers . The plumage of the arms was particularly thick , and that on the top of the head relatively long . Despite their natural covering , Quor ' sav often wore clothing tailored to their unique body plan . Some , for example , had customized flight suits and environment suits . Quor ' sav females laid several eggs upon fertilization . The eggs took more than a standard year to hatch . Society and culture . Quor ' sav hailed from Uaua , the major planet of the Ua system in the Centrality region of the Outer Rim Territories , and a world notorious for its pesky insects . Their region of space was thinly inhabited , with average populations of fewer than one million sentients per inhabited world in 25 ABY . The Quor ' sav Waywa Fybot lived in a town with homes built of cement and steel beams and covered with roofs of thatched straw , although synthetic materials had grown common there too . Fybot ' s home featured a lawn of magenta grass tended by domesticated lawn lice . Individual properties in his neighborhood were separated by fences . They were nervous and anxious by nature , yet proud of their avian heritage and willing to shrug off jibes aimed at their large size or strange appearance . Members of the species were wary of non - avians and reserved special insults for mammalian species — especially for primates like Humans . Quor ' sav mothers were known for their protective natures . Their eggs took more than a standard year to hatch , during which time the mother carefully guarded and protected them from predators and other dangers . This behavior was prevalent even in childless females ; many Quor ' sav took on a matronly persona when around friends whom they perceived as small and vulnerable . This could result in misunderstandings and annoyance for friends who did not wish to be babied , but it reassured and calmed strangers . Quor ' sav could manipulate their feathers to express emotion and aid communication . One greeting used by the species was to wave their arms and ruffle their feathers . Smooth and still feathers indicated calmness , those set erect expressed surprise or shock , and those shaking indicated extreme anger . Portions of the face could be altered to express emotion . For example , scrunching up the face in what appeared to be a grimace was a sign of joy . Quor ' sav could speak Basic . They tended to take two - part names such as Kal ' Falnl C ' ndros and Waywa Fybot . The species had access to advanced technology , although much of this was customized for their unique anatomy . For example , Quor ' sav preferred perch - like seating rack s , which looked like distorted chairs , and resting rack s , which resembled a pair of sawhorse s . They found perching on this latter device to be reassuring and comforting . Nevertheless , a Quor ' sav in this position risked drowsiness and falling asleep . Their starships , in particular , had to be custom - built and modified to allow for their large frames to operate comfortably . Quor ' sav cuisine was considered unappetizing to Humans . Nevertheless , some members of the species took cooking very seriously and became professional chefs . Quor ' sav ate various creatures , including centipedes and nerfs . The dish Quor ' sav - fried steak and eggs , for example , consisted of nerfsteak fried in a pom seed batter . History . The Quor ' sav evolved on Uaua , a world in the Ua system . The species ' ancestors were winged avians capable of flight . Eventually , the species ' wings developed into hands capable of fine manipulation but no longer capable of generating lift . Much later , the species evolved sentience and mastered the use of stone tools . Their technology progressed until they eventually reached the same standards as much of the rest of the galaxy . The Quor ' sav made contact with the outside galaxy at some point between 3956 and 3000 BBY , and their world became part of the remote region known as the Centrality . Such extra - planetary contact opened the door to colonists from other worlds , and alien settlers , many from mammalian species , arrived on Uaua . They were accompanied by another colonizer : a deadly virus to which mammals were immune but avians were susceptible . After a plague ravaged their world , the Quor ' sav came to distrust and shun non - avian visitors to Uaua . The experience also sowed anti - Centrality sentiment among the population . As with the rest of the Centrality , Uaua remained independent from the Galactic Republic . The world fell within the domain of the Brotherhood of Darkness from 1004 to 1000 BBY , and the Quor ' sav remained neutral during the Clone Wars . At least some Quor ' sav emigrated from the world to take up residence on Republic planets . In 22 BBY , Quor ' sav had moved to Coruscant , for example . With the rise of the Empire , Uaua suffered from the general economic malaise that affected the Centrality as a whole . Uaua and the Centrality joined the Galactic Empire in exchange for monetary aid and the promise of autonomy . The region ' s fortunes improved under the new regime . With the Empire ' s downfall at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , Uaua and the Centrality were once again independent . The region signed goodwill treaties with the nascent New Republic but remained suspicious of the new government and resisted overtures to join it . The economy once again suffered as the lack of Imperial buyers for goods took its toll . As the Yuuzhan Vong War raged throughout the New Republic from 25 to 29 ABY , the Centrality carefully built up its military and took in New Republic refugees , but did its best to stay out of the conflict . Years later , Uaua fell within the bounds of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire . Quor ' sav in the galaxy . As early as 22 BBY , Quor ' sav could be found as far from Uaua as the middle - class CoCo District of Coruscant . Quor ' sav in the greater galaxy faced prejudice and discrimination from Humans and similar species , who often made jokes about the species ' size , appearance , and avian heritage . They had to stay alert for oviparous species such as Yam ' rii , for whom Quor ' sav eggs were an irresistible treat . During the Imperial Period , at least some Quor ' sav left their homeworld to enter Imperial service as part of a mandatory conscription program . Waywa Fybot left Uaua in this way and became a narcotics agent for the Empire , despite his own ambitions to be a chef . In 4 BBY , Fybot struck a deal with a man who called himself Bohhuah Mutdah to deliver the Human gambler Lando Calrissian ; in exchange , Mutdah promised to relieve Fybot of his duty to the Empire . Meanwhile , Fybot ' s superior officer , Lob Doluff , pressed Calrissian to go along with the Quor ' sav and a Human agent named Bassi Vobah so that Calrissian might arrange a fake drug deal and the Quor ' sav and Human might nab Mutdah . Fybot betrayed his true loyalties when he sabotaged Calrissian ' s environment suit and shot Bassi Vobah on Oseon 5792 . Nevertheless , Fybot was himself betrayed when Bohhuah Mutdah revealed himself to be Rokur Gepta , a Sorcerer of Tund , and killed the avian . Other Quor ' sav - at - large , such as Kal ' Falnl C ' ndros , operated independently . C ' ndros worked as a pilot - for - hire from her base of operations , a starship known as the " Shelltooth " , custom - modified with high ceilings to fit her giant frame . C ' ndros was known for her matronly demeanor and protectiveness , traits that endeared her to clients but sometimes annoyed friends . C ' ndros often took smuggling runs to help with the costs of raising her many children . On one of these trips , C ' ndros visited the planet Yuvern and took the Yuvernian Cane Adiss under her wing . The two traveled to dozens of worlds as C ' ndros taught her apprentice the ins and outs of starship piloting . In 0 ABY , the duo parted ways on Tatooine . C ' ndros was present in Mos Eisley on the same day Luke Skywalker sold his landspeeder to the Vuvrian dealer Wioslea . Her presence in the spaceport came to the attention of the Yam ' rii Kitik Keed ' kak , who soon became obsessed with finding and eating the eggs C ' ndros had on her ship . Three years later , C ' ndros was among the smugglers given part of a cargo by the Shistavanen Mal Biron on the planet Sriluur as part of a race to see who would receive a more lucrative cargo later . Working solo at this time and with another clutch of eggs to protect , she sought to team up with other participants . Behind the scenes . A pair of stilt - like legs appear briefly in , released in 1977 ; the legs walk across the screen from right to left in the scene where Luke Skywalker sells his speeder in Mos Eisley . Similar legs appear in the manga adaptation of " , " published in 1998 , as Luke Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi enter Mos Eisley . It is unclear whether these are supposed to belong to the same creature as shown in the film or another member of the same species . The legs went unnamed until 1995 , when Decipher ' s " Premiere Limited " set of cards for the " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game identified them as belonging to Kal ' Falnl C ' ndros , a member of the Quor ' sav species . The card reveals a few details about the unseen body above , describing the Quor ' sav as tall avian – monotreme hybrids . Keeping with her large size , the game allows C ' ndros to move further per turn than most other characters , but it forbids her to enter starships . Another card , that of the Yam ' rii character Kitik Keed ' kak , establishes the notion that Quor ' sav must be alert for egg - eating predators and will defend their brood fiercely . The card ' s rules stipulate that Keed ' kak is immediately lost if she finds herself at the same location as C ' ndros . Six years after the release of " A New Hope , " L . Neil Smith included a tall , birdlike character named Waywa Fybot in his novel " Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon " . Fybot ' s species is never identified in the book , although several details about his homeworld and culture are detailed . Author Dan Wallace attempted to identify Fybot as a Quor ' sav while writing " The Essential Chronology " with Kevin J . Anderson . Nevertheless , Anderson edited out Wallace ' s retcon as unnecessary . In 2001 , Michael Kogge named the Quor ' sav homeworld and placed it in the Centrality , the location of Smith ' s novel . " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " conclusively identified Fybot as a Quor ' sav in 2008 . Later sources add extra details about C ' ndros and the Quor ' sav species . " Secrets of the Sisar Run , " a supplement to " " released by West End Games in 1997 , contains the first and only image of a Quor ' sav from the knees up . According to the game ' s rules , the Quor ' sav ' s large size causes them to suffer penalties to attempts to hide and dodge . On the other hand , they move at 1 . 5 times the rate of a typical Human . Other footage cut from " A New Hope " features another tall , stilt - legged creature that may be a Quor ' sav . The fuzzy - legged , stubby - toed alien walks across the screen and scares the Bimm smuggler Rycar Ryjerd in the streets of Mos Eisley . The smuggler runs away , leaving the creature to stumble about perplexed . The footage was shown as part of " The Star Wars Holiday Special , " which aired on American television in 1978 . It is supposed to be part of the Imperial program " Life on Tatooine . "