Duinuogwuin – Gotal conflict The Duinuogwuin – Gotal conflict was a short yet devastating war between the Duinuogwuin s and Gotals , two otherwise friendly species , in the last decades of the Galactic Republic . Rumor suggested that the sensitivity of the Gotal head cones had given rise to the clash through misguided interpretation of the Duinuogwuins ' feelings . The conflict was settled in or at some point before 27 BBY thanks to the intervention of Tra ' s M ' ins and Jorus C ' baoth , two Jedi diplomats mandated by the Republic . The conflict . The Duinuogwuin – Gotal conflict was a two - year - long war that was brought to an end in or at some point before 27 BBY . The conflict was between the Gotals , horned humanoids native to the moon Antar 4 , and the Duinuogwuin s , a species of winged , serpentine beings . The latter were normally reputed for being friendly and gregarious with strangers , and the Gotals were usually diplomatic and polite when interacting with members of other species . Some speculated that the conflict between the two otherwise peaceful species was related to the sensitivity of the Gotal head cones . In fact , the Gotals used their nerve – filled horns to sense their environment and also to interpret the emotions of each other . According to old myths , their sensory horns could even detect evil . In truth , the Gotals still had a hard time when dealing with the emotions of other races , often mistaking mere affection for love , envy for murderous intent , or mild anger for imminent violence , and such misinterpretation had led the Gotals into clashes with other cultures . Although brief , the conflict was devastating . Eventually , the Galactic Republic sent the Jedi Masters Jorus C ' baoth and Tra ' s M ' ins to mediate a peace . It was C ' baoth , an experienced diplomat who had notably taken part in the demobilization of the planet Ando , who arranged an end to the hostilities before they grew into a full - scale war . However , even following the resolution of the conflict , the difficulty that Gotals experienced in interpreting the emotions of others became the source of new frictions . Indeed , just prior to the start of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY , a group of Gotal extremists known as the Roshu Sune engaged in a bloody clash with the Jedi Order . The Galactic Senate of the Republic maintained records on the event . In 9 ABY , Luke Skywalker , the first of a new generation of Jedi , read a brief mention of C ' baoth ' s involvement in the conflict while searching the Senate ' s records on the late Jedi Master . Behind the scenes . The Duinuogwuin – Gotal conflict was first mentioned in the 1992 novel " Dark Force Rising " , the second installment of Timothy Zahn ' s " " . In that book , the conflict was said to have taken place between 68 to 66 " Pre – Empire . " However , Zahn ' s original dating was based on when he believed the Clone Wars had occurred . By then , the definitive timeline of the Clone Wars had not been settled yet , and " Star Wars " authors were told that the conflict had taken place thirty - five years before . The release of the prequel trilogy between 1999 and 2005 established that the Clone Wars ended only nineteen years before Episode IV . Therefore , all the pre – Empire dates featured in the " Thrawn Trilogy " were rendered erroneous . In his more recent " Outbound Flight " novel , Zahn placed the death of Jorus C ' baoth in 27 BBY , thereby providing an approximate date for the Duinuogwuin – Gotal conflict . In " " , Zahn expressed his theory that the incorrect dates used in the trilogy were the work of careless in - universe historians .