Half - Bothan A half - Bothan , sentient species lived on the planet of Farfalla . It was distinguished furred , unguligrade lower limbs , long tails , pointed ears and small forehead horns . Several half - Bothans , including Lirondo , formed part of Farfalla ' s Knights , a private army led by Jedi Lord Valenthyne Farfalla . Farfalla ' s Knights fought on the side of the Galactic Republic during the New Sith Wars , circa 1000 BBY . Biology and appearance . There existed in the galaxy a sentient species that was half - Bothan . The hybrid species was humanoid , with two arms and two legs , and exhibited several equine characteristics . For instance , the species was ungulate ; that is , it walked on cloven hooves , with the hock joint high up the leg . The legs were thickly furred down to the knee , and a long , hair tail grew from the posterior to almost to the ground . Half - Bothans pranced , and could run sure - footed in even dim light . The species ' s arms were sparsely haired and ended in dexterous hands with four fingers and an opposable thumb , each tipped with a blunt nail . The head of the species had two small , red eyes — from which they could emit tears — a small nose with two nostrils , and a mouth with white , blunt teeth . The face was plastic and largely hairless , although some males of the species grew long side burns , and stubble or a goatee on the chin . The species had pointed ears , and some members of the species grew two twisted , pointed horns from the top of their craniums . Members of the species grew hair on the top of the head around the horns . On some individuals , hair was a consistent color across the body , while on other individuals the tail and head hair were one color , such as blonde , while the leg fur was a second color , such as brown . Other individuals exhibited black or grey hair . The species had pale skin pigmentation . The species had two sexes : male and female , with females distinguished by breasts . At least some members of the species had the capacity to use the Force . Society and culture . During the period of the New Sith Wars , the half - Bothan species had developed a royal lineage in the Farfalla bloodline as exemplified by Lord Farfalla and his son Valenthyne Farfalla . The royal Farfalla family had distinctive colors — variations of yellow and red — and wore elaborate attire . In combat , this included shoulder armor and golden breastplates that were buffed , polished , and adorned with rubies and filigree ; quilted red vests trimmed with bright red , puffed , silk sleeves ; embroidered loincloth s ; and long capes and robes . Female half - Bothans wore elaborate headgear . Half - Bothan accessories included circlets , jewelled bracelets , and earrings . Half - Bothans of this era wore their head hair long , often in ponytails , and their tails were often bound in cloth straps . In combat , half - Bothans wore body armor , gloves , and protection on the upper thighs composed of curved panels hung together by chain . Weaponry of choice included axe s , pikes and lightsabers ; the latter reserved for those trained in the ways of the Jedi Order . Some half - Bothans were considered temperamental or volatile , a characteristic that was attributed by some to their equine heritage . Valenthyne Farfalla was considered vain by some , with a reputation for giving exaggerated attention to his personal appearance , including manicured nails and the use of perfume . Others considered him more favorably , as a true and loyal Jedi . When confronted with the death of a peer , Farfalla promised to fast for the deceased , placing two fingers on the forehead of the deceased . Half - Bothans could speak Galactic Basic Standard . History . A population of half - Bothans developed by the time of the New Sith Wars , fought between the Galactic Republic and the New Sith between 2000 BBY and 1000 BBY . The half - Bothans developed a society on Farfalla , a planet of the Expansion Region ' s Indra - su - Mar sector , led by the eponymous Lord Farfalla . The community was not part of the Republic until Pernicar , a Jedi Knight and envoy , persuaded Lord Farfalla to enter the Republic . Valenthyne Farfalla , the Lord ' s son , became a renowned Jedi Master . He led a force of 300 Jedi known as " Farfalla ' s Knights " , many of whom were members of the same species , including his lieutenant , Lirondo . Behind the scenes . Darko Macan created this species along with the character Valenthyne Farfalla for " " , a comic book published by Dark Horse Comics in 2001 . The species was pencilled by Ramón F . Bachs and colored by Raul Fernandez , and its design evokes the or of mythology . The comic book includes several background characters that also had horned foreheads but were instead of ungulate . This article does not cover those individuals , considering them a separate species . In one panel , Farfalla is depicted with blue eyes , while in all others , they are red . This article treats the blue eyes as an inconsistency . One of Macan ' s earlier works , the comic book " Vader ' s Quest " ( published in 1999 ) , includes a background character who is similar in appearance to this species , albeit with green skin and a bald head . Macan never identified Farfalla ' s species by name . A reference to Farfalla ' s temperament stemming from his " equine blood " led some fans of the series to speculate that this was the name of the species ; however , when clarification was sought from Leland Chee , the arbiter of the Holocron continuity database , he demurred and shared his personal theory that " all pointy - eared species are either Sephi or closely related to Sephi , " a reference to a pointy - eared species from " " , published in 2004 . Farfalla ' s character later appeared in Drew Karpyshyn ' s novel , " " , which , " inter alia " , retold the story of " Star Wars : Jedi vs . Sith " . Karpyshyn choose to avoid describing Farfalla ' s physical appearance , judging that this would undermine Farfalla ' s role as a foil for the character of Lord Hoth . He also adjusted the order of several events , and this article follows his chronology as the most recent depiction of these events . Karpyshyn also portrayed Farfalla as surviving Skere Kaan ' s thought bomb , despite his apparent death in the final panels of the comic book . This article assumes that it was other members of this species that are depicted dying during that battle . Farfalla also appeared in Karpyshyn ' s next novel , " " . Farfalla was later mentioned in several reference sources , such as " The New Essential Chronology " and " " . 2009 ' s " The Essential Atlas " contained a new illustration of Farfalla by Chris Trevas that replicated the satyr - like appearance from " Star Wars : Jedi vs . Sith " . Further illustrations of Farfalla by Chris Scalf were included in " The Essential Guide to Warfare " , published in 2012 . This reference work , written by Jason Fry with Paul Urquhart , also specifies that Farfalla was a half - Bothan . Urquhart revealed that the choice of Bothan was both because they were , in his opinion , the most prominent near - Human equine species , and they had been inconsistently portrayed over the years . For instance , in the early days of " Star Wars " Legends , sources such as depicted Bothans as more Human - like , with long hair and ears , while the later Legends works settled on a design with a longer muzzle . Urquhart also deliberately left the remainder of the heritage of Farfalla ' s species unspecified ; simultaneously a nod to Chee ' s above - mentioned Sephi theory and what he described as " a whisper of a hint " that the species might be the product of Sith breeding experiments .