Diathim The Diathim , also referred to as Angels , were a mysterious species of winged sentients who inhabited the planet Iego and Millius Prime , the largest of its many moons . The Diathim were reputed for their beauty , and the way in which they appeared would vary depending on the beholder . They shared their habitat with the Maelibi , who lived below the ground . When the young Anakin Skywalker first met his future wife Padmé Amidala , he compared her natural beauty to that of the Diathim . Biology and appearance . The mysterious species whom the University of Sanbra xenobiologists called " the Diathim , " otherwise known as " the Angels , " seemed to be made of blazing white light tinged with a yellow aura , which suggested they were beings of pure energy . At any rate , their intense radiance made it difficult to make out their biological details . Most accounts depicted them as slender , 2 to 3 meters tall feminine anthropoids with six blade - shaped wings protruding from their backs . One particular individual appeared in front of Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi , two Human Jedi , as a tall woman of their species with wings , milky white skin , blond hair , grey eyes , a tiny nose and long limbs . Some other witnesses described the Angels as more androgynous , while many non - Human observers portrayed them as mysterious and fascinating variants of their own species . Whether their wings were physical or not , the Diathim could fly and glide freely . They could even fly in the vacuum of interplanetary space without the assistance of a protective suit or life support . They also had natural hypnotic abilities . Society and culture . The Diathim gave off an aura of kindness , and they were consistently described as benevolent by those spacers who propagated the legend of the Angels . < ref name = " EP1J / AS " > " " < / ref > They described themselves as a peaceful people . However , the Diathim were fascinated by spacecrafts , which often prompted them to mob any ships that found themselves in the vicinity of their homeworlds , Iego and Millius Prime . Because of their hypnotic abilities , those curious Diathim had a tendency to provoke accidents , causing the mesmerized observers to plunge their vessels into violent crash - landings . For those reasons , they were still regarded as dangerous entities . Since the Diathim were only seen when they gathered in flocks to welcome arriving ships , knowledge of what their habitat looked like remained hidden to outsiders . Although they had no apparent language of their own , at least some of them were capable of speaking Galactic Basic Standard , the common language of the galaxy . History . The Diathim evolved in the Outer Rim Territories , on the planet of Iego and the largest of its forty - two moons , Millius Prime . They shared those worlds with the Maelibi , a species of three - meter tall burrowing beings who fed on castaways . They were known in the wider galaxy as early as 25 , 793 BBY , more than seven centuries before the founding of the Galactic Republic . At the time , the Basic idiom " space angel " referred to a selfless , innocent person . Millennia later , during the Clone Wars , some Diathim were driven from their home on Millius Prime when a laser grid system was installed there by the Separatists to keep people from leaving . The Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker travelled to Iego with his master Obi - Wan Kenobi while on a mission to uncover a root said to contain the antidote to the Blue Shadow Virus . The two encountered one of the Diathim refugees , and the Jedi eventually managed to deactivate the laser field , thus freeing the inhabitants of Iego . Angels in the galaxy . When a young Anakin Skywalker lived on the desert world of Tatooine , he first heard of the Diathim ' s proverbial beauty while listening to all the pilots and traders who stopped there . Those tales influenced Skywalker ' s first words to his future wife Padmé Amidala , questioning whether or not she was indeed one of those legendary beings . The boy believed Amidala ' s beauty unmatched , and seemed to think this led to some connections with the famed Diathim of Iego . When Amidala answered that she had never heard of Angels before , Skywalker objected she just might be unaware of her true nature . Behind the scenes . Angels were first mentioned by Anakin Skywalker in the 1999 movie , the first installment of the prequel trilogy of " Star Wars " . Skywalker ' s line " Are you an Angel ? " ( ) was later spoofed in the 2004 video game " " as an easter egg . In a conversation that only appears after the player has completed the game at least once as a lightsider and once as a darksider , Atton Rand repeats Skywalker ' s line from " The Phantom Menace " upon seeing Meetra Surik in her undergarments for the first time . Rand then promptly recants , stating that it was " the worst line [ he ' s ] ever used " and hoping that " some poor kid doesn ' t start using it . " In , angels are spiritual beings that act as messengers from and as guardians of human beings . In art , they are often depicted as glowing humans dressed in flowing robes with bird - like wings . The Angel in " Mystery of a Thousand Moons " , the eighteenth episode of of the " " television series , was voiced by actress Catherine Taber , who coincidentally voiced Padmé Amidala in the same series .