Viidaav ( species ) The Viidaav , or Viidaavs , were a species of sentient humanoids with green or orange skin and angular projections growing from their heads . They were thin beings with large , expressive eyes and three - fingered hands . The Viidaavs hailed from the eponymous planet Viidaav , where many of them worked as miners , shipbuilders , and soldiers . During the Clone Wars , the Viidaavs allied with the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Clone troopers from the Galactic Republic attacked their homeworld , sparking a battle on the planet . The natives resisted the Republic troops , but were eventually driven back to defending a small mining array . The Viidaavs were preparing to retreat when Separatist leader Count Dooku ordered his battle droids to detonate mining charges set within the planet ' s crust . A lone Viidaav commander managed to defuse the explosives seconds before they exploded . Biology and appearance . Viidaavs ( or Viidaav ) were sentient bipeds with green or orange skin and lithe , humanoid bodies . Their feet had two large toes , and their hands had three thick fingers with nails . The average Viidaav stood about the same height as Galactic Republic clone troopers , a group who were 1 . 83 meters tall . The Viidaav head was covered in thick , square - like projections . They had large , red eyes under an expressive brow , and white teeth behind thick , green lips . Their prominent cheekbones framed small , round ears on the sides of the head . Members of the species had no visible nose . Society and culture . The species lived on the planet Viidaav , located in the Viidaav system . Their population centers were situated near large outcrops of stone and had only small numbers of settlers . By the time of the Clone Wars , they had access to galactic - standard technology , including macrobinoculars and blaster rifles . At least some members of the species worked as miners , and the Viidaav operated at least one mining colony on their homeworld ' s surface . There , they used mining charges under the planetary crust to help excavate valuable materials . Other Viidaavs worked as starshipwright s and soldiers . During the Clone Wars , Viidaav soldiers wore uniforms that consisted of a brown baldric over the left shoulder , brown boots , a brown loincloth , and brown wraps around the forearms . Soldiers bore a colored stripe on the chin , and at least one commander wore white face paint around the eyes and the center of the forehead . Meanwhile , Viidaav civilians wore clothing standard to other members of the galactic community . History . The Viidaavs evolved on the planet named for them , which was located in the Bryx sector of the Mid Rim . They spread across their homeworld and founded at least one colony on the planet , which was used for mining . As part of mining operations , the Viidaav colonists set explosive charges into the planetary crust for help in the excavation of raw materials . The species also set up a shipbuilding industry on the world . Their planet lay in a region of space known as the Slice , which first came to the attention of beings from another world by 15 , 000 BBY . In the Jedi Civil War of 3959 to 3956 BBY , Viidaav fell within the sphere of influence of the Sith Lord Darth Revan ' s Sith Empire . At some point during the Separatist Crisis and subsequent Clone Wars , the Viidaavs sided with the Confederacy of Independent Systems rather than the Galactic Republic . In the early days of hostilities between the factions , the Viidaavs provided starships to the Confederacy while the Separatists sent armies of battle droids and helped set up a base and command center in a mining colony . During the same period , three Viidaavs served as wait staff for Separatist - sympathizer Bezz Drexx at a tower on the galactic capital of Coruscant . Battle on Viidaav . After Republic scouts found the Separatist base on Viidaav in the year 20 BBY , clone troopers attacked the world , and a battle began . The natives and their droid allies resisted , but the Republic landed most of its available forces and moved ever closer toward the Viidaav mining colony . There , Viidaav soldiers were reduced to a few hundred thousand troops concentrated around the defense of a small mining array in a bunker . With the Republic poised to take the array and the world , the Viidaavs prepared to evacuate the planet . Any retreat had to rely on spacecraft of Viidaav manufacture , but too few remained for a full evacuation . Meanwhile , the Confederate leader , Count Dooku , was secretly plotting to take out large numbers of Republic clone troopers , but the plan relied on a sizable loss of Viidaav lives as well and would leave the planet ' s surface uninhabitable : Dooku ordered his battle droids to surreptitiously set the mining charges in the planet ' s crust to destruct , and he left the Viidaav forces to fight on to keep the Republic forces engaged until the explosives went off . The battle droids set the charges and initiated the bunker ' s defense systems to slow down attempts to disable it . The Viidaavs recognized that they had been tricked and sent a unit to diffuse the explosives . At the same time , a unit of clone troopers approached the bunker , and the two sides exchanged fire and suffered heavy casualties . Eventually , only a single member remained on both sides : the Viidaav commander and the clone commander . Both entered the mining array from different entrances . The enemies fought through the bunker ' s defenses , met in the computer room , and leveled their weapons at one another ; the computer steadily counted down . With three seconds remaining , the Viidaav commander fired his weapon and was shot dead . Only then did the clone realize that the green - skinned warrior had only intended to shoot the computer . At any rate , the computer was destroyed , the explosives deactivated , and the battle finished . Later history . After the Galactic Empire splintered following the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , the Viidaavs and their homeworld came under the domain of an Imperial Remnant territory known as the Greater Maldrood , a situation that persisted at least until 8 ABY . By 137 ABY , their world was within the confines of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire . Behind the scenes . The Viidaavs appear in " " Heroes on Both Sides " , " a story first published in the 2006 comic book " " . The story was written by Chris Avellone and illustrated by Stewart McKenny and Dan Jackson . The comic leaves it vague whether the world depicted is the Viidaav homeworld or a colony . However , the 2008 book " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " clarifies the matter , giving the name " Viidaav " to both the species and the planet depicted in the story . The 2009 source " The Essential Atlas " places the world in the Mid Rim . Viidaav characters also appear in the 2007 McKenney story " " Spy Girls " , " part of the comic book " " .