Tocoyan The Tocoyans were a sentient species indigenous to the desert world of Tocoya , in the Ktilac Regions of the Inner Rim . Each member of the species had a hairless , domed head , a humanoid torso , two arms , and wrinkled skin . The head sported two enormous , pointed ears , two small eyes , and a curved snout . This muzzle ended in a gaping mouth with four white teeth . As one of the three member species of the Ktilac Regions , the Tocoyans shared a common culture with their galactic neighbors — the Ktilac s and the Murachaun . Each of these species controlled sixty - three systems within their region of the galaxy . The Tocoyans also shared their comrades ' beliefs in the sanctity of the Ktilac Regions ; any Tocoyan found abroad was thus understood to be a religious apostate , unable to ever return . Nevertheless , some members of the species did make their way in the greater galaxy . For example , Neb Dulo visited the court of the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure sometime during the Galactic Civil War . Biology and appearance . Tocoyans were humanoid from at least the waist up , with a torso , two arms , a neck , and a head . They were sentient , with a hairless cranium that was roughly dome - shaped , narrowing to a spiky protrusion at the apex and toward the front . From the back , the head displayed three prominent sections . The right - and leftmost portions were convex and rounded , while the middle portion was recessed ; this central portion was roughly triangle - shaped , beginning at a point toward the top of the skull and widening until it met the neck . The front of the neck was an agglomeration of skin folds and flaps , with a wattle - like mass of wrinkles hanging down from the center . Above this , a beak - like snout dominated the Tocoyan face . This muzzle was shaped like a half - cylinder , with the top rounded and the bottom flat . At both sides of the maw , strips of flesh flanked the snout , extending down as fingerlike projections that curved forward and down . The mouth itself was small and circular , with two prominent , flat , white teeth visible from both the upper and lower mandibles . The inside of the mouth was a reddish pink . A pair of small , pink or white eyes flanked the snout . These were half - circles with flat tops and rounded bottoms , ringed by eyelashes . The forehead , which began between these orbs , displayed a prominent recession where the two halves of the skull came together . Two large , triangular ears swept back from the top of the head to about the midpoint of the neck . Tocoyans had wrinkled skin , which displayed diverse markings . For example , one individual had blue - gray skin with pink patches in areas where the flesh was recessed , such as the upper neck , the upper snout , and the back of the head . A different specimen , on the other hand , had a uniformly pale skin tone . Nevertheless , both of these Tocoyans sported pink skin on the insides of their ears . Society and culture . The Tocoyans shared a common culture with the Ktilac s and the Murachaun s , the two other sentient species of the Ktilac Regions in the Inner Rim . The three species saw themselves as symbionts , each reliant upon and giving aid to the others . The Tocoyans , like their Ktilac and Murachaun comrades , considered the Ktilac Regions to be holy space — and those members of the culture who wandered from its bounds to be heretics , no longer welcome in the area . At least one Tocoyan had a strong natural inclination to guard and protect others . The Tocoyans ruled over sixty - three star systems within the Ktilac Regions , the same number held by each of their Ktilac and Murachaun partners . These three domains were united as a confederation , its borders closed to non - members . However , the affiliated species maintained three worlds that admitted offworld visitors under certain circumstances : Daedalon , Tun Wala , and Vob . History . The Tocoyans originated on the desert planet Tocoya . The species came into contact with their galactic neighbors , the Ktilacs and the Murachaun , and the three species established a common government , eventually spreading to occupy sixty - three star systems apiece . Over time , a common culture evolved among the three groups . Visitors from the greater galaxy first breached Tocoyan space sometime between 25 , 000 and 5000 BBY . It became part of the Inner Rim , located on or near the Perlemian Trade Route as part of the Slice . The Tocoyans ' coexistence with their Ktilac and Murachaun neighbors persisted through several eras of galactic history . The region remained unaligned or contested during the New Sith Wars of 1004 to 1000 BBY . Nearly 1 , 000 years later , the area remained within Galactic Republic space during the Clone Wars . The Tocoyans were still in league with the other species of the Ktilac Regions through the reigns of the Galactic Empire , the New Republic , and the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . By 137 ABY , the region had fallen within territory that was considered part of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire . Tocoyans in the galaxy . According to Tocoyan religious belief , any member of the species who left the borders of the Ktilac Regions was an apostate , forever banished from the area to live among other species . Nevertheless , some Tocoyans did spread to worlds beyond their home region . One of these was Neb Dulo , a Tocoyan who left Tocoya and joined the court of Jabba the Hutt at the crime lord ' s palace on Tatooine at some point during the Galactic Civil War . Dulo followed a religion known as Davrilat , which revered harmonics . Another Tocoyan was living on Hurd ' s Moon in 4 ABY . When the Tocoyan and a gang of other street toughs encountered the Human replica droid Guri , they tried to force her to pay a toll to pass them . However , the droid made short work of them . Behind the scenes . The Tocoyan species was created by the Industrial Light & Magic ( ILM ) creature shop during the production of for possible inclusion in the Jabba ' s Palace sequences of the 1983 film . ILM ' s design reached the maquette stage , but the alien was never translated into a costume for use by one of the film ' s extras . However , with the release of " " in February 1998 , penciller Ron Randall and colorist David Nestelle introduced a character based on ILM ' s abandoned alien design , which brought the species into " Star Wars " canon . In November of the same year , the " Special Edition Limited " expansion of Decipher ' s " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game included a photo of ILM ' s maquette superimposed onto a background from Jabba ' s Palace ; the new character was dubbed Neb Dulo , and his homeworld named Tocoya . Dulo ' s card reflects his " strong protective instincts ; " the character increases the defensive values of any aliens present at the same site as him , and he prevents certain special characters from being attacked by an opponent ' s weapons . With the release of " The Essential Atlas " in 2008 , authors Jason Fry and Daniel Wallace officially named the species and placed their home planet in the Ktilac Regions . " The Essential Atlas " suggests that the Tocoyans shared their culture with two other species , the Murachaun and the Ktilacs . According to " Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds " , a book published by Wizards of the Coast in 2004 , the Murachaun were honest , order - loving , and congenial beings with a strong work ethic . The book further explains that Murachaun disliked both injustice and meat - eating . The species suffered enslavement at the hands of the Galactic Empire , driving many of its members to secretly support the Rebel Alliance . Based on cultural homogeneity described in " The Essential Atlas " , these aspects of Murachaun culture and temperament may have applied to the Tocoyans as well .