Gormaanda / Legends Gormaanda was a female member of a four - armed species and a four - star - rated chef . Thrice the winner of the Orto Culinary Academy Award for Engorgable Excellence , she also author ed the book " " and wrote a cooking column for HoloNet News . She considered her recipes to be affordable and delicious , and in 22 BBY , when fresh ingredients were not readily available throughout the Galactic Republic , Gormaanda included in her column a recipe for Glowblue Noodles and Chav , a modular dish that could feature any one of a number of meats as its primary ingredient . Gormaanda additionally recorded instructional cooking cassettes that were available in the galaxy as late as 1 ABY . She frequently prepared food in an energetic and animated fashion , and encouraged her viewers and readers to cook with similar fervor . She was also prone to tasting her cooking and squealing with delight ; in a cassette demonstrating the preparation of a bantha surprise dish , Gormaanda ' s excitement led her to cook so rapidly that all four of her arms were required to perform the task . The cassette was viewed in 1 ABY by the Wookiee Mallatobuck , who , having only two arms , was unable to keep pace . Biography . Gormaanda , a female member of a four - armed species , worked as a chef during the waning years of the Galactic Republic . During her lifetime , she traveled throughout the galaxy ' s Core Worlds on a cooking - related journey . One of the stops on her itinerary was the planet Coruscant , where she became familiar with the programmed tendency of FA - 5 valet droids to blacklist non - tipping customers from their places of employment . Gormaanda wrote a book about her experiences entitled " " . Prior to 22 BBY , she won the Orto Culinary Academy Award for Engorgable Excellence on three occasions , and by that year , she had become a four - star - rated chef . Also by 22 BBY , Gormaanda author ed " Gormaanda ' s Culinary Corner , " a lifestyle column that appeared in HoloNet News newsfeeds throughout the Republic . When the availability of fresh ingredients in Republic space grew scarce due to the ongoing Separatist Crisis , she reacted by writing a column that detailed the preparation of Glowblue Noodles and Chav , a dish that could be prepared using any one of a wide variety of meats , or even with no meat at all . In addition to writing her HoloNet News column , Gormaanda recorded instructional cooking cassettes ; one such cassette , featuring the chef preparing a bantha surprise dish , was viewed on the planet Kashyyyk in 1 ABY by the Wookiee Mallatobuck , who was preparing a feast for the Wookiee holiday Life Day . Personality and traits . As a four - star - rated chef , Gormaanda placed stock in the dining experience of her readers and viewers , and she shared recipes with them that she herself considered to be delicious . On at least one occasion , Gormaanda referred to herself as the " culinary caretaker " of her column ' s readers , and claimed that she would take their taste buds on an " ethereal journey . " Gormaanda also cared for her fans ' pocketbooks and frequently prepared dishes that were affordable for the economically meek . In " Travels with Gormaanda : Cooking in the Core " , she gave advice to her readers regarding how not to get blacklisted from Coruscanti eating establishments . Gormaanda ' s recipes catered to many different types of beings — her Glowblue Noodles and Chav dish was suitable for both the omnivorous and for those whose metabolism rejected meat , and it accounted for varying degrees of consumer jaw size . Furthermore , its primary ingredient was modular , which Gormaanda believed would be beneficial to her readers while the Separatist Crisis plagued the Republic and wrought havoc upon comestible deliveries . Although her dishes were typically designed for a set number of consumers , Gormaanda acknowledged that different beings had differently sized " tummies . " Gormaanda prepared food in a very animated fashion and encouraged her readers to do the same . She frequently tasted her cooking and made positive remarks about it ; she was also prone to uttering squeals of joy during meal preparation . In her bantha surprise cooking cassette , Gormaanda stirred , whipped , and beat the dish in a rhythmic and increasingly rapid fashion . She claimed that it was necessary to produce a precise and consistent final product , and that it contributed to a fun cooking experience . However , Gormaanda ' s own elation caused her speed to crescendo to the point that all four of her arms were required to stir , whip , beat , and taste the bantha surprise . While viewing the cassette , Mallatobuck — herself possessed of only two arms — grew frustrated at that point and turned the program off . On her four - armed body , Gormaanda had grey hair , yellow eyes , and greyish - brown skin . Her hair was worn in two high buns and at times fell askew when she was cooking animatedly . Gormaanda ' s favored cooking apparel included a purple shirt covered with a white apron , as well as four white gloves . Ingredients were sometimes worn on a chain around her neck . Behind the scenes . The character of Gormaanda first appeared in " The Star Wars Holiday Special " , a 1978 television variety show spin - off of the 1977 film " " . The role was one of three played by actor Harvey Korman , and the " Holiday Special " script refers to the character ' s lone scene as the " Harvey Korman kitchen segment ; " it additionally calls Gormaanda " a female chef who enjoys her own cooking . " " Star Wars " author Daniel Wallace has asserted that Korman ' s performance was a parody of , a famous chef and television personality noted for her simultaneously instructional and entertaining cooking shows . Author Bonnie Burton has similarly called Gormaanda " the multi - armed Julia Child - in - outer - space , " and multiple sources have dubbed her the " Julia Child of the Milky Way . " After its initial and thus far only airing , the " Holiday Special " was heavily panned . Gormaanda ' s scene has been noted by critics as being one of the program ' s especially bizarre segments . In 2010 , an article published on " " magazine ' s website ranked Gormaanda in seventh place on its list of " 30 stupidest [ sic ] Star Wars characters , " attributing the character ' s scene in the " Holiday Special " as the driving force behind the ranking . Contrarily , both Steve Binder , the " Holiday Special " director , and SKot Kirkwood , administrator of the fan site Starwarsholidayspecial . com , have named Gormaanda ' s scene as one of their favorite parts of the program . Bonnie Burton has expressed her fondness for the character , citing Korman ' s performance as one of the primary reasons behind her love for the " Holiday Special " . Following Korman ' s death in 2008 , both Burton and Heather McPherson , a food writer for the " " , wrote sorrowful blog entries with titles indicating that " Gormaanda " would be missed . Elsewhere in " Star Wars " canon , Gormaanda has appeared in " Gormaanda ' s Culinary Corner : Glowblue Noodles & Chav , " an article written by Pablo Hidalgo and Paul Ens that was published online in Volume 531 , Issue 50 of the HoloNet News website in 2002 . In the article , an illustration of Gormaanda was drawn by artist Joe Corroney . The chef was also briefly referenced by Daniel Wallace in 2006 ' s " The New Essential Guide to Droids " ; in a series of endnotes that Wallace wrote for the guide , he incorrectly stated that Gormaanda was a six - armed being .