Xexto Xexto were a sentient species of slight , spindly , six - limb ed alien s who were native to the planet Troiken . Xexto were highly dexterous , enabling them to participate in the highly dangerous sport of Podracing . Slingshot s were extremely popular with Xexto , since their multiple sets of limbs made the weapons convenient to use . Gasgano , a famed Podracer pilot , was a Xexto , as was the pickpocket and pawn shop owner Ferpil Wallaway . A Xexto known as Sister Six worked as an assassin during the Galactic Civil War , while Captain Perrili of the bulk freighter " Romary " was a smuggler and Resistance contact . Biology and appearance . Adapted to live in woodland habitats , Xexto were a sentient alien species identifiable by their pale - color ed skin , and six long limb s , which afforded them a total of twenty - four digits . They used their bottom pair of limbs as legs . Atop a tall , thin neck , each Xexto had a head that featured a thin mouth and two black or red eye s . At least one Xexto , the Podracer pilot Gasgano , exhibited purple - colored skin above his eyes , a trait that not all members of the species possessed . Female Xexto could grow eyelashes and brown hair . A slight Xexto , Gasgano stood at a height of 1 . 22 meter s . Society and culture . Slingshot s of various kinds were popular on the Xexto homeworld of Troiken , as a Xexto ' s extra sets of limbs made the weapons more convenient for them to use . Because of their dexterity , Xexto were able to participate in the deadly sport of Podracing . Xexto in the galaxy . Originating on the planet Troiken , Xexto were commonly found in the galaxy ' s Outer Rim Territories , but at least one inhabited Coruscant , the capital planet of the Galactic Republic and later the Galactic Empire , following the Battle of Endor . At the time of the Invasion of Naboo during the last decades of the Republic , an ill - tempered Xexto named Gasgano participated in the famed Boonta Eve Classic Podrace , which was held on the desert world of Tatooine . Piloting an Ord Pedrovia Podracer , he raced on behalf of the crime lord Gardulla the Hutt and finished in second place . The Tatooine city of Mos Espa hosted a small population of Xexto , one of whom was a food vendor . A Xexto delegation was present in the Galactic Senate on Coruscant when Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo moved for a Vote of No Confidence in Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum ' s leadership . During the Age of the Empire , a Xexto pawn shop owner and pickpocket named Ferpil Wallaway lived on the agrarian Outer Rim world of Lothal . Wallaway distributed tickets for " the Commissioner , " an individual who ran Gladiator Night , an illegal sporting event held on Lothal . He was visited at his pawnshop by " the Commissioner " , who was in reality an Imperial lieutenant named Jenkes . With his illegal activities in danger of being discovered by the bounty hunter Bossk and the street urchin Ezra Bridger , Jenkes murdered Wallaway in order to tie up loose ends . The Xexto assassin Sister Six , a former Central Isopter cultist , worked with the Son - tuul Pride criminal syndicate during the Galactic Civil War . During the cold war between the New Republic and First Order , a female Xexto smuggler known as Perrili served as captain of the Xexto - crewed bulk freighter " Romary " and a Resistance contact in the galactic underworld . Behind the scenes . The Xexto species was created for the 1999 film . The primary Xexto who was featured in the film was Gasgano , a Podracer pilot who competed in the film ' s Podracing sequence . Several other Xexto appeared in the stands observing the race . The species was identified by name in canon through Gasgano ' s character entry in StarWars . com ' s now - discontinued Encyclopedia . The species ' appearance was primarily developed by concept artist Terryl Whitlatch . Along with some rudimentary designs , Whitlatch also designed the species ' bone structure , which was meant to serve as an anatomical reference for the film ' s designers . A detailed sculpt was created based on Whitlatch ' s art , and in the film , Gasgano and the other Xexto were rendered entirely with the use of . Despite being a member of the Xexto species , Ferpil Wallaway bears a striking resemblance to a Quermian , which , in the non - canon " Star Wars " Legends continuity , was a species of genetically - modified Xexto . However , any canon connection between the two species has yet to be confirmed .