Tulvaree Tulvarees were a species of semi - sentient avian hunters native to the planet of Pochi . Each of their wings was tipped with three razor - sharp talons , and their small mouths were filled with sharp teeth . There were a number of different Tulvaree tribes , which engaged in intense warfare with each other . When the Human pirate Faarl the Conqueror took control of their homeworld , the Tulvarees quickly learned how to take orders from the warlord . Faarl , recognizing a source of soldiers , provided a constant food supply to the Tulvarees in exchange for their allegiance . Biology and appearance . The Tulvarees were semi - sentient avians who grew from 1 . 5 to 1 . 8 meters in height . Each member of the species had a small , flat body , with a whip - like tail and four long , wispy limbs . Both the arms and legs ended in digits capped by razor - sharp talons . The hands featured three fingers each , while the feet had four toes , three pointing forward and a fourth pointing back . Thin skin ran from the joint of each knee up along the sides of the body and the outside edge of each arm . A series of bony struts spread out from each elbow . That formed a membranous wing that allowed the Tulvarees to fly . Nevertheless , the Tulvarees could also move about on the ground , albeit at a slower speed than when airborne . The Tulvaree head was made up of a rounded skull and a short muzzle full of sharp fangs . The mandible was flat and pointed . The Tulvarees hatched from eggs . Society and culture . The Tulvarees lived in the mountainous regions of their homeworld , Pochi , where they hunted grazing herbivores in groups . They were divided into large groups whose members were all part of a single extended family , also referred to as a tribe . Those groups lived together in caverns and other naturally occurring shelters . They laid their eggs in special hatching cave s , where the eggs were kept until the young emerged . Combat was also a group vocation . Tribes considered all other Tulvaree groups their competitors : enemies to be attacked on sight . Due to the species ' natural talons and fangs , Tulvaree wars could be quite deadly . The only instance in which Tulvarees from different tribes would ignore their animosity was in the face of a mutual threat . The species was considered only semi - sentient , possessing no obvious art , construction , music , or tools of indigenous design . Nevertheless , the Tulvarees were capable of learning foreign languages and of following orders from a master . After the arrival of offworlders on Pochi , the Tulvarees quickly learned to use the weapons and tools that were introduced to them . With such foreign materials , the Tulvarees reached a feudal state of technology during the Galactic Civil War . History . The Tulvarees evolved on Pochi , a dry world of scrub - covered plains punctuated by stunted copses of trees and small mountains . The species developed a tribal society characterized by almost constant intertribal warfare . At some point , explorers from afar charted Pochi , and the world became part of the Parthovian Cluster of Wild Space . During the Galactic Civil War , a teenage Human who called himself Faarl the Conqueror reached the world , which still lay beyond the borders of the Galactic Empire at the time . Faarl brought with him a band of pirates who were helping their captain to systematically conquer worlds in Wild Space in order to set up his own private fiefdom . From the strangers , the Tulvarees learned to use tools and to fight with weapons . The offworlders gave the avians plenty of food , medicines , and other items from afar . The Tulvarees also learned to understand the strangers ' language and to follow Faarl ' s commands . They were eager to help him as long as he continued to keep their bellies full . At first , Faarl tried to force members of rival Tulvaree tribes to join together in armies , but the avians were unable to ignore their ages - old rivalries . Thereafter , Faarl only formed regiments composed of members of the same tribe . The Tulvarees became Faarl ' s main fighting force , doing his bidding as mercenaries in exchange for food and offworld merchandise . Meanwhile , Faarl decided to make his headquarters on Pochi in an abandoned tower he found there , which he dubbed Fortress Baarlos . There , he ordered large camps built for military training as well as camps constructed to house slave laborers . The warlord also constructed the city of Vindru , which had its own spaceport . In the end , Pochi saw an influx of offworlders , either traders or slaves , but all lured to the world by Faarl . He named the star system after himself : the Faarlsun system . The new power structure on Pochi lasted through the Galactic Civil War and into the rise of the New Republic , when General Airen Cracken placed a bounty of 50 , 000 on Faarl ' s head . The Tulvarees ' service to Faarl came to an end when the Human bounty hunter Boba Fett stormed Fortress Baarlos , bested the Tulvaree guards in combat , and seized Faarl to collect the New Republic bounty . Behind the scenes . The Tulvarees are described in " Wanted by Cracken " , a sourcebook written by Louis J . Prosperi for " " and published by West End Games in 1993 . The book presents statistics to allow players to portray a Tulvaree character ; these make them significantly weaker than most other species since Tulvaree characters begin play with a smaller pool from which the player may distribute the character ' s attribute scores . Prosperi presents the Tulvarees as quite agile in comparison to Humans , yet slightly worse off in perception , and highly handicapped in intelligence , and aptitude for machines and other technical matters . The species receives bonuses for fighting with their talons and teeth . The image used to illustrate the Tulvarees for " Wanted by Cracken " is a concept sketch by Ralph McQuarrie for the mynocks of . An image derived from the concept sketch is used in both the second and third editions of " A Guide to the Star Wars Universe " to illustrate the entry on mynocks . The Tulvarees are mentioned in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , which was published in 2008 ; the book does not capitalize their name . A mirrored version of the same concept image used for the Tulvarees appears in " Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas " , a book of art of aliens coupled with poems , jokes , and fiction written by Bob Carrau and published in 1993 ; the book does not provide a name for the species . The Tulvaree image accompanies a poem about a member of the species stalking , killing , and eating a victim before preying on another target . Lucasfilm employee Leland Chee , who maintains the Holocron continuity database , has indicated that information contained in the book is non - canonical . As depicted in " Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas " , the species was nocturnal and capable of surviving the vacuum of space . Each Tulvaree hunter planned surprise strikes in advance , choosing prey detached from a crowd and attacking when least expected with taunts as the hunter drew near — thus creating the most amount of fear in the victim . The Tulvaree then flew away with the prey and sometimes impaled it on an asteroid . According to an original painting in " Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas " , at least some Tulvarees possessed large , erect ears , a prominent snout , small eyes on the side of the head , and short fur .