Zygerrian The Zygerrians were a humanoid species from Zygerria . They built a powerful empire by selling their slaves , until the Jedi of the Old Republic went to war with them and outlawed it . The Zygerrians attempted to openly revive their slave trade when they allied with the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars . They were ruled by a monarchy , who was served by the Prime Minister and the Zygerrian royal guard . They patrolled on the backs of flying brezak s and brandished electro - whip s to control their slaves . During the Age of the Empire , the Zygerrian MaDall established her own slaving operation , which collapsed when the Mandalorian rebel Sabine Wren freed her slaves . Their ear s inspired the hair style known as Zygerrian - style faux crests . The hairstyle was sported by Razoo Qin - Fee , a Kanjiklub ber who once participated in an underground Zygerrian fighting circuit on Nar Kanji . History . The Zygerrians were a powerful people in the days of the Old Republic . Their Empire provided slave labor to the galaxy in which both the Zygerrians and their customers prospered . However , their slave trade was outlawed by the Old Republic . The Jedi Knights liberated countless slaves from the Zygerrians and pushed their Empire into the underworld ' s shadows . Clone Wars . During the Clone Wars , Zygerria ' s queen Miraj Scintel , formed an alliance with Confederate leader Count Dooku to rebuild her people ' s Slave Empire . She sent Commander Darts D ' Nar to accompany Dooku , a tactical droid and their forces to occupy Kiros . However , in reality , the Togruta colonist s were then taken to Kadavo ' s slave processing facility . Age of the Empire . In 5 BBY , the Zygerrian MaDall established a slave empire on the Outer Rim world of Oon . MaDall ' s operations were disrupted by the Mandalorian Sabine Wren . Following the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , at least one Zygerrian slaver was based at an Imperial slave labor mine on the planet Sevarcos . During the Battle of Sevarcos , the slaver tried to kill the Wookiee slave Greybok but was bludgeoned to death by the Weequay Hatchet . Behind the scenes . The Zygerrians were first mentioned in " The Star Wars Sourcebook " , written by Bill Slavicsek and Curtis Smith and published in 1987 . The species remained relatively untouched by the Expanded Universe until the 2008 . The Zygerrians played a major role in " " , a story arc of written entirely by Henry Gilroy that ties into the television series . In 2011 – 2012 , the " Slaves of the Republic " comic books were adapted into three episodes of the television series , titled " Kidnapped , " " Slaves of the Republic , " and " Escape from Kadavo . " The episodes followed the same premise , but featured a number of differences , most notably , a redesigned appearance for the Zygerrians , who were originally depicted in the EU as resembling humans with pointed ears , long red hair and bony spurs on their forehead and chins . Dave Filoni felt this look was too close to a live - action TV show with limited makeup resources for aliens , and opted to blend them with a - like appearance , stating the coyote ' s reputation helped the Zygerrians look more cunning and deceitful .