Pashvi ( species ) The Pashvi were a sentient species whose bodies , while largely humanoid , featured a wider torso and / or longer arms than a Human . They lived on a planet in the Pashvi system of Wild Space , the surface of which was dotted with many thousands of rock pillars , atop which grew both edible plants and extremely dangerous flying predators . That led to the Pashvi becoming both attracted to and frightened of the pillars and , more generally , made them keep their emotional distance from people and things they valued . Pashvi were generally peaceable beings with little skill or inclination for fighting . Their homeworld was raided by the Vagaari some point prior to 27 BBY . Pashvi art had a stable but small market , mostly in the Corporate Sector . Biology and appearance . Pashvi were sentient humanoids , although a typical member of the species had longer arms and / or a wider torso than those of a Human or Chiss . Crops made up at least a portion of the Pashvi diet . Society and culture . Pashvi were known to be an amicable and peaceable species with little inclination or skill at fighting or violence . Their homeworld ' s terrain was marked by thousands of scattered stone pillars . The tops of these received more sunlight than the bottoms , which made the food plants growing there more nutritious and thus highly desirable to the Pashvi , forming the staple of their diet . However , the tops of those natural formations were also home to a predatory species of avians . Accordingly , the Pashvi attitude toward the rock pillars was one of both reverence and fear . More broadly , their experience with the pillars led Pashvi to keep their distance emotionally from one another and from things of importance to them . The Pashvi created sculptures . That art form came in diverse styles , including one that used blue and white materials . By 27 BBY , Pashvi artists had begun exporting some of that work offworld , and a small collectors ' market opened up , particularly in the Corporate Sector . Despite the remoteness of their world , the species received occasional visits from outsiders , although their world was beyond the reach of the Galactic Republic or the Jedi in 27 BBY . History . The Pashvi hailed from a planet in the Pashvi system , located on the frontier of Wild Space . Due to the fact that the rock pillars of the world provided both sustenance and potential death , the Pashvi developed a distanced emotional state that had them keep friends and valuables at a safe emotional distance . At some point by 27 BBY , the Pashvi fell prey to pirates of the marauding Vagaari species . The invaders plundered thirteen sculptures from the Pashvi and placed them in the hold of their starship . Later , that vessel came under the control of the Chiss Commander Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo — also known as Thrawn . The officer found the Pashvi sculptures in the ship ' s treasure hold , and by analyzing the works ' forms , surmised precise details about the Pashvi creators . The show impressed the Human smuggler Dubrak Qennto , with whom Thrawn was traveling . Behind the scenes . Author Timothy Zahn created the Pashvi for the novel " Outbound Flight " , published by Del Rey in 2006 . Although no member of the species appears in the novel , Zahn ' s protagonist , Thrawn , discovers a cache of Pashvi artwork . Thrawn surmises from the Pashvi ' s art that they must be humanoid beings with either longer arms or a wider torso than that of a Human or Chiss , a notion to which Quennto agrees . However , the book does not specify which of Thrawn ' s assumptions is correct or whether both are applicable descriptions of the species . The species is referenced in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , published in 2008 .