Kitonak / Legends Kitonaks were pudgy , slow - moving sentients from the harsh Kurdan Desert which covered the planet Kirdo III . Their physiology was an adaptation to their life as desert nomads , while their psychology was notable for their extreme patience and calm . They were also noted for their talent as musicians . Biology and appearance . Kitonaks were small and stocky creatures , with two legs ending in large , two - toed feet , and two arms with three - fingered hands . Their skin color varied from off - white to pinkish Though their fingers were short and fat , they were quite dexterous . Their bodies released a vanilla - like smell . Kitonaks had tough skin which folded to seal vulnerable openings , a trait evolved to protect them from the harsh environment of Kirdo III ' s deserts . They also had some double organs , including two pairs of lungs . Their double lungs could store oxygen , allowing them to hold their breath for up to four hours . Their ears , eyes , and mouth could be sealed , and were almost too small for the casual observer to see . Kitonaks moved slowly , as they walked by expanding and contracting their foot muscles , or slithered slowly in a prone position . Their strong feet anchored them during windstorms , while they leaned into the wind with their aerodynamically shaped bodies and heads . In worse storms , when rocks began to fly , they burrowed into the dunes . Their sense of smell was also centered in olfactory organs in their feet , allowing them to smell their prey through the sands without having to worry about the desert winds . Kitonaks were very patient , and never rushed . This was because they fed on creatures called chooba , and they had to stand motionless for a long time until a chooba got near them . The nearsighted chooba mistook motionless Kitonaks for sulfaro plant s , which chooba often raided in search of fruit or bird eggs . One chooba satisfied a Kitonak ' s dietary needs for approximately one month . Society and culture . Kitonaks lived in nomadic tribes of about one hundred Kitonaks , following migrating chooba herds . Due to their nomadic lifestyle and the tendency for what possessions they had to blow away in windstorms , Kitonak technology was limited to crude , temporary tools and musical instruments . Their tribes were united in a planet - wide participatory democracy , though slow communications and their deliberate thought processes meant that years would pass before decisions were made ( by which time , the problem would often have solved itself ) . The " Telling of the Story " was the highlight of a Kitonak tribe ' s day . Each night , the members of the tribe would take turns at storytelling , which each Kitonak adding his or her own details and plot twists . A single story could take several nights to come to a conclusion . These stories taught young Kitonaks the value of patience . Rain came to their home once every ten years . When this happened , Kitonaks went to the newly full riverbeds for the " Great Celebration of Life , " plunging into the riverbeds for the " Dance of Love . " At the end of this mating ritual , females would emerge with newborn children . Though this made it seem that Kitonaks had an extremely short gestation period , the opposite was the case : these children were actually conceived years earlier during the previous rainy period ' s celebration . Young Kitonaks clung close to their mother for the first year of life , eventually becoming strong enough to stand on their own even during windstorms . Kitonaks followed a deity called the Cosmic Egg . By the age of nine , Kitonaks reached full maturity . More adventurous nine - year - olds would leave overpopulated tribes to wander the desert in search of less crowded tribes . These lonely nomads would often make crude chidinkalu flutes from chidinka plants , and play them to while away the nights and attract other Kitonaks . Psychology . Kitonaks were almost always calm and patient , refusing to take action without considering the consequences carefully . In fact , their typical course of action would be to do nothing . Even among Humans or other , " faster - paced " aliens , Kitonaks were painfully slow to answer questions or make decisions . One of the only things to anger them was being hurried . They often would slow down out of spite if someone was making them rush . The only other things which upset them were quicksands and caves . Caves were believed to be gateways to their mythological underworld , and it was said that no Kitonak returned from them . Quicksands , on the other hand , were a more tangible danger on their homeworld , since predatory creatures able to swallow a Kitonak whole lurked within . A Kitonak stuck in quicksand would easily be able to wait patiently until help came without falling further in — but help would usually be slow to arrive . Sample Kitonak names . Most Kitonaks went by a single , simple name . Typical names included : One of the best - known Kitonaks adopted the name " Droopy McCool " after abandoning his former alias , " Snit . " However , Snit was simply the name his former master Evar Orbus gave him . McCool ' s true name was a series of whistles which was incomprehensible to most non - Kitonaks . Other recorded Kitonak names may have had similar origins . Kitonaks in the galaxy . Kitonaks would sometimes be abducted by off - world slave traders . Usually , these were young Kitonaks on their own for the first time , playing their flutes to attract company . Since the slavers were often initially attracted by a Kitonak ' s music , they would force them to work as jizz wailers in seedy cantinas . Kitonaks enslaved as laborers usually infuriated their masters by working slowly , and were often freed to work as musicians . Their former masters would take their wages until their slave - debt was repaid . ( Of course , harsher masters would sometimes kill their Kitonak slaves . ) Some free Kitonak musicians , such as Droopy McCool of the Max Rebo Band , became fairly successful , particularly in the jizz and ontechii genres . Other free Kitonaks used their storytelling skills , patience , and the tendency of other beings to think an unmoving Kitonak was asleep or even non - sentient , to become spies and information brokers . Their clients had to learn to be patient , and let them reveal their information slowly and carefully . Some free Kitonaks considered going back to Kirdo III to give their people advanced technology and drive off the slavers , but it took a long time for such Kitonaks to decide to do anything about it . Several Kitonaks served as Palace Overlords for Voontara Fa ' athra the Hutt on the planet Nal Hutta during the Cold War . During the Galactic Civil War , a few Kitonaks even joined the Rebel Alliance . Terno , a musician and Rebel agent operating in the Minos Cluster , was one such Kitonak . During this period , the Imperial slang term for the Kitonaks was " Yazbo " . Around 35 ABY , a Kitonak trained to be a Jedi in the New Jedi Order . Behind the scenes . " " describes Kitonak hands as four - fingered . However , the illustrations in " Galaxy Guide 4 " , " The Essential Guide to Alien Species " , " The New Essential Guide to Alien Species " , " Alien Anthology " , and " Ultimate Alien Anthology " show three - fingered hands , in agreement with Droopy McCool ' s depiction in " " .