Belugan Belugans were an aquatic sentient species native to the planet Quarzite . Largely humanoid , the Belugans sported fleshy sideburns on the sides of their faces and had sectioned jaws that hid their baleen - like teeth . While the rest of the galaxy participated in the Clone Wars , the Belugans fought an ongoing conflict with the native Kage Warriors , who opposed Quarzite ' s tyrannical leader Lord Otua Blank . Despite being equipped with advanced technology , the Belugans nonetheless had trouble with Kage ambushes on their subtrams . This led to Blank hiring an outside team of bounty hunter s to protect cargo travelling to his stronghold . Although the Belugan escorts were defeated , the bounty hunters defended the cargo . When the bounty hunter Asajj Ventress learned that the cargo was a living Kage girl that had been kidnapped from her home , Ventress ended up having a change of heart . Instead of delivering the girl to the Belugans , Ventress freed her and instead gave Lord Blank fellow bounty hunter Boba Fett , much to the dictator ' s surprise . Biology and appearance . Belugans were an aquatic species that hailed from the planet Quarzite . Humanoid in stature , Belugans were most identifiable by their bald heads and four - sectioned jaws . Belugan faces were adorned with color ful " sideburns " which were actually fleshy extensions of their cheeks . Belugans had grayish - brown skin , while their flesh sideburns came in both blue and orange varieties . Belugans had white eye s with black , vaguely star - shaped irises . Their unique , four - sectioned jaws , which had orange tips , hid baleen - like teeth and a prehensile tongue . Belugan mouths had the ability to drool when the individual experienced lust . As a humanoid species , Belugans held several human characteristics , such as two arms that ended in five - fingered hands , two legs that supported the body , and an upright gait . Belugans were generally tall and thin , but could expand to more rotund sizes , as seen in the Belugan dictator Lord Otua Blank . Despite a notable biological difference , Blank was physically attracted to the Kage female Pluma Sodi . Society and culture . The Belugans were a technologically advanced species that shared their world with the human - like Kage species . Both species lived under Quarzite ' s surface , as the planet was wracked with highly pressurized environmental storms that did not provide a livable atmosphere . However , a space station was at some point constructed . The space station , built far outside the planet ' s atmosphere , descended under Quarzite ' s surface with a series of massive turbolift s . This allowed the Belugans to travel between their world and the space station , and in theory , leave the system . In addition , the Belugans also maintained a network of subtrams that weaved through Quarzite ' s massive cave system . Quarzite and its inhabitants were ruled by the Belugan dictator Lord Otua Blank , who led an elite military force from a fortified compound . The military force consisted of soldier s and guard s , and included the military rank of major . Soldiers wore full body armor and wielded blaster pistol s that , when not in use , were holstered in a holster located on the armor ' s gauntlet . Major Rigosso ' s officer uniform consisted of a light - brown patterned tunic with a Belugan symbol on the chest . Both uniforms came with clawed - glove s . Blank ' s forces were tangled in a conflict with the Kage Warriors , a group of vigilante Kage who opposed Blank ' s dictatorship over Quarzite . Despite Blank ' s troops best efforts , the Belugan soldiers were ineffective against the Kage Warriors . History . Belugans evolved on the planet Quarzite alongside the Kage . By the time of the intragalactic Clone Wars , Otua Blank assumed absolute rule over Quarzite as a dictator . However , a subset of the Kage called the Kage Warriors opposed Blank ' s rule . A conflict emerged in which Belugan soldiers failed to provide competent defenses against Kage attacks . The Kage specifically targeted the Belugan subtram network , hijacking Belugan cargo . During the conflict , Blank developed a lustful interest in the Kage female Pluma Sodi . Desiring her to be his bride , his soldiers kidnapped Sodi from her home . As it happened , her brother , Krismo , was the leader of the Kage Warriors . Fearing a Kage counter - attack on the subtram that was to deliver Sodi , Blank sought outside help from galactic bounty hunter s to reinforce Sodi ' s minimal number of Belugan escorts ; Blank specifically asked for a team of six . For a fee of 600 , 000 unmarked credit s , a team of six bounty hunters led by the human Boba Fett accepted the contract and traveled to the Quarzite space station . The commander of the Belugan mission , the Belugan officer Major Rigosso , rendezvoused with the bounty hunters and brought them under Quarzite ' s surface . Sodi was placed into a box , and as such the nature of the Belugan cargo was kept a secret from the hunters . Along with two other Belugan guards , Rigosso ' s team set of Blank ' s stronghold to deliver Blank his bride . However , the subtram was quickly besieged by Krismo and the Kage Warriors . The guards and bounty hunters were shoved off of the tram and Rigosso was personally killed by Krismo . Fett and Asajj Ventress , the remaining bounty hunters , discovered Sodi soon - after . Ventress experienced a change of heart during the ordeal , and set Sodi free . Ventress still collected Blank ' s fee , however , after stealthily giving him a bound Fett in Sodi ' s place . Belugans in the galaxy . By the time of the Clone Wars , the Belugans had made contact with the outside galaxy to some extent , as Lord Blank was able to acquire the services of galactic bounty hunters . Under Blank ' s rule , Quarzite held no affiliation during the war , although at least two Kage allied themselves with the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Behind the scenes . The Belugans were created for the . Their only appearance was in the episode " Bounty , " where conceptual artwork for the species designed by Darren Marshall . Belugans would later receive a brief mention in the canon novel " Dark Disciple " , during which the events of " Bounty " are quickly recapped .