Skrilling / Legends Skrillings were a sentient species native to the M ' shinn i colony world designated Agriworld - 2079 . Originally nomadic herders on their native planet , they made contact with the rest of the galaxy when their homeworld was colonized by the M ' shinni . The Skrilling soon integrated themselves into the M ' shinni colonies , with many leaving the planet to join modern , space - faring society . Known for their natural skills as scavengers , Skrillings could be found all over the galaxy , working odd jobs or as criminals — especially on war - torn worlds with many unclaimed corpses . Many Skrillings worked as spies for the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War . At least two Skrillings were members of the Jedi Order , a Jedi Knight named Peerce and a Jedi Master named Ord Enisence . Biology and appearance . Skrillings were stocky humanoids , standing 1 . 5 to 1 . 9 meters tall , with wrinkled gray skin , deep set eyes , and eight breather tubes in place of a nose . They had several rows of sharp teeth for tearing meat , a bony ridge on their skulls running from their forehead to the nape of their neck ( used by Skrilling hatchlings to break out of their eggs ) , and three - fingered hands with a vice - like grip . Their eight breathing tubes were among their most versatile organs . To help digestion , Skrillings used a mild digestive acid produced in glands inside their breathing tubes . This acid could also be sprayed from their breathing tubes as a defense mechanism , though it was not very dangerous unless it ended up in the target ' s eyes . To make up for poor eyesight , Skrillings relied on their keen sense of smell to discover food , by inhaling deeply through their breathing tubes . This produced a high - pitched whistle which could be heard for kilometers . Skrillings evolved from egg - laying carnivorous mammals on Agriworld - 2079 , a planet on the spinward side of the Mid Rim . They were scavengers by nature , feeding on the decayed carcasses of grazing herd animals . Skrillings could not digest meat that had not rotted for less than a week . Primitive Skrillings quickly developed a complicated system to share carcasses with one another in order to avoid conflicts over the best pieces . Once they made contact with other species , this system of ritualized requests and appeasements translated into what seemed to non - Skrillings as constant begging and bargaining . Skrillings were intelligent enough to recognize that non - Skrillings could be angered by too much of this , however , and generally tried to avoid conflicts . They were also masters at finding a being ' s weak point in a bargaining situation , and managed to get what they wanted more often than not . Common Skrilling names . Common Skrilling names included Doke Gerkin , Piret Mubikai , Threx Qaspi , Vigik Orne , and Yettel Sarn . History . When the M ' shinni arrived on Agriworld - 2079 , the Skrillings were primitive nomads . When the M ' shinni rootlines took control and fenced in the planet ' s herd , the Skrillings were forced to adapt as their homeworld transformed into a large agricultural site , with high - tech farming and droid labor . Some started working for the M ' shinni on their homeworld , becoming low - level employees and servants of various M ' shinni rootlines . The M ' shinni completely overwhelmed the indigenous Skrilling culture . For example , if the primitive Skrillings had a name for their homeworld before the M ' shinni arrived , it had long been lost to history . Even the original name of their species was unknown : " Skrilling " was originally a derogatory nickname ( meaning " Bone Picker " ) applied to them by the M ' shinni . Other Skrillings worked for the M ' shinni on their other agriworlds , or spread out into the rest of the galaxy . These Skrillings were often scavengers or second - hand merchants . Some of them wandered the spaceways in starships constructed from second - hand or salvaged parts . Skrilling wanderers often arrived on a planet soon after a battle , where they salvaged damaged machines . Some were even ghoulish enough to eat the corpses left behind after a battle , leading to the expression " Skrilling fodder " for one about to be killed . Skrillings of this sort often ended up in the entourage of the galaxy ' s criminal element . Some Skrillings managed to make their way into positions of high status . There were Skrilling Jedi , including the Jedi Master Peerce , one of the Jedi murdered by Aurra Sing on Coruscant in 30 BBY . One of the most famous criminal Skrillings was Pote Snitkin , a weapons smuggler who worked for Jabba Desilijic Tiure on Tatooine . Some more honorable Skrillings were valuable spies for the Alliance to Restore the Republic , using their natural wheedling abilities to get valuable information . Other Skrillings of the Galactic Civil War era were part of a struggle to free their people from M ' shinni domination , though true to the Skrillings ' nature , this was not an open , violent conflict .