Anzat ( species ) The Anzati ( singular : Anzat ) were a dangerous and mysterious Force - sensitive near - Human species with two tentacle - like proboscises that curled out and extended from their cheeks , with which the Anzati were able to feed upon the brains of their prey . With the tentacles retracted into seams along each side of their nose , Anzati were indistinguishable from any other humanoid species in the galaxy . They were an extremely long - lived species , also possessing regenerative capabilities beyond those of the average humanoid . The Anzati were also telepathic , growing more adept at the talent as they aged , allowing them to dominate someone ' s mind to give them a chance to feed . According to the Jedi Master Zao , the soup that Anzati drank was the future , and thus , the Force . Because of this , Anzati who drank the soup of another Force - sensitive would strengthen his connection to the Force . Biology and appearance . The Anzati were Human in appearance , with bulbous noses , flared nostrils , and grayish - hued skin . Their height ranged from 1 . 5 to 1 . 7 meters . Scientists and xenobiologists had little opportunity to study the Anzati , but sketchy medical reports found on the species indicated that they had no natural biorhythm ; that is to say , no pulse , and as a result , no body heat . Therefore , it was a total mystery as to how their circulatory system functioned . The youngest Anzati were ancient . The ages of the eldest could be measured in eons . They roamed the galaxy when the Galactic Republic was just a dream of the Core Worlds . The Anzati could live for centuries , sustained by the life essence they drew from others . An Anzat who did not feed at least once every few days merely grew hungry . Lack of sufficient meals had no more of a supernatural aging effect on an Anzat than it did on a Human . Because the Anzati preyed upon those whose life force was strong , they must be stronger . While Anzati tended to possess exceptional might and often startling reflexes , at best , they could reflect that of a pinnacle Human ' s athletic ability ; at worst , they merely had the attributes of an ordinary Human . However , physical strength was only a small part of the equation . To sense the presence of a strong life essence in others , they had highly developed sensory organs unknown in other sentient species . To physically drain this life essence ' s connection from living beings , they had to be physically adapted to do so . For the Anzati , these things were interconnected . The Anzati were natural predators , preferring to hunt sentient races of every shape , size and species . To this end , they possessed two long , prehensile proboscises similar in appearance to tentacles . They kept these proboscises coiled in their twin cheek pockets for feeding on unsuspecting victims ; when their proboscises were retracted , they were practically indistinguishable from Humans . They fed in a unique way that was described as grotesque . Using a natural ability akin to hypnosis , which Jedi who had encountered them claimed was akin to Force manipulation , they bewitched their victims in a manner similar to a Jedi mind trick . Using this telepathy , the Anzat lured in their unsuspecting targets by mesmerizing them with their telepathic control . This control strengthened at close range and was even further augmented and honed with age and use . Once a victim was within their power , the Anzati would uncoil their thin proboscises from their cheek pouches located on either side of its nose and usually inserted them into the subject ' s nostrils and into the cranium , where the brain was sucked out of the organism , though the Anzati fed by drawing soup out of wherever it resided in a victim , as it varied by species . In most humanoid races , it lay within the brain cavity . Almost of their own , the proboscises sought the victim ' s soup , and began draining it into the Anzat . The victim could struggle , though often the Anzat ' s attack was so sudden , so perfect , that it was too late . This action , however , required time and could not be rushed . This behavior led to the nickname of " snot vampires . " They also had been known to grasp the victim ' s head to hold it in place close to them as they fed . They called this meal " soup , " " luck , " or the " Sea of Memory . " The actual substance they drained out of living beings — the gelid , mucoid medium for the luck or life essence — they referred to as soup . In Anzati traditions , the term referred to the life essence , or spiritual power , of the victim . As well , the Anzati believed that this life essence governed a living being ' s personal presence . Thus , the more presence a victim had , the more potent the luck was likely to be . Particularly fortunate individuals were tasty meals for the Anzati . It was reputed that Anzati could keep their victims alive for several feedings , taking great pleasure in the fear and terror they felt throughout the ordeal . Though life essence and luck were manifestations of the Force , the luck upon which Anzati fed was only peripherally related . Certainly , beings who were particularly gifted in the Force were appetizing to an Anzat , but this was usually because their close connections with the life energy of the universe presented the appearance of a great personal presence . Of course , experienced Jedi usually had both powerful personal life essence and a close connection with the universe ' s through the Force . The Anzat who made a meal of such a Jedi was a rare and terrible creature indeed . The Anzati , of course , considered such discussions academic . " The Force " was a concept developed by younger species . It was a concept Anzati do not recognize as any more correct than any of a dozen theories before . They knew only that weak - willed beings were as unsatisfying as table scraps . To subsist on the average sentient , an Anzat would have to feed on a dozen beings every day ; and since the meal rarely survived the feast , the Anzat would leave a trail of corpses . On a world without sentient beings , or in a place where soup is in short supply , an Anzat could easily starve to death . Most of the galaxy , however , was unfortunate in this regard : the Anzati were not liable to die off so easily — sentient beings were plentiful enough to feed a legion of them . Despite myths to the contrary , victims of the Anzati did not become Anzati themselves . Society and culture . The drive to hunt for " soup " seemed to be the central factor of Anzati life ; one could almost have considered them an addicted people . Once they began the hunt , they thought of nothing else but to satisfy this hunger , a hunger that grew stronger and more powerful with each passing year . Anzati were reported to view all other peoples as livestock to be harvested to fulfill their needs , although some were known to try and stave off the craving for as long as possible between feedings . Anzati were known to be creatures of a single - minded purpose , they spent their long lives surviving from one meal to the next — in the process , depriving living beings of their own lives . Either way , because the hunger grew as they aged , and they lived for such a long time , they ended up becoming more and more isolated in their need . The older the Anzati , the more unstable and obsessive they became , often to the point of insanity . They would lose focus on the world around them and in many cases would make a crucial mistake , leading to their ultimate destruction . Some Anzati believed that feeding on live vessels gave them eternal youth and energy . This belief can be traced to the Silent Voices , luminescent bands of gases that glowed in the Anzat atmosphere at night . Ancient Anzati believed that these were the life essences of their ancestors . Although such a possibility was not scientifically viable , it illustrated the level of importance that " soup " played in Anzati culture , morals , and belief structures . Anzati reproduced infrequently , and usually lived for many centuries . Parents did not typically give their children names , instead allowing them to seek names that best blended in with their chosen prey . Youthful Anzati reached puberty at approximately one hundred standard years of age , and , when that time came , they left Anzat to hunt for " soup " and continue their so - called eternal existence . Though it was easy to picture the Anzati as heartless predators , that was no more true of them than it was of any species that ate another species to live . With their long lives , Anzati had plenty of time to develop and pursue all manner of interests ; many were devoted patrons of the arts . A few had even produced works of art of their own : books , music , paintings , sculpture , films , and holos . Few had created more than one example in any given medium , however . For a being so long - lived as an Anzat , perfection at a craft was pointless ; reaching the pinnacle of an art was no real accomplishment if its only other practitioners died off a thousand years ago . A common misconception among those who studied tales of the Anzati was that they were hyper - developed scholars , experts in fields of knowledge and craft long since forgotten by younger species . While Anzati could remember things that happened centuries earlier , they had little or no interest in pursuing mastery of any given area of expertise or knowledge — other than feeding . To the Anzati , the important skills to pass on to their offspring were the arts of stealth and the kill ; everything else was just amusing diversion , hardly worth the effort of committing to memory . The Anzati were accomplished hunters , tracking their quarry silently , invisibly and efficiently . Their abilities served them in avoiding notice as well . Despite occasional noticeable individuals , all Anzati diligently maintained as low a profile as possible , disappearing into the galaxy ' s crowds as soon as anyone appeared to notice their activities , abilities , or longevity . An Anzat used his or her sense of personal presence to hunt — to detect prey ' s soup . The stronger the target ' s soup , the more the target stood out to the Anzat ' s senses . Anzati were also difficult to capture . Because of their secrecy , hunting skills , and training , Anzati were often employed by organized crime factions as assassins . The Anzati simply dwelled among the sentient species of the galaxy , blending into the dizzying myriad of cultures — invisible because , until one revealed its true nature to a victim , an Anzat was just another alien ; and , of course , once the victim saw the Anzat , it was too late to warn anyone else . Their anonymity was frequently used to their advantage , so they rarely , if ever , worked in groups . It was only in the capacity of a bounty hunter that they would abandon their lonely tendencies and band together to form a corporation or guild . On these exceptionally rare occasions , they would sometimes share prey and the financial rewards of their hunts . These corporations were temporary , often existing for only one hunt , as they typically ended up killing each other to eliminate competition for a very " soupy " victim . Thousands of worlds across the galaxy had legends of the Anzati , yet no culture ' s myths included their origin . To some , this implied that the Anzati had been around longer than any other species , or that they survived , for thousands of centuries , the only other species to share their homeworld . Others believed that the Anzati evolved simultaneously with Humankind , somewhere beyond the knowledge of sentient races , only to enter galactic society at large when hyperspace exploration put the Anzati homeworld within reach of the Republic . When the planet was later found , it was usually avoided for the race ' s tendencies . History . Because Anzati were roamers , they were often considered mythical and to be nothing but the things of dark legends and folktales . For a long period of time the true location of their homeworld , Anzat , was a mystery . Scientists and explorers who traveled to the world reputed to be Anzat simply disappeared without a trace . There were some reports that placed it in the Mid Rim , near the Perlemian Trade Route . The Anzati were believed to be one of the first spacefaring races . According to anecdotal evidence offered by sentients fortunate enough to survive their encounters with Anzati , the race roamed and wandered the galaxy , returning to Anzat only to find a mate and reproduce and , in some cases , train with Anzati master assassins . It was believed that the Anzati encountered the ancient Sith species during the pre - Republic era , and it was from the Anzati that the Sith drew such practices as dining on bloodsoup on their homeworld of Korriban . Although the Anzati as a species were isolationists , there were several instances in which they were propelled into the galactic spotlight . The earliest known instance was the anomaly of the Jedi Anzat Volfe Karkko . It was rare for an Anzat to become a Jedi because it was believed that Anzati were of too violent a nature to be entrusted with such power as the Jedi wielded , and would not be able to resist using their power to drink the " soup " of those around them . With Karkko , this belief proved true , as he had been so well trained that he believed himself above the instinct shared by his species , having never tasted " soup . " Unfortunately , this same arrogance led Karkko to think that he could control his inbred nature , and he fed . This mistake in turn resulted in Karkko succumbing to the dark side of the Force . Karkko was captured and held in a stasis field for a millennium on the prison world of Kiffex . During his imprisonment , however , his mind remained active , originally so he could contemplate his actions . Unfortunately , he used this to his advantage , using it to draw numerous followers . Over time , his legend grew among the Anzati on Kiffex , who worshiped him as " the Dreamer , " converting his resting place into a sacred temple . Karkko fed his follower ' s baser instincts , turning them feral and causing them to prey on the residents of inmates of Kiffex with a ferocity that was striking even for an Anzat . Karkko was eventually killed by Quinlan Vos , thus ending his reign there . Nikkos Tyris was another fallen Anzat Jedi who was trained as one of Count Dooku ' s Dark Acolyte s . It was he who founded a competing order of Force - users during the Clone Wars as the first Saarai - kaar of the Jensaarai . Fortunately , the Jensaarai did not pose significant harm to others , never rising to influence much beyond their homeworld and only seeking to serve as protectors . Because the first Jensaarai disciples had not yet been corrupted by the dark side and Sith training , those who followed in fact served the light side of the Force , despite their reverence for Sith traditions . Sajé Tasha , Akku Seii , and Rath Kelkko were three Anzati assassins who were involved with the Jedi in some way during the Clone Wars . Tasha , a female Anzat , was responsible for the death of Finis Valorum , and she and Kelkko were hired by Sora Bulq to train Morgukai warriors on Saleucami . Oppo Rancisis was later assassinated with the help of Rath Kelkko . When Bulq hired the Anzati to train the Morgukai clones , it left a shortage of assassin masters on Anzat , forcing Akku Seii to break tradition and train many Anzati at once . Because Akku was an acquaintance of Jedi Master Tholme , he aided the Jedi in finding the other Anzati masters . These masters were working with Bok , a Morgukai , to train the growing secret faction . Upon learning of them , Tholme sabotaged their efforts , causing them great displeasure before he killed them in the catacombs of Saleucami . Around 0 BBY , Dannik Jerriko , a male Anzat bounty hunter known as the Eater of Luck , came to prominence . He was paid handsomely for killing failed assassins , along with murderers , thieves and thugs for his own feeding , calculating that they would not be missed . He was irritable , being unable to tolerate clients who did not appreciate the value of his thorough work ; as such , it was not uncommon for him to feed on an unhappy client . While searching for the " soup " of thieves on Tatooine , he encountered Obi - Wan Kenobi , whose life force he craved . However , he was unable to gain this and instead targeted the much more valuable Han Solo , in lieu of Jabba Desilijic Tiure ' s bounty on him . He was again unable to feed on his prey , and was later assigned to protect Tash Arranda , Zak Arranda , and Mammon Hoole . After that assignment , Jerriko returned to Tatooine to spy on Jabba . Still desirous of Solo ' s soup , the Anzati became excited upon the arrival of a carbonite slab containing Solo . However , Jerriko was deprived of his chance to drink Solo ' s soup when his Alliance to Restore the Republic comrades saved him . Frustrated at the loss of this opportunity , Jerriko accepted the option of feeding on Jabba , only to be foiled by the Hutt ' s death at the Great Pit of Carkoon . Mad with vampiric hunger and rage , Jerriko killed a number of unfortunate survivors at Jabba ' s Palace and then fled Tatooine to continue his endless search for beings on which to feed , with a large bounty on his own head by this time due to his actions . Feral Anzati . There appeared to be a feral species of Anzati who were capable of shooting a ropy webbing out of their torso to trap their prey , though this was only seen among the Anzati drawn to Volfe Karkko . They were believed to have been Anzati who went to Kiffex in reverence to Karkko during his imprisonment . Somehow he leeched their vitality , causing them to become degenerate and feral . They retained the ability to speak , but this was usually limited to single words and small phrases . Behind the scenes . In " The Essential Guide to Characters " , it is stated that Anzati only consumed a victim ' s luck , and that a victim could survive . This , however , is contradicted by almost every other source in which an Anzati appears . Nonetheless , the " The New Essential Guide to Alien Species " does state that the Anzati had a range of names for their meals , among them " Soup " , " Luck " , and " Sea of Memory " .