Unidentified acklay ( Burnout arena ) Circa 21 BBY , an acklay was kenneled aboard the Burnout space station . The acklay was released into the station ' s underground gladiatorial arena to serve as a prized fighting beast in the illegal bloodsport spectacles held in there . It was killed in combat by the Heroes of Cularin during an operation to rescue kidnapped Cularin citizens from the station . Biography . Circa 21 BBY , an acklay was kept aboard Burnout , a space station orbiting the planet Zham Hlar within the Thaereian system of the Galactic Republic . Although the station developed reputation for being host to a number of trades outlawed by the Republic , the leaders of the Thaereian military often turned a blind eye to , or covertly profited from , the station ' s activities . The Red Fury Brotherhood controlled a section of the space station , unofficially known as " Underburn , " and operated a hidden gladiatorial arena there . The arena ' s program tended to utilize beasts , volunteer gladiators , and randomly kidnapped slaves , though the Thaereian military occasionally used the events to dispose of political dissidents from both the Thaereian system and Cularin system s . The acklay , a member of an aggressive non - sentient species of amphibious crustaceans typically native to Vendaxa , became the arena ' s prized fighting - beast and main attraction . The acklay was housed in the arena ' s largest holding pen . It sometimes shared a portion of the pen , divided by an energy field , with the kidnapped sentients who became involuntary gladiators . A crew consisting of Ugnaughts and Gamorreans served as handlers for Burnout ' s menagerie . Xirossk , a Trandoshan member of Thaereian Intelligence , led a group that would eventually be known as the Heroes of Cularin on a chase through Burnout in an attempt to expose the arena and Thaere ' s corruption . Xirossk had also hoped to use the chase to defect to the Cularin Militia and mount a rescue of Nim ' Ri , a member of the Cularin resistance who had been secretly kidnapped by the Thaereian military . Unknown to Xirossk , Nim ' Ri ' s fight scheduled had been moved up . Xirossk and the Heroes watched the acklay kill Nim ' Ri on a viewscreen before Xirossk ' s plan could be revealed . The Heroes apprehended Xirossk and returned to the Cularin system , where the Trandoshan was accepted into the Cularin Militia . Xirossk and the Heroes soon returned to Burnout , to attempt to rescue a group of one hundred Cularin citizens who were kidnapped to be used as fodder in the arena . When the Heroes placed themselves between the citizens and a number of hostile massiffs used as a preliminary event , the acklay was released by arena staff . The acklay aggressively attacked the Heroes , but was killed in the ensuing skirmish . The beast ' s corpse was jettisoned from an airlock adjacent to the arena pens by arena staff . Behind the scenes . Although the acklay is introduced in the Living Force adventure , " The Air Up Thaere " , players do not get to enter combat with the creature until the followup adventure , " Memories " . " Memories " provides three sets of stats for the acklay based on the level , or tier , of the players involved . The lower tier of the adventure describes the acklay as exhausted , and halves the base creature ' s vitality points . For higher tier adventures , the acklay gains Force - sensitivity and several levels of the dark side marauder class , giving access to the Force powers such as battlemind , fear , Force speed , and the ability to produce Force lightning from its mouth . The high - tier acklay also gains proficiency with light armor , blaster pistols , blaster rifles , heavy weapon s , simple melee weapons , and vibroweapon s ; however the adventure does not detail any scenario with the creature using weapons or armor .