The Secrets of Long Snoot " The Secrets of Long Snoot " is a short story in the anthology novel " From a Certain Point of View " . The story , written by Delilah S . Dawson , focuses on the point of view of Imperial spy Garindan ezz Zavor . Plot summary . The story opens with the Kubaz spy Garindan ezz Zavor ( " Long Snoot " ) enduring an abusive xenophobic tirade from a human man , who denounces him as an opportunistic spy . Speaking in Kubazian , Garindan regards humans as a species who think of themselves as the center of the solar system . To spit the man , Garindan steals his leather bag of credit s . While regarded as an outsider on Tatooine , Garindan comes from a respectable clan on Kubindi that is best known for breeding and farming a strain of succulent picolet beetle . His children are well - known senators , orators , and artists and he has several grandchildren in creches and academies . Yesterday , Garindan depleted his credits by paying for a garbled comm message from the planet Kubindi . Garindan learns from his daughter that his wife is dead and that the family is in trouble . Paying for the credits had thrown his plan to return and liberate his homeworld of Kubindi from the Galactic Empire in disarray . Garindan resolves to spend the next three standard day s gathering enough information and credits to leave Tatooine and return to his homeworld , where he must bury his mate with full honors and regain control of his clan . Since his network is large , Garindan has arranged for an informant to supply the codes he needs to get home . Traveling through the " smelly " streets of Mos Eisley , Garindan meets with his human informant , who gives him the codes necessary to get pass the Imperial blockade of Kubindi . The informant tells Garindan that the codes are good for at least a few days and advises him to fly on a trading vessel and to avoid ships that the rebels would fly . Garindan returns to his hovel , which was once used to store beasts . Garindan regards the lingering odor of the beasts to that of the humans and other alien s . He regards beasts as having predictable , harmless and dependable odors . By contrast , humans and other sentient beings emit thousands of pheromones in their secretions , exposing their thoughts and feelings . Garindan reflects on how the Empire had exploited him and his people as spies during to the Kubaz species ' ability to read body language , smell pheromones and weapons , and hear from long distances . The Empire had used diplomatic protocol droid s to win the support of the Kubaz elders . Garindan had been one of the chosen students picked from the academy to study under the Empire as a diplomat and return to his mate and hive with new accolades . Instead , Garindan had been indentured and trained as a spy . He and fifty companions were put in manacles and forced to withstand propaganda , indoctrination , and reprogamming . Garindan had slipped away from his job and tried to return to Kubindi , only to find its orbit guarded by Imperial firepower . He resolves to take up a new job to buy himself enough credits to hire a ship with the intention of slipping through the Imperial blockade and telling his people how the Empire exploits them . This job involves Garindan helping the Empire to locate two fugitive droids and collecting the bounty . Garindan starts his day at Chalmun ' s Cantina where he witnesses the arrival of Luke Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi . Shortly later , Ponda Baba and Cornelius Evazan harass Skywalker only for Baba to have his arm chopped off by Kenobi . Garindan also observes Skywalker and Kenobi meeting with Han Solo and the Wookiee Chewbacca to discuss their passage to Alderaan . Since the droids are not with them , Garinda waits in a dark corner between the cantina and Han ' s junker ship . He soon catches the men walking by with C - 3PO and R2 - D2 . Garindan alerts the Imperial authorities to the presence of the droids at Mos Eisley spaceport ' s Docking Bay 94 . Garindan directs the stormtroopers to Docking Bay 94 where a gun battle ensues . Believing that he will be paid , Kubaz buys another drink at Chalmun ' s Cantina from the bartender Wuher . While chatting with the Devaronian Labria , Garindan receives the news that the droids escaped and hence the bounty is not awarded . Though Garindan is frustrated by the second setback , Labria hires Garindan for a job on behalf of Derrida the Ketton . He tells Garindan that Derrida needs a companion for a job against the Rebel Alliance and that the humans are not willing to take it . Resolving to return home and to expose the Empire ' s exploitation to his people , Garindan accepts the job . When Labria compliments Garindan ' s espionage skills and asks whether he is motivated by unscrupulous motives or the pure joy of destroying so many well - laid plans , Garindan replies that he is " very far from home . "