Bardottan Bardottans were a sentient species of scaled reptile s native to the planet Bardotta . Biology and appearance . Bardottans were a sentient species of thin reptiles . Their lower legs bent backwards and ended in three - toed feet ; their short forearms ended in three fingers and a thumb . Bardottans had long , curved necks atop which was a pointed skull with a beak - like snout dominating their face . While males did not possess hair , female Bardottans had thick feather - like fibers that covered their heads . Skin color ranged from a variety of greens and grays , to orange , red , and blue ; some Bardottans had mottled skin with distinctive markings of multiple colors . Eye color also varied between individuals , though all had black irises . The trait with the greatest variance was height , as some Bardottans stood a meter tall at maturity while others were over two meters tall . Society and culture . Developing a society with a rich Force - tradition early on in their history , Bardottans were war - like demon worshipers in their earliest years , led by the Frangawl Cult in worshiping Malmourral . When the Dagoyan Order came to power , the Frangawl religion was banned and the Dagoyan practices of peace , meditation , and contemplation became socially entrenched in the culture of Bardotta . The Dagoyan Order represented the religious aspects of the Bardottans , while the Bahk - tov Council and the Monarch of Bardotta presided over the government . All education on the world took place in Dagoyan schools , though belief in the tradition was not mandatory . Valuing knowledge and spiritual devotion , Bardottans were scholarly and insular when it came to outsiders and sharing their knowledge . All Bardottans were proud and independent , feeling shame when forced to ask for assistance . Cities on Bardotta were clustered around different academic and religious studies , studying in their own fields and sharing with other cities if asked . The right to education was earned through intense study and devotion , never handed out freely . History . The early history of the Bardottan people was a violent and war - like one . Ruled by the Frangawl , the tribes of Bardotta fought for dominance , finding strength in pain and torture . When the competing school of thought , known as Dagoyan gained momentum , they slowly dismantled the Frangawl way of life and expounded strength through intellectual pursuits and the arts . Banning the Frangawl tradition and converting their temples and holy sites into palaces and meditative retreats , the Dagoyans gained complete control over Bardottan culture and established themselves at the reigning force on Bardotta . Under the leadership of the Bahk - tov Council , the planet elected a monarch who governed with the assistance of the Dagoyan Masters and the High Seneschal . Undergoing a brief era of expansion into the greater galaxy , Bardottans settled several worlds , most notably Phu . The people of Phu and the other colonies generally continued their cultural habits of meditation and peacefulness , though tended not to be as secretive with their knowledge as their ancestors on Bardotta . Frangawl sympathizers also spread out into the galaxy in an attempt to revive their ancient traditions , gathering other species to their cause , such as the Ming Po and Zygerrian s of Zardossa Stix . During this expansionist era , the Jedi Order began to induct Bardottan children into their ranks causing the Dagoyan Masters to accuse the Jedi of abduction and acts of war . This brought an end to induction of children from Bardotta into the Jedi Order , though other colonies were not as strict . During the Clone Wars , the reigning Queen Julia and High Seneschal Peteen presided over a crisis wherein the Dathomirian Nightsister Mother Talzin allied with Frangawl sympathizers on Bardotta and Zardossa Stix to overthrow the Bahk - tov Council . Unbeknownst to the Council and the Queen , Peteen was secretly the leader of the cult and had facilitated the abduction of several prominent Dagoyan Masters to be sacrificed to the demon Malmourral . The sacrifice took place within an ancient Frangawl Temple beneath the Bardottan Royal Palace where the abducted masters were thrown into the gaping maw of a statue of Malmourral , and their Force energy was harvested into small orb like devices . One of the hostages was the Dagoyan Master Joseph . The Queen contacted the Galactic Republic for aid , and requested that help be sent in the form of the Gungan Junior Representative Jar Jar Binks . The Jedi , fearing a greater cause for concern from the kidnappings , also sent Jedi master Mace Windu . Arriving on Bardotta , they were received by Peteen and the guardsman Savatte . Although Windu felt a great darkness overcoming the planet , he could not pinpoint it . Eventually , Julia herself was kidnapped . Windu , Binks , and Savatte tracked her to the underground caves beneath the government temple , where Binks was kidnapped . Savatte left to find help , while Windu tracked Binks with a comlink . Meanwhile , a Dagoyan Master was sacrificed and harvested by Peteen . Binks was later freed , and together with Windu defeated the cultists and freed the other masters , including Joseph . Peteen , however , escaped to Zardossa Stix with Julia . Windu and Binks gave chase , and after several skirmishes with cultists and Mother Talzin , Peteen was killed , Talzin retreated , and Julia was rescued . Bardottans in the galaxy . The Bardottans society was insular and secretive , though this did not prevent some members from traveling offworld in search of greater knowledge . Bardottans abroad tended to seek out academia and thrive in cultures with a rich history and an open flow of knowledge . While Bardottans were tight - lipped as a rule , those of their species that inhabited their colony worlds , such as Phu , did not practice this particular cultural norm . A famed podracer pilot named Mars Guo was from Phu and participated in a Boonta Eve Classic Podracer on the planet Tatooine . Guo initially did well , and took second position during the second lap of the race . However , the first place competitor , the Dug Sebulba , tossed an object into one of Guo ' s engine intakes , crippling Guo ' s Podracer and causing him to crash into the sandy desert . Sebulba later crashed in the same stretch of land during the end of the third lap . A Bardottan taxi driver lived on the planet Lothal five years before the Battle of Yavin .