Dorande ( species ) Dorande were a species of pointed - eared humanoids indigenous to the planet of Dorande . At the start of the Dark Times , they attempted to seize the world of R - Duba , conspiring with the planet ' s royal advisors to murder Prince Jagoda . While the Dorandes intended to raid Jagoda ' s palace , their plans were foiled by C - 3PO and Kirk Windjammer . Biology and appearance . The Dorande were a sentient species of humanoid configuration : like the Humans , they had a single head , a torso and walked on two legs . Two arms extended from their shoulders and ended in five - fingered hands that included an opposable thumb . Their faces sported two forward - facing eyes , a single nose , and a mouth filled with white , blunt teeth . What truly distinguished Dorandes from Humans were their egg - shaped cranium , their pink skin and their tapered ears with long , dangling lobes . While entirely bald , the Dorandes were not completely hairless , as several individuals displayed black brows above their yellow eyes . Society and culture . In the early years of the Dark Times , the Dorandes commonly spoke Galactic Basic Standard , the most prominent language in the galaxy , although they still had a tongue of their own . In addition to speaking Basic , they also used the High Galactic alphabet . They were a bellicose people who maintained a fleet of convertible gunships and would not hesitate to capture a planet for the glory of their own culture . History . The Dorandes evolved on the planet of the same name , a world that was located in the Outer Rim region of the galaxy . At the start of the Dark Times , Ambassador Fez Kawakal represented Dorande at the court of Jagoda , the reigning prince of the planet R - Duba . Under the pretense of bringing a diplomatic proposal to the prince , Kawakal had come to conspire with one of his advisors , Baron Gavern Starlock . The two planned to have the assassin droid BX - 00 murder the prince so Dorande could invade R - Duba . The protocol droid C - 3PO , who had overheard the conversation , managed to save the prince ' s life and tell him the truth . As a consequence , Jagoda banished Starlock and Kawakal from his planet , appointing C - 3PO his chief advisor . But the Dorandes ' invasion plans were not completely foiled . Meanwhile , the young Kirk Windjammer , captain of an anti - grav loader christened " Seaskimmer " , accepted a strange job from a mysterious figure he met agt the Red Asteroid Bar . He would have to load is craft with cargo , and then drop it out in the middle of the sea . When he reached the arranged drop - off point , Windjammer encountered a fleet of ships . When it appeared that the cargo crates contained illegal blasters , Windjammer tried to escape his clients , who removed their Human masks and reveal their Dorande origins . The Dorandes , whose vessel was in fact a gunship , started to pursue the young man , and ended up destroying the " Seaskimmer " . Unbeknownst to them , Windjammer and his droid had escaped in an underwater escape pod . The two then reached Jagoda ' s palace , where they could warn the prince Jagoda of the impending invasion . Prince Jagoda then charged Winjammer with leading a defense force of forty heavily - armed R - Duba gunship s against the enemy . Since his fleet was unprepared for a coordinated attack , the Dorande commander ordered a retreat . Behind the scenes . When clarification on the pointy - eared Valenthyne Farfalla was sought from Leland Chee , keeper of the Holocron continuity database , he shared his personal theory that " all pointy - eared species are either Sephi or closely related to Sephi , " a reference to a pointy - eared species from " " , published in 2004 .