Asogian / Legends Asogians were paddle - footed , large - eyed sentients indigenous to Brodo Asogi . During the last decades of the Galactic Republic , the Asogians were represented in the Galactic Senate by Senator Grebleips and a trio of aides . When the Republic became the Galactic Empire at the conclusion of the Clone Wars , Grebleips was charged with treason , and the Asogians ' home planet became a part of the autocratic new government . More than twenty years later , during the Galactic Civil War that pitted the Empire against the Alliance to Restore the Republic , an Asogian infochant named Braxas operated on the Outer Rim planet of Solay . Biology and appearance . Asogians were paddle - footed sentients , small - sized and squat , with long arms that could touch the ground as they walked . Their hands ended in four long fingers . Their head , dominated by two large eyes , was perched atop an extensible neck . Some Asogians had brown , completely hairless skin , while others were yellow - skinned with scattered black hair on the head . Possible eye colors included blue and red . Society and culture . Like many other species , including the reptilian Anx of Gravlex Med , and the furry Togorians of Togoria , the Asogians routinely went about their business unclothed . They used grub - sticks as eating utensils , and at least some of them consumed meat . The physical appearance of the PK - series worker droid was modeled on that of the Asogains . History . The Asogians hailed from Brodo Asogi , a planet located in the Perinn sector of the Outer Rim Territories . At some point , they joined the Galactic Republic , the democratic union that governed most of the galaxy . Asogians in the galaxy . By 33 BBY , the Asogians were represented the Galactic Senate of the Republic by a Senator Grebleips and three aides . Before the onslaught of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY , Grebleips notably declared his intention to fund an extra - galactic expedition project . At the end of the war , the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic Palpatine transformed the existing regime into the First Galactic Empire , with himself as Emperor . The Asogian Grebleips and sixty - two other delegates were charged with conspiracy and treason for helping plot the so - called revolt of the Jedi Order against Palpatine . Like countless other planets , the homeworld of the Asogians fell into the Galactic Empire ' s hands . During the Galactic Civil War between the Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic , a disabled Asogian named Braxas made a career as an infochant on the planet of Solay , in the Dominus sector of the Outer Rim Territories . When the Galactic Empire seized Solay , the Asogian decided to leave the planet . Braxas then hired Luke Skywalker , a young hero of the Alliance and a skilled pilot , to transport him offworld . Behind the scenes . The Asogians originated in , the first movie in the prequel trilogy of " Star Wars " , as a cameo appearance of the famous aliens of Steven Spielberg ' s 1982 film " " . Those creatures were inserted in the movie to make good on a promise — after Steven Spielberg included a Yoda cameo and " Star Wars " toys in " E . T . " , George Lucas promised to include an " E . T . " cameo in the next " Star Wars " film he made — " The Phantom Menace " . While this was primarily an easter egg , and " E . T . " is probably not meant to be taken as part of " Star Wars " canon , some " Star Wars " references in " E . T . " can be reinterpreted in light of the " E . T . " references in " Star Wars " . " E . T . : The Book of the Green Planet " , a sequel novel to the movie , reveals " Children of the Green Planet " to be the translated name of E . T . ' s species . It also mentions several names which other alien species have given E . T . ' s homeworld , such as Brodo Asogi , all of which translate to " Green Planet . " While a species with the same name and appearance is itself part of " Star Wars " canon , and the homeworld name is given in " Cloak of Deception " , the species name is not specified . When E . T . goes trick - or - treating with the children , he spots a child in a Yoda mask and begins to follow that child saying " Home … home … " ( Composer John Williams included a snippet of his " Yoda Theme " from " " to accompany this scene . ) This could be interpreted as E . T . recognizing a familiar species from his home galaxy . " HoloNet News Vol . 531 50 " also mentions that Senator Grebleips of Brodo Asogi funded an expedition to another galaxy . This is another reference to " E . T . " , since E . T . visits Earth from in the film . The name of the Senator itself , ' Grebleips ' , is ' Spielberg ' spelled backwards . Pat Welsh , the woman who did the voice for E . T . in " E . T . the Extra - Terrestrial " , also did the voice for the bounty hunter Boushh in . In his novella " " , author Abel G . Peña mentioned " a pair of Asogian grub - sticks , " which was specifically meant to refer to the chopsticks used by Braxas in " " . In doing this , Peña simultaneously named the species and confirmed Braxas as one of them . E . T . also made a cameo appearance in " Hate Leads to Lollipops " , a light - hearted comic story by David McCaig , where he was seen among the patrons of the Mon Calamari Fish Market . That particular panel also included characters belonging to other science - fiction movies , namely Derek from " " , the Mutant from " " , and Mac from " " .