Kamarian The Kamarians were an insect - like species native to Kamar . During the Imperial era , the most technologically advanced Kamarians had just developed nuclear weapons , and were well on their way to developing clean fusion and spaceflight . Despite this , they still lived in a feudal society . They organized themselves into small tribes or city - states called " tk ' skquas " which often battled each other for territory . Biology and appearance . Kamarians had round heads with large compound eyes , four arms , two legs , and prehensile tails . They had segmented bodies covered in an exoskeleton which sealed water within their bodies . This allowed them to go for up to twenty - five days without water before feeling the effects of dehydration . Most adult Kamarians stood between 1 . 3 and 1 . 7 meters high . Kamarians were divided into several races , distinguished by size , carapace color , language , and culture . The most numerous and technologically advanced Kamarian races were the mountain dwellers , whose " tk ' skquas " lived in mountain cave systems . Another group of special note were the Kamarian " Badlanders " , a group native to the Kamar Badlands . " Badlanders " were slightly smaller than other Kamarians , being only 1 . 1 to 1 . 4 meters high . They were also hardier , able to survive even longer without water and adapted to even higher temperatures . They were also more primitive technologically and culturally , using only simple tools and armed only with spears . History . Han Solo and Chewbacca once visited the Kamarian Badlanders , taking local handicrafts as admission for a makeshift holotheater they had set up . These desert people were fascinated by the documentary " Varn , World of Water " and its portrayal of the watery planet Varn , and began to start a religion around it . Due to a language barrier , Solo was unaware of the significance the documentary now held for the Kamarians ; all he knew was that they had never seen any holos before and thus were awed even by the dull documentary he had been showing them . Solo guessed that sooner or later the Kamarians would become bored with " World of Water " and thus contacted a smuggler friend of his , Sonniod , to bring a new holofeature to Kamar for him to show at his theater . When Sonniod obliged and Solo displayed the holo he had brought , " Love is Waiting " , it became obvious to the smugglers that the Badlanders viewed the holotheater more than simple entertainment . The Badlanders of the Cult of Varn reacted violently to the " sacrilege " of showing a different holo , destroying the holoprojector and thereby eliminating any chance that the smugglers might be able to mollify them by showing them " World of Water . " Solo , Chewbacca and Sonniod were forced to flee in the " Millennium Falcon " . Soon after their departure from Kamar , Sonniod returned with a new copy of " Varn , World of Water " , and the Cult of Varn ' s activities continued . Unfortunately for Solo , the Kamarians managed to track him down some months later and take him prisoner , demanding he turn their world into the watery paradise he had shown them . Solo escaped but was reluctant to talk to anybody about his experience as a captive of the Kamarians , even in later years to his wife , Leia Organa Solo . As a result of whatever he endured during that time , many years later Solo still had an aversion to insectoid species such as Killik s . Some Kamarians were under the influence of black membrosia during the Dark Nest Crisis and assisted in the Killik war effort . A few of them were seen asking Jaina Solo about her father .