Stellan ( species ) The Stellan were a sentient species native to the Outer Rim planet Stellan . A fiercely isolationist but peaceful race , the Stellan maintained that tranquility by abandoning children that they identified as too aggressive . Those children , such as Jeigh Esse , were launched into space . Esse herself was discovered by Rodians and followed in their trade as a bounty hunter . Biology and appearance . The Stellan were a sentient species humanoid in form . Their face was dominated by a large mouth , filled with white , square teeth . Two black protrusions extended from their jaws , curving to a point . They had black , pupil - less eyes , which appeared as two narrow wedges , and stood out in stark contrast to their white skin pigmentation . The Stellan Jeigh Esse had three black shapes growing from the top of her head ; one on each side by her small ears , and one on the very top of her head . The Stellan had four - fingered hands and an opposable thumb , with which they could manipulate items . Society and culture . The Stellan had a largely peaceful civilization , and rejected any members of the species that were overly aggressive . All Stellan children were screened at an early age , and if any were found to be mentally ill , violent , or a threat to the Stellan ' s way of life , they were dubbed " ter - Stellan " and launched into space , at the mercy of whoever might stumble across the abandoned children . This practice stemmed from the Stellan belief of the " Vain Goddess " , who had provoked the galaxy into an unending war as an offering of love and worship . The Stellan feared that if they succumbed to the Vain Goddess ' s song , the soul of Stellan would be lost forever . Stellan society was fiercely isolationist , and had a theocratic government ruled by a priest - king . History . The Stellan evolved on the planet Stellan , located in the north - western corner of the Hunnoverrs sector of the Outer Rim Territories . As the Stellan practice of exiling children was discovered , many pirates and slavers from the nearby worlds of Tatooine and Rodia began to make trips to Stellan ' s orbit to prey on the discarded Stellan . One Stellan child that was identified as being too aggressive was Jeigh Esse . Esse was infamous on Stellan as one of the most vicious and conniving of the ter - Stellan — Esse framed countless other Stellan for her misdeeds , leading many innocent Stellan children to be exiled . She was eventually launched into space and discovered by a group of Rodians — the traditional Rodian homeworld of Rodia being only two sectors galactic west . They raised her as one of their own , instructing her in their craft as bounty hunters . Esse became a lethal hunter . Among her diverse weaponry was a polarizer that she adapted from a BlasTech EG - 7 blaster . Behind the scenes . The Stellan were created by Chris Cowdrill , a fifteen - year - old at the time , as part of his entry in the Design An Alien contest held in the " Star Wars Galaxy Magazine s " in 1995 . Cowdrill gained second place in the under - 16 category , and his entry was published in " Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 7 " in 1996 . Leland Chee , Keeper of the Holocron , has since stated that the published " Design an Alien " entries are considered canon . " The Essential Atlas " acknowledged the Stellan by including their homeworld in its appendix . The StarWars . com blog " The Not - So Magnificent Seven " , written by Greg Mitchell , provides more insight into Stellan society , as well as establishing the plural of the species as " Stellan " , rather than " Stellans " .