Pa ' lowick / Legends The Pa ' lowick were a species of sapient amphibians hailing from the Outer Rim planet of Lowick . They were divided into two main subspecies , both of which shared the same physical traits suited to their semiaquatic habitat : rotund bodies , slender limbs , eyes that rested on stalks , well - developed lungs , and a proboscis that terminated in a pair of Human - like lips . The major variation between the groups was in the pair of tusks lying under the trunk ; these fell out in one species by middle age but remained with the other throughout their lives . Scientists speculated that this was because the tusked variety lived in an area populated by higher densities of predatory life . A shy and primitive race that held their traditions dear , the Pa ' lowick enjoyed offworld contact , eagerly accepting any technology that helped them better accomplish their tasks in the traditional way . Storytelling and song were integral parts of their culture , with songs written for both spirituality and enjoyment . Much of their history was passed down by song ; written language arose relatively late in their development . Most members of the species lived as farmers , serving a noble class of royal families . In the years since their first encounter with Galactic Republic miners searching for the Pa ' Lowick system ' s legendary firegem s , the Pa ' lowick remained little known away from their homeworld . This changed when Larisselle Chatrunis was crowned Miss Coruscant in 22 BBY and began a successful singing career . Nevertheless , their world remained isolated , first by an Imperial blockade , then by a lack of diplomatic interest from the New Republic . During the Yuuzhan Vong War , however , the invaders paid a visit , destroying Lowick ' s farming machines in the process . The crops themselves survived the assault , and the planet quickly recovered after the hostilities ceased . Among the other famous members of the race were Sy Snootles , lead singer of the Max Rebo Band ; and Aneesa Dym , and her father , owners of " Dusty Duck " . Biology and appearance . Pa ' lowick were humanoid amphibians adapted to the peaceful salt marshes of their coastal habitat . Their compact , globular midsections sat atop thin , gangly legs that ended in anisodactylic feet — three toes pointing forward , one back . This configuration allowed them to swiftly navigate still waters , while powerful lungs in a strong chest helped them swim . Their slender arms ended in hands with four digits : three fingers and an opposable thumb . Pa ' lowick sometimes exhibited sharp claws , other times smooth fingertips ; in fact , the same individual could display both states at various times . Large , well - developed lungs and a buoyant air bladder made Pa ' lowick adept swimmers ; deflating the air bladder made room for the lungs to overinflate into the abdomen and permitted them to hold their breath for long periods . With their eyes at the end of short stalks , Pa ' lowick could hide under water and keep watch for predators . The species had moist , smooth skin with patterns of brown , green , yellow and blue that blended in with their swampy environment . Skin markings varied by individual ; male Pa ' lowick sported angular shapes , while females showed more rounded mottling . Due to their amphibious nature , Pa ' lowick were most comfortable in moist conditions ; arid environments harmed their skin , nose , and throat . They were also particularly susceptible to air pollution . Over a few weeks , however , a Pa ' lowick could adjust to such conditions . The most prominent feature of the Pa ' lowick physiology was a 30 - centimeter , prehensile , expressive , tubular snout that ended in pair of Human - like lips . In younger Pa ' lowick , two sharp , retractable , upward - pointing tusks — handy weapons should the Pa ' lowick be attacked — protruded from a second mouth at the base of this mouth - stalk . The second mouth was larger and wider than the one at the end of the snout and allowed growing , energy - hungry Pa ' lowick to eat more food . As a Pa ' lowick entered maturity , the need for this extra nutrition subsided ; in most members of the species , the tusks fell out , and flesh overgrew the second mouth , causing it to completely disappear and be reabsorbed by middle age . However , in one group , the second mouth and tusks persisted throughout the Pa ' lowick ' s life . Scientists speculated that this subspecies was the older of the two , but genetic experiments proved inconclusive . There was certainly evolutionary pressure on these Pa ' lowick to keep their tusks , as they lived in an area with a greater concentration of dangerous fauna . Although the average Pa ' lowick stood 1 . 6 meters tall , a height at which 48 kilograms was normal . The species exhibited a great range of heights ; some members were as short as 0 . 9 meters while others grew as tall as 1 . 8 meters . They tended toward the upper end of that range , with the average height at 1 . 6 meters . Their air bladders made them surprisingly lightweight for their size . Pa ' lowick were oviparous , and females tended to their eggs until they hatched . Pa ' lowick entered puberty at age 12 . Adulthood began at age 17 , and middle age at 45 . Life expectancy for the species was 75 years . Society and culture . The Pa ' lowick lived in numerous large , independent communities spread throughout the equatorial regions of their homeworld , Lowick , sheltered by roofed , nestlike homes of grass , mud , and reeds . These groups followed a feudal system of government , with a complex but adaptive system of nobility determining the ruling families . Most Pa ' lowick toiled as peasant farmers , while others served as fishers , hunters , and storytellers . They were natural scavengers , and most Pa ' lowick supplemented their lifestyle by hunting and gathering . The long Pa ' lowick snout and the tongue inside were perfectly adapted to piercing giant marlello duck eggs and slurping down the yolk , a Pa ' lowick favorite . Veeji fruit was another popular food ; it grew abundantly in the rain forest year round . Other Pa ' lowick food sources were fish , reptiles , and water birds found in their marshy habitat . Children were raised and educated by the community . To the Pa ' lowick , songs and stories were not only the height of entertainment , they were sacred aspects of the species ' heritage . Pa ' lowick music ran the gamut of genres and subjects , although religious music was particularly common . Cultural heritage , such as history , genealogy , and parables , was largely passed down orally . Every Pa ' lowick community had a dedicated storyteller ; the esteem afforded this individual made the position a coveted one . Large lungs made the Pa ' lowick hearty singers and afforded at least some members of the species the ability to scream loudly and disarm opponents in combat . Although those Pa ' lowick who kept their tusks through life were overall more aggressive , the Pa ' lowick were shy and patient creatures of ritual and habit who stood by their traditions and customs in the face of outside contacts . Nevertheless , they were not completely hidebound ; Pa ' lowick were friendly to outsiders and fascinated by the advanced technology they brought . The beings eagerly adopted those items that increased their productivity — provided such devices did not disrupt their traditions . Nevertheless , their world had little to offer the galaxy at large , so offworld contact was rare . Their overall level of technology remained largely feudal in nature with only a few choice bits of higher tech in general use . With the Pa ' lowick Larisselle Chatrunis ' s win of the Miss Coruscant pageant in 22 BBY and her subsequent singing career , recorded Pa ' lowick music came into demand across the galaxy and on the HoloNet . Foodstuffs ( especially the popular veeji fruit ) , primitive crafts , and recorded music were Lowick ' s major exports . The native language of the Pa ' lowick was called Lowickese . When the species first came into contact with offworlders , the tongue had no written form . Pa ' lowick scholars adopted the Basic alphabet , and over the years , most Pa ' lowick became literate in Lowickese . Written Lowickese looked like pure nonsense to outsiders . The Pa ' lowick vocal apparatus allowed them to speak Basic with ease . History . The Pa ' lowick hailed from the planet Lowick , in the Pa ' Lowick system , part of the Calaron sector in the Outer Rim . The planet was made up of vast seas and rugged , mountainous land masses . In the equatorial climes , mountains gave way to the humid swamps and vibrant , green rain forests in which the Pa ' lowick evolved . Over time , the species spread throughout the equatorial region and splintered into independent communities . A complex system of nobility developed , and the species advanced to a feudal level of technology with peasant agriculture as the backbone of the social order . Sometime between 1000 BBY and 32 BBY , spacefaring miners became the first outsiders to visit Lowick . In the system ' s asteroid belt , the miners found a type of gemstone whose volatility caused it to explode when exposed to various types of radiation . The discovery had obvious applications in demolitions and mining , and a steady flow of prospectors was soon making regular stops in the system to gather what became known as Lowickan firegems . Traders arrived as well , selling the Pa ' lowick advanced galactic technology in exchange for foodstuffs . Despite their natural conservatism , Pa ' lowick communities traded for advanced items that seemed useful but did not pose a threat to their traditional way of life , such as automated harvesting machinery . Meanwhile , Larisselle Chatrunis won the Miss Coruscant pageant in 22 BBY and embarked on a successful singing career , bringing the Pa ' lowick to the galactic eye and ear . By the time of the Clone Wars , Lowick had been swallowed up into the expanding borders of Hutt Space . After the fall of the Old Republic , the Galactic Empire was eager to monopolize extraction of firegems and established a blockade of the Pa ' Lowick system , which by this point was once again independent of Hutt Space . The Empire deemed Lowick itself to be mostly useless , and the Pa ' lowick were spared the horrors of enslavement and forced labor . Upon the conclusion of the Galactic Civil War , a few Pa ' lowick nobles flirted with joining the New Republic , but innate disinterest in politics and a lack of any diplomatic overtures from the galactic government stopped their plans from coming to fruition . After years of relative peace , Lowick was invaded by the Yuuzhan Vong during the Yuuzhan Vong War . The aggressors destroyed the automated harvesting machines used by Pa ' lowick farmers , but they left the crops themselves unmolested . When the hostilities drew to an end , the Pa ' lowick were thus relatively hale and hearty and able to quickly recover their place in the galactic economy . The Shi ' ido anthropologist Mammon Hoole included an entry on the Pa ' lowick in his publication " The Essential Guide to Alien Species " , which he published at some point during the rule of New Republic . By 137 ABY , Lowick had become a Hutt Dependency . Pa ' lowick in the galaxy . Most Pa ' lowick were content to remain on Lowick , set up a " nest " , and leave the rest of the galaxy to mind its own affairs . Still , some made it off their homeworld , often lured by wondrous tales told by strangers from distant worlds . With nothing but a primitive , slow - paced life behind them , such Pa ' lowick often proved naïve wanderers and easy marks ; after only a little time abroad , they could easily find themselves creditless and forced to take up less - than - savory vocations to survive . It was not uncommon to find Pa ' lowick living as beggars , criminals , or even slaves . Still , some members of the species managed to establish a niche as fringer s , scouts , and smugglers . As early as 32 BBY , the Pa ' lowick Aneesa Dym and her father had made a name for themselves as smugglers on Nar Shaddaa in their ship the " Dusty Duck " , Sam Snootles lived and worked on Coruscant as early as 22 BBY , and the proboscis - like vocoder of the SP - 4 analysis droid suggested that a Pa ' lowick had a hand it its design . Other Pa ' lowick left their homeworld to pursue a career in showbusiness . Since Lowick ' s introduction to the wider galaxy , Pa ' lowick singers traveled the galaxy , performing in cantinas far and wide , both solo and as part of ensembles . Advanced recording technology expanded their fanbase , making these singers some of the most popular performers on the HoloNet . Galactic music critics were among their most vocal supporters . Two famous Pa ' lowick singers , rumored to be rivals , were Larisselle Chatrunis and Sy Snootles . Chatrunis leapt into the public eye when she used her powerful singing voice to win the Miss Coruscant pageant in 22 BBY . She spun her win into a lucrative musical career , only to have it cut short by Emperor Palpatine ' s anti - alien policies . The performer later joined the Rebel Alliance , using her performances and supposed rivalry with Snootles as a front for her outlawed activities . Sy Snootles was the lead singer of the Max Rebo Band until that group broke up in 4 ABY . She tried to make her way as a solo artist , but her records sold dismally when most listeners found her singing voice too bizarre to enjoy . Behind the scenes . The character Sy Snootles introduced the as - yet - unnamed Pa ' lowick to " Star Wars " continuity in the Jabba ' s palace sequences of " " ( 1983 ) . After the puppet ( dubbed " Ms . Snooty " during production ) had already been designed , the producers decided to make the character the lead singer of the Max Rebo Band . Phil Tippett revisited the creature to add articulation to the snout and enable it to " sing " , and George Lucas suggested that she be given large , red , " Mick Jagger lips " . The puppet was 147 cm tall and had a 30 cm snout . It required two operators : one who performed the legs from beneath a raised stage , and another who moved the arms and microphone from above . In closeups , a separate puppet with no legs was used . When Lucas revamped the main song - and - dance number performed by the Max Rebo Band for the Special Edition release of " Jedi " ( 1997 ) , the Pa ' lowick was redesigned as a computer - generated character and lost her tusks and second mouth . West End Games ' roleplaying supplement " Alien Encounters " was the first look at the Pa ' lowick as a species . Both the West End Games and Wizards of the Coast " Star Wars " roleplaying games provide rules for players to portray Pa ' lowick characters . In West End ' s version , they are more perceptive than other species but slightly slower . In Wizards ' game , Pa ' lowick are weaker than most species but nimbler and more perceptive . The book " The Essential Guide to Alien Species " created the concept of Pa ' lowick being born with two mouths and tusks which disappear with age , thus reconciling both the original and " Special Edition " versions of the species . In the 1993 reference book " Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas " , Pa ' lowick were shown to have head plumage , " percussive toes , " , a " kaleidoscopic snout , " a " multi - grottoed mouth " and upper limbs that doubled as ears . However , Lucasfilm employee Leland Chee , who maintains the Holocron continuity database , has indicated that information contained in the book is non - canonical unless reused in another source .