Sauvax The Sauvax were a sentient species native to the planet Leritor . They were amphibious crustaceans with great physical strength , distinguished by big pincers on their arms and six crab - like legs . While fearsome looking to Humans , the Sauvax were actually peaceful beings who preferred negotiation over war to settle disputes . They had a rich , complex culture that was not completely understood by outsiders . The planet Leritor held little attraction for most alien entrepreneurs and settlers , making the Sauvax species little known and affording them few chances to leave their planet . They had little contact with aliens and no tradition of Force users . At some point in Leritor ' s history , the Sith tried to take over the Sauvax , but the offworlders eventually disappeared , leaving a hidden Sith artifact . Later , the planet was sparsely settled by Human farmers from the Core Worlds who agreed to share the planet with the Sauvax , although they reduced the specific contact to a minimum . Centuries later , a Sith adept looking for Sith relics tried to unleash a war among the Sauvax and the Humans to distract the locals while she performed archaeological activities , exploiting Sauvax prisoners as underwater miners . However , some offworlders discovered the situation , and the Sith and her minions were defeated and peace was restored to Leritor . Biology and appearance . The Sauvax were crustacean sentients who stood roughly the same height as Humans . Their heads and torsos were almost entirely covered by a chitinous carapace that , while malleable , was strong enough to protect them from damage . The face was at the top of this natural armor , with the eyes protruding to increase the field of vision . Each Sauvax had two tiny , fine antennae that increased their spatial perception . The Sauvax ' s arms ended in oversized pincers that made them stand out . These two large digits could be used as an effective slashing weapon in melee combat and even to handle simple objects such as a spear , but they were useless for holding smaller items designed for Human - like fingers , such as blasters or datapads . Nevertheless , the big claw concealed three less - obvious fingers , including an opposable thumb that allowed for more precise manipulation . A Sauvax moved on land using six long , segmented legs , which allowed the same land speed as a Human . The Sauvax were equally comfortable in water , where the bristles on their bellies and their rudder - like twin tails helped them achieve a water speed comparable to other species with underwater civilizations . They were naturally better swimmers than non - amphibious species . Sauvax were stronger and sturdier than typical Human beings , but were less nimble , and their appearance betrayed this to onlookers . Humans living on Leritor found the Sauvax threatening based only on their external aspect . The Sauvax ate crops of algae and slime , complementing their diet with cooked game and fish , which included sea bracken s , sea urchin s , anemonae , and crustaceans . Society and culture . The Sauvax had a primitive civilization in comparison to much of the rest of the galaxy . Although they regularly employed handcrafted weapons like spears , the Sauvax were able to use technological items without the cultural limitations that hindered more primitive species . The Sauvax tribes , known as " kuuvan " in their language , built their settlements , also known as " kuuvan " , on the coast of the planet ' s oceans , preferring tidal pools , escarpments , and seashores . The " kuuvan " included crude lodgings made of stone and underpinned with sand and wreckage . In at least one instance , the " kuuvan " leader , or " tevelor " , had the right to live in the biggest house . Commonly , the " kuuvan " also included non - residential structures , such as drying racks to hang fish , an open meeting area with a stone platform for a speaker , a well - closed with a dome to store food , and tidal pools to grow seaweed and crustaceans . The whole " kuuvan " was built only meters from the line of the high shore . The Sauvax used hand - made tools , which they commonly carried in a bag of woven algae . The most important of those utensils was the " gruush , " a multi - purpose spear with a spiked end and a curved hook that was mostly used to fish in the continental shelves . The Sauvax grew their own crops of algae and slime for food , also using the " gruush " to do so . They were known to use their technology to cook game and fish before eating . Sauvax culture was complex , and non - Sauvax were commonly unfamiliar with its details . Members of other species commonly saw Sauvax as an aggressive and hasty people , albeit one without imperialistic tendencies . While Sauvax did indeed show ferocity at times , this commonly happened only if they felt some threat to their way of life . The Sauvax had a different concept of good manners from that of Humans , and members of the species were less gregarious than Humans . In Sauvax culture , diplomatic negotiations did not start with a simple tète - á - tète between the two parties , particularly if one of the parties was at a disadvantage . The defendants were supposed to show their worth before their claims could be believed . This could be done by offering a gift , possibly with a formal disquisition explaining the use of the offering ; in this case , a valuable present , a token of technological nature and a visible demonstration of the use of the item could improve the prospects of the party . While doing so , however , a non - Sauvax defendant could easily break a cultural taboo and unwittingly insult the Sauvax . Another way to engage in diplomacy was the sharing of food ; eating the food of the other party demonstrated that one trusted them . Non - Sauvax often found Sauvax cuisine difficult to stomach , but while dining , Sauvax were more prone to mock the alien instead of taking offense . The defendants were expected to offer their own food as a gift . Sauvax were hard workers , commonly specializing in manual labors but also excelling at academics . Although Sauvax rarely followed professional careers requiring advanced technology , such as slicing or piloting , they accepted high - tech weaponry and could become powerful soldiers . The Sauvax had their own language , also known as Sauvax . Some individuals , who had infrequent contact with the Human farmers , achieved some ability with Galactic Basic Standard . As the Sauvax mouth could reproduce most of the sounds in Basic , a Sauvax could learn and speak Basic with no problems . Known Sauvax names include Chuuvus , Gurruul , Juucsuur , Kruuvurn , Muurbux , Tchuul , Uukk and Vrujuun . History . The Sauvax evolved on the planet Leritor , located within the Yucrales sector of the Mid Rim , and developed their lifestyle and culture without external influence . At some point in Leritor ' s history , a Sith starship crash - landed in the Bleaks , a mountain chain on the planet ' s main continent . The survivors used their dark side Force powers in an attempt to dominate the planet and its natives , but the Sith were unable to thrive on Leritor and eventually disappeared . Sauvax legend assimilated the event as an old catastrophe in which a city fell from the sky and " divine emissaries " tried to subjugate their species . Unbeknownst to the Sauvax , the wrecked ship remained half - buried in the Bleaks with a Sith artifact inside : the Bracers of Najus , which could be used to increase the power of a darksider . Years later , Humans from the Core Worlds identified Leritor as a potential colony where they could live in peace as farmers in the fertile inland plains . Their survey team noticed the Sauvax and met with representatives of the main " kuuvan " to forge a formal Settlement Pact that decreed that the Humans and their machinery could not come within 100 kilometers of the coastline . The Sauvax , on the other hand , could visit the Human - inhabited lands for commerce and cultural interchange as they pleased . The Human settlers agreed to provide this wide area to the Sauvax in exchange for a peace treaty . The Humans then used massive tracked vehicles known as combine - reaper s to farm the prairies , avoiding the coastal areas . During the following years , Sauvax envoys contacted roaming combine - reapers / The Settlement Pact was respected , and no violence erupted between the two peoples . The quest for the Bracers . Centuries after Leritor ' s previous inhabitation by the Sith , the planet was secretly visited by a Sith adept and scholar named Profex Rynalla . She had discovered the location of the missing Bracers of Najus and flown to Leritor with a bulk freighter , two PTR - 3 Vedette snubfighter s , and two dozen Klatooinian soldiers . She found the semi - buried Sith starship in the Bleaks near a cliff bank and assembled a camp there using prefabricated buildings . She understood that she would need more labor to dig up the wreck and search inside it , and so decided to enslave the locals . Rynalla ' s forces attacked a nearby combine - reaper , the " Nellist " , using laser weapons from her ships . After stopping the harvester , the " Nellist " was blasted open from the inside . Rynalla ' s forces kidnapped the healthier farmers to use them as miners , and killed the older and weaker settlers using the traditional " gruush " weapon of the Sauvax . Although the Sauvax did not have any weaponry that could damage the hull of a combine - reaper , the " gruush " Rynalla left behind were enough to cast aspersions on the native species . Similarly , Rynalla ' s minions raided a " kuuvan " wielding blasters . The Klatooinians shot from their ships , ravaging the huts , and then fell upon and captured the most able - bodied individuals . As Rynalla ' s presence in Leritor was a well - kept secret , no one thought to blame a third party for the attacks , even though the Klatooinians left behind some incriminating clues — namely , a young female Sauvax who witnessed the events and hid in a shelter , fearing the return of the plunderers . The Sauvax prisoners joined their Human counterparts at Rynalla ' s excavation site . Working in line , they dug minerals and dust from the Sith vehicle , placing the waste in a heap near the perimeter of the camp and throwing the dirt into a nearby stream . The Sauvax captives , being amphibious , were chosen to work in the deepest corridors of the ship , which were submerged . Five armed Klatooinians kept a constant watch on these fifty workers . The laborers were sent to sleep in caves in the lowest part of a cliff , so that they could not easily dig a tunnel to escape ; at the same time , they remained under the constant searchlight of Rynalla ' s watchtowers . Every two days , the miners , who did not know exactly what they were looking for , were evicted from the ship so that the Klatooinians could search for any sign of escape while Rynalla was looking for the Bracers . Rynalla and the Klatooinians believed that they were well hidden , so they were more worried about escaping prisoners than about incoming intruders . As such , Rynalla organized a second camp near the edge of the Bleaks , where two soldiers stood guard . Three Humans and two Sauvax indeed tried to escape , but they were detained , tortured , and executed . Rynalla ' s constant activities , including the river pollution and increasing noise , were detected by a Sauvax hunter , a Sauvax farmer , and a Sauvax child , but none of them deduced the cause . A different Sauvax " kuuvan " who had contact with the enslaved Sauvax mistakenly concluded that the Human settlers had performed the assault with the intent of exterminating the whole Sauvax species . At the same time , the Human settlers were wondering why the Sauvax had attacked the " Nellist " unprovoked , as the " Nellist " had not broken the Settlement Pact . A crowd of Sauvax warriors from the offended " kuuvan , " led by their " tevelor " , surrounded the first combine - reaper they could find , the " Gevion " , and demanded an explanation . While the Sauvax did not attack , they prevented the " Gevion " from harvesting . The captain of the " Gevion " , in turn , had to avoid injuring the Sauvax with the reaper at pain of sparking a war — which was Rynalla ' s secret intention . The " Gevion " captain was too scared of the threatening army to send an envoy to parlay . The " Gevion " sent a distress call that was answered by some offworlders passing by the planet . The newcomers first offered to mediate , then to investigate the situation . Eventually , they discovered Rynalla ' s plot and stopped her , although not before she could recover the Bracers of Najus . This ended the attacks and restored the peace to the planet . Nevertheless , another " kuuvan " at the south of the continent remained unconvinced , choosing to believe that all the trouble had been secretly managed by the Human settlers in an attempt to harm the species . The " kuuvan " wanted to use their own complaint to pressure one of the offworld factions into a new commercial deal and to obtain access to technology that could make them economically or militarly stronger than the other " kuuvan . " Sauvax in the galaxy . Sauvax were seen almost exclusively on their native planet , Leritor . They were commonly seen as citizens of a frontier region , even though they were in the Mid Rim . Nevertheless , certain Sauvax individuals felt an urge to explore different lands beyond that of their ancestors . A few Sauvax learned to pilot starships and handle blaster weapons . There were , however , no reports of Sauvax armies outside Leritor . Similarly , there were no reports of Force - using Sauvax . In 43 ABY , a Sauvax was present on the planet Taris , where she participated in Sok Brok ' s Fiftieth Annual Pet Show , held at Molpol ' s Traveling Circus . The Sauvax was showing her pet , a livestock creature used for its meat ; nevertheless , from the stands , the Human smuggler Han Solo suspected the Sauvax would have tasted better to eat than the creature she was showing . Behind the scenes . The Sauvax first appeared in the roleplaying adventure " Standoff on Leritor " , written by Peter Schweighofer and illustrated by Mikael Noguchi . The article was published in " Star Wars Gamer " # 10 , the last issue of the magazine , in 2002 . The Sauvax were later included in the role - playing supplement " Ultimate Alien Anthology " in 2003 , including a new illustration of a Sauvax by Raven Mimura . Their name was mentioned in the non - canon ical comic book " " in 2006 . " Ultimate Alien Anthology " suggests that Rynalla was defeated during the events of the adventure " Standoff in Leritor , " so this article makes the same assumption . Nonetheless , players of that scenario may take several different paths to reach that conclusion . For instance , they may choose to visit a " kuuvan , " becoming the first offworlders to do so with permission , and they may decide to recruit a Sauvax and / or a Human settler to accompany them . The adventure denies Rynalla the chance to escape with the Bracers , although it poses the possibility that she may have allies or rivals who later follow her trail to Leritor . Non - canon appearances . The non - canonical comic story " Tag & Bink : Revenge of the Clone Menace " mentions Sauvax as part of the cuisine on Coruscant . In the story , set in 22 BBY , the bounty hunter Jango Fett is said to enjoy Sauvax meat unless it is served scorched . Fett eats a dish of Sauvax while on a date with Kannen Doom .