Araquia The Araquia were arachnoid sapients indigenous to Kirtania . Description . Native to the planet Kirtania , the Araquia were large six - legged sentient arachnoids . They were colored greenish - black , and their faces featured six black beady eyes and mandibles . Omnivores , the Araquia ' s main diet was rodents , insects and birds . An arachnid species , the Araquia had the ability to spin sticky webs from their own body . They used these webs for a variety of purposes . They could use the anchor strands to lower themselves to the ground , or create elaborately spun webbing platforms . These platforms could be cut loose by the Araquia and used to glide on prevailing winds . The Araquia had minimal control over the glide , relying on updrafts and wind conditions to reach higher altitudes , although they could fill their bodies with air to make themselves lighter during the flight . The webs could also be used to catch prey , such as shooting the web at an opponent and ensnaring them , or by cutting loose a web platform and dropping it on prey from above . The stickiness of the web hindered whoever was caught up in it , but the Araquia were not bothered by it . The Araquia possessed a paralyzing bite that they employed against opponents and prey once they were caught . The paralytic in the bite did not disrupt a target ' s autonomous nervous system . Araquia were organized into tribes headed by a council and a witch doctor . Araquia were generally pacifistic , and did not like to kill except when it was necessary for them to eat . They refused to prey on fellow intelligence species , finding the concept to be repugnant and disturbing . History . The Araquia once numbered in the thousands on their homeworld of Kirtania , until Human colonization occurred . Human disturbance of Kirtania ' s natural environment and a misunderstanding between the two species led to the Araquia being hunted and nearly exterminated as a threat during the early years of colonization . By the time of the Galactic Civil War , the Araquia numbered around 1 , 500 individuals . Self - proclaimed overlords and protectors of Kirtania ' s forests and woodlands , the Araquia tribes made their homes in the lower canopies of forests where their webs trapped prey for them to eat . The Araquia ' s affinity with their natural environment led them to gain an extensive knowledge of the planet ' s plant life , and Araquia experts were instrumental in developing cures for rare diseases throughout the galaxy . The Araquia acted as guides to those wishing to enter the rain forest , and educated beings in the value of the forest . They harvested the plants , roots and fungi of the forests , and the production of medicines become one of Kirtania ' s chief exports . During the Galactic Civil War , the rulers of the state of Kinkosa invited the Galactic Empire to the planet . In exchange for favorable trading terms over the other economic states on the planet , the Kinkosans gave over a large swath of their territory to the Empire to build a supply station . The Imperials began a campaign of deforestation , and noted Araquian scientist Doctor T ' Jaleq Kith ' Araquia attempted to reason with the Imperials to stop . When that failed , he attempted to get legislation passed to stop the Imperial ' s destruction of the forest . The Empire labeled Kith ' Araquia as a Rebel sympathizer and was set to arrest him , but the doctor was tipped off . He and his tribe retreated into the rain forest to prepare for a war to protect their ecosystem . Doctor Kith ' Araquia acted as his tribe ' s military strategist and witch doctor , directing a campaign against the Imperial forces engaged in the destruction of the rain forest . Due to their pacifism , they limited their assaults to property and equipment , hoping to make the Imperial operation in the forest too costly to continue . Araquia in the galaxy . The most famous Araquia was Doctor T ' Jaleq Kith ' Araquia who , alongside the noted Ho ' Din pharmacologist Sirta Kum , developed the cure for the Direllian Plague .