Nuknog / Legends The Nuknog were a bipedal reptilian species with small brains and short tempers . They originated from the planet Sump . They spoke Nuknog . Biology and appearance . The Nuknog were reptilian and humanoid in outward body structure . The Nuknog ' s bulbous head featured a ridge along the centerline of the skull . Individual Nuknog stood approximately 1 . 2 meters tall . Their legs were short and stocky , and their necks were long and stretched . They possessed small brains , but despite their diminished brain capacity , they were capable of delicate , complex technical tasks . They also had keen eyesight and acute hearing . A Nuknog could live to be 65 or older , provided they left the contaminated ecosystem of the homeworld ; life expectancy was halved for those who chose to remain . History . In approximately 1000 BBY , the Nuknog leadership sold their homeworld to a mining consortium in exchange for a support plan including employment , housing , and food . The employment eventually provided by the corporations in the consortium consisted of low - level mining and factory production jobs deemed too dangerous for company personnel . The company also provided cheap prefabricated barracks and meals made up of leftovers from other employees . The Nuknog labored diligently according to their agreement for centuries . Substandard mining equipment and nonexistent health care led to the deaths of untold thousands of Nuknog , but they continued on , insensible to the exploitative nature of the consortium . It was not until a pair of Jedi visited the planet that the native population was made aware of their own plight . The Jedi reported to the Galactic Senate , which responded by quickly drafting legislation ordering the consortium to begin a program of reparations to the Nuknog , paying centuries ' worth of lost wages and benefits . The corporations , deprived of their cheap labor and under the watchful eye of safety and health inspectors , dissolved soon after . The Nuknog were left poverty stricken and starving . With their homeworld devastated by centuries of over - mining and pollution , and with no continuing support from the mining corporations to feed or clothe them , the Nuknog were left in dire emergency . Public awareness of the situation on Sump prompted a massive relief effort from the Republic in the form of food and planetary rehabilitation . The Nuknog , however , had little interest in supporting themselves , demanding instead a perpetual supply of food and supplies to replace the support of the mining corporations . Nuknog leaders were suspicious of the Republic ; some suspected them of being exploiters like the consortium , and others blamed them for wrongfully depriving them of their only livelihood . As time wore on , the sympathy of the Republic faded , relief efforts ceased , and the Nuknog ' s resentment only grew . By the time of the Clone Wars , the Nuknog were long forgotten by the Senate . Society and culture . Nuknog suffered from an inability to take into account their long - term well - being . They focused on their short - term needs and desires and were , throughout their history , easily manipulated . Nuknog resented other races and harbored a deep grudge against the Republic , who they blamed for most of their problems . Even after the dissolution of the mining consortium that kept their entire species in a state of perpetual indentured servitude , many Nuknog bought their way off homeworld by simply selling themselves into slavery . Nuknog were impatient and possessed a unique ability to rush through complex tasks , entering a kind of trance of concentration . Few Nuknog possessed the will , the drive , or the money to leave Sump . Some become slaves ; others took up a life of crime . The podracer pilot Ark " Bumpy " Roose was a Nuknog , as was the Coruscant - based private detective Slyther Bushforb . Common Nuknog names included Buhar Lod , Noop Warko , Po Nulnik , Skoo Runkin , and Vek Bolko . Behind the scenes . In the Game , Nuknogs were wrongly portrayed as short , stubby aliens . This appearance , while inaccurate , carried over to Kinect Star Wars .