Ciasi The Ciasi were a rodent - like sentient species with tall , pointed ears and thin , trunk - like noses . Ciasi could be found with gray - colored skin and could grow prominent tusks . One famous Ciasi was the notably thin Podracer Slide Paramita , who performed in Podraces across the galaxy around the year 32 BBY . Biology and appearance . The Ciasi were a sentient species of bipeds who had a fairly rodent - like appearance . Ciasi had thin torsos , and their backs had a slight bend in them , thus appearing as if they were always leaning forward . The Ciasi also had rather thin limbs that held them upright , including double - jointed legs that ended in three slender toes ; the Ciasi stood upon those toes as opposed to the flats of their feet . The Ciasi ' s long slender arms led to hands with four thick digits — three fingers and a short thumb . Ciasi also had thin tapered tails that came from their rear , which were held slightly above the ground . On their face , Ciasi had long , thin and trunk - like noses with two nostrils on the end . Their mouths were located below the trunk , and it was from there that the Ciasi could grow sharp , pointed tusks . Ciasi had round and beady eyes ; some Ciasi , such as Slide Paramita , had black eyes . Paramita also exhibited grayish - brown colorerd skin . Ciasi also had tall , pointed ears that stuck out of the tops of their heads . History . The Ciasi evolved somewhere in the galaxy , and individuals could be spotted in the galactic community by as early as 32 BBY , during the final decades of the Galactic Republic . Ciasi in the galaxy . At least one Ciasi , Slide Paramita , displayed athletic prowess both physically and mentally . Paramita made it as far as the intergalactic Podracing circuits by 32 BBY , where he became well adapted to ice racing , and gained fame on the icy planet Ando Prime . Paramita achieved success on an invitational course known as the Ando Prime Centrum , as well as a drag racing course on the planet . However , Paramita had a reputation for being an easily angered Podracer elitist . Paramita could also speak Huttese . Behind the scenes . The Ciasi species first appeared via Slide Paramita in concept art and early scripts for the 1999 film as a Podracer pilot who hailed , along with his entire species , from the planet Tund . Ultimately , he was cut from the script , although Tund remained as the homeworld of another Podracer pilot , Ben Quadinaros . Paramita , like several other scrapped Podracers , received his first actual appearance in the 1999 Nintendo 64 video game " " . The name Ciasi first publicly appeared in a 2006 article titled " Alien species concepts that became part of the SW universe , " which was written by Tim Veekhoven as a part of his Source Blog series . The blog detailed several Podracer pilots who did not make into the final script for the 1999 film , using material that may have come from early draft material for " The Phantom Menace " . However , the species name was not considered canon at the time , due to the fact that the information may have come from older material that was never finalized , as well as doubt surrounding the nature of the information ' s authenticity overall . With the release of " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " in 2008 , the Ciasi were mentioned again under Slide Paramita ' s entry , canonizing Paramita ' s species from the blog entry .